The Week in Review

This week was just a typical summer week filled with laziness and relaxation.  Here are my top -ings.

Brother's Closet

Organizing
My parents are paying me to paint the eleven closets in the house and with that comes unloading and reloading their contents.  Since I don't have photographic memory and most of the closets are just filled with a humble jumble of things that are semi-related, I've also taken on the task of reorganizing them.  I love organization and making my home look like it belongs in a real simple magazine or my closet look like one of the top pins on Pinterest.  This has made the whole painting project slightly more enjoyable (esp. for the closets that require three coats! ugh).

The Berry Pie 

Baking
Although I didn't do one of these posts last week I can tell you the number one thing on that list would've been Cake Bossing (that's a verb... right?).  Let's just say I've watched one too many episodes of Cake Boss on Netflix.  Its only 20 minutes long and there is no story line to follow so you can jump in whenever.  Of course in all honesty, I binge watch it.  Therefore the episodes are in order and I spend a lot more than 20 minutes watching people decorate cakes.  This has definitely inspired me to fine tune my baking skills.  This week I made rice crispy treats covered in homemade fondant (easier than it seems), brownies, and there is currently a berry pie in the oven.  Baking is one of those things I do when I have nothing to do.

All 1000 pieces together

Puzzling
Whilst reorganizing the closets I stumbled upon some 1000 piece puzzles and decided to pull one out and venture upon its completion.  Along with my dad's help and a little boredom and a lot of Gossip Girl it was complete within 3 days.  It was surprisingly really tricky yet fun and rewarding to finish.

Can we talk about Blair's perfect outfit?

Gossiping
They say the first step is admitting you have a problem.  Yes, I may have watched all 21 episodes of season 3 of Gossip Girl in 3 days.  Yes, I do realize that is absurd.  To justify, it is summer and without a job I can use my time however I please.  Honestly Gossip Girl is the best show ever created, shot in the best city in the country, with the best wardrobe department on TV.  Really, you should just watch it, because who doesn't want to be Blair Waldorf.

Family on one of many hikes this summer

Hiking
Last but not least I've been hiking.  Since I live in Florida, by hiking I mean walking/jogging various nature trails.  This past week at a local park I found a new trail that is called The Workout Trail.  It is composed of 20 stations with various exercises such as push ups, crunches, and jumping jacks.  I believe being surrounded by nature makes exercising substantially easier.

So that's my week in review.
What -ings have you been loving these past seven days?

xx Brigitta