Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Five Follows Part IIX

Back with five more fun IG follows that I've been loving so far this year.  I love filling my feed and algorithm with funny, fun, uplifting and POSITIVE accounts and all of these make me smile on the daily.

Terry and Kaniyia react to music and I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!! Their reactions are so much fun and while I don't always believe they haven't heard the song before (WHO HASN'T HEARD 9-5?!?!?!) I love their reactions and energy and the music is always great.

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Valentine's Day Festive Finds

 

Valentine's Day is around the corner and I always feel like going from Christmas decorations to no decor cold turkey is a bit harsh so I love having a few little heart items around to keep things festive and fun.  I rounded up some recent favorites until you're wanting to add some festive touches to your home as well!

This heart baking dish is DARLING and is from one of my favorite brands.  The price is awesome and I'm obsessed with the color.

Monday, January 19, 2026

Back Tomorrow ;)

 Enjoying our long weekend a little too much and so I'll be back in this space tomorrow! 

;) Andrea

Friday, January 16, 2026

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)


One full week down and I'm SO GLAD it's Friday!  You know who else is glad it's Friday? This guy ;)


Thursday, January 15, 2026

House Game - Pencil Balance Race

 I’m in charge of student activities for our Middle School which includes being over our House program and weekly House games. I share little snippets on Instagram and get asked often for game details and I’ve started/stopped a big “House System” post at least 7 times but always get overwhelmed and stop.  I’ve decided to simplify things and just share House Game as we play them and as they work well and then I’ll just continue to link those posts at the end of the games posts so that they’re l kind of in one place.  

This week’s game was one of my FAVORITES because it was virtually no prep, was easy to explain, and involved a good number of kids. I hae 150+ kids and so games that only involve 4 kids (one from each house) can be hard because it’s hard to keep the other 146 engaged.  


Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi Soup

I'm resharing this Chicken Gnocchi soup recipe because 

1) It's getting chillier around here and you HAVE to add it to your meal plan this week and

2) I made this for our girls recipe exchange back in December and it WON so I figured it was worth a reshare ;) and

3) I have to bring a soup to school next week for a teacher lunch thing and I'm bringing this and wanted to reshare in case you're in the same boat

This is super delicious and kind of unique in a world of tortellini soups and chilis and would be the perfect soup for a winter day. 



Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Amazon Lately

 
Griffin convinced me to order this lip stain so "we could share" and, honestly, I really like it! It does last for a long time and I like that I don't have to worry about it during the day.  I can never get it to "peel" but I just use a damp cotton round to wipe it off after about 10 minutes


Monday, January 12, 2026

Weekend Happies

I was SO READY for the weekend and it did not disappoint! After re-entry into real life I was exhausted and ready for a couple of days of nothing!

Things that made me happy this weekend included a slowwwwww Saturday with lots of tea refills...


Friday, January 9, 2026

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)


I am SO HAPPY it's almost the weekend because I am WIPED OUT! Re-entry into the real world has gone fairly well but I think we're all exhausted!

This random collection of items on this tray in my kitchen was a FAVORITE little view last week ;) #MasonWasHere


Thursday, January 8, 2026

Reading Recap

Part of Your World, Abby Jiminez

I enjoyed this so much more than I thought I would! It was deeper than I thought it would be also so fun and cute and light. I loved Alexis and Daniel but the side characters were also awesome and added so much! Bree was a RIOT and I adored her character most of all.


Wednesday, January 7, 2026

New Year's Eve and New Years Tree ;)

Y'all know I can't let a holiday go by without a few special little touches and NYE is no exception.  I switched out my mantel decor for some black velvet bows mixed with party hats, disco balls and clear iridescent ornaments and then blew up a set of number balloons and called it a day. 


Tuesday, January 6, 2026

DITL - 12/3/2025

I took pics a couple of weeks ago to do a DITL post and then, honestly, just forgot. hahaha. So today is the day despite it being a month overdue ;) 

  I was up around 6:15....


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