Friday Favorites (December 12, 2025)

 

Hi Friends and Happy Friday!  We made it!  As always, sharing a few faves from our week...let's get to it!

 

 

 Flowers From My Bestie

 

 

 

 Rail Trail

 

 

 

 Wonderful Night at the Future In Laws

 

Complete with a tour of the wine cellar and enjoying a bottle of one of our faves...and from our actual wedding year!

 

 

 

Just Mackin' In The Sun

 

Remi...my Buddy...is becoming an IG Influencer ;)

 

 

 

 Fave Bites

 

 

 MEMEs

 

 

That's a wrap!  Have a wonderful weekend friends! XO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Hodgepodge

 

 

 Hi Friends and Happy Wednesday!  I am here for Joyce's fun linkup...answering these questions...

 

 

1. Do you struggle with the commercialization of the holiday season? What helps you keep your focus when the season’s busyness and commercialism start to take over?

 

 

 

Yes I really do...I try to focus on the reason and step up my prayer time and time spent in church and then also focus on creating fun traditions for my family and friends because being together during the season is the greatest gift in my book. 

 

 

2. What's one small thing you want to savor before the year ends? 

 

 

Admiring the holiday lights...in cozy pj's with a warm drink...savor all of the glow 

 

 

3. December 9th is National Christmas Card Day. Do you still send Christmas cards? If so does yours include a photo or is it a more traditional card, or maybe homemade? How do you feel about the tradition of exchanging cards at the holidays? If Hanukkah is the holiday you celebrate in December do you send cards to mark the occasion? 

 

Exchanging holiday cards is one of my favorite annual traditions...we always do photos on ours and sometimes, like this year, with a religious  message

 

 

4. What's your least favorite holiday related task? What's your favorite? 

 

 

 Shopping = Least Favorite

Hosting Family and Friends= Favorite 

 

 

5. Let's do a little holiday this or that? 

 

 

shopping or wrapping- don't enjoy either- yikes
baking or decorating- decorating
eggnog or wassail- eggnog
real tree or artificial- artificial
turkey or ham- turkey 
white lights or colored lights- white lights 
ugly sweaters or matching pjs- matching pjs
peppermint or cinnamon - peppermint
presents Christmas Eve or presents Christmas Day- both!
 

 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

 

 As my girls are getting older and some of the magic has disappeared...I try to keep the traditions alive as much as possible...they really do enjoy so many of the things we do...and as far as gifts, I am at the point where I love to give experiences...experiences that will create wonderful memories together...that is my favorite gift and I know they will agree :)

 

 

Hello Monday! (December 8, 2025)

 

Hi Friends and Happy Monday!  I am here with Sara and we are chatting about our weekends.  Hope you will join us!  Here is what our little festive weekend looked like...

 

Friday Night

 

I hosted my annual Favorite Things Party and we had a blast...we enjoyed catching up...gobbling up yummy bites and sipping delish cocktails and then exchanging gifts...the night just flew by for me!

 

 Eva and Robby B headed out to a "fancy" dinner with friends

 

 

 Ally took Diana to her very first Celtics game!

 

 

 Saturday

 

I started my day with my tea of course and a "supermodel snack" for breakfast while starting the series "All Her Fault"...incredible...definitely got sucked in this weekend!

 

 Rob and Eva were at softball and Diana was at a cheer clinic...then she and I hit Playa Bowls for lunch...love how festive Tuscan Village is right now :)

 

 

 

 

 After that, I made out our Christmas Cards while watching more of "All Her Fault"

 

 That night, we headed to our friends Christmas Party...fun for the adults and kids complete with karaoke...a Secret Santa and Gingerbread House decorating!

 

 

 

 Diana headed to MC for a "function" with her besties....she is LOVING that school and hoping to get in and cheer there...fingers crossed!

 

Sunday

 

Rob and Eva headed to softball first thing...Diana and I hit Nutrition Corner

 

 Then I headed to mass.

 

After that, it was time to get organized for the week....get a chicken soup in the crockpot for dinner...oh and regress apparently?  Yup...slime...ugh!  ;)

 

 

Then Diana and I took a ride to Home Goods just to window shop....and then I hit the rail trail :)

 

 

 After that, I finished "All Her Fault"...wow!  So many twists and turns- highly recommend this thriller series.  Also watched the latest episode of Stumble- hysterical!

 

Rob and Eva headed to the middle school hockey game last night.  Diana worked and I crashed early with Remi.  What were you all up to? 

 

 

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