January Favorites!
Once a year, my friends and I get together to hold a “Favorites Party”. It’s a fun night where we each bring a few of our favorite things to share with each other. For example, if I decided to bring my favorite book, and 4 friends were coming to the party, I’d bring 4 copies of the book, so everyone could go home with one.
It ends up being such a fun night, because we all learn about new books and products we’re sure to love!
I love this tradition, and I thought that this year, I’d bring a bit of it here to the blog! So, each month (ish), I’ll try to collect a few of my favorite things from that month, and “share” them with you here!
Today, I’m excited to share a few things I’ve loved in January! Ready? Here we go!
Favorite Book: The Austen Escape, by Katherine Reay
This month I read a ton of fiction from my 2018 reading list, and my very favorite so far has been The Austen Escape, by Katherine Reay. I loved Dear Mr. Knightley (it’s one of my all-time favorite books), so I was excited to find this new book from the same author. It’s a sweet, surprising story of two best friends who are sometimes more like enemies than friends, and sometimes more like sisters than enemies. I loved this one!
Favorite Music: How Much More, by Ginny Owens & Meredith Andrews
I’ve been listening to this song on repeat this month, all about how God loves us & how we don’t need to worry because He cares, and He will provide. It’s a fabulous song by two of my favorite artists, and I would not blame you if you listened to it every day in February!
Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3tqQUJi5ZYbMPBUAEO4ANO
Favorite Movie: Pitch Perfect 3
Is this embarrassing? Probably. But I DON’T CARE!! This movie was cheesy and wonderful and I just love this series of movies so much. And also, I might have cried at the end. Because SISTERHOOD.
It’s worth mentioning that I’ve also heard that The Greatest Showman was PHENOMENAL, and I’m dying to see that one, too!
Favorite Thing I Learned About: Movie Pass
Okay, speaking of movies, have you heard about Movie Pass? A few friends mentioned this to me this month, and I can’t decide if it’s totally worth it or not.
Movie Pass is a monthly subscription where you receive a card in the mail, and for $10 a month you can use that card to get you a free movie ticket every day of the month! You can see one movie a day, all month long, for just $10! It would end up being $40 a month for our whole family, so I haven’t made the leap yet. But I really love the idea! Have you heard of Movie Pass before?
(Sidenote: I just told my dad about this, and he was like, “Yeah, I heard about that a while ago.” So maybe I’m just super behind the times, since my father had already heard of it!)
Favorite Tip: Color Coding is ESSENTIAL
As you know, we’re moving, and my free time this month has been spent packing up boxes. My very favorite way to organize the UNpacking & UNloading process is by color coding our boxes! It’s an absolute lifesaver, and you can read all about it here!
Favorite Recipe: Grape & Shallot Chicken
I walked by the shallots last week at Trader Joe’s and remembered that I hadn’t made my favorite Grape & Shallot Chicken in forever!! It’s such an easy and delicious recipe, I couldn’t believe I’d forgotten about it. So, we made it this week and everyone loved it!
Get the recipe here: https://anchored-women.com/grape-and-shallot-chicken/
What were your favorites this month? Share with us in the comments!
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Kayse Pratt serves Christian women as a writer + designer, creating home + life management resources that help those women plan their days around what matters most. She’s created the most unique planner on the market, helped over 400 women create custom home management plans, and works with hundreds of women each month inside her membership, teaching them how to plan their days around what matters most. When she’s not designing printables or writing essays, you’ll find Kayse homeschooling her kids, reading a cheesy novel with a giant cup of tea in hand, or watching an old show from the 90’s with her husband, who is her very best friend.
I’ve thought about the Movie Pass but just don’t think I’d use it enough. Looking forward to reading your thoughts if you take the leap.
I love the idea of a favorites get-together with friends! My girls and I were just trying to brainstorm how to stay more connected (we literally spend time as a group once a year, at an overnight getaway)- this is a great mid-year gathering idea! Thanks so much! (And I’m with you- can’t wait to see The Greatest Showman. :))
I love the idea of a “Favorites Party”! I think I might have to try that with my friends! Thank you for sharing that!
My favorite book this month (so far) is: “Wounded” by Anne Graham Lotz
Movie: Wonder (I’m a bit behind in watching it, I think.)
Thing I Learned About: ProBlogger’s Start A Blog Course
Recipe: Gluten-Free Lasagna
My husband just got the moviepass recently and is loving it – it’s really simple to use. It takes a couple weeks to get it in the mail after purchasing it – just FYI in case there is a movie coming out that you want to start using it with. He was able to get his online through Costco (which we are not a member of – he just had to pay an extra $5 I think).
Favorite Movie — The Greatest Showman. The Post was pretty good too.
Favorite Recipe — Chicken & Wild Rice Casserole (slightly adapted) from the January Toolkit.
Favorite Music & Favorite Thing Learned — Amazon Music STATIONS. Pick a favorite artist, and listen to music from them AND artists like them. No decision making required.
A Home Education volume 1 by Charlotte Mason and the LibriVox app that read it to as an audio book for FREE!
My favorite things right now are:
Hint water
And the invisible belt
I also loved The Greatest Showman.
Kayse:
If you get MoviePass, tell us what movies are worth seeing. I’d love know.
Pam
I saw The Greatest Showman and loved it!
My favorite Bible reading app is Read Scripture by The Bible Project and Crazy Love Ministries.
I like this idea! Keep it up!
Love this! Recipe sounds wonderful! I am putting both books on my reading list and yes I have all of the Ptich Perfect movies on my list to watch – I haven’t seen any of them!
I want to see Pitch Perfect 3. And I love reading about all your favorites. xo