Happy Friday
Let’s get right down to it today! This week flew by in a blur of life, errands, and a little chaos at home (see #5). I’m feeling that mix of tired and accomplished that only a very full week can bring, and I’m ready to roll into the weekend!
PS — There’s been a lot of new content this week…our Wuthering Heights–themed Supper Club recap, plus this week’s newsletter covering decision fatigue, bathroom demo chaos, and the things I keep sending to friends. Don’t miss it.
1. Meet Birdy
Last week I mentioned the 9-foot Bird of Paradise I stumbled across on Facebook Marketplace, and she officially made it home! Getting her here was…an adventure. She barely fit in Matt’s car and took a little bit of a beating on the drive, but she’s now upright, stable, and looking surprisingly good considering the journey. I found this beautiful coiled basket to repot her in soon, and I am absolutely obsessed with how much of a statement she makes when you walk through the door.
The Bird of Paradise is really sentimental for our family. My grandparents loved them, my parents always had them around, and we had them everywhere at my dad’s memorial service. So this big, beautiful tree makes me incredibly happy, and I’m hoping she loves her new home as much as we love having her here.
2. Tween Target Run
The kids were home earlier this week for a teacher workday, which of course meant Caroline begged for a Target run. She and her friends are completely squishy obsessed right now. In fact, we bought this squishy kit for one of her best friend’s birthdays last weekend and it was a HUGE hit.
We got to Target bright and early…only to find the shelves completely cleared out. She was devastated. But then, like something straight out of a movie, the Target truck rolled in while we were standing there and a huge shipment of squishies hit the shelves. Crisis averted.
Here’s what’s in her “Target haul” she shared with her friends…(and honestly I wish I had picked some of these out for her Easter basket because they’d make such fun fillers).
PS – A lot sold out at Target, so I also added some of these items to my Amazon Easter Basket list!
3. New Fridge Lunch Menu
This week I updated the lunch menu on our fridge with a new rotation since the kids were officially bored with the last lineup. My kids won’t eat sandwiches, and they also have a ridiculously late lunch time (1:30 pm!), which means a lot of foods you’d think would stay chilled actually don’t by the time lunch rolls around. It can make packing lunches a little tricky.
I like to keep a rotating “menu” (made in Canva) on the fridge that both kids agree on. It makes deciding what to pack each morning so much easier and also helps a ton with grocery shopping since I know exactly what to keep stocked. The system is very similar to my meal planning framework, just applied to school lunches.
Our current line-up…
4. Amazon’s New Game Day Drop
Amazon just launched a new collection of celebrity designed game day apparel and there are so many fun styles. The collection includes tons of different teams, so chances are your favorite team is in the mix. Sharing a few of my favorites HERE!
5. Bathroom Glow Up In Progress
We kicked off our master bathroom renovation project this week! It’s been fun and exciting to see the progress all week, but dang, I cannot wait to get past the dusty part of the project. So far we’ve demo’d both bathrooms (we’re taking some space with another bathroom that shares a wall), framed the walls, started plumbing, and today the electrician is coming. It’s moving fast and I can only hope we keep up this speed!
Wanna see the progress?!
Here’s what we were working with…
Demo day! We took the wall to the left of the vanity down to open up the space! The back wall, with the awkward transom window will become the new tub area.
Walls down! Woohoo! The new water closet is going to the right of the window. That space was formerly part of the guest bathroom!
I cannot WAIT to soak in this tub…
