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Julie
Hello friends. I hope you're staying warm and cozy after a cold and snowy week. We just survived the blizzard of 2026. I'm eager for the snow to melt and for warmer weather to arrive. BRING ON SPRING!!
The topic this month is Ways We Make Our Weeks Easier.
HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS:
1. I tend to be a paper planner. I use my iphone calendar for any appointments and events I have planned for the day.
2. Yes, I do meal planning for each week. It helps me with planning our meals each week. I also use the Hello Fresh daily meal kit from time to time. I will usually pick out two meals for the week. This is an easy way to plan out my meals, and it comes with all of the ingredients to make a meal, with a recipe card included and delivered right to my door.
3. Yes, I usually lay out my clothes the night before for the next day. This is easy and saves me time, especially on the days that I go to my gym.
4. My one tip for doing laundry is that I have a basket for dark clothes and one for white clothes. I do not let the laundry basket get overflowed, and I try to do the laundry every few days. I will put the clothes away right after they are folded.
5. We do big grocery shopping at Costco and BJ's. For the little shopping that I need to do, I will go to our local grocery store. I also will shop online from time to time at Fresh Direct, which is convenient, and the groceries are delivered right to my door.
6. One of my tips for getting out the door in the morning is setting up my coffee pot the night before. When I get up in the morning, I just have to plug in the coffee pot. I make sure all of the pots and pans are put away the night before.
7. If I know I am going to be busy for the day and need an easy dinner, it's heating up a frozen pizza from Costco in the oven. We usually will have a salad on the side. I like making soup on the stove or in the crockpot.
8. We like using our Dyson vacuum cleaner on our rugs each week. I also use a Swiffer mop on our wood floors. I like to put away blankets, pillows, and remote controls the night before. I empty our dishwasher in the morning. I sometimes will set out in the afternoon what pots and pan, plates, napkins, and utensils that I will need to make dinner.
9. An easy breakfast is cereal or an English muffin with butter or cream cheese and coffee.
10. I think I've shared some good tips for staying organized and making our weeks easier.
HERE ARE THE MONTHLY TOPICS:
Hello blog friends.
I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day weekend. My husband and I celebrated by going to a neighborhood pub for dinner. We also have this week President's Day, Lunar New Year, and Ash Wednesday!
I can't believe we are already in the middle of February. I am glad that we only have the rest of February and March and then we'll be on to spring! I am so over winter with the COLD weather and SNOW!!
I have some random items that I bought from Amazon, and I'd love to share them with you.
I needed a new cutting board since the one I had developed a crack and the juices from the meat dipped onto my counter. This one is large but thinner than the board I had. I can't wait to use this one.
I needed a new bread knife, and this one is working out great.
My husband likes taking this supplement.
We ran out of these cold relief tablets. They are similar to Alka Seltzer Plus. These tablets work well when you have a cold.
I get cold sores from time to time, and this cream seems to clear it up. I recently had a cold sore right under my nose, and this cream helped to heal it.
I remember seeing this hair powder mentioned on Tanya's blog, and I decided to give it a try. I have blonde hair, and this seems to help with when my roots start to show, and I need my hair to be filled in a little. Thanks, Tanya, for the recommendation. It works great.
Have you bought anything lately from Amazon?
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Julie
Hello friends.
It's the second Monday of the month, which means it's time for the Share Our Lives Link Up.
This months topic is Binge Worthy Shows.
With the weather so cold and snowy it's the perfect time to binge watch some shows.
I have a big list of shows that I've watched and I think are binge worthy.
Here is my list of shows:
- Gilmore Girls
- Sullivan's Crossing
- White Lotus
- The Four Seasons
- Platonic
- The Studio
- Only Murders in the Building
- The Black Rabbit
- Outlander
- Emily in Paris
- Stranger Things
- Loot
- Sirens
- Pluribus
- Man on the Inside
- Abbot Elimentary
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Jury Duty
- The Chair Company
- The Crown
- Shrinking
- Bad Sisters
- The Bear
- Squid Game
- Breaking Bad
- Better Call Saul
- Beef
- Fleebag
- Severance
- Ted Lasso
Have you watched any of these shows? What is a binge worthy show that you would recommend watching?
I will be sharing this with Joanne's blog My Slices of Life.
TOPIC FOR EACH MONTH:
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Julie
Hello blog friends. I'd love to share with you the books I've read in so far this year.
I received this book as a Christmas gift from my daughter. I totally enjoyed reading this book. It's about Sam and Sadie who meet at kids and then they make and develop video games after meeting again after college. I liked this book so much that I recommended it for my daughter and husband to read.
I've noticed other bloggers raving over this book. I'm glad it was available to download from my Libby app from the library. I've enjoyed other books by this author, and I even met her at my daughter's school when my daughter was little. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
If you have book recommendations, please let me know.
I will share this post at the monthly book link-up party, Share Your Shelf. It's held on the first Thursday of each month.
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Julie
Happy February blog friends! 💖
I'm joining Amy from the blog, Coffee and Cocktails at the Casa, for her Currently link-up. It's held on the first Wednesday of each month. This month, we are sharing what we are loving, baking/cooking, watching/reading, planning, and savoring.
LOVING:
What I'm loving right now is that the holidays are over. We are eating healthier meals, and I'm eating less sweets. I've been going to the gym at least three times a week.
BAKING/COOKING:
I haven't been baking anything lately, now that the holidays are over. We are trying to cut back on sweets.
I've been trying to make healthy meals for dinner. One of the easiest meals is making this kale, bean & mushroom soup for dinner. The recipe for this soup can be found here.
I love making this easy sheet pan sausage and peppers for dinner. You can find this sheet pan recipe here. Lately, I've been adding cut-up potatoes to the pan and adding taco seasoning to give this dish extra flavor.
Recently, my daughter and her team visited Eataly to take a pizza-making class. She brought back homemade dough that she had made, and we had pizza for lunch.
I recently made meatloaf for dinner with mushrooms and roasted carrots. We are trying to eat fewer carbs with our meals. I also make a salad each night with our dinner.
WATCHING/READING:
I'm caught up on streaming shows and TV at the moment. Lately, I've been reading books.
I read two books that I enjoyed in January. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Garielle Zevin and The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani.
PLANNING:
We are trying to plan out what vacations we want to take this year. It's always a process to try to figure out what month and where we want to go. I'm hoping we can get a vacation to the Jersey Shore, as we didn't get to go last summer. Last summer, we all took a trip to Italy and England, which I totally enjoyed. You can read about our vacation here.
SAVORING:
I look forward to my breakfast dates with my husband. It's a nice way to start our day.
What have you been up to, and what's currently new with you?
Julie
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