Hello Friday! School officially started Wednesday for my kids! Here’s to a great senior and sophomore year of high school! We didn’t love the 95+ degree temps. Thankfully, I work in an air-conditioned office because it was brutal! The kids’ activity schedules have already started getting crazy which is taking some getting adjusted to, so I’m exhausted! Here are five from this week:
1. Senior parking spot – A senior tradition at our high school is painting your assigned parking spot. Sunday our family spent most of the day finishing up painting my daughter’s spot so it was ready for the first day. It’s hard to see the different shades of orange in the sunset and the bright orange sun from this picture.
2. Reading – This week I finished reading The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding. This was a good suspense read!
3. Cooking – We will be eating a lot of frozen, already prepared foods for the next couple of weeks. I am hoping to get to Trader Joe’s this weekend for a stock-up! This week we made Spaghetti with Crispy Zucchini, chik’n sandwiches and fries, salmon rice bowls and Kung Pao Cauliflower.
I also made these biscuit breakfast sandwiches over the weekend which were a big hit with the family.
4. Watching – I haven’t been watching much TV this week. There just hasn’t been time! My husband and I are still watching Only Murders in Building (Hulu) and Top Chef (Peacock). I finally finished watching the first season of The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime) and bawled my eyes out watching the season finale! I’ve started the second season and don’t know what I’ll watch when I finish it!
5. Drinking – I haven’t been drinking alcohol. However, my husband and I shared this Angry Orchard Blueberry Rose. When I did drink more, hard cider was my drink of choice. And this blueberry rose is really good!
6. Meeting my new nephew – Saturday we visited my brother-in-law and his family in New Jersey. We got to meet my new nephew who is now 9 weeks old! He is adorable! We just wish our kids were closer in age! There is a 17 year age gap between my daughter and her new cousin.
7. Field Hockey Games – This week my daughter only had one field hockey game, since one was cancelled due to the heat. They had their first win of the season and we hope they continue their streak at their tournament this weekend!
8. Too Good to Go – I’ve written a blog post about Too Good To Go. Sunday night we ordered a surprise bag from new-to-us Morris Park Pizza Express and got all of the above for $5.99 (plus tax). It was a cheap and tasty dinner.
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I love making crispy zucchini this time of year. All the produce is so great. I’ll check out that book. Have a great weekend.
I hope they have a fabulous school year! Our after school activities were canceled on Tuesday and then Wed, Thurs, and Fri ended up being 1/2 days because of the heat. Off to check out that zucchini spaghetti recipe!
I love the “paint your parking space” tradition! That feels very much like something my high school would have done–though I didn’t drive in high school, so it would have been irrelevant for me, haha. But still a cool idea!