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Five on Friday

Happy Friday!

WHAT A WEEK! Back to our regularly scheduled programming! I had so much fun shopping the Prime Day Sale with y’all and hope you are excited about the boxes showing up on your doorstep!

Want to know what the top 10 sellers were for Prime Day? I thought I would be able to predict them, but I was totally surprised by the results, per usual. Some of these are still on sale too.

Top 10 Prime Day Sellers

  1. Salad Dressing Containers
  2. Lash Princess Mascara
  3. Bead Bracelet Kit
  4. Butterfly Shorts
  5. Makeup Beauty Sponges
  6. Magnetic Measuring Spoons
  7. KitchenAid Silicone Oven Mits
  8. JBL Speaker
  9. Tineco Cleaning Solution
  10. Lulu Look-A-Like Running Shorts

Alright, that’s enough on Prime Day.

Day In The Life

One quick announcement before we get down to business…

Next week is going to be an extra special week on the blog! While we are away on our family vacation, I am hosting a few guest writers who have agreed to share their “Day In The Life!” This topic is always the most requested and I am so excited to bring you 5 interesting and totally different days to read. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! And due to the increased interest this year, I have a second week of guest writers teed up for August!

Let’s get down to the 5!

1. Thomas’s Birthday Party

Last weekend we celebrated Thomas’s 9th birthday party at Sports Connection! This was definitely the easiest birthday party we’ve ever thrown and I was so impressed by how well their parties are run. We had 11 kids and divided our 2 hour party time into four 30 minute blocks: jump & play, rides & games, laser tag, and pizza + cake in the party room. All the kids had the very best time and Thomas was SO happy!!!

For his cake, I surprised him with a Celtics theme (one of his very favorite teams, right behind the Gators and the Buckeyes). He LOVED it.

2. Fridge Back in Action!

We have a working fridge again! A huge shout out to Queen City Appliance (where all of our appliances have been purchased for both this home and our last one) for being so easy to work with and helping us get our fridge up and running so quickly. As always, their customer service was exceptional.

We love our fridge and this model (KitchenAid counter-depth fridge) specifically checks all our boxes (French door style, large capacity with tons of room inside, exterior water dispenser, fingerprint resistant), so we are thrilled to be keeping it.

And since I threw everything away, this is the nicest and most organized our fridge will ever look!

3. Balsamic Steak Salad

I recently made this delicious Balsamic Steak Salad again for dinner with a few adaptations (swapping out gorgonzola for feta cheese, adding cucumbers, and used a blend of romaine lettuce and spring mix). So good!

4. Summer Outfit

I received this pleated swing top in my Nuuly and loved it so much I bought it!! I’m pretty picky about tops and am always looking for good ones to keep in my closet and am really excited about this one. It comes in a few colors and runs true to size.

And these Blue Suede Sneakers I’m wearing are a current reader favorite (and are on sale)!

PS — Sorry my mirror is so dirty!

5. Watermelon Paloma

I polled y’all last week on your favorite summer cocktail and discovered a few new recipes! I’m trying to be better about saving all my cocktails to my Cocktails Highlight, including this delicious watermelon paloma!!! I couldn’t find a recipe I really loved so I made this combination up and it.is.so.good. Matt also loved it.

Watermelon Paloma

  • 2.5 oz watermelon juice (blended and strained)
  • 1.5 oz grapefruit juice (100% grapefruit juice, or fresh squeezed)
  • .75 oz lime juice (fresh squeezed)
  • 2.5 oz tequila blanco
  • 1/2 oz agave nectar

Shake all the ingredients together in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Pour in a glass with an agave-brushed tajin rim, and lots of ice. Garnish with a lime.

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