Hello Friday and long weekend! The kids started their Freshman (my son) and Junior (my daughter) year of high school this week. I like that they now have the long weekend to slowly ease themselves into the new year. It’s been a huge adjustment for all of us. With two kids on Varsity sports with their practices and games, scouts, work (my daughter) and after school activities schedules, it’s a crazy configuration of making sure everyone gets to where they need to be. I keep telling my husband, the sports schedules are only for a month and a half and that we can get through it! Here are five from this week:
1. Boulders Game– Saturday night we went to another NY Boulders game. I really wanted to go because it was the last night they were having fireworks for the season. I hadn’t seen a fireworks show all summer.
2. Eating – When we were at the baseball game we shared a funnel cake. Also my first and only of the summer!
If you’ve never had $5.99 Sushi Wednesdays at Shoprite, I recommend. We got the sushi special this past Wednesday and it was good. My daughter had the veggie roll (not included in the $5.99 deal) and my son and I shared a Shrimp Tempura Roll, Crab Roll and California Roll (I don’t eat raw fish sushi). My husband ended up making his own avocado, cucumber rice bowl with rice sprinkle (we are currently using Trader Joe’s Nori Komi Furikake but we’ve bought sprinkle similar to this at HMart) and spicy mayo. This makes a super easy takeout dinner on some of our crazy busy nights!
3. Reading – I read The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry. This was a disappointing suspense read for me. I gave it a rare 2 out of 5 stars.
4. Cooking – This week’s menu included Shawarma Beyond Beef Meatball Pita Bowls with Tomato-Cucumber Salsa, Super Easy Homemade Cheesy Spaghetti O’s, Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowls and tonight homemade pizza.
5. Watching – We didn’t have a lot of TV time this week. My husband and I ended up watching another episode of Ozark. I watched The Bachelorette and some more episodes of Vanderpump Rules.
6. Puzzle – I forgot to post this Yoga Dogs puzzle that I finished a couple of weeks ago. It’s still sitting on my dining room table though! LOL! After finishing it I realized that there’s a piece missing! I’m debating whether to get rid of the puzzle or just note on a post-it that it’s missing a piece.
7. Perfume Search – I am on a search for a new perfume. I used to wear Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue. I ran out awhile ago and thought that I’d find a new scent. I’ve done a lot of perfume sniffing/testing at Ulta and Sephora with no real luck. A Sephora just opened inside our local Kohl’s store. I found this scent sampler and decided to give it a try for only $10. I’ve been trying the different scents, but think I may end up going back to the D&G Light Blue. What perfume do you wear?
ICYMI this week ok the blog:
Tuesday I posted September Events in Westchester County.
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I’m always so bummed when I put a puzzle together and find I’m missing a piece! My boys are also starting freshman & junior year but thankfully they don’t have any sports or work schedules (yet!)