Friday Favorites (January 9, 2026)

 

First Things First....Happy Birthday Ally!  Woohoo!

 

and now, per usual, sharing some recent faves!

 

 Fave Bites and Sips

 

Egg White Wrap, Shredded Pepper Turkey, a Jalapeno Laughing Cow Wedge, Tomatoes and Shredded Carrots  

 

Egg White Wrap, Shredded Pepper Turkey, Truffle Hot Sauce, Sweet and Spicy Pickles and a Jalapeno Laughing Cow Wedge

 

Greek Chicken Bowl with Tzatziki and Pita

 

Tuna- Yum

 

Watermelon Radish and Cucumber Salad

Egg White Wrap, Shredded Pepper Turkey, A Jalapeno Laughing Cow Wedge, Sweet and Spicy Pickles, Pickled Onions and Shredded Carrots

Ancient Grain Wrap, Shredded Pepper Turkey, A Laughing Cow Jalapeno Wedge, Sweet and Spicy Pickles and Pickled Onions

These Protein Brownies are everything

Ancient Grain Wrap and Egg White Wrap, Good Culture Cottage Cheese, Sweet and Spicy Pickles, Truffle Hot Sauce and Everything But The Bagel Seasoning

Wasa Multi Grain Crackers with Good Culture Cottage Cheese, Pickled Onions, Truffle Hot Sauce and Everything But The Bagel Seasoning

 Indian Food!  Basil Coconut Chicken with Basmati Rice and a Meat Samosa with Mint Sauce

 

 

Wasa Crackers with Good Culture Cottage Cheese, Truffle Hot Sauce, Pickled Onions, Sweet and Spicy Pickle Chips and Everything But The Bagel Seasoning 

 

 

and my Healthy Teas- this one had cotton candy, pomegranate, collagen and blue blast in it :)

 

 

 

 MEMEs

 

 

 

 Fits!

 

Birthday Party 

 

Working Out

 

 Work Mode!

 

 

 This Guy

 

Trying to chase away any delivery driver ;)

 

 

 But how can you get mad at this face??  :)

 

and check out his New Year's Card on IG ;)

 

 I can't...ha ha!!!

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend friends!

Diana has Committed! (Sharing This Great News And All About Our College Search Process)

 and the winner is.....

 

 Yeah!  Go Warriors!

 

She will be majoring in Elementary Education and...she committed for cheerleading!  
She will be cheering for the Warriors!  D1 y'all!  She was offered a spot on the team just by her recruitment video and she was offered the spot before she was even accepted to the college- ha!  She is thrilled, as are we.  

 We honestly loved all of our college tours down south and for awhile she really thought she wanted to be down there but just as I surmised, from early on, the need and want to be closer to home won out AND she just loved this campus and school in general.

 

We are very excited for her AND very excited for college football games...woohoo!

 

The best part of her going to college in Mass for teaching is that she will get certified in Mass which is a top-paying state for teachers in the U.S.  Her dream is to become a first grade teacher and give back to the kids that will need her and support them the way some of her very special teachers supported her.  Her college essay was about just that!

 

We utilized a college counselor who was referred to us by our best friends.  Craig made the entire process so much less stressful.  He helped her get organized and come up with her list.  He helped her tweak and edit her essay.  He walked us through FASFA and all of our financial questions.  He suggested schools we hadn't even thought about.  He also steered us away from a few that Diana would not get into.

 

In the end, she applied to 19 schools.  Decisions are still rolling in but she is committed.  So far, she was accepted to 11 schools- rejected by 1 - and deferred by 2.  We still need to hear from 5 but it doesn't really matter at this point!  She is all in at Merrimack.  Side Note: They also gave her the largest, and very substantial, financial package so it was a no brainer!

 

Amber DiPrima is our go-to video pro and she created Diana's Recruitment Video for us.  It ended up being very successful because from her video alone, Diana received 5 cheer offers! (She actually made about 11 videos and the same one was sent to a few schools.  The others are personalized like this one for MC)

 

 

Post by WHS on their IG Account- so proud!

 

Our "toast"- Janie and I before everyone else joined our team call yesterday :)

 

 So proud of you, all of your hard work over the years, your determination and grit and most of all for following your passions Diana Mary.  I love you Monkey- My Baby Bird! XO