Café Con Monica

High Five for Friday!

Joining the High Five For Friday linkup hosted by Tif @ Bright On A Budget, Katie @ Cup of Tea, Becky @ BYBMG

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I attempted to make a Chicken Crust pizza because carbs right? nope. DID NOT like it at all. Thenewguy thought it was fine, said it tasted like a big chicken nugget. I am not sure if it was because I have to use fake cheese and I used a bbq sauce or what but I almost couldn’t eat it. I did because I was hungry from working out and I didn’t want to make another dinner but nope. Not doing that again.

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I’ve printed out tons of pictures so I can get started on my travel wall and also so I can put more frames up and start working on  Project Life binder. I had to print this one out just because I thought it was adorable! 
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Being back at work is hard. I hit a wall on Wednesday just as the kids started to really get their groove back. They are finally calm and it feels less like wrangling monkeys and more like my actual job.  All in time for a 3 day weekend! 
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 I put away the Christmas tree and took down all the decor….this makes me sad but its also a highlight because I can actually see the tv from my spot on the couch now! I don’t think I got to share pics with you all so here ya go! 
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Did I mention its a 3 day weekend?? 
How was your week?
 
 

Goodreads: 2017 Reading Challenge!

I love to read. I read more than anyone I  know personally(not online most of you have me beat!), which actually makes me kind of sad because it would be great to have more people to talk to about the books after I read them. Joining book clubs is hit or miss, they usually want to read books that are more serious than I am interested in reading at this time (I have to read textbooks…no thanks to anything else serious).

Anyway! I set a goal of 75 books for 2017. I knew it was kind of low but I also hadn’t been reading as much as I like to for a few months so I just wanted to make sure I hit the goal. Towards the end of spring I got my groove back and started powering through books again and ended up finishing out 2017 with 113 books read! Much better!

You can check out the entire list of books I read on my Goodreads page, also feel free to add me because I love seeing what everyone is reading and finding new books that way.

Here were my top 2 favorites and my least favorite.
I thought it was a great read, I loved the back and forth of the timeline and the characters. I hate to give away too much but I found this one through a book club and everyone in the group also really enjoyed the book. 
 
 I really enjoy YA books, as I’ve mentioned before. I thought this was a great read. I loved the mystical aspect along with the revolution and, of course, a little love mixed in! 
Choke was one of the few books I really really wanted to enjoy but just didn’t 
 I  love loved Fight Club so I really thought that I would be a fan of anything Palahniuk wrote. To be honest I think it just tried too hard to be like “I don’t give a shit if you like this or not” and because of that it came across as ridiculous. 
There you have it. What was your favorite read of 2017? Did you make have a challenge??

TBB Asks: New Year, New You

I love doing link ups, sharing my blog with more people and getting to find new blogs I may otherwise not have found on my own. I especially love ones that ask questions that allow me share a bit about myself! When I saw this one on The Blended Blog I thought it would be fun to share.

Resolutions or No Resolutions: No resolutions for me. I am so terrible at keeping up with things like that and after years of making & breaking them I realized I should stop. I pick a theme/word for the year and go with that in whatever form it takes but importantly I make sure that I do my best to do what makes me happy every year.

Love Snow or No Snow: Noooo snow. No thank you. BUT I will take it over -30 windchill if I must. I feel like if it is going to snow I want it to dump like a foot of snow so everything shuts down and I can just go out and play in it and relax at home.

Name a New Place you want to go this year: Hmmm there are so many. I feel like my list gets longer everyday. I am really trying to explore more of the US though so Austin is next on the list of cities to visit.

Would you rather have a new hair cut or new hair color: This one is tricky. I hate cutting my hair because I ALWAYS regret it after unless its only a trim. I love having long hair but I recently cut about 6 inches off because it was touching my butt already. But I do always feel so fresh after a new color!

Name one special thing you want to do for yourself this year: I would really like to make a travel wall. I have this idea in mind to go along with a Map gift I got for my wall. Since I really don’t like trinkets and knick knacks around the house I always buy something to hang and I want to get it all together all nice.

Least Favorite Thing about January: The cold. It gets so effing cold in Chicago in January & February it makes you hate leaving the house

Most Favorite Thing about January: Everything slows down. No more holiday rush, no more something to do every single week/weekend. Its a great time to get organized and relax!

When do you take down your Holiday decorations?  I don’t take down holiday decorations until after Three Kings Day (January 6). Usually a couple days after or that weekend depending on the day of the week it falls on.

Do you diet in January: I am on a revolving diet train at all times so January isn’t much different except that I am usually so bogged down and gross from all the junk food over the holidays & break that I am happy to eat better.

What area of your home do you want to organize most: My bedroom. I have 2 closets and one has turned into a storage for all things. That needs to be fixed.

Favorite Winter Comfort Food: Easy! I love love mashed potatoes! Shepard’s pie makes my heart so happy too.

Favorite Guilty Pleasure: Are cookies a guilty pleasure? But otherwise YA books. They get me every time. I love them and I don’t care how ridiculous they are.

If you aren’t linking up tell me some of your answers!!

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