Happy Friday the 13th! Wow. I cannot believe how quickly this week has gone and that it is already Friday again. It was a pretty low-key week around here, we’re all still getting used to being back on the school schedule after the winter break. Nothing too exciting, but there have been a few fun things to share.

Ok, so maybe this isn’t a favorite or highlight from the week, but it was certainly surprising. This is our master bath next to the shower door panel. It decided to explode first thing Monday morning. The craziest part is this is right after it happened, but it continued cracking for a good hour after this and all of those cracks just became smaller and smaller pieces. It was pretty wild.

This is my new AirPods case. A certain fluffy black dog who shall remain nameless ate the ears off my last panda AirPod case, so this is the one I replaced it with. I ordered it originally like December 7th, but managed to accidentally order the pro size one. By the time it came and I realized Amazon was super slow on shipping so this just got here this week. But I am delighted with it, especially since it stands up on its own. If you need a panda with a hat and fish bag case for your AirPods, you can find this one here*.

It has been fairly dry here and the static is making Juniper’s hair extra adorable!

That’s all I’ve got for this week. My plans to get sewing in seem to keep getting bumped this week so I am hoping I can get some things done over the three day weekend.

How about you? What were the highlights, or surprising bits like my shower door, from your week?

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Happy Friday! Wow! We’ve made it through the first week of school for 2023! I feel like this year is going quickly and it is only the 6th…. Here are my first favorites for the new year!

• I ran out of a good simple black tea over Christmas break and we certainly couldn’t have that. Especially with the kids home and us all locked inside with a big snow storm. So I ordered some PG Tips from Amazon*. Imagine my delight when the tea showed up in a box covered in Corgis!!!
• I have worked on two different tutorials for you guys this week, which has been so fun! As long as everything goes smoothly (fingers crossed!) I will have the first one posted tomorrow.
• I found this classic rock playlist on Apple Music and it has been what I have been listening to as I have been back running kids around in the car.

• I got a bread machine for Christmas*! I pulled it out last week and have been playing around with it. I have made several good loaves from the cookbook that came with it, plus yogurt (that I still need to work on) and strawberry jam. How wonderful is it to get up way too early before the sun is up for school to the smell of freshly baked bread that cooked overnight. Yummo!

• And, a lot of the week has looked like this, covered in a small dog and a small very shaggy dog. My back is still grumpy with me so I have been spending a lot of time sitting on the couch and reading or doing some hand work like knitting or some stitching. I will share more on that soon!

How about you guys? How has your first week of 2023 been? What projects are you working on? Leave me a comment and let me know!

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Happy Friday friends! How has your week been? Are you feeling the hustle and bustle of the season yet?

It has been a good week. I am so enjoying working on the Darlings, and there have been some fun other things to share with you as well.

• I have been playing around with this 5 minute a day artisan bread recipe that was recommended by friend. One loaf I made this week accidentally rose and then baked into a heart shape. How fun is that?!
• I love Louise Hay and I have been reading just couple pages a day in this book* which has put me in a good mood every day. It is amazing how much your thoughts shape how your day goes!

• We had the smallest dog (under 8lbs) at Thanksgiving and my brother-in-law and sister-in-law had the largest (130lbs). Mr Danger snapped this adorable shot of the two of them side by side and I love it.
• I have been knitting a lot again with the Darlings and though I have collected many needles over the years, these Chiaogoo Lace ones* remain my favorites. I have ordered a couple missing sizes over the last couple weeks to fill in some holes in my collection!

• It snowed here a little bit this week, which always makes me happy. Juniper sat at our back door and watched it snow for a good 30 minutes. It was so sweet, I had to capture the moment!

Alright friends, that’s all I’ve got this week! What were your favorites this week? I would love for you to leave me a comment and let me know!

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Happy Friday friends! Wow. Whattaweek. It was already bonkers when I posted Wednesday, and yesterday I went to volunteer in my youngest son’s classroom and within 3 minutes of being there I watched him happily running on break with his friends and then trip and slide his face across the concrete. There was lots of blood and so many tears and he is home from school today since his face swelled up so much his right eye is swollen shut. Holy moly!

That being said, I still have a couple favorites from this bananas week.

• I have been doing more handwork type projects recently (did you see the little stuffie face on my Wednesday post?) and needed a containment system for outside of my office that is easy to keep away from kids and dogs and also take with me. So when I saw some beautiful Ghana artist made baskets I knew one would work perfectly and even found a pink one! It is working exactly how I wanted and I love it so much.

• This Peasant Bread recipe is my favorite from all of the bread recipes I’ve been trying recently! I 1.5 times the recipe as noted and bake it in loaf pans and have been making all of our bread. I also have baked them in the pyrex as described, and I just made a batch to do in muffins tins to take as rolls for Thanksgiving (I’m practicing before next week!) Today I saw the focaccia bread version and I think I am going to try it this weekend.
• I’ve been watching the old Little House On The Prairie series on Prime and enjoying it so much! I had never watched it before and I am loving the 1960’s take on the 1870’s and watching it in 2022, so fun!

• And finally, a rather grumpy, extra fluffy dog picture for you!

That’s all I’ve got this week! I am sure hoping next week is a little less crazy and I am looking forward to the 4 day weekend for Thanksgiving. What are your favorites this week? I would love if you share with me in the comments below.