Monday, September 14, 2026

It’s Monday and time to link up with Sarah and Holly! How was your weekend? I hope it was a good one!

Tom took off on Friday and after exercising Eddie Otis and getting the house ready for our dogsitter, we headed to my hometown for a music festival. We also went last year. It’s an hour drive and as soon as you cross this bridge you cross over from Kentucky to Indiana. We checked into our hotel and then headed to the festival.

I packed the “snackle box”. The one compartment missing is cheese which was in the fridge.

This festival was nice because you could bring in an empty water bottle and they had filling stations and you could bring in your own food.

It was cloudy most of the day which was nice because when the clouds scattered from time to time the sun was hot. It had rained a little bit and was muggy but nothing unbearable. We walked back to the hotel once to get some more of our gear but other than that we were at the venue from 3:00 until after 11:00 pm. We were up past our bedtimes!

I ran into my sister Kate’s buddy and his wife, so we took a photo to send to her:

The headliner Friday night was the main reason we went – Sierra Ferrell. If you like to look up new music, check out her songs American Dreaming, Dollar Bill Bar, or Lighthouse. We also enjoyed some of the other acts. Even though we were really far back from the stage, some of the acts were super loud and we both tried the air pod noise cancelling feature and it’s pretty amazing. It allowed us to hear them at a better decibel level. We went down by the stage and listened to a couple of Sierra’s songs, too, and that was fun. They had food trucks, bars, and kettle corn.

I got 20 K steps in!

Saturday morning we woke to rain. We enjoyed the hotel coffee and breakfast and then drove around to see some things.

Little spinach quiche – fancy!

The hotel is so pretty!

This is the town’s fountain:

The fountain is one of only four of this type remaining in the world. It was originally displayed at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. I just think it’s so pretty. It also happens to be in front of my childhood church. We checked out the progress in the rebuilding efforts from the fire back in May.

Tom wanted to drive by my mom’s house, and I was ok with that. I was happy to see their fall decor.

Our baby missed us!

I unpacked, stripped sheets, did laundry, and all the little things. I am definitely “team unpack right away”. I went to Target for some cleaning and laundry supplies that we were out of and then I came home and didn’t leave the house again. Tom and I watched the UK game and ate dinner.

We ordered a salad and Tom ordered sushi and I made a baked potato, too.

I’m still working on this:

I read some of this:

And, I went ahead and started this because it sounded so cute:

I relaxed Sunday morning on my porch before it got too hot and now we have another heat advisory.

I went to our little market:

Anthropologie at the mall:

I had my copycat CFA kale salad with some chicken for lunch:

Tom had the Bengals on in the afternoon and I read. We rallied to do some chores and I made Sunday dinner.

It was a really good weekend! What was the highlight of yours?

Amy

18 thoughts on “Hello Monday”

  2. The music festival sounds fun and lively! Way to stay up past your bedtime… I did that on Friday AND Saturday- yikes! Your hometown is really pretty. The fountain is lovely. The rest of your weekend sounds nice- reading and getting things done. We got rain Saturday morning, too, and even some last evening. It’s going to be hot here, too, most of the week. I guess we’re going to have to be patient for that fall weather!

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  3. What a great little weekend! I love that you stayed the night again like you did last year. I am right on that? Didn’t you do this last year as well? I love the snackle box thing; you did a great job of packing some yummy things. Your copycat CFA kale salad looks yummy! I might need that recipe. I just had that one night last weekend, and I always forget how much I love it when I pick that as my side! I’m sure EO was soooo glad to have y’all home again! We’re also under a heat advisory again this week. I’m so over this! Fall, where are you??? I hope you have a great day, friend.

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    1. Yes! Same festival and same hotel. Thank you! We didn’t even eat the snackle box until we got back home but you have to be prepared. If you add grilled chicken, it makes a good little meal. We are, too! Ugh! Summer is not going out without a fight, is she? You too! I hope your week starts out better.

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  4. What a fun weekend! You must have loved going back to your hometown- the house you grew up in so pretty. Great reads too -thanks for sharing 🙂

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  5. What a great weekend! The music festival sounds so fun. That is a great tip with the airpods at a loud concert. I’m team unpack right away too. Michael sent me some funny videos about a wife unpacking and cleaning everything when they get home!

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  6. Looks like a very relaxing weekend. My husband loves Sierra Ferrell. So glad you had bearable weather for that. I’m over these heat advisories!!

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    1. You’ll have to tell him your friend saw her and he will say “friend?” and then you will have to say your online blog friend – lol. You wouldn’t believe how often I talk to Tom about my blog friends.

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  8. Your hometown really has some cool things going on! That fountain is beautiful! You packed a lot into your weekend. I’m anxiously awaiting Mike’s recovery. I want to go on a beach vacation so badly right now! Our big weekend thing was the oldest coming over and putting up drywall in the kitchen. The template guy is coming tomorrow (Tuesday), and he’s also the owner. I hope he’ll have a better idea of when things will start moving.

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    1. Yes! Thank you! I don’t know your exact town but Madison could be a day trip for you. I bet! I hope he improves soon! You could look for a beach with a direct flight from Indy. How are you dealing with cooking? I hope so, too. I am so dreading ours.

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