Howdy and glad Friday! How was your week? Mine was a very good one, busy with homeschool stuff and child actions, which are actually all working at full steam regardless of the bits of snow we noticed this week. David I sneaked in a midweek date night time whereas the women have been at youth group and it was very nice to have an opportunity to speak via some matters that aren’t at all times approachable if you’re within the swing of busy routines at dwelling.
Yesterday the women and I left the home at 8:15 AM and didn’t step foot again inside it till 9:00 PM. Possibly that’s the norm for some, however I used to be past exhausted by the day. It’s the week earlier than the Shakespeare play placed on by our co-op so prep and observe are in full swing. Comply with that up by soccer and theater and a touring husband and whew. Let’s simply say I slept like a rock final night time!
ONE: Reader Favorites
- The Good Dinner Bowls – I’ve been on a hunt for these for thus lengthy and they’re the right dimension (the 7.6″) and form for burrito bowls, pasta, curries, stews, and extra.
- Boiron Oscillococcinum – I’m so glad to see extra persons are protecting this stocked at dwelling; it’s a flu combating should. My fav flu fighters.
- Rotary Cheese Grater – for grating your personal cheese, it’s a should! But in addition works effectively on shredded carrots, sliced cucumber for cucumber salad, and extra. Cleans up straightforward.
- GreenSaver Produce Keeper – lengthen the lifetime of your greens with this massive greens keeper! Spring is coming, in spite of everything.
- Basketball Court docket Stencil – David painted this in white on our driveway and the youngsters suppose it’s the best to know precisely the place to shoot totally free throws and three pointers.
- Wheatstraw Snack Containers – made out of the identical materials as my favourite divided plates, these containers make snack packing straightforward with it’s 4 neat compartments.
- Boiron Chestal Honey Youngsters’s Cough Syrup – homeopathy for the win throughout this tough germ season the place everybody has a lingering cough.
- Tea Drawer Organizer – I organized my tea drawer with this final week and now each time I open it I really feel like a legit adult- ha 🙂
- Glass Meals Storage Containers Set – I exploit these day by day and have for years. They maintain up effectively and I like that they’re glass not plastic.
- Multi-Objective Kitchen and Herbs Scissors – each kitchen wants a very good set of shears for slicing packing, slicing hen, stripping herbs, and more- these do all of it so effectively!
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TWO: Little Ladies
I’m on a classics kick with the youngsters. I shared with you that we LOVED Anne of Inexperienced Gables (although I have to retract my love for Anne with an E. We actually loved the primary few episodes, then I really feel it obtained a bit darkish. I’m going to strive the usually really helpful Megan Follows film).
This previous week we completed Little Ladies and once more, I teared up on the ending. The classics are classics for a purpose; they’re unbelievable. Of their element, of their phrases selections, of their spirit. I can’t wait to look at the film model with the women after we file our favourite elements in our learn aloud journal.
Possibly it’s the books or perhaps it’s me, however I really teared up three instances on Tuesday. First, on the finish of Little Ladies. Second, when Kaitlyn requested to look at Jake and the Neverland Pirates and the theme music instantly introduced me again to toddler summer season days publish pool and pre nap. And third once I laughed so arduous I cried watching Hailey dance round the home performing all foolish, glad, harmless, valuable. Howdy, perimenopause, is that you simply?
THREE: IPL Face Therapy
On Tuesday I had my first IPL laser remedy performed. IPL is a broadband mild remedy that targets brown and crimson discoloration on the pores and skin. The remedy itself isn’t snug, but it surely isn’t painful. It looks like a rubber band being snapped in your face alongside a burst of shiny mild. Afterwards I felt some tingling on my pores and skin, however there isn’t a downtime or peeling. The focused spots rise to the floor of the pores and skin over the subsequent week, then flake off. My aesthetician mentioned I’ll discover some outcomes, however I’ll discover it extra once I full all three classes, that I purchased as a bundle, spaced 4-6 weeks aside.
I’ve been eager to step up my skincare, and am doing so via these IPL therapies, my crimson mild face masks, and being extra according to sunscreen and serums. I’d like to strive one thing like a cool peel that targets texture of pores and skin slightly than decolorization, however that is me dipping my toe into an entire new world, so, child steps.
FOUR: Thrifting Discover
I’m a thrifting beginner, however after constantly seeing what superior treasures folks uncover and having an entire home in want of loads of artwork and furnishings, I’ve determined to dabble. Dabble I did this previous week and checked out a neighborhood thrift retailer and located a homerun of a deal for our library nook. A purply pink smooth velvet arm chair for under $20! I introduced it dwelling, lint rolled it, then minimize off the material from the underside that had everlasting cat hair connected. It match so effectively into the little nook! I’m now on the hunt for a tiny desk, a ground lamp to peek over the again of the chair, and a few artwork work. And I now perceive the joys of the chase!
Additionally, please discover Hailey cataloging each e book we have now. She says she needs to do that to higher arrange them and reference so we don’t double purchase books, however I believe the actual purpose is so she will observe which books her sister borrowed and has but to return…
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FIVE: Month-to-month Meal Planning
I informed myself I wasn’t going to speak about this but as a result of I’m solely three weeks into the month, however is it potential I’m a convert to month-to-month meal planning?? It’s largely labored rather well for these three weeks and I’ve full intentions of doing it once more for March. Meal planning at all times takes devoted time to sit down down, take a look at the calendar, and plan, and doing 4 weeks as an alternative of 1 week directly doesn’t take all that rather more effort. Right here’s how I did it:
- Wrote down all the times of the month on a bit of paper and pulled out my calendar.
- Notice any particular occasions that may impact meal planning (a birthday dinner out for instance) and any reoccurring occasions that impact your dinner alternative for a sure day (for us, co-op day is nearly at all times a gradual cooker meal) and notice that in your meal plan.
- Fill within the lay ups. For us, that’s pizza on Fridays. I crammed these all in. And it’s typically some type of Mexican on Tuesdays, so I write these in (taco bowls one Tuesday, fajitas the subsequent).
- Mentally notice which days I do know I’ve extra time to play with a brand new or extra elaborate recipe (often Sundays), and fill during which recipe I’ll make these days.
- Fill within the remaining slots with our household’s favourite meals that I can mainly make blindfolded.
I’m hoping to write down a extra detailed weblog publish and present you what it seems like once I make March’s meal plan, however that’s the short model of it. To this point, like I mentioned, I’m loving it.
I’ve an keen canine prepared for a morning stroll after being dwelling alone for a lot of yesterday, so I’ll log off right here and need you a really glad weekend! I stay up for checking in with you Monday morning in my publication!
