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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

What Wednesday

What we are eating this week:

...lemon pepper tilapia and roasted potatoes
...roasted veggies with meatballs and chicken sausage



...barbecue chicken, smashed roasted potatoes, & green beans
...chicken fried rice and sweet potato tater tots
...kale and cranberry salad


What I am remembering:

...Christmas of 2013



What I am excited about:

...the leaves changing
...all things fall


What I'm watching:

...The Voice
...This is Us

This Is Us. Love this show, and Mandy Moore. ❤❤

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...Kathie Lee and Hoda Today
...A Million Little Things

Watch A Million Little Things TV Show - ABC.com

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...The Good Doctor
...Manifest

Manifest

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What I'm listening to:

...Barlow Girls
...Jar listening to music while he is drawing


What I'm reading:

...New Minimalism: Decluttering and design for sustainable, intentional living by Cary Fortin
...Real life dinners by Rachel Hollis


What I'm loving:

...iced coffee
...Chomps turkey sticks
..bacon
...beautiful sunny crisp mornings
...This is Us tv show
...a clean house
...becoming more minimal
....roasted veggies


What we've been up to

...watching Jack Ryan Amazon show
...celebrating Michael and my birthdays
...cleaning
...yard work
...Jar drawing
...Cam writing music


What I'm working on:

...journaling
...deep cleaning the house
...intermittent fasting
...following my schedule to a T
...washing bedding


What I'm dreading:

...cleaning the bathrooms (not my favorite)
...dark mornings/evenings


What we're doing this weekend:

...yard work
...changing power steering pump on Malibu
...relaxing
...taking a walk
...lots of laundry


What I'm looking forward to next month:

...a fall drive
...cooler weather
changing of the leaves
...going to Barnes and Noble
...going to Broadway Coffee
...watching football
...going to the coast with the family for at least the day
Amy

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Life Lately

I cannot believe that the month of September is basically gone. It really flew by so quickly. September is my favorite month because of Michael and my birthdays, so sometimes it seems to fly by more quickly cause we have lots of fun things planned.

Here is what has been happening around here lately:

...Jar painted this for his boss as a wedding gift (she loved it)



...I decorated the credenza for fall


...Christmas is not far away (I love to get these catalogs)


...the credenza at night


...we went to Oktoberfest as a family




...Michael trimmed the Arbivitea




...I love my new mug


...Michael's birthday phone call



...my mom made this pumpkin coffee cake for Michael for his birthday


...mail from Michael's mom


...making Michael's favorite meal (steak fondue with potatoes, sourdough bread, and corn--I also made some Cajun shrimp)



...I also made Michael a creme brulee for his birthday dessert


...we went to Red Lobster for Michael's birthday dinner (Michael had all-you-can-eat shrimp)

Jar and I split this (well...he actually ate 3/4 of it)

Jar and I also split this (he had most of it)


Cam had crab legs

...we went for a country drive after dinner at Red Lobster



...we stopped at Grandma's quick



...Jar got this flower for me for my birthday


...I made Jar this huge plate of food for dinner last night


...Cam got his aquarium cabinet put together last night


...Google sent me this comparison photo


...Jar made these cool chalkboard signs in produce (he is so talented)



...for his birthday gift Micheal went to see the local tractor pulls/monster trucks



...the boys and I went shopping during my birthday week




...we went to see Ant Man and the Wasp


Here's a look at the exclusive Dolby poster for Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and The Wasp"! See the film in theaters July 6. #AntManAndTheWasp


Other happenings around here lately:
  • Michael and I watched Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime
Created by Carlton Cuse, Graham Roland. With John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman. Up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, is thrust into a dangerous field assignment as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit.

  • I did a lot of cooking
  • Michael and I watched Chesapeake Shores and Treasure Quest
  • I did a lot of minimalizing
  • I cleaned the whole house
  • both boys had a lot of school work
  • I got Michael White Castle burgers for lunch
  • Michael went to the junkyard
  • Michael and I watched Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink: A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy. (Taken from IMDB)

  • We watched Mission Impossible V: Rogue Nation on Michael's birthday

"You called me because you needed my help, and you still do. So I am staying! And that's all we're going to say about it." - Benji

Amy