Friday, September 4, 2026

Happy Friday! I’m linking up with Andrea and Erika to share some favorites from my week.

Tomorrow is my twins’ 24th birthday! It will be the first time we can’t really celebrate together. Even when Mason studied in England, he didn’t leave until after his birthday for fall semester. Now, Mason is in Santa Fe and Jack works until late that night. I have sent both of them gifts. I thought Jack would enjoy a surprise package even though I could hand deliver. I am getting a cake Door Dashed to Mason and I am delivering a cookie cake to Jack at work. I could be in my feels a bit on Saturday. 24 seems old! How did we get here so fast?

And of course Facebook would do me in with this photo of third grade. What a sweet age that was!

My least favorite thing this week has been the heat! My car dash read 112 this week! Eddie Otis and I have walked around 8:00 am and then I’ve taken him on a car ride to another walking destination around 10:00 and it hasn’t been too bad, but after that it is so hot that he has asked if he can use the hall bathroom instead of going outside. Just kidding!

We have driven to this neighborhood that has an enclosed dog park that no one is ever using. Outside of the park is this field and we sniff around.

And, we have gone to this little garden to explore, too.

I call these our “field trips”. EO is really good getting in the car and riding in the car but if a bike or a motorcycle pulls up beside us he loses his mind.

I have enjoyed seeing my bow! Now, I just need coordinating mums and doormat. I am still debating between faux mums and real mums. Let me know if you have an opinion on this!

One morning I stopped in our little market after the gym and bought a single Diet Dr. Pepper. Boy did that go down well. I love it in this type of glass, too. I am not a regular soft drink drinker but every now and then it sounds good. My cousins in Michigan call it “pop” and where I grew up everyone called it a “soft drink” or everything was “Coke”. Diet Dr. Pepper would always be my first choice, I think.

I did some cooking this week –

we had salmon, zucchini, and taters:

I had taters, AmyLu sausage, and my microwave single egg casserole with chives one day:

We weren’t very hungry this night so I made a spinach salad with warm bacon dressing, cottage cheese, tomatoes, and we had homemade fries on the side:

My sister and her husband celebrated 24 years this week and guess what – I had my twins 5 days after her August 31st wedding. You do not want to see me in my maternity bridesmaid dress. I also have a very similar photo of Tom and I on the town trolley. Tom and I were the first to use the brand-new trolley and Molly got to use it 2 years later! She is such a copycat! She also copied off of me and had twins 5 years later! Don’t worry; it’s a family joke!

It was so fun to get to see two students and attend a book release party this week!

I saw so many great graphics this week!

My twins love Gilmore Girls. They think the writing and acting is so good. They are big fans of Amy Sherman Palladino who also did Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

I started Love is Blind UK this week! So silly and fun! I have not been able to finish Sterling Pointe. It got too teen/angsty for me. I also haven’t finished The Other Bennett Sister, My Brilliant Career, or Woman of Substance. I need to go back to those. Tom and I are watching Ted Lasso right now together.

I’m excited about this!

I got this funny message from a former student:

So sweet to think of me!

I know. I know. AI. I tried this out on ChatGPT:

Pretty weird, right? I saw someone else’s and they had many of the same words on the left.

And, lastly was giving some gifts to my newly engaged niece…

this planning notebook:

this ring dish:

and we had some tacos for lunch:

The taco place is right next to an iconic Louisville bakery, and I bought us each an “angel dip” to take home for dessert. It is angel food cake “dipped” in the best chocolate buttercream frosting. Oh my!

It was a good week despite the heat!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Amy