Five on Friday {September 9, 2022}

Happy Friday! We enjoyed the long Labor Day weekend and made it through a four day school and work week. I am exhausted and will probably be asleep by 9 PM tonight! This weekend looks to be another busy one. Here are five from this week:

1. Friend BBQ– Saturday we went to a friends’ house for the day. They had a couple of families over for a BBQ. They live on a lake and our sons, who are all friends, spent the afternoon swimming while the parents talked and hung out. Of course, no pics were taken!

2. Drinking – I wrote an article for Guilty Eats about this year’s new MTN DEW VOO-DEW mystery flavor that I was sent a bottle of. It’s available now for purchase for a limited time. Our family loves MTN DEW and all of the new flavors they are constantly coming out with. Those are my daughter’s nails, which one of her friend’s did for her. Not only is her friend super talented, but they matched the soda bottle!

3. Reading – This week I finished reading The Bodyguard by Katherine Center. This is her newest that just came out in July. It was a cute contemporary romance that I can see being made into a movie.

4. Cooking – This week’s menu included Back Pocket Stir Fry with Noodles, Mushroom Marsala Pasta Bake and Spaghetti with Beyond Meatballs.

Lunches this week for the kids and I included BLTs made with vegan bacon and Peach Goat Cheese Salads.

5. Watching – My husband and I started watching Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. My husband has read all of the books and watched all of the movies. I’ve read and seen none of them and didn’t think I’d like the show. I was surprised that I enjoyed the first two episodes as much as I did and will continue to watch it.

6. Games – Last Friday afternoon my son’s soccer team won their first game 4-0. Then Saturday my daughter’s field hockey team won their first game. It was a successful sports weekend! 

Wednesday night my daughter had her first game of a four team field hockey tournament. It was a tie game at 0-0 but they needed a winner. So they ended up going into double overtime. Her team ended up winning in a one-on-one shootout in what was the most intense game I’ve seen yet! They play this weekend for either 1st or 2nd place!

Sharing with Friday Favorites!  Have a great weekend!