Last week was surprisingly
lowkey, and it was nice to have some time to get caught up on things since this
time of year is usually so packed with events and fun stuff.
Monday, September 19
Monday morning, I dropped the kids at school and then I headed to Publix
to do our grocery shopping for the next two weeks. I had just enough time to get the groceries
home and put away before I had to leave for my annual skin check at the
dermatologist. I had a couple of spots
that I wanted her to check, but thankfully, she said they were nothing to worry
about. One was just an itchy patch of
skin that’s been there for a few months, and she was able to freeze it to
remove it.
The rest of the day was spent working in my office and watching all of
the coverage from Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
What a historic day.
Friday afternoon, I picked the kids up from school, and then we dropped
Olivia at the dance studio for her three Monday classes. Jacob and I headed home after that, and then
I got dinner started while he worked on homework and studying.
Brian picked Olivia up from dance class, and then we all ate dinner
together. After dinner, the kids got
showered and ready for bed and I got in an arms and abs workout, and then we
all sat down and FINALLY finished America’s Got Talent. Whew.
I can’t believe I never saw any spoilers!
After the kids went to bed, and it was an episode of Vampire Diaries
for B and me and then BEDTIME. My
favorite time of day these days. Lol.
Tuesday, September 20
Tuesday morning, I dropped the kids at school and then I headed to get
gas, go to Target, grab some chicken from Fresh Market, and then stop at the
post office on the way home.
The rest of the day was spent working on blog stuff, organizing recipes,
and getting lots of other stuff done.
Tuesday afternoon, the kids got homework done after school, Jacob and I
dropped Olivia at dance, and then I cooked dinner. After dinner, it was showers for the kids and
a two-mile walk/jog for me. The heat and
humidity was back in full-force last week and it was misssseryyyyy.
Once everybody was ready for bed, we watched an episode of Nailed It
with the kids, and then an episode of Vampire Diaries without the kids before
calling it a night.
Wednesday, September 21
Wednesday, I had no commitments, so I headed straight home after I
dropped the kids at school, and I worked on the blog all day. I also spent a good chunk of time getting my
recipes organized. It is so much work
because I have collected so many throughout the years! I put that on my list as one of my big goals
for 2022, so I’m determined to make it happen, even though I started very late
in the year! Ha!
Wednesday evening, we had nowhere to be, so I cooked dinner and then the
kids and I took Maui for a long walk around our neighborhood. Olivia’s Halloween costume had to delivered,
so of course, she had to try it on and test it out. Here’s a little sneak peek! And how perfect is it since we have our very
own little Toto? ;o)
After our walk, the kids took turns showering, and we worked on my
Friends puzzle that we started back at the beginning of the year and never
finished. Seriously, that thing has been
sitting on the floor under our couch since January or February. I had forgotten all about it!
Brian had a tennis match Wednesday evening, so he wasn’t around for
dinner or our walk, but he did get home just in time to watch an episode of Nailed
It with the kids before they headed off to bed. And then, Brian and I watched… Vampire
Diaries. Lol.
Thursday, September 22
Thursday morning, I dropped the kids at school and then I headed home to
do some work. Maui started having a
terrible cough again on Tuesday (the same one she had for about 10 days in 2020
and then again in 2021) and she sounded terrible Tuesday morning. I called our vet, and they told us that they
couldn’t get her in until Friday afternoon, and unfortunately, our emergency
clinic is only open in the evening, so I couldn’t take her there either. They told me it should be fine to wait as
long as she’s not struggling to breathe, and they told me signs to watch for –
a blue tongue or white gums. Thankfully,
Maui’s breathing seemed just fine, so I tried not to worry too much.
Midday, I headed out to grab a gift from Kohl’s, and then I visited with
my therapist for my monthly appointment.
After school, the kids and I headed home to meet B and then we all loaded
up to go to Jacob’s golf match together because Olivia’s voice lessons had been
canceled for the day.
When we arrived at golf, the temperature was 99 degrees, y’all, so the
weather didn’t get the memo that it was the first day of fall. Not at all.
Jacob is only allowed to have two people with him on the course, so
Olivia and I weren’t able to walk the entire course with them. We were able to see the first couple of
holes, and then after that, she and I headed to Walmart to pick up a couple of
things, and then we got back to the golf course as the boys were approaching
the seventh hole.
Just after we arrived, the wind started picking up, and it rained pretty
hard for a few minutes. Since there
wasn’t any lightning, Jacob was able to continue playing through the rain.
It stopped after a few minutes, and by the time it had finished, the temp
had dropped to 72 degrees… that was more like it for the first day of
fall!! Olivia was very into the fall
spirit, so her little festive self picked up a bunch of leaves and she made
herself a little fall bouquet.
We were able to watch the last two holes of Jacob’s match as well, and on
hole 8 he got a par!!!! His first par of
a golf match! I was so proud of
him. And overall, he ended up improving
by one stroke from his last match.
On the way home, we stopped by Zaxby’s to grab dinner per Jacob’s
request, and then after we ate, the kids headed upstairs to get ready for bed
while I went for a walk… well, what was supposed to be a walk, quickly turned
into a (mostly) run because it was late, and it got dark faster than I’d
anticipated. I knew I wanted to do at
least two miles, so I had to run most of the way to make that happen before it
got dark.
When I got home, we all sat down and watched episode one of the new
season of Lego Masters, and then the kids headed to bed while B and I
watched a Vampire Diaries.
Friday, September 23
Friday, Olivia had a field trip to the museum, so I met her class there
mid-morning, and my Momma and Daddy came along, too. They explored the current exhibit there and
learned a lot about the artist, and it was a great trip all around.
By the time that was done, it was lunchtime, so I headed home to eat with
Brian, and then I got a few minutes of work done before it was time to take
Maui to the vet. She was still having
major coughing fits on Friday, so we wanted to get her checked out.
The doctor said that all of her vitals were great, her heart sounded excellent,
and her lungs looked fantastic, so she chalked her cough up to her collapsing
trachea. A lot of small dogs have narrow
tracheas, and she said that it’s likely irritated from fall allergens or some
other external factor, but that it’s nothing to worry about since she’s not
having any trouble breathing. She did
give us an antibiotic as well as a prescription for another medication that we
can give her if she has trouble settling down, and I’m hoping it helps.
Maui and I wrapped up at the vet just in time to get in the car line, and
when we got home, we had just enough time to have snacks and wrap a gift, and
then Olivia and I headed back out for a birthday party.
The party was at a trampoline park which made me soooo nervous. After Olivia’s elbow break last year,
everything makes me nervous, but especially stuff like that. I hung out with the parents all evening while
the kids jumped, and that helped pass the time and prevent me from being a helicopter
mom. Haha.
After jumping, the kids had pizza and cake, and they even did a little
cheers with their cups. It was totally unprompted,
but a couple of us saw them do it and we asked them to do it again so we could
take a picture. Lol.
The kids had the time of their lives, and by the time we got home, Olivia
was hoarse from all of the screaming and yelling she’d done at the party. We picked up Five Guys for the boys and me on
the way home, and then after dinner, we finished watching Lost Ollie
that we’d started a couple of weeks before that. Y’all, it was a very odd show, and it was
pretty depressing, too. Admittedly, I did
doze through parts of it, but every part I did watch was just SAD. Do not recommend.
After the kids went to bed, B and I watched a couple of episodes of Vampire
Diaries, and then we went to bed.
Saturday, September 24
Saturday morning, I realized I was out of flour for waffles, so we did
our Sunday cinnamon rolls on Saturday instead.
After that, we watched ESPN College GameDay while we cleaned off the
back porch. We do a big porch cleaning twice
a year where we take all of the furniture off, sweep and hose everything off,
and then put it all back. I also removed
all of the dead plants from their pots, and we put the pots away until
spring.
By the time we were finished, it was lunchtime, so I made some
sandwiches, and then we watched the Georgia game. I always hate noon football games… give me a
3:30 or 7 o’clock game instead, please!
During the game, I got in a stair stepper workout, and then it was time
to get ready for 5:30 Mass. After Mass,
we went to dinner at our favorite local Mexican restaurant with my Momma and
Daddy and Mama Cass because it was my Momma’s birthday!
After dinner, we swung by DQ for pumpkin pie Blizzards, and then we
watched more college football!
Sunday, September 25
Sunday morning, B went and picked up some donuts from our favorite local
shop because they had all of their fall flavors, and then we all watched a
couple of episodes of Nailed It.
The kids’ new Halloween PJs had delivered earlier in the week, and we’d
finally gotten them washed on Saturday, so they wanted to take a picture with
them on. And they had also dressed up Olivia’s
stuffies in Halloween costumes, so they wanted them to be in the picture,
too. I love that Jacob will still do that
kind of stuff with Olivia.
After that was done, B headed outside to tackle the mowing and to get
some other yardwork done, and my little helper and I spent the rest of the
morning baking a cake for my Momma’s birthday since we were hosting them for Sunday
dinner.
The rest of the day was spent getting the house ready for guests, doing
some brief blog work while watching My Best Friend’s Wedding, and then
cooking my Momma’s birthday dinner. I
tried a new recipe – lasagna soup – and it turned out to be really yummy. Very rich, but yummy.
After dinner, we all headed outside for dessert, and then after everyone
left, it was bedtime for the kids, and House of the Dragon for B.
And now for
a few current things…
Currently
Reading
In September,
I read three books – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, It’s Not
Summer Without You, and We’ll Always Have Summer. I absolutely loved The Seven Husbands of
Evelyn Hugo, and I also enjoyed the other two books in the The Summer I
Turned Pretty trilogy. The last book
does tie everything up in a nice little bow, so you’re not left wondering what
happens.
Currently
Watching
With B: We are still making our way through The Vampire
Diaries (as you all know from above – haha), and I was thrilled that it
moved to HBO Max the second it left Netflix so there was no period of time that
we had to be without it. Brian is also
still making his way through House of the Dragon and I’m still steadily
ignoring it while it’s on. In addition
to those two, we are watching a LOT of college football + ESPN College GameDay
every single Saturday morning! ‘Tis the
season!
With the
Kids: We finally finished America’s
Got Talent and we also started Nailed It which is absolutely
hilarious. (Thank you, Jeannine, for
recommending it forever ago… we finally had time to take your advice!!) In addition to those, we also watched Lost
Ollie (do not recommend), we started the new season of Lego Masters,
and we also started the new season of The Amazing Race. Oh, AND THEN THIS Friday WE WILL BE WATCHING
THE NEW HOCUS POCUS MOVIE!!!! Y’all!!!! I’m so dang excited!
Alone: I’ve been watching Gilmore Girls a lot
while I work, but I’ve also watched several movies. This is 40 is on Netflix now, and y’all,
that movie is one of the funniest movies ever.
It is definitely one of my favorite comedies of all-time and I think I’ve
watched it five or six times this month alone.
Haha. I’ve also been watching Clueless
since it’s on Netflix, and I’m also still watching my favorite movies of all-time
on DVD (yes, DVD) – My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Wedding Planner,
and Father of the Bride 2. I’m
sad because my Wedding Planner DVD is literally worn out and it’s
skipping around during my favorite scene of the whole movie now (“She’s nothing
but a poor man’s Mary.” SWOON.). Must get another one ASAP.
Currently
Listening To
The Halloween play list has been in full effect this month even though I keep
telling the kids we need to pace ourselves since we’ll be listening to it for
another month. It’s not like Christmas
music where you have tons of options.
Haha. And also – Yung Gravy’s
Betty on repeat. Lol. That is both of the kids’ favorite song right
now. Lol.
Happy Tuesday, y’all!
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