Category: monthly favorites
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LIFE LATELY // Q3 2025
READING WATCHING Dancing with the Stars: Season 34 – favorite contestants Scott Hoying, Whitney Leavitt, Robert Irwin LISTENING PLANNING attic insullation project, backyard garden 2026, spring national park road trip – New Mexico COOKING favorites: fresh basil and tomato bruschetta, Egyptian orzo, sundried tomato za’atar biscuits, Greek pasta salad, creamy…
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LIFE LATELY // Q2 2025
READING favorites: The Break-Up Pact (4), Say You’ll Remember Me (5), Every Summer After (4.25), Lost and Lassoed (4.25) WATCHING my youtube girlies: book content from Kayla of booksandlala, lifestyle and beauty from Jessica Braun, beauty content from Kelly Gooch, lifestyle from Clara Pierce, book content from gabbyreads, book content…
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LIFE LATELY // Q1 2025
READING PLANNING living room refresh with painting and carpet cleaning, 2025 goals – cook more Asian cuisines, listen to a wider variety of music, attic insulation, “Art Museum Spring”, our first anniversary (gifts, food, activities), spring planting and gardening WATCHING the end of college football season, Superbowl LIX including Kendrick…
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LIFE LATELY // Q4 2024
READING PLANNING 2025 TBR – it’s never too early, living room refresh with new paint this winter, new kitchen sink installation, dining room refresh, guest room organization WATCHING Northern lights from our backyard, Hargo Nature Preserve with new bird bath COOKING weeknight pasta Bolognese x 2 (ATK), easy Italian wedding…
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LIFE LATELY // Q3 2024
READING PLANNING 2025 TBR – it’s never too early, living room refresh with new paint this winter, new kitchen sink installation WATCHING Hargo Nature Preserve with new guests including woodchucks, skunks, and an opossum, hibiscus shrub blooming, praying mantis, 2024 summer Olympics in Paris, Toledo Rockets football COOKING smoking chickens,…
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LIFE LATELY // Q2 2024
reading Planning 3 week honeymoon – road trip to Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota, camping weekends for summer/fall, soft sunroom renovation Watching backyard birding (gold finch, Baltimore orioles, northern flicker, rose breasted grosbeak, white crowed sparrow), solar eclipse (April 8, 2024) Cooking halal cart hala style chicken, orecchiette in…
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LIFE LATELY // Q1 2024
reading Planning spring gardening, courthouse wedding, Grand Teton elopement and honeymoon, house Watching Jeopardy, University of Michigan football culminating in a national championship, many hours of Tik Tok per week e.g. color analysis, Mediterranean meal prep, hair tutorials, make up product recommendations Cooking pork carnitas, glazed apple dutch babies, lasagna…
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LIFE LATELY // Q1 2022
Reading Planning PT license renewal, monthly family dinners in Defiance, spring break trip to Cincinnati and Mammoth Cave National Park, Kyle’s return to college courses, financial successes Watching Completion of NFL 2021-2022 season, Super Bowl LVI where Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 23–20 in Los Angeles, Olympic Games…
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CURRENTLY // JULY 2021
Reading Watching Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, booktube per usual Planning Summer reading, last minute details and purchases for our 3 month road trip Cooking Honestly the bare minimum, attempting to eat all the food in our fridge, freezer, and cabinets before we move out at the end of July Eating…
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CURRENTLY // JUNE 2021
Reading Planning Birthday weekend camping trip near Brighton, Michigan (Brewery Becker and Bourbons Brighton), packing and moving out our of first apartment, last minute purchases for our road trip Cooking Tomato basil frittata, grilled hot dogs, baked beans, and pasta salad for Father’s Day Eating Double dates at Twin Oast…
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