Hello Friday! So happy to see you! It’s been another long, busy week. I’ve been really looking forward to the weekend! Here are five from this week:
1. Family birthday celebration – Last Sunday we celebrated my daughter’s 16th birthday with the family. It was only a month after her actual birthday! It was nice to have everyone together and we loved getting to see our 6 month old niece again! We made a ham (for the meat eaters) and had a bunch of sides including mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, caprese and zucchini pie.
2. Reading – I recently finished listening to The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen on book on CD. This was a good suspense book that helped make my work commute enjoyable.
3. Cooking – This week one of our favorite dinners was Millionaire Gnocchi with Herbed Whipped Ricotta. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time for the sauce to cook for 35-40 minutes. It ended up being more like 5!
4. Watching – Saturday night we had a family television/movie night. We watched the first episode of The Pentaverate (which we didn’t like) and Senior Year (not as bad as we had expected, didn’t love/hate it). Both are on Netflix.
5. Ipsy Bag – I subscribe to Ipsy and opt to get a bag every other month. I really like this month’s floral bag! I likely won’t use the eyeshadow primer, since I rarely wear eyeshadow or the lip pencil. My daughter wanted the lip pencil so it’s at least not going to waste. But I will use the concealer, face wash and eye cream. So, overall happy with this month’s bag.
6. Bookly – I keep track of my reading on both goodreads and most recently, Storygraph. However, I’ve just heard of a new reading app called Bookly. It’s a book organizer but also tracks your reading speed and has lots of personalized stats. As an avid reader, I’m tempted. But I’m already using the other two and don’t want to get sucked into another book tracking site/app.
7. Basil Plant – I bought a basil plant at our local grocery store since it ended up being a lot cheaper to buy the large plant versus a small amount of basil. Now, I have to work on keeping it alive! I am notorious for killing basil plants….and almost all other plants.
ICYMI this week on the blog:
Wednesday I wrote about the new Chipotle opening in New Rochelle.
Sharing with Friday Favorites! Have a great weekend!
I’ve been wanting to buy a basil plant; it is one of the few plants I was able to keep alive and we made some fabulous fresh pesto with it. Looks like a delicious 16th birthday dinner for your daughter and family.