Thursday, April 27. 2023

I really have a lot to share today – not sure if it’s all good, but I continue my streak of mostly not repeating school outfits in an effort to be content and see that I have plenty for this season! I am linking up with Jill and Kellyann for Fashion Files.

Not that you asked, but I continue to struggle with temperatures in my classroom along with footwear. I was so cold Monday at school that I seriously couldn’t get warm until dinner time at home. And, the hard cement floors are just brutal on your legs and feet.

I think this was last Thursday – I wore my new consignment hot pink short sleeved blouse, my old LulaRoe pencil skirt, a JC Penney Liz Claiborne knit cardigan and my patent Birks. I will say that my feet were happy – Birks get more and more comfortable over time. I also wore my hot pink Gucci bee earrings. The whole outfit was built around the earrings!

Thursday night I changed into my Target black gauzy dress, my MIA dupe clog sandals from Amazon, and my silk scarf headband with my Derby earrings to go to a boutique Derby open house and to dinner wtih my friend Heather.

Friday I wore jeans, butterfly blouse, old consignment cardigan and my black Amazon Essentials flip flops part of the day and my waterproof rain clogs part of the day because it was a rainy dreary day.

Friday night I changed into this to wear to dinner and a little music gig of Jack’s. I have on my Old Navy chambray blouse, my Wit and Wisdom flares from Nordstrom and my gold clogs. The flares are petite and almost too long with the clogs. Or, maybe they are too long!

This is my cold weather Saturday exercise/errand uniform that I don’t think I have ever shown. I like to wear my 7/8 pocketed leggings, a black long sleeved (I have two to choose from), and my black fleece vest. This time I threw on a black and white gingham headband.

I bought Hobby Lobby plastic sandals!

I have been loving my Kur illuminating nail concealer. It is so easy to do myself and it stays looking nice for about 5 days.

Saturday night I wore this to our friends’ house for dinner. It’s Derby season so you gotta take advantage of the ability to wear a sweater. It was a cold weekend!

Sunday I wore the same leggings and vest and added my bright blue sweater and Derby earrings. Again, I gotta get my wear out of the earrings!

Monday, it was time for school. I wore my paisley palazzo pants that are seriously 10 years old. This is how to feel like you are wearing pajamas at work. I wore an old thin black blouse and my hot pink blazer. It was very cold outside and the temp in my classroom was crazy cold. I wished I had gloves is how cold it was. I never get cold!

The cold drove my outfit for Tuesday – I repeated Sunday’s outfit but with black pants. I wore Hokas part of the day (legs and feet hurt) and then switched to black flats.

Hoping it warms back up soon, because I want to talk flip flops! I bought the gold Amazon Essentials and then added black and leopard! They were either $11 or $13 each and I think they are more comfortable than J.Crew, but look like J. Crew. Flip flops are my summer uniform shoe. You can “class up” a simple outfit with a little nicer looking flip flop.

I honestly don’t know who these pale Flintstone feet belong to and I am also not sure why I am showing you. They do run true to size. – the flip flops, that is.

Gold:

Leopard:

Black:

I still also have my new patent black Reefs:

So, that’s about it!

Do you have a favorite?

What have you been wearing?

Amy

P.S. – I took the final sale J.Crew white bathing suit to my tailor because it was too big and she told me it would be about $80 to re-size/make it smaller. So, I will take the loss; I took it to my consignment shop. Ironically, I had made $34 already so that was the exact price of the bathing suit. I kept the money there for use when I find something I want to buy so that it feels like I got it for free!

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

I am linking up with Sheaffer and Shay for the What’s Up Wednesday because it’s the last Wednesday of the month – wow, April, you went by quickly!

What We’re Eating…

I am on a Greek bowl kick again. This time I added some roasted broccoli to the typical cauliflower rice, tomatoes, cucumbers, chicken, and homemade tzatziki sauce. I didn’t have any feta, but it’s still so delicious to me.

I also made burger bowls this week. Again, this never gets old. I made a copy cat Big Mac special sauce using non-fat plain Greek yogurt.

I continue to get many of my recipes from Slender Kitchen. If you read my Costco haul post yesterday, you will see I am trying to get back to a more strict WW plan. I am tracking on my app and trying to eat better after some recent indulgences.

If you have any food or meal suggestions, let me know. I am ready to switch to more of my warm weather favorites after winter comfort foods!

What I’m Loving…

This was a splurge, but I thought it was so cute. It’s an egg spoon rest from the Urban Outfitters website. I ordered my hall bath shower curtain from them and saw this. No regrets! Did you know that Urban Outfitters has more than clothes?

She has not arrived yet, but here she is…

The first design I ordered from Amazon seemed cheap so I went back to the drawing board.

So, I hope I will be loving it when it arrives.

What I’ve Been Up To…

Picking out decor for my new hall bath! Hallelujah!

What I’m Working On…

Working on my vision for this bathroom with touches of pink. I picked up this handsoap.

I thought about pulling out the green of the shower curtain, but I decided to return this rug. It’s Opal House from Target if you like it!

Possible feathers and wall art:

Pink candles from TJ Maxx:

What I’m Excited About …

-A second bathroom on our main floor – we have a bathroom in the basement..

-College kids moving home – thus the need for the bathroom completion! They are in their last week of classes and next week is finals week. I really can’t believe we are three years of college down at this point. Next year they will be seniors. We continue to love and feel grateful for them choosing a small, liberal arts college close to home. They have both talked about the opportunities they have gotten and the fact that being close to home has been a benefit. It may not be right for everyone, but I think it was good for them to choose the same college (never rooming together, though) and a small college. Don’t overlook the private colleges because they can offer competitive scholarships and maybe need your kids more than the big schools!

-The end of my 29th year of school!

What I’m Watching/Reading …

This is really cute! I am enjoying it!

As for tv, I am watching Below Deck, Summer House, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Mrs. Maisel with my kids, Ted Lasso with Tom and the kids, and that’s about it. I am definitely reading more than tv watching in this season.

What I’m Wearing …

We went from this simple Target gauzy dress with Derby earrings on Thursday night for the 80 degree weather to

Sunday Funday’s sweater, fleece vest, leggings, and Derby earrings for the 40 degree weather!

What I’m Doing This Weekend …

There will be coffee and my candle! I am using my Volcano candle since it’s spring. I hope to make some more decor decisions as a few more things I have ordered come in, go to a local shopping center Spring open house, spend time with my friend Elizabeth, and not sure what else is coming up. Elizabeth has to have a polyp removed from her vocal cord in a week and won’t be able to talk for 7-10 days after that, so we have to talk now. I feel so bad for her. I really don’t think I could do that. Could you?

So, what’s up with you on this Wednesday?

Amy

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

I definitely have a love/hate relationship with Costco. I have sent Tom the last several times to get our paper products, dog food, and his protein shakes. But, I had cleared out freezer space and we were missing some of our freezer staples and I needed to go.

I bought these noodles again – it had been a long time so I hope I still like them. They are zero points on WW and you can use them however you would use a normal noodle in Italian dishes or you can use them with a Thai or teriyaki sauce. 6 packets come inside the box with about two servings each packet.

I prefer Boar’s Head deli turkey, but this is also pretty good. I like to make a wrap or a roll up with laughing cow cheese or mustard and a low carb tortilla.

Trying these for the first time – You can use them as a bun or toast them.

I made an open face sandwich in the air fryer and I liked it pretty well. It got kind of soggy, but I think it’s because I didn’t eat it right away. These are one WW point each.

I really like these and can’t find them at my Kroger, but they do have a smaller pack at Whole Foods. They are one WW point each.

I really like this brand of liquid egg whites more than other brands I have tried. 6 cartons come inside the box.

Regular old eggs:

They stopped carrying my chicken strips that were the best pre-cooked I had every had. I will not eat them if they are slimy. These looked very similar so I am giving them a shot. This is a great shortcut for any of my dishes that require chicken and I ideally would always have them on hand. You can cut the package apart and freeze one.

I have been using a lot of cucumbers lately in my Greek bowls and my salads.

This is the best frozen cauliflower rice. Fresh is not good in my opinion. Kroger’s frozen is in really big chunks. This is nice and fine and I really like it. 5 packages are within the big bag. I let the rice defrost on paper towels to get a lot of the moisture out and then I cook the beep out of it with a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a skillet on the stove. I use this in place of regular rice in any of my dishes where rice would be the base.

We want to eat more fish!

A bag of frozen chicken breasts in the freezer helps us when we boil chicken for Ernie or have a dish that requires chicken.

And, that’s it for food items! I did a really good job of avoiding temptations this time!

Are you a Costco person?

Amy

Monday, April 24, 2023

Welp, it’s Monday again and I am feeling like I need another day! It’s time to link up with Sarah and Holly to talk about our weekends.

Thursday night, my friend Heather and I parked and walked the tiny little old Main Street of Middletown, a suburb of Louisville.

We arrived at The Prickly Pear for their Derby open house. I have mentioned this cute little boutique mulitple times on here. I know the owner and it’s the cutest little shop. If you need a gift, this is a great place to go.

She is the one in the headband. The one taking the photo is my former student and I saw her and another former student! They had chocolate espresso martini samples and chocolate mint julep samples. Check out Ballotin whiskey.

We both found a few things to take home.

Then, we walked back down the street to Lou Vino. They have the prettiest patio and the weather was amazing. We were both so happy to be out!

Friday at school I was on my own at lunch because Erica attended a conference so I repeated my Wednesday dinner of Greek meatballs.

I came home and read and napped on the patio while it rained.

Tom and I headed to a little taqueria for dinner…

Jack had an informal jazz gumbo (type of music) gig that we went to.

I was so tired and went to bed right when I got home.

Saturday morning I made myself a potato, mushroom, and onion skillet with eggs and it was so good!

I was on a mission to start my errands/shopping early and I hit Target at 8:30. It is so nice to go early! By the time I was done, Hobby Lobby was open, and I ended my spree at TJ Maxx. I was on a mission to find decor for my new bathroom. Yes, you heard that right, my hall bathroom is pretty much done.

I got some Hobby Lobby faux Birkenstocks! They were $7!

The rest of the day I did chores, read, watched tv, showered, and piddled around.

We went to our friends’ Dan and Kara’s for dinner and the invite included Ernie! Their new puppy Willow can now be around other dogs and they had a great time together. We had burgers, sweet potato fries and broccoli and chocolate ice cream for dessert. Hi Dan! He is a loyal blog reader!

Again, I was pooped when we got home!

Sunday morning was a bit of meal prep – I only had 3 tortillas so I did two breakfast bowls. I have extra zucchini, onion, and mushroom for zucchini lasagna bowls this week.

I finished this on Friday – so cute!

And, during the weekend I started this. It is also super cute so far.

I did a grocery pick up on Saturday with all of my errands and ordered a $6 bouquet with all of my groceries. This is my first time including flowers and I guess I didn’t really know you could!

Tom and I did Costco and spent more than we ever have simply on food, drink, and maybe one toiletry item. You can feel the price increase at Costco, for sure! I might do a post on what I bought and why?

I bought these cute little cukes!

Later on in the afternoon I told Tom I needed a Sunday Funday activity so we went to Rooster’s.

It was a nice way to end the weekend, but I still needed another day!

What was the highlight of your weekend?

Amy

Friday, April 21, 2023

I had a better week this week! The weather was gorgeous after Monday, too! I did have a lot of things after school, but I managed to get outside after that.

It’s time to link up with Andrea and Erika to share some faves from the week

First of all, a Tik Tok update…I continue to post a teaching video about every other day. I am up to 203, 000 followers. I get mostly complimentary comments, but a few haters slip in. I really don’t spend any time on TT other than when I post and I read comments ocassionally. I took a break over Spring Break and I will take a break over the summer. I don’t know how much new content I can come up with after I finish all the verb tenses, grammar rules, and helpful hints. I’m not sure where it’s going! And, I have not seen a cent. I am not sure how people are making money. I’m not doing it for the money anyway.

Wednesday’s post got a great response – “Would Amy…buy this beauty product again?” Thank you! I think I will try to make this a series. Check it out here if you missed it and go back and read the comments because there are some recs!

My second Ipsy bag arrived! The pouch is cute. When I did this before, I saved all the pouches and gave them to my nieces. I filled them with pads for their first “you know what” and I got some kinda mixed responses. I might do that again and fill them with money and a few beauty items?

The products weren’t as exciting this time – a tweezer, a lip gloss, a leave in conditioner for hair, a night cream that I really like so far, and a cream highlighter.

I am on my second bottle of this type of Dawn bottle. I only buy Dawn -it’s the best. I am also using it for stains on my clothing! This no flip bottle is great!

I treated myself to a pedicure last week and got an orangey salmon. It looks more orange in this light, but it is more salmon in real life. Or, maybe it is more coral. I really like it!

I mentioned this Monday, but this would be a really great beach read for this summer!

And, I am shocked by how much I am enjoying this cute book! You guys! It’s deeper than you might think, too. It is about a pro football player and his long time girl bestie. This would also be great for a beach read. I don’t want it to end! I am sorry that I can’t remember who recommended it.

I am still loving my Kur polish. I have a white-ish and a pink-ish. I only used one coat to get this natural look and I followed it up with my Orly top coat. I might look into another color soon.

I have tried a couple of new flavors of Kroger brand seltzer and I love both lemon lime and strawberry lemonade!

Wednesday was such a gorgeous afternoon and evening. I made Greek ground chicken meatballs with brown rice, homemade tzatziki, tomatoes, cucumbers and feta. On the side I made Greek potatoes. I had a glass of red wine and asked Tom if he would be terribly offended if I ate outside. He was not at all! It was lovely! I stayed outside until almost 8 reading my book! Ahhhhh!

I have been adding bird seed to my Kroger pick up order. Did you know you can do that? Look what these greedy squirrels? did – they ripped open my bag before I could fill my feeders!

My favorite lunch of the week was when Erica made beef bulgogi bowls and even marinated cucumbers and stopped at an Asian market for the sprouts. I can do without the sprouts, but the cucumbers make this dish. I was in heaven!

And, Erica loved when I made my Doritos Tacos Locos Taco salad for lunch one day. It is iceberg, taco meat, tomatoes, shredded cheese, crushed up Doritos, Taco Bell mild taco sauce, and I made the copycat Chuy’s jalapeño ranch dip/sauce in a lightened up version with Greek yogurt.

You have probably seen this meme, but it is true! I saw it with my own eyes. The suits were super fitted and the pants were high water, no socks, with smoking loafers. Some had contrasting shoe and suit colors. One dude had a black suit, red bowtie, and red loafers. Or, they wore Air Jordans with their suits. I am super bothered by the incorrect “son’s” but I didn’t make the meme.

I left out this photo on Monday because the girls hadn’t shared it with me yet. These are two of my AP superstars.

We had Spanish Honor Society initiation this week or “Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica – SHH” and I got cookie cakes this year which were a big hit!

These kids have a 4.0 in all Spanish class and have taken Spanish 3 or above for at least 3 semesters.

The weather has been gorgeous after Monday. Monday was super windy and the wind was biting cold. Tuesday Ernie enjoyed sniffing around the baseball field. Ernie is used to being off leash quite a bit. He is really good and comes when I call him, but he never goes too far away from us. We put in so much work with him as a puppy. I really was tired during his first year of life, but it paid off big time. I did all of the morning duties with him back then.

Tom has a conspiracy theory that he has developed after listening to me complain about Kroger pick up. I often see that certain things are not available. Here is an example. I can’t get Kroger brand saltines but for $3 more I can get the name brand. This happened this week as I was adding things we needed.

He says that this is their game to get you to spend more (but why wouldn’t they want you to buy their store brand?) or to go in the store and make impulse purchases. Do you think Tom is correct? Anyway, pick up will always be a favorite for me. I think I save money by planning out what I need and not seeing things that tempt me that aren’t on my list. I could go in and look for more bargains, but I know I would also bring home things not on my list. I had to do a Monday pick up this week – Monday and Sunday are the two busiest days. You are more likely to have to wait longer or have substitutions on these days the worker told me this week.

The countdown continues…

We are in our last grading period of the year – the last 6 weeks. I have a tradition where I let them pick their own seats for the last one. I announce the day and they hurry to class that day to pick where they want to sit. It’s the little things! They hurried to class like you’ve never seen on Tuesday. And, I get to hold their new seat over their head when they are not focused, “Do you like your new seat? You wanna keep your new seat? Then, turn around and focus until I turn you loose!” You know what, though, it makes my heart happy to see the kids talking and having fun with each other again. This is what it is supposed to be like! I am so ready for summer, but I love my kids this year so much (well, most of them – there are a few little boogers) and I will miss these group dynamics. Each of my classes has their own little personality and you just never get the same mix again.

What have been your favorites this week?

I hope you had many!

Amy

Thursday, April 20, 2023

It’s Thursday and time for Fashion Files! I am linking up with Kellyann and Jill so make sure to go there to check out some other fashions.

Thursday I had to take the day off for my mammogram and I squeezed in a pedicure and a spray tan visit (I have a monthly pass for April) before a hair appointment. We can’t take half days off until next year (will be the first time in my district I think?) so I try to maximize any weekday that I have to take off for a doctor’s appointment.

I wore this flowy TJ Maxx blouse (found out that a pair of old earrings match it perfectly), jeans, and my Olukai mules.

Friday for school I wore jeans, the green blouse you are tired of looking at, and the new Clarks sandals. My feet hurt so badly. I have a line of blisters on the outer edges of each foot. I am re-selling these stat. Oh well. Can you see the difference in my hair between the first two photos?

Friday after school outfit for Mojito with Heather. I have mojito earrings on, too.

Saturday was so warm and I wore this to run to the library. The rest of the day I was in lounge clothes.

Until it was time for Prom!

Monday for school I broke out old palazzo pants that feel like jammies.

Tuesday for school I wanted to wear my new pink and white gingham headband so this whole outfit is based around that.

And, finally, I tried out an old swing dress with a button up shirt.

Do you have a favorite?

What have you been wearing?

Amy

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Welcome to the first edition of “Would Amy Wednesday”! This may be the only Wednesday it happens, but we shall see how it goes. I was thinking it could be “Would Amy… buy, try, eat, cook, read, watch, go, etc..” Give me an idea in the comments if you like this idea!

For today’s edition, we will explore the question of “Would Amy…buy these beauty products again?”

Here we go…

Benefit Starlaa

NO! It is a bronzer and I was being cheap…I think it is really just too small for me to get my brush into and after receiving my Ofra bronzing and highlighting palette from Ipsy, it just pales in comparison. I really like Benefit products, but this one is not getting used. I used to use Benefit Dallas blush.

Trader Joe’s Coconut Body Butter

NO! It is just a little too thick and the smell bothers me as the day goes on. I know lots of people really like it, but every time I use it I am not happy. I apologize if I previously recommended it, but I just didn’t know I didn’t like it back then. I have also previously recommended other Trader Joe’s beauty products but now I really only use their facial moisturizer.

Thrive Causemetics mascara

YES! I need to buy a new tube. This is the best mascara I have ever used. It is annoying to have to order it and try to get the shipping minimum, though. If you have a mascara that compares, let me know. Maybe it’s just the fact that it’s my first tubing mascara? I would really like to try some of their other products, too.

Ulta brand cream blush stick

YES! I am a big fan of cream products and you just roll the tube up a little and swipe it on your cheekbones. I love this product!

Pixi Dream-yEYE eye patches

YES! I have not tried any other brands but I really love these. I save them for when I have a party or a nice dinner to go to. They feel great if your sinuses are bothering you, too.

CeraVe moisturizing cream

HECK YES! This is like the best body lotion I have ever used. This is the first winter I have not been dry and flaky. It is the combo of Jergen’s Wet Skin in the shower and this.

Lumify brightening eye drops? As you can see, I have rubbed the label off!

YES! I need to buy a new bottle. It’s pretty amazing how nice your eyes look. Someone recently told me that their eye doctor said these are great, too.

Batiste Dry Shampoo

YES! This is the best dry shampoo I have used, albeit I have only used about 3 brands. I found mine at TJ Maxx. I also use it to “gritty up” clean hair a bit to style it.

Amazon Find: Hair Food Turmeric and Almond Oil Detangling Milk

HECK YEAH! I love the smell of this and put a bit on after every hair washing. It really does help detangle and I really like it!

I am not very brand loyal and am willing to try new things. If I want to re-purchase something, that says a lot. Tom, on the other hand, is extremely loyal with brand name foods or certain Kroger brand foods and with all of his toiletries. Example: Tom is still using Finesse shampoo and conditioner and has to order it in bulk online as you can no longer find it among the modern living people.

Did you like this post?

Any suggestions or brands for me to try?

Amy

P.S. – Lume deodorant is on its way to me so I will be sure to let you know what I think!

Tuesday, April 18. 2023

Are you enjoying wearing your spring clothes? I am! We are still flip flopping with our weather a bit around here, but I have gotten to wear lots of spring clothing and even shorts a couple of times.

Here are my current wardrobe goals:

Start wearing all my dresses and skirts to school. Try to rotate through all of them and if I find something I need to let go, I should do it.

Try to be content with what I have and wear what I have.

Avoid Target and Amazon clothing as much as possible. I can quit Amazon much easier, but Target just keeps luring me back in and honestly, some of my favorite pieces are from Target.

Try to shop consignment first. If I feel that I have a hole in my wardrobe, I want to look at my two consignment stores before looking elsewhere.

Now on to the point of this post:

This is not a new to me concept, nor is it that ingenious, but I got to thinking how I adapt my style for the next season. If you choose to do this, your style/clothing items won’t be the same as mine, but I bet you do this, too.

Gold clogs – I love my gold clogs. I love having a metallic in my shoe wardrobe and gold is the best for me. I have gold Birkenstocks and a gold lace up sandal. I also just purchased a gold basic flip flop. So, I am taking my gold footwear into the next season.

The label peeled off of the clogs and I probably need to use Shoe Goo and try to clean these up, by the way.

The new Amazon Essentials gold flip flop. They are super comfy and look like J.Crew quality. I have now ordered black and tortoise shell. They were $11-13 depending on the color. Amazon Essentials does it again and disregard by above goal about quitting Amazon! Ha!

Black jeans – I love black jeans and have worn mine a lot this winter. I have black cut offs that I bought at gasp – Walmart last year (along with a pink pair). I think sometimes these work better than blue denim cutoffs, depending on the outfit. I have lots of tops and blouses with black in them.

Denim jeans (this is a no brainer) – I’m sure you do this, too. Any outfit that you wear with jeans, just swap out for cut offs. Target has some seriously great options. There I go again, Target! I have two pairs, but they are both several years old. One is a bit longer and stretchier. The other has basically no stretch and are a bit lighter in color. I love both of them. Often you need to go up a size in denim shorts depending on how you want them to fit. I love the look of a long sleeved shirt or blouse with cut offs for this transitional time.

Hot pink – I have a hot pink blazer and a hot pink sweater and I get compliments when I wear them so I think it’s my color. I also have my fun tequila earrings and my newer hot pink Gucci looking bee earrings that are fun to wear with hot pink. I found a hot pink blouse at a consignment store so I will carry that look into spring.

Think about what you wore this winter. What were your work horses? How can you transition that into a spring or summer style that feels like you?

Amy

Monday, April 17, 2023

Oh, Monday, I am not ready for you! I am linking up with Sarah and Holly for the Hello Monday link up, though…

So, you know that the week after Spring Break will be a rough re-entry, but it was really rough…

I went home Friday after school, changed clothes, made avocado toast because I had had a very pitiful lunch – Erica was absent and I was on my own – lol – and then got a text from this sweet friend asking if I wanted mojitos at Mojito and of course, I said “yes”!

We stayed for about an hour and a half and then went to our respective homes for dinner plans. I got Chinese take out for us which we had not had in maybe a year? The college kids were home and we finished the last episode of Daisy Jones. OMG! So good! I didn’t really like the first two episodes, but I was glad I kept on. It’s really good if you haven’t seen it. It’s on Amazon Prime Video.

Saturday was gorgeous! I filled my bird feeders and marveled at my azaleas finally showing color…

I made a Spanish omelette around 11 and ate outside, which is always my favorite.

I just stayed around the homefront all day doing some cleaning and meal prepping and then I finally went out to the library in the afternoon and didn’t get this book:

You know how I love to show you my library’s book offerings, right? I was concerned that there are Amish bad boys. Is his lemonade spiked? His hair looks quite long. No disrespect meant to the Amish. I just enjoy the genres of literature at my library and the fact that there really is something for everyone.

Prom night! Erica was my date and we ate at a new to me Italian restaurant beforehand. I really liked it and would definitely go back!

I got ziti ala vodka:

Wake up, Amy!

I was so happy they got such a nice night for Prom! It’s fun to watch the arrivals on the front porch of the beautiful venue:

The dessert table was fancy:

It was fun! When I got home, my kids and I started Mrs. Maisel’s new season. They love this show so much!

Sunday morning it had turned cold again…

I finished this…second time reading it. I checked my library app and I had also read it in October of 2021. This would be a great beach read.

Prom ‘Fit:

Last year’s Prom ‘Fit:

October Wedding “Fit:

This dress is Kohl’s Apt. 9 that I got at a consignment shop like 10 years ago! I think I have gotten my money’s worth!

Sunday afternoon I had a little time on the covered porch in the rain:

Hot chocolate!

The afternoon/day ended with a small concert for Jack at the downtown church again. He only told us about it maybe the day or two before. This is where it is really nice that we are close and can do this!

Tell me your weekend highlight!

Amy

Friday, April 14, 2023

So, I told you I would continue/finish my Spring Break recap here with the remaining weekend days…

Did you catch my Monday post of my first part of Spring Break?

I will also share just general favorites and link up with Andrea and Erika.

Friday morning was funny. I was working on my blog and Tom was working on his work computer and I thought we looked cute across from each other. Tom says I type aggressively but I think he is just jealous of my speed.

Then, I got busy and went ahead and did my breakfast prep for the week because I knew the next two days would not be good for that. Breakfast burritos, of course!

We have kept the same metal Easter baskets with Easter eggs on them since our kids were maybe 8 or 9. I remember taking these on a Spring Break trip to Universal Studios and having them in the hotel room! This year’s basket is super lame and just food to take back to dorm, candy, and chapstick. The small basket is for Tom and I and all of them were hiding in my closet. I don’t like to buy junk and try to buy things they need like socks, but I just ran out of time this year. Do you keep the same baskets or buy new each year?

Friday I met Elizabeth for a late lunch/happy hour because we hadn’t seen each other or talked since her bachelorette weekend!

We shared some fried pickles and fries! We went to Kaelin’s 80/20 and they have some great cocktails!

I went home and was able to have dinner with the whole family because the college kids were home and that was wonderful. Now I can’t remember what we had, but I did cook!

Saturday we had been asked to help celebrate our friend Eric’s 50th at Keeneland race track. I had not been in years and it was really fun!

His wife is one of my besties, Heather:

It was hard to know what to wear because I wanted to look springy and I wanted to wear my new jockey earrings, but it had also turned pretty cool. I was very comfortable with my yellow dress with camisole underneath and my boots.

Their lovely daughter was home from college to celebrate:

Tom was there, too!

The birthday boy with a cigar:

He had some college friends and their kids there, too.

We stayed from about 12 to 5 and then headed home and on our way home I got a good look at The Kentucky Castle!

We ordered pizza and again got to eat dinner with the whole family when we got home.

I finished this and it was cute if a little predictable and slow in parts, but I liked it.

I read this in like 24 hours – OMG! Have you read it? It is spicy FYI, if that bothers you.

Easter was just the four of us and very casual but I made cinnamon rolls,

egg casserole,

ham,

green beans,

and potato casserole.

I also started this this week, but I think I’ve already read it! It’s cute so I’m still reading it for now, but I have a couple of other options that I can start.

Looking at all of my colors in my spring wardrobe has made my heart happy this week.

Over Spring Break, I dug out my coffee bean grinder and my old Mr. Coffee coffeepot.

This is the coffee that Erica uses from Trader Joe’s. She brought it to the bachelorette weekend and I thought it was so good. So, I have been enjoying grinding and my old fashioned cups of coffee!

I had a sunny patio Happy Hour with Beth on Wednesday. We got caught up on the latest in each others’ lives. We went to Boombozz.

Re-entry was hard on Monday. I wrote the remaining school days on my white board: 36. I wrote how many days until my AP exam: 21. Eek!

This is the face of a teacher who is not sure she can make it that many days – ha!

It was so nice out this week and Tom is babying his grass seed to fill in some gaps in our yard.

I supervise and make sure he is doing it right.

It’s also been a hard week with what happened in our city’s downtown on Monday. It feels like I’m supporting myself and my students emotionally when there is something like this and I don’t know if that makes sense or if I sound like I’m making it about me.

I started class on Tuesday by acknowledging what happened and just saying that if anyone needed to step out I understand and that if anyone needs supports to let me know and I would send them to the right person. I just don’t know what to say. There are no words.

On Wednesday, my school yearbook photo was delivered so I hope this made them laugh when I passed it around:

Our entire science department does something crazy for the yearbook each year, many of the math teachers do as well, and a few in my department do something. We will see if any other departments got on board when the yearbook comes out.

This weekend is Senior Prom! I always go for some of it because it is so fun to see the kids dressed up. Many of the teachers dress up, too, and go out to eat beforehand, so it can be a lot of fun!

Thanks for reading today and I hope you had lots of favorites!

Amy