not necessarily in this order

I am doubling down on  Finding Joy in Gratitude Collective challenge  Elisabeth is running and both keeping short joys on the tracker and sharing longer ones here on Fridays this month! (or forever?) small joys in kitchen chaos Saturday  – The Mr. and I had a babysitter for the first time in months and months, but he has some things going on that make going out to eat was a no-go. So, we spent a collective 3 hours in the car driving up to my aunt’s house that I am cleaning out, rescuing a spice cabinet and table, and then driving back. It was really nice to just talk and listen to music and be together!   Sunday  – I had to go to a wake (weird start, I know), but I went with two local mom friends and we caught up in the car waiting to go in and it was so nice to do some tween parent commiseration with people who are going through it, too.   Monday  – The Mr. had a late call so I was the parent in charge of getting Lil Momma to voice and acting. As a he...

Inspired by the many similar lists I see (and have seen) from favorite bloggers over the years!   Lately, I’ve been  watching … As a family, we’ve been watching  Stranger Things  for the first time. We are currently at the end of Season 3 and completely obsessed; we’ve also been watching  Hot Ones   and  Kids Baking Championship . On my own, I’ve been watching  Shetland  on BritBox, but am not loving the non-book-inspired season and lots of Phily Bowden’s YouTube channel… Cardinals I found when cleaning out my aunt’s house!   Lately, I’ve been  using … I got influenced to try  VIOLETTE_FR ’s  Bisou Balm in  Bêtise   which was said to be “the perfect French-inspired matte lip”. Wouldn’t you know, it’s pretty spectacular? As someone fighting their designation of being in the Pale Lip Club, I had been using a lip stain every day but it looks quite bright with my paleness (especially on video calls). This new color i...