What is up?!?!
What we're eating this week:
We eat out two days a week so this week those days are Monday and Friday. I love eating out. I love letting someone else cook for me and just being responsible for, you know, throwing the trash out. Anyway the days that we aren't eating out I'm planning on doing nothing but easy meals.
Tacodillas - pictured - basically the stuffings of a taco but in a quesadilla. SO good! Kids love it, husband loves it, I love it. I got these off my eMeals account. If you don't like sitting around making lists for the grocery store and are sick of eating the same old thing you should give eMeals a try. We love the recipes and the ease of allowing the app to compile the grocery list and then send it on to Walmart Grocery or any local grocer (Instacart) to shop for me. It's a working mamas bestie. Here's my link so you can check it out.
Also on the menu this week are: Chicken Lo Mein and pork chops!
What I'm Reminiscing About:
When my mom had a pool...Of course she sold that property for what now seems like ages ago but man do I miss that pool. The kids loved it too. I have toyed with the idea of putting one in but I don't think that's really on my list of things I just have to have right now.
What I'm loving:
These long summer days. I love being home after work and still having so much day light. I love the heat and humidity (though I realize I'm the only person other than maybe one or two others who can truly say they don't mind 80% humidity and 94 degree weather. It is a gift.)
I'm loving my Smirnoff Pina Colada Seltzer. Smirnoff is my choice for seltzer over Bud Light and if I have to I will take a mango or pineapple White Claw. But did you know Smirnoff has the lowest cal/carb count? Yes, girl.
But where can I find THIS pack?!?!
What we've been up to:
Teeball! Since COVID knocked out spring sports teeball, baseball, and softball were all moved to the summer. Personally, as a kid who played summer ball, I think summer is the best time for softball/baseball because the kids are out of school and the days are longer and there's just a more pliable dynamic for going to the ball field when you don't have to worry too much about the next morning.
My husband and his late dad's Bronco has also been a thing around here. At the start of July the title was signed over to my husband so he's been working non-stop on restoring? cleaning up the 1987 beast o' Ford. Isn't it ironic how he gets this machine the year Ford reintroduces the Bronco?
My daughter is learning the value of work ethic. No sitting around all summer in our house - she's been going to work with my mom and I think she likes it.
Dreading:
Nada. Life is too short to dread crap.
What I'm working on:
Am I supposed to be working on something? I didn't get that memo. Oops!
What I'm excited about:
When this publishes I will be just a few days out from vacation!!! This year we are returning to Ocean Isle Beach. OIB is our FAVORITE vacation spot. We started going years ago and then the person we rented from sold their place and we were out of luck - except for my mom getting her place about thirty minutes south. This year we're returning to OIB and will be over on the Intercoastal Side of the island. I'm so excited! We're taking the bikes and the best part? Friends will be just up the coast at Oak Island so we plan to get together with them for a fun beach day and night in.
Now that is throwing it back to the OLD days at OIB!
What I'm Watching:
My daughter and I finished up Gilmore Girls and GG A Year In The Life. Now we're watching Parks & Rec but since I watched it back when it was ya know....airing and she's already finished the series we just watch it to laugh at Andy.
We did watch Hamilton and yes it totally lived up to all the hype! I think if more historical musicals used rap I would be more inclined to view.
Did you watch Lennox Hill? Whooooooo! I loved it so much! But man am I queasier now than ever? I used to never mind watching something a bit gruesome like surgery but now I'm like a little kid! I squirm and cover my eyes and hold my breath.
I enjoyed (shocking) Palm Springs on Hulu.
Reading:
American Dirt I'm not finished with it but I can tell you this book is a really good read. I don't want to put it down but duty calls so I have had to stop in the middle of chapters to do things like clean or cook or sleep but this book is really worth your time.
One of my favorite places is Mexico. Its beautiful and the people are kind. But it's also a horrendous mess with the cartels running everything that happens there. Though this book has a totally different main character than I would expect from a novel based around fleeing Mexico I like to think the situations found in these pages will open American's eyes about the struggle that truly exists to flee a murderous society to find a better life. This book has had me holding my breath and be on the verge of tears.
And I'm only half way finished.
Reminscing here - your's truly on the beaches of Mexico 2017.
I'm listening to:
Well T Swift had to surprise everyone and throw out a new CD. I'm currently listening to it but I'm not in love with it. When she announced last Wednesday she was releasing a new CD I was like, ok cool. My daughter is a T Swift junkie so its perfect when she releases new stuff in August/September because guess whose birthday is in early September? My kid! Of course she's totally loving the new music and I'm just kinda like mmmkay.
Maybe it will grow on me - I do like it better than Lover.
What I'm doing this weekend:
Jacking up a team of four to seven year olds on cupcakes and then going to the beach!
What I'm looking forward to next month:
Let's just enjoy all the good stuff before school starts back (yes our schools are going back on a modified schedule in person) and before my baby turns another year older. August is always a big month in our house.
