Friday Things #352
1. Happy New Year to you! Did you do any big celebrating to ring in 2020? We were totally low key and in bed before midnight (just my style!).
2. I bought a PowerSheets goal planner for this year and can’t wait to dig in this weekend and work on writing down ALL THE THINGS. How do you set your goals and intentions for the year?
3. I have been in a “what day is it?” haze for a couple of weeks now and while I love the splendor of the holidays, I’m craving getting back into some semblance of a routine, both in our days and our meals. Currently want to eat salads all the live long day.
4. My husband got me a weighted blanket for Christmas and we’ve been using it on our bed at night. I feel like it took a night of adjustment, but after that, I feel like I sleep SO HARD. I rarely wake up in the middle of the night anyway (unless little people wake me up!), but it seems like I’m getting much deeper sleep. I’m loving it! [Update! So many people have asked, this is the blanket he got me.]
5. Love this story so much >> Mom opens Special Kneads Bakery to employ son with cerebral palsy.
6. Totally feeling this easy weeknight bolognese sauce to ease into this new year.
7. On the way to Joseph’s allergy appointment this week, I turned on the 80’s channel on Sirius and they were doing a countdown of the top 100 songs of 1988 based on the Billboard charts. I caught it around #30 and, no exaggeration, I loved every.single.song. That never happens! I might need to create a playlist with all of the songs! (Here’s the list if you’re interested!)
8. What are your favorite YouTube channels to follow? Can be on any subject whatsoever :)
9. Be sure to check the website on Tuesday for the first BEB Bake-Along of 2020!
10. TGIF! I hope you have a cozy weekend!
Happy, Happy New Year to your sweet little family!
Omgosh I can’t believe how big you’re Princess got! I know you had a magical Christmas…Happy New Year!
Hi Michelle! I agreed that the 80s hits were good ones! I have especially fond memories of being 4 or 5, and bopping aroung to #3 (Got my mind set on you).
I have some fantastic youtube channels i follow! I particularly enjoy emmymadeinjapan, Marion’s Kitchen, Today I Found Out, Name Explain, Glen & Friends, Adam Ragusea, Bon Appétit, Joe Scott, Weird History, Preppy Kitchen, Townsends, UsefulCharts, Jack Rackam, Overly Sarcastic Productions, gabulosis, This With Them, LordanARTS… basically anything food related, crime, or educational!
Have a great weekend!
I ordered a weighted blanket right after Christmas and I’m still waiting on it! I can’t wait! I ordered one for myself a few weeks ago but my fiancee liked it so much that he’s been using it everyday and I’ve used it maybe once…. :)
Hi BEB!
Happy 2020! I love your blog. Re: YouTube channels – Five Parks Yoga, Bon Appetit, Binging with Babish (love!), How to ADHD (for help in living with my husband), and Yoga with Tim. I don’t have a weighted blanket, but my brother and sister-in-law just bought them and like them. Take care!
Happy New Year. Another year over, how can it be? I absolutely love the pic with you and the children. Like someone said, it should be framed. Looking forward to a new year of great recipes and lots of informative stuff. Wishing you and your lovely family a year full of good health and joy.
Like others, I’m wondering which weighted blanket you got that you like? There are just too many options!
This is the one we got! >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M63D5MQ/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_i_1P-dEbRYKCEND
Such a sweet picture of you all by the fireplace…kids, u, doggies. So sweet you get the furries a Christmas stocking too. Amen to the normal meals and salads…no more of mostly everything (for awhile). Duke looks so distinguished and handsome ..sweet boy next to his lovely Judith. Missed seeing them😊 Happy new year! I was asleep by 10 pm on new years eve. Was wonderful. That’s when u know ure getting older when early mornings are better than late nights.
I am 100% in the early morning camp! My mom told me my grandpap loved to wake up early while my grandma always preferred staying up late, and he would tell her: “You can’t soar with the eagles in the morning if you’re up with the owls at night” I LOVE THIS! ❤️️
Love the Grandparent wisdom😊 sure miss mine.
I love the song list. It’s got me adding some songs to my Spotify 80’s playlist!
Super excited about the next/new bake-along posting coming on Tuesday!
I pretty much no longer watch tv and only watch YouTube. Favorite channels: Our Wyoming Life (shows the tough realities of running a cattle ranch), Off Grid with Doug and Stacy (growing/raising/preserving your own food, teaching self-reliance and getting back to basics), Justin Rhodes (growing/raising/preserving your own food and teaching self-reliance; a hard working family with young kids), VW Family Farm (the trials and tribulations of raising cattle), Living Traditions Homestead (growing/raising/preserving your own food, teaching self-reliance and getting back to basics), MI Gardener (one of the best gardening channels on YouTube), Cog Hill Family Farm (hilarious and educational), Homesteading Family (growing/raising/preserving your own food, teaching self-reliance and getting back to basics), Art and Bri (sweet family, educational and entertaining), The Prairie Homestead and her blog (growing/raising/preserving your own food, teaching self-reliance and getting back to basics).
My favorite YouTube channel is Kara and Nate. They’ve been travelling all over the world since 2016 and they’re finally hitting their 100th country. It’s like I’ve been on this journey with them =)
My nephew gifted me a 15 LB weighted blanket for Christmas. Even the thought of sleeping with that thing on top of me makes me anxious and feeling claustrophobic. I am trying to think of how to politely let him know it needs to be returned.
I almost never ask for a gift to be returned but gosh, those blankets are expensive and I know I will never take it out of the bag it came in.
I too, am looking forward to getting back into a routine. The holidays are great but I am a person who like a bit of good old reliable structure in my daily life.
Happy New Year to you and your sweet little family!
I kind of love this feeling of now knowing what day it is! It’s the last week of confusion and then back to regular full work weeks on Monday.. darn!
I have been looking into weighted blankets this season! I know a few people who got them for Christmas and so far everyone loved them. I might need to ask for one as a birthday gift this summer :)
I’m not on YouTube much. Just feels like another tune suck (which makes my husband think I’m crazy). But I love some nerdy ones like The Slow-Mo Guys. Literally just do random things to watch what happens on a high speed camera. And then I subscribe to the Graham Norton show. Which is a British Talk Show. (Some swears)
Favorite YouTube channels include The Slow Mo Guys, the Odd 1’s Out, Lectures by Walter Lewin, Pittsburgh Dad, Good Mythical Morning, Hot and Flashy, Beauty Broadcast with Emily Noel, Comedy Bites, Vsauce, and Smosh. I do daily carpool so I watch YouTube while I’m waiting. These are all non political, cool, fun and entertaining.
I am loving the YouTube channel Sign Duo. It is about a couple where he is hearing impaired and she is not. Their dog is hearing impaired as well. A very sweet and wholesome channel to watch.
Hi Michelle,
would you mind posting a link for the weighted blanket you received? I’d love to get one for myself and my daughter for her birthday.
Hi Lucy, This is the one my husband bought! >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M63D5MQ/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_i_1P-dEbRYKCEND
Can you tell me what brand of blanket you got? I git one for my husband last year but he can’t use it because it gets way too hot!
Hi Mary Ellen, This is it >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M63D5MQ/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_i_1P-dEbRYKCEND. We put it on top of our bed (still using the lightweight comforter we always have on) and neither of us have had an issue being too hot (and my husband tends to get hot at night)!
You mentioned that your husband got you a weighted blanket for Christmas. What brand/style is it? I have been looking to get one, but have been a little overwhelmed with all of the choices!
Hi Cindy, This is the one! >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M63D5MQ/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_i_1P-dEbRYKCEND
You have a beautiful family 😊