Monday, April 1, 2024

That’s no joke! It’s April! I am linking up with Tanya for Prime Purchases and Sarah and Holly for Hello Monday today!

Let’s start with Amazon because I have some things I’m really loving!

Last August when our German cousins were here I bought black gauzy pants by Umgee (one of my favorite brands) in a little boutique. I recently got them out again and started wearing them – here:

I thought I would look around for another color on Amazon and score:

Here they are in action for school on Friday:

I love them so much and I sized down one:

I love Donna:

This is my third stick.

I love these eye patches. I am not sure I bought the most popular brand, but these feel great and maybe work?

And, I really like the hold and the ability to come through this hairspray:

I have been very careful with Amazon lately – not letting myself go crazy. I’m really happy with all of these purchases this month!

Let’s go back to Friday. I went to Martini’s patio with Erica and then a teacher and his wife joined us for a bit. The weather was so nice this weekend! We had sunny and 70s for the most part!

I went home and made bowtie alfredo for some, and Tom had leftovers.

Saturday morning I went to Trader Joe’s, Old Navy, and used my spray tan membership.

I didn’t need any flowers, but they looked so pretty!

I bought this mix which is so good:

And this little candle trio:

I got a few staples and a few fun food items.

I finally finished this and really liked it. It is chick lit/romance, but it was deeper than you might think.

And, then I started her next one:

I have discovered whole wheat pita pizza. The crust is surprisingly good. I cooked it at 450 for about 10 minutes. My kids are pizza snobs and they really liked it.

Then, Tom and I took a little road trip to this farm:

to meet three chocolate lab males and we both gravitated toward this little guy:

Look at that face! He is about a week away from being ready to come home. Yes, it’s soon after losing Ernie, but we knew we were doing it at some point sooner rather than later and Tom found this litter and he tells me he is ready. And we decided to only adopt one. We might get a brother in a year or two. I am not sure I am ready for the puppy stage at all!

After our little adventure, we stopped at Limestone Yacht Club (not as fancy as the name implies) because we found out Tom can watch The Cincinatti Reds play there. We can’t get the games on the tv or the radio because it’s blacked out here or something. You have to have Bally sports network and Tom says it’s too expensive even though I am tired of hearing him complain each baseball season and I said just do it!

I tried the tequila High Noon seltzer and loved it!

We went home and ordered sushi for dinner with our kids and they were so happy. We hadn’t had sushi in forever and I forgot to get a photo.

Sunday morning I made corn pudding:

And we went to my mom’s house after Jack sang in church. We had a nice meal and celebrated my four niece and nephews March birthdays. Unfortunately my other sister couldn’t come.

We had DQ ice cream cake!

The four of them – it was so sunny that we didn’t get a great picture. The one in the green hoody and the girl on the end are twins.

The view from my mom’s deck:

It was a nice day!

Amy

22 thoughts on “Hello Monday and Prime Purchases”

  2. Yay for the new puppy, he is adorable! I started working on my trip re-cap post yesterday and didn’t quite get to finish it, so no post from me today. We had a busy weekend!

    I like the new guaze pants in the light blue color. They look like light denim so I think you will wear them a lot!

    Have a great Monday!

    xo,

    Kellyann

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    1. I can’t wait to cuddle him, but I am scared! I am not sure how the puppy stage will go.
      You had a full and wonderful weekend!
      I am loving the gauzy material and I thought the same thing – sub out for jeans kind of thing!

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  3. I’m glad you enjoyed the weekend! That baby pup is precious. I’m such a sucker for puppies, but I don’t love the puppy stage. We’re still in the throes of it with our son Jonah’s dog Chloe. She makes me batty! We always say it’s a good thing she’s cute. I was excited to hear that you might adopt two at once, but I don’t know if I’d handle that well either. I think it’s wise to wait. Yay for spray tans and spring break!!

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    1. I did! It was more full than most lately. Yes, I am very scared to enter this stage. I am older now and I have forgotten all the puppy stuff. And, there is no guarantee that this pup will be as easy to train as Archie and Ernie. I think our current plan it to wait about a year.
      Yes! Just having a little color helps. I got a pedicure yesterday, too!

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  4. OH my gosh Amy you are really doing this- what a sweet puppy! Can’t wait to follow along with this adventure 🙂

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  6. This post is full of good stuff!! You finished your book (first of the year, I think)!! That puppy!! The Trader Joe’s flowers!! Your new pants! I bought my first pair of wide leg pants last week from Old Navy, but I love those blue ones that you purchased. I’m glad you got to spend time with family and celebrate Easter. Happy Monday!

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    1. Thank you! Yes, finally! I love when I find a new author and can work my way through her other books. Can’t wait to see your ON pants. I was so happy to get two $5 t-shirts at ON on Saturday!

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  8. Wow! Such a cute puppy! I’m so happy for your family! I love the TJ Meyers lemon pound cake. Lemon is my favorite flavor! I saw the candles and wanted to get them, but I have a dozen large Yankee candles currently. I ordered 6 around the holidays, didn’t receive them and they resent the order. Eventually the first order showed up, and they told me to keep them, so 12 candles! I’ve had a cold for the past few weeks and haven’t been reading much, but I’m currently reading an excellent book, Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent. Have a great week! 

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    1. Thank you! Lemon just screams spring! Have you had a lemondrop martini? So good! Oh my! Candles for days! Oh I hope you feel better soon. I am a fair weather reader and love reading outside!

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  9. That puppy! I’m so excited for you. I think we are postponing our puppy search until summer when we will be home for a long period of time. Thanks for linking up with Prime Purchases.

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    1. Thank you! I wanted to wait a little bit more until closer to the end of school year, but Tom was ready and is prepared to be the point person for the first few weeks. I think you are smart. We also don’t have a big trip planned or anything so maybe this is a good time. Thank you!

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  12. Omg that puppy!

    I try to be careful with Amazon. But if don’t browse. If I need something, that’s where I go. Scott, too. I order groceries from Walmart and I order everything else from Amazon and that’s my life right now 🙂

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