Currently| March 2016
Currently

Currently {March}

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This post is a little late. My plan was to post a Currently update each month on the first week of the month.  I’m sure that would have worked had I remembered to add that to my planner! I guess we’ll check in mid-month each month for now on. 🙂 Confession this post is a day late. I was supposed to schedule this post to go live YESTERDAY.

Currently

Currently| March 2016

Thinking {Open tabs}

My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open| Currently

Tab 1 The show Catfish is fascinating in a sad “is this real life” kind of way. I mean, obviously the people that get on the show know there’s something not right but yet it takes them YEARS to finally want to seek help in meeting their lover that they’ve never met in real life or via a video chat.

Tab 2 Do you think I’m Catfishing you? I know there’s been questions about my “real name” Mrs. AOK is kind of my real name. My real life initials are AOK I added the K when I got married to my hubby making me MRS. AOK. 🙂  I do not expect you to call me Mrs. AOK, call me Dean. Dean? Yes, Dean. Dean is my nickname that close friends and family call me.  (It’s short for my first name.) We’re all friends here, so you can call me Dean. 🙂 (And if you were wondering… yes I have shown my face a lot and on live video. )

Tab 3 I hope my kids never get Catfished. Stupid internet. (Just kidding, internet, I love you.) But really there’s a lot of ugly and lies on the internet…

Tab 4 I hate typing on my iPad!!

New Tabs… because new day.

Tab 1  I wonder if my son caught a leprechaun, he was so excited to go to school and find out if his trap worked.

Leprechaun Trap

Tab 2  What am I making for dinner?

Tab 3  I really need to hurry up.

Creating

I’ve been painting a lot lately..

Aqua Painting

I’m also working on something for tomorrow. I sure hope it comes out the way it looks in my brain…

Listening/Watching

If you guessed Catfish you’re right! I’m not feeling well, so I decided to type this up from the couch on my iPad. I would love to watch a few episodes of House of Cards but I’m watching those with my honey.

Reading

Drawing Blood (<-affiliate link)

From the book:

Art was my dearest friend.
To draw was trouble and safety, adventure and freedom.
In that four-cornered kingdom of paper, I lived as I pleased.
This is the story of a girl and her sketchbook.

Currently Reading| Drawing Blood

Planning

Instagram Setup Regular Day with Mrs. AOK

I really need to start planning things for the kids’ spring break. I have nothing planned. However, nothing does sound good. I have a few posts planned, now I most execute! Tomorrow I plan to share some Thank You Notes!

Encouraging

I encourage you to join me for Thank You Notes tomorrow. Write a few thank you notes and link them up with me.

Thank You Notes| Friday the 13th| World Kindness Day| Mrs. AOK, A Work In Progress

I encourage you to come by tomorrow to check out a guest post I did for Tanya. 🙂

:::UPDATE:::

I encourage you to check out my post on Tanya’s blog here.

IG Essentials

I also want to encourage you to let a woman who has inspired you know she’s done so.

I printed out a Rosie the Riveter sign and taped it to my daughters' door, because we CAN do it!| On Being a Woman| Mrs. AOK, A Work In Progress

 

I encourage you to love big!!

xoxo

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

 

 

 

 

 

23 thoughts on “Currently {March}

  1. Tamara

    March 17, 2016 at 5:40 pm

    I have definitely never thought you were catfishing anyone! I get the Dean thing. I think Mrs AOK is awesome. I think I say too much personally, but alas, it’s too late!
    Does your son believe in leprechauns? My kids do!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 12:02 pm

      I think you’re awesome! Sometimes I say too much, and sometimes I say too much in code…
      Not everyone knows I blog.
      And yes, he does. I wasn’t sure if he did, but his excitement over potentially catching a leprechaun and having a new friend was AMAZING. 🙂
      XOXO

  2. Akaleistar

    March 17, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    Drawing Blood looks interesting, and that Leprechaun trap is cute! Hope it worked 🙂

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 12:03 pm

      🙁 It didn’t work. BUT he did get candy, so it kind of worked out for him. 🙂
      Drawing Blood has been pretty good thus far, and considering this is based on her real life, WOW what a life!
      XOXO

  3. Michelle

    March 18, 2016 at 4:42 am

    Awesome post and I was one that needed your name cleared up. Thank you! Looking forward to your woman post for my series.See you on thank you notes.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 8:04 pm

      You’re not the only one who has asked me about my name 🙂
      I’ve been brainstorming all weekend on what to write.
      Thanks for stopping by, Michelle.
      XOXO

  4. Julie

    March 18, 2016 at 7:27 am

    I’ve never heard of catfishing! Had to google it. I warn my boys about that sort of thing all the time, just didn’t know what it was called. Oh, and I’m so with you on the too many tabs open thing!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 8:06 pm

      I meant to clarify Catfishing with a funny meme. I’m probably too old to watch Catfish, but there was this mini marathon on and I got sucked in and couldn’t stop. 😀
      Oh the tabs they’re never ending….
      Thanks for stopping by, Julie!
      XOXO

  5. Echo

    March 18, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    Oh man, I completely understand having too many tabs open! That is my reality, lol. Catfish, I always start to turn it off and then, I get sucked in!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 8:09 pm

      I think I’m going to omit “thinking” from my Currently posts and just add tabs 😀
      I gather we all have them open.
      I totally got sucked in the other day and could not walk away from Catfish… I may have even looked on Hulu to watch another one. 😀 (Okay, I watched another episode on Hulu) 😀 😀
      XOXO

  6. Sonya K

    March 18, 2016 at 2:06 pm

    Loved your Instagram tips ? The canvas painting looks really nice. I’ve been wanting to try painting a canvas for my daughter’s room.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 8:10 pm

      Thank you, Sonya!! I’m glad you enjoyed my tips. 🙂
      You should totally paint a canvas!!! I want to see it!!
      XOXO

  7. Karen

    March 18, 2016 at 3:03 pm

    I was just watching a couple of Catfish shows last night. Why are these people not suspicious when the other person won’t FaceTime or video chat? I leave at least 5 tabs open on my laptop and I still never remember to actually go back to the tab. I was thinking today that I need to plan some stuff for spring break too!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 8:25 pm

      Ohhh I’m glad I’m not alone! Too bad we don’t live near each other, we could binge watch together. 😀 I found myself questioning if the show was even real because how could you not know…?
      I still have no plan for spring break.
      XOXO

  8. lisacng

    March 18, 2016 at 4:26 pm

    I love seeing all your artwork. Never stop creating!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 8:25 pm

      Thank YOU, LISA!! I plan on keeping on.. 🙂
      XOXO

  9. Bev Feldman @ Linkouture

    March 19, 2016 at 7:06 pm

    Well I know you’re not catfishing anyone! 😀 I actually caught part of that show for the firs time the other day at the gym. it must be a sad life you live to have to pretend to be someone you are not. :-/

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 20, 2016 at 8:28 pm

      You know for sure, no Catfish here. 🙂 I’m so glad you and I are IRL friends even if it’s via blog, tweets, texts, mail and phone calls. 🙂 AND you have seen me live on Periscope. 🙂
      That show amazes me, in a weird WOW way…
      I think it must be a sad life too. 🙁
      XOXO

  10. SMD @ Life According to Steph

    March 20, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    I love that Dickens quote!

    And now I feel like watching Catfish. That show blows my mind. I didn’t know AOK stood for your initials! SMD does as well. LOL

  11. K. Elizabeth @ YUMMommy

    March 21, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    Your creativity and talent never ceases to amaze me. I think I need to institute family art nights around these parts. The kids would really love it and it’d be a great way to unwind and escape for me.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 23, 2016 at 1:25 pm

      Thank you!! ??
      Family art days are fun, I hope y’all will give it a try. I love seeing all the kids PLUS my husband get into creating their art.
      XOXO

  12. Jill

    March 22, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    I remember my daughter making the Leprechaun trap at school years ago! That book sounds interesting! Love the idea of family art night!

    Jill
    Doused In Pink

    1. MrsA0K2001

      March 23, 2016 at 9:07 pm

      The book is pretty interesting, I honestly had no idea the book was about the author’s life! She’s had a crazy full life, and she’s still quite young. 🙂
      Art family night is the best, my son actually asked if we could do it again this weekend. Ummm… yeah of course, kid. 🙂
      Thanks for stopping by, Jill.
      XOXO

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