Well I think July was the fastest month yet? How about you? It is already time for my fave linkup where we share What's Up With Us! Linking up HERE
What We're Eating This Week
Monday Instant Loss Pineapple Chicken Bowls
Find the Recipe HERE
Tuesday- Fiesta Chicken Tacos with Homemade Guac and Chips
Find the Chicken Recipe HERE and just stuff this deliciousness into your fave tortillas/taco shells/lettuce wraps
Wednesday- Weight Waters Tuscan Chicken Pasta
Find the Recipe HERE
Thursday- Breakfast for Dinner- Breakfast Sliders, Hashbrowns and Berrys
Friday- Friday Night Pizza Night for the Fam BUT Mama cooking for the Fab Four- Pool Time with Mama's Clam Chowder and Peach, Tomato and Burrata Salad :)
What I'm Reminiscing About
As we are approaching the 2022 Triple Threat Show tomorrow night, I can't help to reminisce about the last normal summer show we experienced in 2019 when Diana played Matilda- dream come true!
What I'm Loving
This summer's weather...hot...sunny....yes I spend most of my time in my air conditioned office but so glad we can get outside and grill and swim and enjoy a beautiful summer!
What We've Been Up To
There have been play dates and swim dayz
Yoga for Mama
The Town Fireworks Night (which ended in a storm- was fun while it lasted!)
We enjoyed 4th of July Weekend at the McLain's Lake House
and wrapped up the holiday weekend with a cookout at home with our fam
Mama and Mimi enjoyed a Happy Hour at Eddie V's
We wished Harry good luck as he headed to his summer ballet intensives at AAB
Someone has been really loving the costume prep for TTTC
We enjoyed the much anticipated "Last Summer On Earth Tour" with Laurel and Tom up at Gilford- my fave venue- We got to see Toad The Wet Sprocket, Gin Blossoms and Barenaked Ladies...sooo good! This concert was supposed to happen in 2020 and was rescheduled twice!
We've been soaking up pool time alone with our fam and with friends
Mama and Daddy enjoyed a date night of dinner and the Elvis movie which was incredible!
The girls have been LOVING TTTC Camp...they come home excited every day!
We have been helping Remi recover from his big surgery- can't wait for the hood to come off this week!
Date Walks have continued!
We celebrated Michelle's Bday with Dinner at La Fina
and the Fab Four enjoyed our annual dinner of Indian Food at BA's
The girls have been inspired by YouTube and have been experimenting in the kitchen- they were very proud of their pancakes ;)
I enjoyed getting to see Kayla in her wedding gown and being there for her first fitting- yeah!
Daddy enjoyed a gig at a baseball game with a special band that was put together
We enjoyed hosting friends for an afternoon of swimming and grilling
Eva loved being invited to the 3rd Annual NH Girls Hockey Invitational
The girls and I enjoyed dinner with the Fournier Girls and then seeing Caden in his summer production of High School Musical
and our little fam enjoyed even more theater went we went to dinner and the WAG Production of The Little Mermaid
and we finally made it to the beach- Praise God!
What I'm Dreading
Some health news right now...just want to know what we are facing
What I'm Working On
Trying to live in the present- find peace in each day and follow the joy
What I'm Excited About
The girls' show tomorrow night- eeeehhhhh so excited!!!
What I'm Watching/Reading
TV has been a bust lately...outside of some "Christmas In July" on Hallmark ;)
and my two books for July were
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner
One of my favorite authors for sure but this one was just ok for me- I LOVED her book last summer called "That Summer" but this one was just ok
Synopsis: When Veronica Levy bought her dream house on the Outer Cape, she
imagined a place where generations of her family would gather for years
to come.
Now, forty years later, with her children barely
speaking to each other, or to her, Veronica has decided, reluctantly, to
put the place on the market. She'll invite the family to gather one
last time (and insist on their good behavior) at her granddaughter
Celia's wedding. She'll spend one last summer by the beach, with her
daughter Sarah, her son Sam, and whichever grandchildren can be coaxed
into making the trip. Then she'll say goodbye to the house she's loved
for forty years.
But three months is a long time. Time enough for
an old love to reappear, for secrets to come to light, and for three
generations of Levy women to decide what kind of lives they want to
live, in the summers they have left.
and I am now finishing up
Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
Synopsis: Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. And while the Hotel Nantucket appears to be a blissful paradise, complete with a celebrity chef-run restaurant and an idyllic wellness center, there’s a lot of drama behind closed doors. The staff (and guests) have complicated pasts, and the hotel can’t seem to overcome the bad reputation it earned in 1922 when a tragic fire killed nineteen-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley. With Grace gleefully haunting the halls, a staff harboring all kinds of secrets, and Lizbet’s own romantic uncertainty, is the Hotel Nantucket destined for success or doom?
What I'm Listening To
Lots of Playlists when we are around the house- 50's Love Songs by the pool, 90's Alternative Rock, Fall 2020 music, Old Orchard Beach and 45th Birthday Mix...changing it up depending on the day :)
What I'm Wearing
Lots of short outfits and comfy dresses for this summer heat... (still bad at taking pics but snapped a few before our concert night out)
Oh and Blenders are always part of the summer uniform!
What I'm Doing This Weekend
No plans yet and not sad about that- hope to snag another relaxing beach day- we shall see
What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month
Can't really think that far right now but I will say another month of summer :)
What Else Is New?
Keep those prayers coming-really appreciate them and the support from all of you- hope to have some answers from my doctor this week!
Oh and tomorrow is Monthly Musings with Patty and me...we hope you will join us! We are talking Back To School Prep...not to rush summer but to share ideas so we all can be successful this year!
Check out our questions below...
That's a wrap! What is up with YOU?
7 comments:
Summer looks great on you! Oh, what fun you have!! Enjoyed reading your post!
Hold the phone...did you happen to see your concert in Guilford that is next to a marina? If so we used to keep our boat at that marina. Praying for you every morning friend.
Patty
Goodbetterbestfood.blogspot.com
You have had an amazing month and still have the fabulous show to look forward to! Love all the pics of your fun summer events. Hoping and praying you find out good news health wise.
Sending prayers from Waco as you wait to hear from your doctor! I’ve been going through a similar situation of tests and waiting. Like you said live in the present and find joy in each day. “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain”.
I'm still praying you get some answers to your health issues Holly. I'm glad you are getting to enjoy summer, despite the uncertainty. Here's to more beach days!
You are the third blogger in this link up today where I have pinned a recipe (or 2!) to try. That chicken/pineapple bowl looks amazing. It looks like you and your girls have been making the most of summer. SO MUCH FUN! I really hope you get some answers soon; it's so hard waiting to know what is wrong when we just know our bodies aren't right.
Y'all have been busy! So much summer fun. I'm jealous of that backyard pool :) Continued prayers for you. I hope you have answers soon!
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