Hey from Florida! We arrived in Jacksonville Seashore yesterday night and it’s great to scent the salty air and know we’ve a couple of days with household on the horizon. The massive youngsters have immediately off from college for a trainer workday and since Rhett by no means has college on Fridays, we determined to make the most of no college on the calendar and head to Jacksonville for an extended weekend with Mae, Pop and my sister and her household. We’re so prepared for some enjoyable within the solar with a few of our very favourite individuals!

I’m maintaining issues quick and candy immediately so I can maximize household time so please carry on scrolling if you happen to’d like to take a look at this week’s roundup of favorites, Issues I’m Loving Friday type. Have an exquisite weekend, my mates!

Issues I’m Loving Friday

  • Seven Sundays Maple Sea Salt Cereal

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I used to be first launched to Seven Sundays maple sea salt cereal throughout our weekend within the mountains with mates again in August. My pal Carrie’s youngsters beloved the cereal and after watching Rhett and Ryder eat it by the handful, I started shopping for it for our household, too. (I order it by Thrive Market or purchase it at Complete Meals.) I actually assume I’m the one who eats extra of it than anybody else in our home as evidenced by this story: A few weeks in the past, I grabbed a bag of Seven Sundays cereal for me and Rhett to snack on as we dropped Chase and Ryder off at college. We handed the bag backwards and forwards a few instances till he known as me out and stated, “Mother, why do you shove handfuls of it into your mouth?” adopted by his demand, “And don’t eat all of it this time!” Youngsters will humble you each single day, I’m tellin’ ya. Evidently, this cereal has develop into a current favourite in our home, particularly by me.

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(Skinny gold coronary heart necklace / Small gem necklace — my shade is “citrine” / Personalised allure necklace)

Focused advertisements get me each time. I couldn’t resist this customized allure necklace once I noticed it on Amazon as a result of I immediately had visions of charms on the necklace representing issues the boys’ love. There are a ton of charms to select from and I ordered a allure representing every of our three boys (butterfly for Creature Man Chase, turtle for Ryder who adores catching and releasing turtles, lemon for Rhett who likes to make lemonade collectively), plus a fourth allure with three faux-diamonds for our three boys. It’s a personalised necklace I really like carrying and even the boys seen it and thought the charms had been actually cool once I defined why I selected them!

We’re one million years late to the Ted Lasso phenomenon, however Ryan and I lastly gave the present a shot final weekend.  So a lot of our mates really useful it to us time and again and let’s simply say, we now perceive the hype. Oh my gosh, is Ted not simply essentially the most pleasant human!? We’re completely loving this present and the episodes steadily make us giggle out loud. I don’t assume Ryan and I’ve discovered a humorous present we’ve preferred since we fell in love with Schitt’s Creek years in the past and it’s been so enjoyable to look at an episode earlier than we learn at evening earlier than mattress.

Style: Thriller/Suspense / My ranking: B+

Having lately learn and beloved Improper Place Improper Time by Gillian McAllister, I sought out one other e-book by the identical writer and added Simply One other Lacking Individual to my library holds record. It turned out there final week and I flew by it! Whereas this e-book didn’t shock me the way in which Improper Place Improper Time did, I nonetheless discovered it to be a artistic, distinctive and twisty learn. It’s crammed with flawed characters (none of whom I completely beloved which was a little bit of a bummer), troublesome choices, lacking girls, secrets and techniques and lies.

The e-book begins when 22-year-old Olivia has been lacking for someday. Detective Julia Day is assigned to the case and it’s clear from the start, it’s going to be a difficult one. Olivia was caught on digital camera coming into a dead-end alley and when she by no means emerges, everyone seems to be puzzled. However Julia has expertise and experience on her aspect. She’s devoted to her job and decided to search out Olivia. After which Olivia’s case merges with a secret from Julia’s previous and all the things modifications. Julia finds herself at a crossroads, compelled to make choices she by no means imagined herself making. How can she discover Olivia when she’s being blackmailed with the very secret that might destroy her life and the life of somebody she loves greater than something?

Style: Thriller/Suspense / My ranking: B

This e-book was extremely really useful to me by one among my book-loving mates so my hopes had been excessive! Whereas I largely loved it, I discovered it extraordinarily predictable which took away a few of my enjoyment of the novel. I like to be shocked and this one failed to do this for me time and time once more. It felt a bit of too apparent to me however I really like a twin timeline thriller and nonetheless discovered myself wanting ahead to studying this e-book earlier than mattress each evening.

The e-book begins when an outdated textual content is shipped to Ariel Cafferty from Drew, a lifeless man and the daddy of her son who ghosted her 5 years in the past. Ariel is shaken and shocked however the content material of the outdated textual content causes her to start to query all the things. As Ariel begins digging, she uncovers lie after lie, instructed to her not solely by Drew however by her multi-millionaire household. As solutions start to return to the floor, extra questions come up and the hazard Ariel finds herself in solely grows. Will she uncover the reality? And if she does, what’s going to it price her?

Oatmeal Apple Crisp (Sharing our favourite recipe for anybody with apple selecting in your agenda this fall!)

A to Z Household Exercise (A enjoyable approach to transfer your physique with the entire household)

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Questions of the Day 

What’s one factor you’re wanting ahead to this weekend?

What’s one factor making you smile proper now?