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Friday Favorites #9

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Friday Favorites
Happy Friday!!  I have been battling a cold here which has not made for a fun week.  Besides a birthday party that my daughter is going to and the town Easter Egg hunt, that will hopefully not get postponed due to rain (and even possible snow flurries?!!!) we have a free weekend!  I LOVE free weekends since they happen so rarely!  Our son has requested sushi, so we will be getting some of that.  But otherwise, I plan to catch up on some reading and relaxing!  Here are some favorites this week:

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1. How do I forget to add almond milk to the weekly shopping list?!!!  Well, it happened this week.  The Weekend Chef did the weekly grocery shopping Sunday morning and didn’t come home with almond milk…..because I hadn’t put it on the list!  We cannot live without milk in the house!  So, I ran to the grocery store the next morning and while getting the almond milk I also picked up this cream cheese (Because who can walk in and out of the grocery store with just one item?!!!).  This is not new to us.  We’ve had it before and I forgot how much we enjoyed it! Roasted pecan and sweet honey cream cheese on a bagel has been my breakfast and lunch for the kids this week!

2.  Favorite bookmarked recipe of the week: This Chicken Strawberry Salad with Goat Cheese and Roasted Strawberry Vinaigrette from blog Sumptuous Spoonfuls.  With the warmer weather hopefully arriving soon, I have had salads on my mind!  I cannot wait for grilling and salads!  This salad sounds divine!  Though I’d use cooked or grilled chicken, rather than chicken nuggets or tenders.

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3.  Kids Favorite:  We are definitely late on the Minecraft bandwagon.  If you have kids anywhere from probably 5+ they have heard of this….even if you haven’t!  As part of the kids Valentine’s Day presents we FINALLY got them Minecraft for their I-pods.  They are obsessed!  We limit video/I-pod time to 30 minutes each day.  They would play ALL day if we let them!

4. Watching on Netflix:  “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”  This is a Netflix Original series produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.  The show stars Kimmy, (Ellie Kemper from Bridesmaids) who is rescued from an underground (literally!) cult and who decides to live in New York City.  She gets a job as a nanny for the wealthy Voorhes family (mom is Jane Krakowsi) and rooms with Titus (Tituss Burgess), an unemployed, Broadway actor hopeful.  She’s stuck in the 90’s and is trying to find her way.  The series premiered March 6.  I’m only through the first 3 episodes, but am enjoying this show a lot and highly recommend if you are looking for a quirky comedy!

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5.   Wonder by R. J. Palacio.  We read this book as a family read-aloud last year and loved it!  Lisa from blog expandng hosts Page Turners, a monthly online book club.  Wonder was this month’s book pick.  I will be stopping by to chat about the book with her and the other readers.  If you’ve read this book feel free to stop by and leave some comments/thoughts/reviews.  If you haven’t read it, I definitely recommend.  This a middle school, realistic fiction chapter book.  It stars Auggie, a ten-year-old boy who has a facial deformity.  It’s told through alternating chapters and perspectives of several different characters, including Auggie, as he starts public school for the first time.

Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!

Linking up with Amanda from Meet @ the Barre, Andrea from Momfessionals, Tif from Bright on a Budget, Jenni from The Diary of A Real Housewife.

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  1. I’ve been hearing about The Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt and want to start it as soon as I finish House of Cards (2 episodes left). I love the idea of reading a book as a family–great idea. That salad looks amazing too, but I like anything with goat cheese.

    • Megan, I just watched the first two episodes of House of Cards last night. I didn’t get into it at first since the first time I tried it I was watching Scandal and thought the pace of House of Cards was way too SLOW in comparison to that show! But, giving it another try. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is just fun….totally different than House of Cards!

  2. I have not seen that cream cheese flavor in the stores! It looks so good. And I know all about that, we can not live without milk in our home either! My kids drink so much milk haha! Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up with me!

    • Jennie, I hadn’t seen this cream cheese at the grocery store that we normally do our weekly grocery shopping at. I ran to a different store to run and pick the milk up….I guess it pays to expand my grocery shopping to different stores!

  3. My son got into minecraft about a year ago – he just turned 8 – and obsession is the right word. We limit game time too – but he would LIVE on the game if he could. But, remember, this game requires them to think, and build, and strategies. So – it’s not the worst game they could play. This is my rational! Haha

    I forget to pick up my Cashew Milk ALL the time. ALL the time. And I get home from the supermarket and just DIE. The things we forget!

    SO – NY you say? I’m an Orange County NY-er – – – -what about you?

    • Hi Kateri! Yes we are kind of neighbors! I live in Northern Westchester County, NY. The Palisades Mall is about 40 minutes away from us and our preferred mall to frequent!

      Yes, I try to rationalize the kids playing Minecraft as well….especially when they’re getting along and playing on each other’s games!! Peace and quiet? What?!!!

  4. I loved Wonder. Such a sweet, wonderful book. I love your idea of reading it as a family. I have a 7 year old stepson who we read to every night. I think I might do this with him to be “our thing” we share together. Thanks for the idea!

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