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This week felt long yet also went by quickly. Anyone else? I’ve also tried to be more intentional about doing housework during the week to free up my weekends, and now I have too much time on my hands. For the first time, I don’t know what to do with all of this free time! I’ve been reading before bed and spending time building my ShopMy account. Also, a sign that I am an adult is that I’m excited to go to the gym and grocery store on Saturday. Don’t judge! I just love waking up early and being productive on a Saturday and then having a lazy Sunday. Nothing better!

Stopped at the grocery store on my way from home on Tuesday and got a container of strawberries. It might be the highlight of my week to have fresh fruit to snack on again.

Grabbing an Aperol Spritz on a Friday after work. Bonus points that we were able to sit outside and enjoy that it was still sunny after 7pm.

Choosing to make simple and easy dinners this week with a glass of wine this week.

My step count has been very high this week. I can start to feel my body getting stronger, and my legs are also hating me and begging for a break after two days of 12k steps in a row.

Repurchased this face moisturizer to use under my makeup daily.

Still loving this face wash, especially now that my face is starting to get sweaty with the warmer temperatures.

Speaking of warmer temperatures, hello humidity! Picked up this spray for my hair to prevent frizz and keep my hair smooth.

Started Euphoria this week, and I have a lot of thoughts…..

Not technically a show, but I have been listening to the Call Her Daddy podcast during my commute to work. I used to listen to a lot of news and current event podcasts; however, the pivot has been refreshing.

The Noah Kahan album came out, and I can already tell it’s going to be a sad summer….

Still loving and reading the Plated Prisoner series this week!

Last week I feel like we were all excited about the new year with our goals and plans. This week, with the fires in California I find myself in a weird mood because on the East Coast we have freezing temperatures and snow and on the West Coast we see homes being destroyed block by block by the wildfires. Don’t ask me what I would take if we would have to evacuate because that is too much for my brain to process right now. Material things are just…. things. Watching the news makes me hug Ed a little tighter and make a quiet promise we would never leave without him.

OKAY but now back to pretending everything is fine while our world is consumed by natural disasters. If you are a millenial, it’s just another world changing event for us…. nothing new around here.

I know everyone is doing the “No Buy January” and the “Project Pan 2025” but if you do not have an eye cream right now, be sure to get one. Your future self will thank you. I love this one but this more affordable eye cream is also a good option. Last year, I started to get Botox for my crows feet lines, not because they are that noticable but to prevent the lines around my eyes from getting deeper down the line. To have good skin in your fifties depends on what you do today to keep it healthy!

My plan was to go to the gym a lot this week…. but it’s cold and windy. So instead I’m doing an at home work out every night and I love this work out video on Youtube. It’s only 10 minutes but every muscle in your body will be in pain!

We started this week with a snow day on Monday and it was a nice unexpected day off! Jake still had to go into work so I slept in a little and read some of my book in the morning. I wanted to be productive in the afternoon so I deep cleaned the whole house and then got my Bissell Carpet Cleaner out of storage and decided to deep clean all of the carpets in the house. It was so nice to wake up on Tuesday to a very clean house!

I listened to the Mel Robbins episode on the Life with Marianna podcast this week and loved hearing the discussion about the Let Them Theory. Definitely listen to it as you go into the new year!

Today is the season finale of Outlander and I am not ready.

I love the girls behind The Home Edit so of course I am watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

On Saturday mornings, I like a little quiet time on the couch while I drink my coffee and watch a home design show and right now I’m watching Christina in the Country for some home design inspo.

I just finished Paris Hilton’s memoir and I went in thinking it was going to be a light and easy to read celebritiy memoir. But just a few pages in, I realized that this was going to be a different type of story. The writing is great, a moving message and worth reading. I actually put it down a few times to be able to process what I read and wanted to last a few days even though I could have read this book in a day.

For Christmas, Jake got me ACOTAR books so last night I decided to start A Court of Thorns and Roses. I’m only a few chapters in and intrigued…