Friday Things
1.ย Itโs official โ Joseph is totally on the move! Ironically, the things that motivate him to crawl the most are the dogsโ tails and their toys. He ignores everything else and crawls like a little speedster to their tails or their rubber interlocked rings. I have picked him up, moved him, and tried to distract him countless times in the last 24 hoursโฆ he just turns around and starts right after them again.
2.ย The Pittsburgh Penguins built a new practice facility that is in pretty close proximity to our house, and it opened to the public a couple of weeks ago. A lot of players have been holding informal skates there each morning, and weโve been waiting forย Joseph to wake up from his morning nap in time to go up there and take a peek around. The stars finally aligned on Monday morning and we got to catch some of the skateโฆ need to get Joseph ready for hockey season as soon as possible! :)
3.ย Have you heard of Trendsend from Evereve? Iโve never been to one of their stores, but I saw someone on my Facebook feed mention this service. Itโs the same concept as Stitch Fix, which I love, but it looks like the clothes are a little bit different. If youโve tried it, let me know what you think!
4.ย I love this personalized birthday chalkboard poster!
5.ย I need to get back into meal planning and am totally going to use these meal templates from The Kitchn.
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6.ย Whatย kitchen trendsย do you like? Iโm a big fan of rustic and mixed material.
7. Are you watching U.S. Open tennis this week? Iโm always rooting for Roger Federer!
8. The Homeland season premiere is exactly one month from todayโฆ canโt wait!
9.ย Do you have any plans for the long Labor Day weekend?
10. TGIF! These two look to be in deep conversationโฆ
Love the pictures of Joseph! The boys will be an awesome threesome as he grows up!
I like rustic/industrial and texture in kitchen trends. Love white and wood and stainless and then decorating with colour here and there (easy to change) colour schemes. I am stunned at the news about Homeland (Brody back?โฆI knew it), (Clare Daines leaving?โฆnoooo). Canโt wait for it to start again. I love the photos of Joseph and your dogs. And if that is his bed, wow! Itโs gorgeous.
I just signed up for Trendsend! So hopefully Iโll like it. There is no styling fee, like there is with Stitchfix. So I figured, why not? : )
There is nothing like a boy and his dog . . . every boy should have one at some point in his life. Joseph, Einstein, and Duke will be the greatest of pals. Itโs ironic that you posed the question about kitchen trends. Currently, we are having our 20 year old kitchen in our mid-century house updated โ not a total gutting of it, but still a major project. I love the vintagey feel of red with a little โaquaโ accent thrown in. White cabinets and darker wood floor. Kind of an updated farmhouse kitchen look. Is that a trend?? And โ I didnโt know the new Pens facility opened to the public!! Thatโs great news. Weโll have to go and check it out! Steelers. Thursday night. EXCITED!!! Have a great weekend!
BBQ on Monday and Iโll be making your Boston Baked Beans. ???
So excited about Homeland! But did you know Claire Danes is leaving after this season? Canโt imagine it without her!! By the way, that is a beautiful crib!!!
Nooo! Say it isnโt soโฆI love her so much in the showโฆbut if they bring in a good partner for her maybe it wonโt be so badโฆI wonder if Mandy Patinkin will stay or go too then..
Hi! one of my good friends/sorority sister opens all of the new Evereve stores and travels around the Midwest managing them! Sheโs worked for them since it was Hot Mama and they first took off. She was just telling me how they have a personal shopping service, like Stich Fix. I think youโd really like it. you should take the time for yourself and go check it out.
Joseph is adorable! love the photos with him and the pups. My daughter and I are also looking forward to hockey season โ go Blackhawks!! :) She just started her first day of 4K today. It goes by so quickly, I canโt believe it!
Joseph looks adorable as usual. I especially like the fact that heโs got his own Crosby jersey!โฆ.The meal plan looks interesting โ might try a few โ I need to do a meal plan rather than trying to โwingโ it every night. I canโt wait for Homeland to return โ Iโm dying to see what happens this season โ have to know what happens between Carrie and Brody and with Saul as the new head of the CIA again. Plus I still donโt trust that Dar Adalโฆ.lol. The doggies will prove to be a never ending source of entertainment and companionship for Joseph โ he looks so cute with them
OMG, are you saying Brody is alive??? I knew it! I could not believe theyโd kill him off. I hope we get the series โfast-trackedโ to us in Oz at the same time as the US. I love this series.
Seriously, is Brody alive?! Or did you mean Quinn???
Actually I meant Quinn but there are a ton of people online who donโt believe that Brody is deadโฆthey think they substituted a body at the end of another prisoner because he had a hood on his head. Either way I think this season is going to be something elseโฆI also want to see her interact more with her baby โ I mean sheโs not the best mom but now that she actually confronted her own mother maybe that will change โฆI just love the show
โ6. When kitchen trends to you like?โ Huh? I think I know what you meant, but this made me chuckle. Have an awesome holiday weekend!
Thereโs a clickable link under โkitchen trendsโ so you can see what she meant. : )
Good for you that you allow Joseph play with your dog. Iโve read that great for kids allergies.
Great picrure of Joseph and Einstein. I wonder if you ever look at the dogsโ expressions, while Joseph is interacting with them, and wonder what they possibly could be thinking. On some level, both Einstein and Duke must be thinkingโฆโReally, first this little creature appeared from no where and just as we are getting used to him, he is on the floor with us and moving on his ownโฆ.what possibly could be next??โ
Gosh, if they only knew what is ahead in the next few months once Joseph is up and runningโฆ.literally!!
So funny that you talk about Joseph going after your dogsโ tails. When my granddaughter first started crawling she would go after my dogโs feet. She would crawl so fast to get to them. Every time she visited my dog was on alert. It was so fun to watch. My dog was also a great source of laughter for her. I think part of it was the jingle of her tags on her collar, but she was always laughing when the dog was around.
Thereโs no link to the meal templates. I did see them and theyโre great โ a very useful tool. If you search โmeal templatesโ at thekitchn.com there are several more.
Hi Sally, So sorry about that, fixed it!