Monday, May 4, 2026

May the Fourth be with you! It’s time to link up with Sarah and Holly to share our weekends!

Can we believe it’s May? I can’t!

Friday was a chill day. I went out and got a few things we needed from CVS and then treated myself to a sugar cookie latte. So good! I had some patio time to read. I am reading the first book of The Windy City series by Liz Tomforde right now. It’s very chick lit and very rated R. I’m not sure I will read the others or not yet!

I had the Kentucky Oaks race on during the afternoon and had three nice phone calls! Do you talk on the phone? I really don’t enjoy texting that much and love a good old fashioned phone chat.

Ugh – my nails look so bad. I got tired of the press ons and removed them and the glue was hard to get off. I bought an OPI white at CVS and did them myself.

Meanwhile, it was little Lena’s first prom as a sophomore because she is dating a senior! Lena is my namesake with the same middle name as Aunt Amy. We’ve had a bond from day one. I sent her the Selena Gomez lip gloss because it matched her dress perfectly in the bottle.

She inspired me to put on my gold heels and a dress I haven’t worn much. Just kidding – we had a dinner reservation.

I made myself a nerds gummy cluster cocktail because Melanie Shankle talked about one from a restaurant. Then, later, my friend told me how bad this candy is for you.

We ate in a tent attached to a really popular restaurant because Derby brings so many people out to eat. It looked like we were at a wedding.

Our experience was pretty meh. The menu was limited, the tent was noisy with a heater running from a truck next to it, and my chicken parmesan was good but lukewarm.

Oh well, it was good company and fun to be out on a Friday night!

Friday night I got a text from Mason asking if he could hang out with us on Saturday – and come for brunch or lunch and hang out until he had to work a Derby event! Of course! I decided to make pancakes and bacon. Then, I invited Jack as well before he had to work.

But first, I went to Trader Joe’s, Clothes Mentor, and Old Navy.

Both of these are really good!

I got these to make a snack board later in the day:

I sold some clothes to Clothes Mentor for the whopping amount of $9. I will donate most but wanted to see if I could make some money back. I returned my entire Old Navy Supercash order. I just wasn’t excited. I will talk about that tomorrow in Fashion Files.

Are you making bacon on a sheet pan in the oven yet? It’s so much neater!

Both kids were here from 11-12:30 and they had fun eating and talking. Then, Jack had to leave for work and Mason hung out with us until 7:00. He did some reading on his own and I also read my book some.

Then, he agreed to watch The Devil Wears Prada original movie with me while Tom did yard work. It was so cold and really too cold to be outside Saturday! Mason liked the movie and even said he would be willing to see the second with me in the theater if I needed someone to go. Awwww.

I made a snack board and popcorn and then made tacos and corn for dinner. After Mason left I watched the Derby race and some of the Hallmark movie…

It was cheesy like all of them, but it was fun seeing a restaurant I have gone to a bunch as one of the scenes!

Look what’s coming next weekend:

Lololol!

Do you try to shop seasonally? I loved this graphic I found:

I plan to make strawberry salad and asparagus soon. I need to buy dill. I love dill. I keep blueberries in the freezer.

Don’t forget that we have the Fashion Files link up tomorrow and Currently Wednesday!

We have a lot going on in the blog world this week!

What was the highlight of your weekend? I’d love to know!

Amy