I’m sitting down at my tablet-turned-laptop arrange (nonetheless crossing my fingers my actual laptop computer is recovered) and feeling just a little chatty this morning, so let’s dive right into a “Presently” fashion weblog publish since they’re all the time a enjoyable strategy to share a hodgepodge of ideas and updates in a semi-organized approach.
Presently: February 2026
Throughout My Exercises: ATC Across the World (La La La La La) Radio on Pandora. What a bop of a station. It’s so, so energizing to me! Runner up: ‘90s pop. Additionally a jam!
Whereas I Work: These days I’ve been oscillating between Bob Seger, Billy Joel, Hamilton, Nathan Evans and ABBA radio stations on Pandora.
With the Children: Children Place LIVE. The boys love the Completely Mindy morning present on Children Place LIVE on Sirius XM and we hearken to this most mornings on the way in which to high school. She all the time has enjoyable tales and matters that encourage foolish and fascinating automobile conversations.
On Canine Walks/Throughout Chores: Audiobooks! I joke that I can clear the entire home from prime to backside if I’ve a superb audiobook going.
Whereas Making Dinner: SILENCE. That is sometimes the time of day overstimulation kicks in and silence is golden. Runner up: Michael Buble radio on Pandora if I’m not completely performed with all sounds at this level.
By Myself: Three Days in June by Anne Tyler. For those who’ve learn my guide critiques prior to now, you understand I’ve a tender spot for socially awkward, quirky principal characters (Molly the Maid, Joe Nuthin’, Eleanor Oliphant) and now you may add Gail from Three Days in June to this record. I simply began studying this guide and already discover myself drawn to Gail as she navigates the three days earlier than, throughout and after daughter’s wedding ceremony.
With the Massive Children: Land of Tales (Ebook 5). I feel I’m nearly as into this sequence as Chase and Ryder! It’s immensely imaginative, stuffed with journey, humorous and a real pleasure to learn. I’ve heard rumors these books are being made into films and I’m triple crossing my fingers they do them justice à la the Harry Potter films.
With Rhett: Rhett completely loves Mo Willems’ Elephant & Piggie sequence so my mother and father shocked him with a group of Pigeon books by the identical writer for Christmas. He loves them and we’ve been studying them on repeat for the previous 2 months.
All of the canine chews and canine leisure toys! Comet is teething like loopy proper now and with three children within the combine who undoubtedly don’t wish to be his private chew toys, we’re doing our greatest to cease him within the act and redirect his chewy habits onto one thing extra acceptable than our arms and fingers. We’ve had one of the best luck with Dentley’s Prime Slices as they appear to take him the longest to get by way of, CollaChews and Nature Gnaws Turkey Tendons (each Pepper and Comet flip for these).
As for canine toys, this canine puzzle deal with toy has been a gem! At first Comet had no thought what to do with it, however after one go-around he has it discovered and works exhausting at opening all of the slots to launch the treats we cover inside. (Scorching tip: Our vet really helpful Goldfish and Cheerios as a low-cost simple canine deal with.)
As a household: The Winter Olympics! We’ve beloved watching a bunch of the occasions with the boys, particularly the highlights from the gold medal ladies’s and males’s hockey video games. Woop!
By myself: A couple of of my girlfriends extremely really helpful Palm Royale (AppleTV) to me throughout our Northern Michigan wedding ceremony travels and, after dropping my laptop computer and forgoing any work time on our subsequent aircraft rides to Vegas and again, I began streaming it from my telephone. I wasn’t instantly hooked and I’m nonetheless not a super-fan but it surely’s entertaining sufficient and I completely love the colourful late Nineteen Sixties trend within the present. It’s completely beautiful and half the explanation I maintain watching.
All of the issues! I really like a enjoyable beverage and drink a number of completely different drinks each day.
ALL DAY
Electrolytes: A few yr in the past, my pal Leah introduced a field of LMNT electrolytes on a ladies’ journey and I used to be amazed at how the salty electrolytes made me really feel following a day of journey and indulgence. I really feel the constructive affect of LMNT electrolytes extra bodily than different electrolytes on the market (I additionally love Ultima and Burn Boot Camp’s electrolytes). And discover myself reaching for them above all others. I just like the citrus salt, watermelon salt and grapefruit salt flavors greatest.
MORNING
Entire Milk Latte (with Collagen and Creatine) + Colostrum: I’ve been utilizing Purity espresso for my lattes for years. I’ve Purity Steadiness mix on subscribe and save and love that it has 1/3 the caffeine of normal espresso and the standard is extremely excessive, each from a taste and a well being perspective. I add collagen and creatine to my espresso, combine it with a handheld frother after which combine it once more with sizzling complete milk I froth up in my SMEG retro frother (one of the best as a result of it makes cold and warm foam and can even simply heat your milk).
Once I inform you I’m going to mattress trying ahead to this cup of espresso each morning, I imply it. And now that I realized I shouldn’t be stirring my ARMRA colostrum into my morning espresso, I simply dry scoop it straight into my mouth as I’m making my espresso each morning and it really works like a allure. (Code PBFINGERS saves 15% if colostrum is in your radar.)
Matcha Latte: That is my mid-morning drink of alternative. I warmth up almond milk after which use my handheld frother to combine it with this vanilla matcha protein powder. For those who hate matcha, you gained’t like this protein powder. However in the event you’ve all the time been intrigued my matcha and like earthy/not-too-sweet flavors, it is likely to be price a attempt. I LOVE that it’s solely sweetened with dates and that the powder has an honest quantity of fiber in it, too, as that’s a rarity for protein powders.
AFTERNOON
I flip flop between these two for my afternoon beverage of alternative.
Kombucha: My sister acquired me hooked on afternoon kombucha when she talked about her makes an attempt at swapping candy treats within the afternoons with a glass of kombucha. As somebody who reaches for one thing sugary each single afternoon, I figured it was price a shot. It doesn’t utterly substitute my longing for one thing candy, but it surely does appear to assist a bit with satisfying my want for a change of taste after lunch. I purchase the large bottles and pour myself a small glass or pour it in a to-go mug and produce it with me for the boys’ afternoon exercise circuit.
Yogi Egyptian Licorice Mint Tea: My absolute favourite tea for years and years. (For those who’ve ever had the Aveda tea, it’s very related.) That is a kind of teas that smells nearly nearly as good because it tastes. It has a singular taste with the sunshine, refreshing pop of mint and I adore it a lot. I exploit my Fellow electrical kettle and pour the recent water over a bag of this tea that I take with me on the go.
For Breakfast: Excessive protein oat bran. I can’t cease with this one. I’ve all the time been somebody who likes bigger parts of meals and this meal is voluminous, satisfying and full of protein (27 grams) and fiber. I prefer it greatest topped with sprouted pumpkin seeds, blueberries and cinnamon.
For Snacks: Basil seed pudding (I make it like my blueberry chia pudding however with basil seeds as a result of they thicken quicker and have extra fiber), ALOHA Bars for on-the-go snacking (I’m nonetheless loving the white chocolate peppermint bars I hoarded over the vacation season + oatmeal chocolate chip) and I’ve additionally been on good quaint apple slices with peanut butter and mini chocolate chips kick.
For Lunch: More often than not I eat leftovers for lunch, however I additionally love utilizing pre-chopped bagged salads as a base for my lunches after which I physician them up with numerous toppings (leftover protein from dinner, nuts, avocado, and many others.).
For Dinner: You might even see a glimpse of our latest dinners right here! I hope to have one other one to share with ya subsequent week.
Our huge summer season household trip! Now that our youngest baby is 5, extra in depth journey feels do-able and we’re leaning in! (I understand you are able to do greater journey with little ones but it surely simply wasn’t all that interesting to us with naps and toddler fussiness to navigate.) We had absolutely the BEST time on our Alaska household trip final summer season and wished to do one thing particular with our crew once more this yr. We did plenty of analysis and landed on the Azores!
We’ll be taking the boys to São Miguel, an island within the Azores positioned off Portugal, in early June and can’t wait to fill our days with whale watching (fingers crossed we see the blue whale migration!), visits to sizzling springs, fishing, climbing and island exploration. For those who’ve been to the Azores, I’d be thrilled to learn any suggestions you might need for our household!
All of the video games! This subsequent part of parenting/life with barely older children is so enjoyable! We at the moment are in a position to play video games which might be enjoyable for the entire household (RIP Sweet Land). It’s been such an effective way to unwind and spend high quality time collectively on the finish of the day.
Present favourite card video games (largest hits with Chase and Ryder): Sleeping Queens, Rat-a-Tat Cat, Skip-Bo
Present favourite board video games (these are those Rhett loves most): Rely Your Chickens, Dragon Journey ( huge successful with all 3 boys!)
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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