Friday Faves

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.

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.

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,

Hello and happy Friday! What a week it's been. A new president, glass ceilings being shattered, social boundaries realigning, and yip, yip...yesterday

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

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

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

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

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