Monday, February 27, 2023
Well, we are down to just two more days of February. I am linking up with Sarah and Holly to recap my weekend.
My college kids started their Spring Break! Yes, it is super early, but they get done with second semester at the end of April/very beginning of May. Do you want to know why? Because they want them gone before The Kentucky Derby! One will be home the whole Spring Break, but the other will be leaving in a couple of days for a conference out of town with one of his college organizations.
I finished this:
I don't think I really recommend it. The author's writing style is not my favorite. Her sentences are short and simplistic. You don't really get to know or like any of the characters. And, this is super annoying...many times throughout the book she writes, "I already told you that". Yes, I know you already told me that. I read it.
But, like a cultural anthropologist (? - Lol!), I was fascinated by the recounting of leaving New York City to flee to Maine at the beginning of the pandemic. I also read Jodi Piccoult's pandemic centered book called "Wish you Were Here". The only thing these two books have in common is the pandemic, though.
I guess I am intrigued by the fact that enough time has passed to both write and publish books about this topic. As strange as this sounds, I still have so many emotions surrounding my experience being both a parent with kids affected and a teacher and this book maybe helped me process more emotions and reach more closure. I feel strongly that we did so many things incorrectly but at the same time I have empathy because we didn't know what we didn't know.
I started this immediately after and I love a book set in Paris that has food descriptions!
Friday after school I had done a grocery pick up because I was lazy and didn't do one Wednesday or Thursday. I also didn't go to a happy hour because I went out to lunch on Monday and out for fondue dinner on Wednesday. I made us Asian bowls and all four of us ate together. We had sadly finished the show Shrinking on Apple TV. All four of us really liked it. Also, I pickled my own red onions and was quite pleased with myself.
All of this was cooked on the stove top or in the air fryer. My oven comes in next week!
Saturday morning I was up bright and early because I had gone to bed at 9:30. I finished catching up on blog reading and blog comments and cleaned up many areas of the house including my closet. I got a library notification that two much anticipated books were in!
Look at the cute green St. Patrick's Day bookshelf!
Then, I had an appointment at my favorite consignment store, Sassy Fox.
They took most of my items. I didn't really have that much because I like most of my spring and summer things. But, it forced me to go ahead and take inventory and that is always a great thing. I brought home one new thing - a graphic tee by Prince Peter. It retails for $54 and was brand new. I got it for $18. I had been wanting a graphic tee with pink in it.
For lunch, I used the Asian bowl leftovers and added arugula. I whipped up a bit more of the Asian sauce I had made and this turned out delish!
I made Tom avocado toast and we watched Outer Banks Season 3 Episode 1. I can't believe Tom got into it last season, but he did.
It warmed up and it was really sunny. I made an old fashioned and lit my candle and did one of my favorite things - I read outside! I started Carrie Soto.
I'm not interested in tennis at all. I couldn't get into Daisy Jones. I liked Malibu Rising ok. I liked Evelyn Hugo ok. I really liked her earlier books, though. I don't think I'm going to have such a rave review about this book as others have had, but I am moving quickly through it.
For dinner I made spicy chicken alfredo with bowtie and rotini pasta. I had two boxes to use up and I did. My alfredo sauce is homemade and I indulged, too.
Then, Tom and I went to a comedy show at my school that was a fundraiser put on by the alumni association. I got free tickets, so why not?
I watched some tv with my kids when we got home and Tom watched the rest of his basketball game. We finished Cunk on Earth on Netflix and it was really funny.
I made these bowls for my breakfast both weekend days. I cook mushrooms, onions, and zucchini and top with scrambled eggs and cheese.
I also made some turkey meatballs and cooked some ground beef for dinners this week. My breakfast prep is still going strong for this week in my freezer. I think it's smarter to do two week's worth of breakfast burritos at a time!
Anyway, it was a very low key and also a very low spend weekend for me.
What did you do?
Amy
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