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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Friday Favorites (December 5, 2025)

 

Hi Friends and Happy Friday!  Ahhh...my favorite day of the week...this one is extra special as tonight I am hosting my Annual Favorite Things Party...so excited....today I will be sharing some faves from my week, as always, and this week I am putting a festive look on it all...Pink Lady Style ;)

 

 

Clean Eating

 

I have been asked "what have you been doing" over the last year time and again...honestly it was a slow shift to cleaner eating....more exercise (mostly walking which is good for not only my body but my mind) and HRT (yes a controversial topic) and limiting alcohol (to only social consumption, when I am with family and friends) and limiting sugar....I never want to feel deprived so if I want something I have it- when I feel deprived is when I stray.....so I have lost 35 pounds in the last year by just putting some basics into practice.  I still have a ways to go but I feel great.  Anyway, I digress...clean eating is one part of this transformation...lately, being inspired by Bethenny, I have experimented with some new recipes and I am loving them- they are keeping eating more exciting!  Here are a few recents...meals and snacks...

 

Sushi- Opting for hand rolls with no rice 

 While chopping veggies for dinner, I whipped up a quick lunch of butternut squash with a little EVOO and Hot Honey- delish!

 Homemade Chicken Salad with Pickled Onions, Pickles and Everything But The Bagel Seasoning

 Multigrain Wasa Crackers with Low Fat Cottage Cheese, Shredded Carrots, Pickled Onions and Truffle Hot Sauce- yum!

 

 Whipping Up Some Healthy Tacos for the Fam for Dinner- everyone loved them!  I marinated chicken tenders in lime juice, EVOO, chili powder and salt and pepper then cooked them in the air fryer and tossed them into the tacos chalk full of veggies and guac

 Homemade Tuna Salad with Pickled Onions, Truffle Hot Sauce and Everything But The Bagel Seasoning with a Multigrain Wasa Cracker on the side

 Awesome Protein Bars!  They taste like Snickers seriously!

 

Multigrain Wasa Crackers with Shredded Turkey, Truffle Hot Sauce and Cucumbers

 

 Sushi Bowls for Dinner one night- Diana's and My Bowls had sushi rice, rare salmon, pickled onions, shredded carrots, cucumbers, sesame seeds and seaweed.  Rob's and Eva's bowls had sushi rice, grilled chicken, shredded carrots, sesame seeds and cucumbers.  We tossed some soy sauce and hot sauce on these bad boys too :)

 

 

 

 

First Snowfall

 

Not a fave, however, trying to stay positive and appreciate the way it looks against the Christmas lights...and the JOY that Remi gets from running around outside :)

 

My Top Music in 2025

 

Love the way Apple Music does this collection for me every year...no surprise that Taylor Swift was at the top...followed by Sabrina Carpenter of course...and my top song was Stargazer by Myles Smith...LOVE

 

 

 

Senior Superlatives Are In!

 

Yup....Rob and I are SO PROUD ;)

We have all been cracking up...glad Diana can laugh at herself!

 

 

 

Hockey Duck

 

 

LOVE the Duck that Eva brought back for me for my Jeep collection...and I have loved seeing the happy photos from her hockey trip :)

 

 

 

 Remi's Bath

 

Not one of his faves but definitely one of ours....ha!

 

 

 and the end result is the greatest...he even agrees ;)

 

 

 

 Heated Yoga and The Rail Trail

 

Ahh...salvation....

 

 

 

 

 

 Bible Study

 

Best for last!  Each month, in my Bible Study, there has been a theme...and when I opened up December to get started on the month...you can imagine my JOY when I saw the theme for the month!  #bestforlast

 

 Have a wonderful and festive weekend friends! XO