My Everyday Life Week 32- Here’s what this past week looked like:
Birthday week! We celebrated my Dad’s 80th in the city this week.
80!
I put together flowers for the event.
Got to wear my favorite sundress!
I LOVE LISTS
I LOVE LISTS
- Photographer captures bodega cats of NY.
- How long is a jiffy?
- Beach fashion, 1950s.
- The Four Rarest Trees in the World.
- The Best/Unexpected vodka flavors.
- A daily practice of perspective can help resilience.
- Before we had fidget tools, we used beads.
- San Francisco’s best new restaurants.
- Do you know about Jimothy?
- How good are you at mowing a lawn?
- Anthony Bourdain’s favorite books.
- All the oyster happy hours in SF.
- A compilation of funny/unhinged t-shirts.
- You can look through catalogs from the past.
- I wonder what it’s like to drink out of this mug.
- Is frozen yogurt healthier than ice cream?
- The top 10 popular movies right now according to streaming data.
- I’ve never had these TJ’s donuts. They’re supposed to be good.
- Here are the new TJ’s Fearless Flyer foods for August.
- Weekend treat: Cucumber Watermelon Popiscles
I shared my July pages in my Currently Workbook on Substack this week!
Intentions for the Week
Intentions for the Week- Week 32 in 2026
Hi friends! Happy Monday! Did you have a good weekend? Did you get some self-care in? I had some quality family time, watched Project Hail Mary, worked in my currently workbook, cleaned out my freezer (YAY!), hosted Self Check-In, and hung out with friends in the city. Tonight we are celebrating my Dad’s 80th birthday, and my brother is in town. It’s going to be a busy week!
Here are My Intentions for the Week!
My Everyday Life Week 31
My Everyday Life Week 31- Here’s what this past week looked like:
Crossed off two things from my Summer Bucket Bingo card this weekend.
Summer Altar! Here’s a photo. It includes my writing prompt for July, so I can reflect on it every time I look at it.
Sit by a fire was also on my bingo card. Check!
We went to Cousin Jen’s house!! My in-laws were still in town and we had a family dinner.
I made my herbed potato salad with three different colored potatoes, green beans, and arugula!
I LOVE LISTS
I LOVE LISTS
- I want to try making crispy rice!
- Whipped Cherry Limeade sounds refreshing.
- I’ve made boozy cherry slushies before!
- Why do we say “wear our heart on our sleeve?”
- Some helpful ways to use your AirTag.
- You can make your phone look like a camera.
- This farm looks incredible.
- I kinda want to start a brunch club.
- Tricks for ordering breakfast at McDonald’s.
- A cute way to tell the date.
- People live on strips of land in this lake in this Dutch community.
- Things we had in our living rooms in the 80s.
- Thrift store items that might be worth more than you think.
- What’s the best way to shred chicken?
- Time travel: female fashion of the 1960s
- The essential English words we teach have changed. This is interesting!
- Photographers reveal their most painful/hopeful images.
- Some inspiration to help me use my postage stamp puncher.
- I want to print and frame all of these florals paintings.
- Weekend reading: The Land and Its People
I posted a recipe this week! It’s been a while. I’ve been working my way out of a food rut. xo
Candied Jalapenos in your meal prep next week!
Candied Jalapeños (Cowboy Candy!)
Many years ago, my brother-in-law James gave us two jars of Candied Jalapenos, aka “Cowboy Candy,” and I’ve been wanting to make a batch ever since. He had a prolific crop of jalapeños that year, which inspired me to start growing them myself.
After that, “make Cowboy Candy” became a permanent fixture on my Summer Bucket List and bingo cards. I planted jalapeños every year with high hopes, but my yield was always pretty pathetic. It was definitely not the kind of haul that could produce even one pint of candied jalapeños.
Last month, during a Practice Pages session where we worked on our Summer Bingo Cards, I admitted to everyone that making Cowboy Candy had become my white whale of a bucket-list item. Well, that and making a strawberry cake.
Sharing that was the motivation I needed…
Yes, I’m still growing jalapeños this year, and I already see a few flowers coming up. But I decided to take the power back and stop letting a pathetic yield stand in my way. I bought jalapeños, candied them myself, and HERE WE ARE. I did it. I can finally cross it off the list. I didn’t give up on myself, and I owe it to the ladies I check in with each month.
Intentions for the Week
Intentions for the Week- Week 31 in 2026
Hi friends! Happy Monday! Did you have a good weekend? Did you get some self-care in? I went to the beach this weekend and marked off a few things from my Summer Bucket List/Bingo card. YAY. Here’s a glimpse of my week 30:
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Let’s get right to it.
Here are My Intentions for the Week!
