Happy Friday and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Last weekend started with some potential snow Friday night into Saturday which resulted in the kids’ winter formal being canceled and my daughter’s SAT test being postponed. When we woke up there was not a snowflake to be seen! Here are five from this week:
1. NYBG – Saturday we visited the New York Botanical Garden for my favorite annual event, the Orchid Show! As always, the exhibition was stunning with the most colorful, beautiful and unique orchids. It was so hard picking only a few photos of the flowers to showcase here! You can see my Instagram reel here.
2. Eating – This week I made a batch of Rice Krispy Treats. I love homemade Rice Krispy Treats. They are so easy to make and so good!
We also stopped at Savor food court at The Westchester Mall and I enjoyed a salmon bowl with rice, sweet potatoes and sauteed greens from The Little Beet. Then my husband went and got a White Truffle ‘Shroom Burger and a Tiramisu Shake that we shared!
We were invited to the media preview of the new Crumbl Cookies that opened in Hartsdale today! We are very excited to finally have one of these shops in Westchester County!
3. Puzzle– This week I finished another puzzle. This was a 1,000 piece puzzle that I completed most of on the snow day. While I couldn’t find this exact puzzle to link to, all of the Hometown Collection puzzles have a similar country feel.
4. Snow Day – Tuesday we had another snow day. The weather reports were all over the place and after Saturday’s bust, I wasn’t so sure we were going to get any snow. We ended up getting over 7 inches of snow that fell throughout most of the day! The amount of snow mixed with freezing temps at night resulted in a 2-hour delay on Wednesday! It was so pretty driving into work on Wednesday!
5. CFP Exam – The biggest news for our family was my husband passing his CFP (Certified Financial Planner). He’s been studying for this test for an entire year! He took two-hour classes every Monday and Wednesday evening for almost the entire year. He had to pass a test after each of the seven modules before moving on. This is a national test only given three times a year. Of course, the test day he registered for was the snow day! We are so fortunate that his test location did not close because of the weather or he would have to wait until July.
5. Cooking – This week’s menu included Mediterranean Braised Chickpea Rice Bowls, Gigi Hadad’s Pasta, Crispy Salmon Bowls (tofu for my daughter) and Slow Cooker Veggie Potato Hash.
6.Watching – Ted Lasso is back (Apple TV)! I haven’t watched any of the episodes yet but I’m very excited!
7. Quiz – I get Gretchen Rubin’s weekly 5 Things Making Me Happy newsletter and recently there was a link to this “What Type of Reader Are You?” quiz. Honestly, I didn’t need a quiz to tell me that I have a Bookish Personality, but the quiz confirmed it.
ICYMI this week on the blog:
Monday I posted 13 Things to Do at Bear Mountain State Park.
Thursday I posted about the new Crumbl Cookies opening in Hartsdale.
Sharing with Friday Favorites! Have a great weekend!
That orchid show sounds wonderful! We had some early dismissals/ cancelations for snow this week too and… it never really materialized for us. They were predicting up to 12″ and by morning the grass wasn’t even covered. I was relieved though as I like that better than when they predict a dusting and we get buried. All the foods look so yummy and congrats to your husband on passing his test! I bet he is so relieved to have that behind him.