Hey hey and happy Friday! First off, I made this sauce with pasta (pic above) for a super easy dinner thanks to I had a bunch of campari tomatoes languishing on my counter. It's the best! (Sidenote: I think Campari are the sweet and tasty and my go-to grocery store ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! Oh what a good week it was. Make that two weeks. We had our first vacation in over a year, and it was simply wonderful. Lots of good food like spicy tuna hand rolls nearly every day on the beach, plus sand, surf, the drive to Hana (and we didn't get ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Aloha and happy Friday! Yes! It is true! Spring break is here and we are on our first vacation since 2019 and it.feels.AMAZING! With strict travel rules and entry testing seriously enforced, being masked in Hawaii feels freeing in so many ways. Because we have ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday! The sun is out and I am feeling calmer and more energized all at the same time. I've struck a bunch of stuff off my to-do list, my daughter's ACT test is done, our first dose of the vaccine is in our arms, and my calendar is cleared for a very ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! Before we get too far into the gritty and before you email to ask, I'm sorry but I don't have a recipe link to the French toast yet. Consider it a tease of good things to come. Perfection takes practice :) I love weekends, but today I cannot wait ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy spring forward Friday! I don't know about you, but I am STUNNED that daylight savings time is here once again. It totally crept up on me. I realized St. Patrick's Day was here and have made my fave corned beef and cabbage dinner twice already, but like ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday! Like millions of others, I spent the better part of 2020 ignoring, or at least putting off, my preventive care visits. And I wasn't alone. But, no more! This week was my stop-avoiding-that-doctors-appointment reckoning. There's just too many ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday! I'm a sucker for routine. It's one reason I'm such a planner and calendar nerd. I like to know the ins and outs of my days that turn into weeks that slip into months right before my eyes. Routine is good, but it can also be suuuuper ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday. Belief. Hope. Wonder. Comfort. I'm not a particularly religious person, but I do think there's something else out there. Something that guides each of us. So, do I believe in aliens? No. But the Mars moon landing yesterday was pretty cool. So ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday! With most of the country digging out of drifts of snow, it feels good to just hang out at home and cozy up with nothing to do. Oh wait! That's nothing new. It's the same thing we've been doing since 2020, am I right? But! Better times are ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday! I'm a lister. I make lists. I'm an idea generator. A dreamer. A big picture person. I'm the type who thrives in the ideation, the creation, the conception. But I'm also a noodler. Reworking and rethinking. I have to ruminate. Give it time. Let ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! What a week it's been. A new president, glass ceilings being shattered, social boundaries realigning, and yip, yip...yesterday was my birthday! I'd like to personally thank Katy Perry for her performance and the fireworks display just for my ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello friends, and happy Friday. Aaaaand...just when you thought things couldn't get more crazy in this world of ours, they do. So much for dry January. A few years ago I finally realized alcohol just messes with my sleep, so I've yet to imbibe, but I've definitely had a few ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday. source: unknown My husband and I were at our daughter's basketball game—masked and socially distanced and where each player is tested weekly and only allowed two spectators per player—talking about how weird it felt to be there. "Happy 2021," we'd ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Happy New Year and happy Friday. Happy New Year and thank you thank you thank you to all of YOU for getting me through 2020. Wow. It has finally, FINALLY arrived! 2021 IS HERE! I certainly don't need to be yet another one to chime in, but hells bells, I'm happy to say a ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and Merry Christmas Friday! Wishing you and yours the merriest of merrys and happiest of ho hos. I'll be spending the day with my loved ones, appreciating them and all of you. I'll be back next week with a regular Friday Faves, but until then, cheers to the ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! Who could imagine that with all the wishes that this year would just be over already that we are only one week from Christmas and two weeks from the new year? It's finally here. Hallelujah. 2020 brought a whole lotta change for a whole lot of us ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hi, hello, and happy Friday. I was in the middle of rolling meatballs for dinner when I received a text from one of my friends that a former co-worker of ours had tragically passed away earlier that day. She passed the way you only hear about in grand works of literature ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! One day past Thanksgiving and one more month of 2020 to go. I'm guessing it's highly likely we're ALL ready to say SEE YA to 2020 and move into a fresh start with a new year. But until then, let's dig in and find the joy of the season—masked and ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday. By this time next week, we'll be looking back on a day of Thanksgiving that looked totally different than years past, but feeling grateful and thankful for all that we DO have nonetheless. With so many people out of work, without family, or simply ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday friendlies. Does anyone else feel like November has already been 63 days long? So much, so much, so much. So much change, yet so much that is still the same Every.Single.Day. In addition to fall sweaters, snowflakes in the forecast, and slurping ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday! 90,070. No, that number is not related to any sort of election count. It's the number of photos I have on my iPhone. NINETY THOUSAND. Who even takes that many pictures over their lifetime? Me. But when I look through the photos, I'd have to guess ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday. Look around. Take a breath. Have a stretch. We made it! It's Friday. Everything around us is amping up. More and more of the C-word cases are emerging fast. So much election angst. More hardships. More restrictions. More people ignoring the ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! Next weekend we'll be celebrating Halloween, and what a totally weirdo Halloween it will be. The parties, the pumpkin patches, hay rides, and the haunted houses are all looking and feeling a whole lot different this year. We live on a steep hill so ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and happy Friday. How are you? And what can I do for you? That's how I started yesterday's morning conversation with my teenage daughter. It's how I should start conversations with everyone I love, every day. I've been bossy all my life. I come by it ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey hey and welcome back Friday. I was making our favorite soup (I added matzo balls) for dinner when I absent-mindedly asked my husband what day it was. "Wednesday," he replied. What? "Already?" I asked. "It's already Wednesday? Oh man, I need to get started on Friday ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and haaaappy autumnal weekend! It seems like summer is the time when most people find themselves more and more out and about in the great outdoors. But for me, fall is my prime time. The cooler weather, the creep of slowness, the changing flora, and knowing that this ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hey, hey and happy Friday friends. This week I learned that one of my dear high school friends passed away after a too short, but furious fight with ovarian cancer. She is the first of my longtime friends who has left us way too soon. With all of their ups and downs, those ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! Can you feel it? It's here. The warmth of the sun as it slants and shadows earlier in the afternoon. The final days of the best garden tomatoes. Pumpkin flavored everything. Fuzzy sweaters and sun-kissed chilly cheeks. Boots. Warm straw, oranges, ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
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Hello and happy Friday! Who else is ready to relax and enjoy an easy breezy lazy weekend where the perfect sunny side egg forecasts a great weekend ahead? Weekends = my love language. You've heard of the Love Languages, right? My friend Ali was the first to tell me about ... continue reading... about Friday Faves
