Friday Things #481
1. Last Saturday, we took the kids on a day trip to the Mid-Ohio race course in Lexington, OH, where there was qualifying for an Indy race. We took them there two years ago, and they have been so excited to go back. We had such a great day with nice weather and tons of fun! I’m so glad we could make this happen this year ❤️
2. Dominic is finishing up another week of treatment; glad to complete yet another and hopefully get us closer to the finish line. He did fairly well this week and enjoyed getting to see Joseph and Isabelle quite a bit :) (Also, hospital bingo is not to be missed!)
3. Having to spend a holiday in the hospital isn’t ideal. Still, when you’re perched on the ninth floor, you get an incredible view of the downtown fireworks display and the skyline lit up alllll over from neighboring displays. A highlight of the week spent in the hospital!
4. Both Amazon Prime Day (July 11-12) and Nordstrom Anniversary Sale (July 17 – August 6) are coming up. Is there anything that you regularly buy during either of these?!
5. For her birthday, I gifted my mom a color consult from Created Colorful, where you take photos of yourself draped with different colors, and they tell you what color season you are, what colors look best on you, and which ones are best to avoid. She loved it so much and then gifted it to me for Christmas. I loved getting my results back (I’m a “Cool Winter”); this is a great gift for a mom, daughter, friend, sister, or something to gift to yourself!!
6. I have been using this Affresh washing machine cleaner for well over a year now… I love how easy it is to throw a tab in the washing machine and know that any odor-causing residue gets deep cleaned. I use it every month! I also found that they have dishwasher cleaner tablets that you use the same way monthly to remove limescale and mineral buildup. I’m also adding the coffee maker cleaner and garbage disposal tabs to my list!
7. Excited to peruse the USA Today best-selling booklist, which had been on hiatus. Do you have a favorite book of 2023 so far? Mine was probably Every Summer After (and Carly Fortune just released a new book, Meet Me at the Lake, which I haven’t read)… you can see all of the books I’ve read so far here.
8. And speaking of books, does anyone belong to Book of the Month? I’m considering it, but I already have a list of books a mile long I want to read, and sometimes I read a book in two days, and sometimes it takes me two months, so I’m not sure how realistic having a membership like that would be?
9. Today is National Chocolate Day! If you need some baking inspiration, you can browse through all of the recipes that use chocolate on this site… enjoy!!
10. TGIF! Duke thoroughly enjoyed celebrating the big 1-0 last weekend!! Such a sweet, sweet boy 💙
Happy birthday to Duke! I’m glad Dominic is doing well and that the kids are enjoying the summer. I had received a membership to Book of the Month as a.gift. I wasn’t that crazy about it. Thanks for the heads up about Affresh for the coffee maker. Continued prayers for your beautiful family. 🙏❤
Have you read any books by Elin Hilderbrand? I think you’d like them. I don’t read a lot of “chick lit” but I do like her books. I just finished one, great summer reading.
I also like the Affresh tablets for washing machines and found a different brand for dishwashers which I liked.
So glad Dominic is getting closer to the finish line. He’s a trooper. Glad you were able to enjoy the fireworks from the hospital. Even being on the 4th level of the hospital where I used to work, the adolescents on my ward had a great view for multiple firework displays throughout the year. And we had a Starlight Express Room (sponsored by the Starlight Children’s Foundation) with all sorts of activities in the room plus activities like Bingo broadcast over their channel for kids who couldn’t get there. So important to have these diversions for kids in hospital.
I think you might like Emily Henry’s books, she has 3-4 of them. I looked at your list and we have very similar reading styles!
Have you considered borrowing ebooks from the library? Very convenient.
Good to hear the news about your amazing Dominic. Happy Birthday to Duke. I hope you all enjoy a lovely, healthy and sane summer. Hospital Bingo sounds like a hoot!
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I did the Color Your Season a long time ago. I was a Winter. I didn’t know it had become popular
again.
Thanks for bringing back the Friday Things as I enjoy catching up with you and your family.
I am trying to get back into reading and less scrolling so I appreciate the suggestions. I am currently reading One True Loved by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and liked it so thought I would try another of her books. I am enjoying it so far.
Keeping Dominic and your family in my prayers.
I can’t believe the color thing is back! Way back in the ’70s it was popular to have your
“colors done.” Fun times.
Happy National Chocolate Day! Going to make some of your brownies today. Praying for Dominic and family. Enjoy your weekend.
I am a Book of the Month member and have been for several years now. I LOVED it at first and even got extra books. You get to choose from a set list of books to order each month, and, honestly, it has been 6 or so months since I have chosen one of the books. I do appreciate that you can skip and your credit roles forward, but I am finding greater value in the library these days, as most of the books I have gotten I don’t really want to keep.
I so enjoy reading your blog and watching your kids grow up. Continued prayers for Dominic. He’s so precious and strong!
Continued prayers for your family! I’m keeping an eye on the roborock vacuum/mop for prime days. My brother has this and swears by it.
I’ve been a member of the BOM club since Covid started- 2020- and I love it. I pay yearly and can choose a book a month, more at a reduced price or not select any. I have purchased some great debut novels. I prefer contemporary fiction but there are other categories. So far I e read 56 books this year- most from the library but several from BOM. Ps your family including kids and pets is awesome!