Friday Faves

Hello, hello, and welcome to another Friday Faves. I was flipping through the recent issue of Real Simple magazine and came across a Q&A for readers

Hi there, and happy long weekend Friday! It's Labor Day weekend—hoo-fricking-yay!—and I'm looking forward to less labor and more seizing of the day. And

Hello hello and happy Friday. I had to go cold turkey. I had to cut myself off. I had to relocate to concentrate. Vacation is over, it's time to get back

Hello hello and happy Friday. Well, we are back to it. Back to figuring out what's for dinner and who has to be where at what time as we slip out of that

Hey, hey, hey and happpppy Friday! This is the last weekend before my little baby’s final first day of school. She’s a high school senior. How? How? How?

Ah! Happy Friday once again! First off, my husband cooks the best ribeyes. End of story. Typing my greeting of "Happy Friday" in these posts each week

Hey, hey! Yay, it's Friday! Tis the season for reunions! Last weekend our family had its first official family reunion and I’m happy to say it was a

Hello, hellllooooooo, and happy Friday! The family has arrived, the venue is secured, the cooking has begun (I've made enough of our favorite taco meat to

Hello! And happiest of Fridays. July is vacation month and we just returned from a week in Oregon and let me say, it was awesome getting away and

Hello and happy Friday! This week we are in Oregon on a college tour for my AliSmudge—and eating ice cream at the holy grail of ice cream, Tillamook

Oh well hello there! Happy Friday! This past week, all of the sudden, my garden grew by leaps and bounds. The tomatoes are blossoming to make baby maters,

Hey hey and happy Friday. I have to admit, I've thrived in isolation over this past year. I've come to discover I'm an extroverted introvert. I think I

Oh well hello again, it's Friday! Last summer we bought a little A-frame cabin in the mountain valley above the city where I grew up. This valley is

Hey hey and happy Friday! Is there anything better than a 4-day week? How about a 5-day vacation? I'm happy with either, or both! So long as I get time to

Hey hey and happy Friday! Three day weekends can go one of two ways: Relax and kick back, or kick in and get things done. My weekend will be a combo of

Hey hey and happy Friday. My tomato plants are in the ground and I am ready for the BLT railroad! Who's coming with me? As we skip through this thing

Hey hey! It's Friday! While cooking recipes like this Caesar salad with pasta above, no matter where I am in my kitchen, I look out windows. Over the

Hey hey and happy Friday! It's only the start of May but I've already snapped into my summer mindset. That means lots of walking the dogs, roaming about

It's the weekend = Happy Friday! These days nearly everyone has a camera literally at their fingertips—thank you smart phones—that makes it incredibly

Hello and happy Friday! Who else is feeling a renewed sense of life and living? It's spring! We're vaccinated! I am BEYOND grateful my family is

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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.

Hello there! Happy Friday! Now that Super Bowl is over, it's that time of year where just about all anyone can talk about is the weather. Will it snow?

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.