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THE WEEKEND EDIT + JACK FROST SHOWED UP WEARING PATAGONIA

January 22, 2022

Jack Frost showed up in Denver this week and reminded us we are just getting started with winter weather. I opted for the treadmill instead of the hills and layered on the scarves, pom-pom hats and Patagonia.

My sister-in-law, who lives in Clovis New Mexico, made a funny bservation about Coloradans. We all wear the Patagonia uniform (sleeveless down vest).

I never thought about it, but she’s right. We are a brand loyal state. If your state had a brand what would it be?

If only there was a coupon code for Colorado zipcodes. With 300 days of sunshine we can get away with a down vest most days.

Any guesses where the brand’s name originated? What’s the weather like where you are this weekend?

WEEKEND THOUGHTS

- - I started adding a dash of milk to my hot tea. It reminds me of our trip to Europe after graduate school. If I knew I was going to have a baby 12 months later I would have spiked it with something stronger! #babygirl
  - Has anyone tried this tea at Trader Joe’s?
  - I know I shared this daily newsletter but I love it. Our daughter’s BF shared it with us. If I get a free coffee mug if ten people sign up I am going to give it to him for Christmas.
  - There is still time to enter my $25 Pottery Barn gift card giveaway.
  - This is my favorite gadget. It works on the kitchen counter too with recipes.

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THE WEEKEND EDIT + THE HALFWAY MARK

January 15, 2022

WEEKEND THOUGHTS

HAPPY SATURDAY!

Congratulations we are just one day shy from the halfway mark for the month of January. And even better February is a shorter month. So we made it through, what for me at least is, a dreary month. Except in Colorado we have had sunny skies until yesterday when we got some much needed snow.

Colorado got a little snow on Friday. It makes me happy I kept our tree up just a little longer.
Apparently, potato chips have zero nutritional value. Share if you have a favorite healthy salty snack.
I saved this girl’s Costco finds for healthy snacks.
My friend Heather shares the best Costco and Trader Joe finds on her blog.
Before I forget I have a $25 Pottery Barn gift card giveaway. You can enter here.
My goal is to read 12 books this year. I am loving this one.
My girlfriend suggested Undercover on Netflix. This looks like a good series to watch on the tred (treadmill).
I dropped the Peloton app. If you missed my review you can read it here.
If you have a favorite Made in the USA brand please share in the comments or email me!
I finished MAID (the Netflix series and book). If you watched St Elmo’s Fired you need to watch Andi Macdowell in her role in this limited series. Now, moving on to the Weekend Edit. .

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MY CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE HAUL

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WHERE I FIND INSPO FOR FURNITURE LAYOUT CHANGES

where I found ideas to change up the furniture layout

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GET YOUR CRAFT ON WITH A SIMPLE VALENTINE WREATH

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THE WEEKEND EDIT + THE DONUT DIET

January 8, 2022

I started the new year with a donut… more like a 1/2 a dozen donuts. This is how I start every new year. My resolutions start the first Monday of the New Year! So in two years I am going to be in a pickle (or in a box of donuts).

During the holidays I discovered The Morning Brew. It’s a free easy breezy read with news and fun facts. Before the new year, TMB crew shared a Peloton app discount and I joined with a 60-day free trial (and easy opt out).

So Tuesday rolls around and I’m feeling good (despite the donuts) and I watch (participate) in 3 ten minute taped workouts by Peloton instructors.

These are workout videos that don’t require a bike or treadmill. Fyi apparently treadmill is now just “tred.”

2 minutes into this wideo and I hated the format. But, I am a Virgo so I finished the three ten-minute stretching videos. Two days later I could barely walk up the stairs (in a good way if you like to feel your muscles twinging).

So I skip a day and do my usual tred workout and return to the Peloton app.

You guys th background music is what you have in a spin class. It was thumping sounded like the music resorts play at the young adult pools. You know, the resorts that cost more than young adults can afford so they invite their parents. And we sit at the leisure pool.

I am going to continue with my free Peloton at home trial.

But seriously, this is my favorite online, free workout series. I have used it for years to mixup my walking/running workouts. I found it after an overuse running injury left me on the couch with a bag of donuts. My kids tease me but between you and me none of them could complete the 10-minute ab workout.

Okay let’s skip to what happened on the blog this week (in between touching base with my first-time home buyers club and getting ready for 2022!

WEEKEND THOUGHTS

If you have a favorite Made in the USA brand please share in the comments or email me!
We finished Yellowstone season 4. Who are your top two favorite and least favorite characters?
I have a giveaway for a Pottery Barn giftcard. You can read details here.

Let’s get on to …

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HOW TO STORE ALL THAT TISSUE PAPER

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THESE OVERNIGHT CINNAMON ROLLS WERE A HIT ON PINTEREST

Sidenote: This recipe is from one of my “oldest” friend’s mom. We love them & so does Pinterest! !

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SIMPLE WINTER HOME DECOR IDEAS

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WHAT I BOUGHT ON AMAZON

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THE WEEKEND EDIT + PREDICTIONS + RESOLUTIONS

January 1, 2022

Happy New Year! First, let me start with the fires that swept through Superior/Louisville/Boulder (northwest of the Denver metro area). These families and communities are starting the new year with catastrophic losses and grateful hearts.

To lighten the mood around here I thought it would be fun to share my random list of predictions and resolutions. Okay, it’s just one prediction and a few resolutions. I shared these with my family over the holidays. It’s like me in my own Progressive commercial.

Sidenote: Can I tell you how many times I started a conversation with my adulting children with, ” I know this sounds like a Progressive commercial.”

If you are not familiar with these commercials start here.

Speaking of homeowners insurance. Have you watched any of Peyton Manning’s commercials for Nationwide?

My prediction: Peyton Manning is going to get his own sitcom as a retired NFL player.

RESOLUTIONS

I want to hear your resolutions. Do you make any? Do you keep it at one resolution? Let’s work on them together. In the middle of the year, I started these daily habits. With the exception of the last two weeks, I think I can officially call them routine. I shared the post below.

My personal goals (resolutions) include to read 12 books. I know- don’t judge me. My kids bought me a Kindle so hopefully I can put my I-Pad (with a Chrome browser) aside.
Another goal is to unsubscribe from my favorite online stores (I did this for two online retailers). I did not visit either site until it took us six hours to get home from a day of skiing last week.
Practice the motto, “less is more.”
Walk/run outside more.
And the biggest challenge will be to follow a recipe from beginning to end. If you know me, you kow ihave a problem with some of my recipes. #wink

WEEKEND

Have you put away the Christmas decorations? I am more of an ease out of Christmas girl.
I am cleaning out this closet.
We watched this movie on Prime.
We should have stopped watching this movie. Some of us fell asleep.
We did stop watching this movie. I reread the summary twice and still don’t understand the plot.
In other news my kids did not love this phone gadget as much as I did when I ordered it for myself (and then ordered it for everyone in the family). #fail Now let’s move on to the Weekend Edit.

THE WEEKEND EDIT

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THE POWER OF AN EXTENSION CORD

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This Thymes Frasier Fir is a seasonal favorite. There is no such thing as too many candles!

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THE WEEKEND EDIT + DO YOU DO THIS?

December 11, 2021

Happy Weekend!

Hello from chilly Colorado with a dusting of snow!I had my booster on Thursday and it took me down. So I had some time to chill Friday afternoon and listen to Christmas carols. Which got me thinking. Raise your hand if you sing in the car? I am a huge supporter of car singing. What is your favorite band or artist? Do you have one song where you will do a drum sequence at the red light? My college band crush was a little Irish band. U2? Get it? So on my way to a real estate class, a U2 song pops on the radio and all of a sudden I am singing at the top of my lungs (pretending to be on the speakerphone). Please tell me you do this too and it is not just me.

This next sentence will come as no surprise.

DO YOU DO THIS?

When I was in middle/high school I would wrap my hair in a towel and do Prell commercials in the bathroom mirror. Of course, with four siblings someone inevitably bangs on the door and ruins the take. My youngest brother was not on the scene yet. My sister is going to kill me with this photo.

Sidenote: At this point, I have lost all of my readers under the age of 45! Please share your band crush in the comments or in an email! I respond to all of them!

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WEEKEND THOUGHTS

In breaking news the Dog Advent Calendar is on sale at Costco. Most dogs cannot count and won’t know it’s mid-December.
On Monday I I shared a new Made in USA find at Homegoods. Do you have a fav USA brand? Please share!
I talked about this Amazon purchase last week, but I love it so much I ordered more for my family.
I ordered this sleeveless collared shirt to wear under my sweaters. I hate the bulk of a long sleever under a sweater.

In other news, (no pun intended) I just subscribed to this daily read. I forgot to mention last week it is free.
Is anyone watching The Shrink Next Door? Of course, some of you may think I need a shrink next door with my commercials.

Let’s get on to …

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NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER DECORATING WITH WIRED RIBBON

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PEPPERMINT CHOCOLATE KISS COOKIES

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HOW TO DECORATE A SMALL APARTMENT

Sidenote: These tips would make a great care package for a niece, post-college son, or grandchild who can’t get home for Christmas. The same tips work for any space too!

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WHAT I BOUGHT ON AMAZON

Seriously a game changer if you work from your phone and tablet. Removes neck strain.It is under $12 and would be great to follow a recipe on your phone. It holds your phone, swivels left and right and up and down. My husband is getting one for Christmas from Santa.

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THE WEEKEND EDIT FALL FAVORITES + A SPIDER

September 4, 2021

My youngest son called from school and said he might move home because of a spider. Yes, apparently there was a Wolf spider in his bedding. So I googled it and found too many details. He had a plan: either sleep on the couch until the first freeze or move back home. That last sentence tells you how much he fears this little creature.

Neither was an option since we were paying rent for his basement bedroom (with egress). #realtormom

Thankfully, one of his roommate’s moms was in town and she helped Evan vacuum, washed his sheets and purchased bug spray. Evan’s reaction to a spider was similar to my phobia.

Apparently, there was a hole in the wall which gave the spider safe passage to a rental house filled with empty pizza boxes and Gatorade. #wink

The hole in the wall is now covered with duct tape. ;0)

Taking suggestions on the spider invasion.

If you missed last week’s Weekend Edit you can read the empty nest status update here.

In other news in the Weekend Edit

I finished nine seasons of Suits. And now I am watching this show on Netflix.
What are you watching? I need a good dramedy or historical fiction movie.
I found these tips on how to clean this laundry staple.
I ordered this turtleneck based on the reviews.
I bought it to wear with these camel color pants I found here on sale.

I’m going for an Audrey Hepburn look if Audrey was curvy and wore Maui Jims.

6. If you have a tiny porch take a look at mine.

7. Here’s a great list for the best gold spray paint.

8. Tips for a small space party (think city apartment or condos).

9. I might make this for our first chilly Sunday evening.

10. Where do you find olive baskets like this one?

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THE WEEKEND EDIT EMTPY NEST TAKE 2

August 28, 2021

I woke up super early Friday morning to cooler temps while Chloe and Elliott did their morning constitutional (Frasier reference) while my coffee brewed. With the cooler early mornings, it just feels right to linger over a mug of coffee. Speaking of coffee I add a scoop of this to my coffee every morning. I’ll let you know if anything happens. I am not sure what is suppose to happen, but I’ll let you know if it does.

In other news, we moved our youngest into his college rental house. I considered contacting the landlord (a young graduate) and offering to split the cost of paint and labor. Evan’s basement bedroom walls are red. And to annoy me, he kept mumbling that word from The Shining.

I will share pictures when we are back there for Homecoming Weekend. In the meantime, I plan to practice making these for Thanksgiving. If you are a long hauler at Everyday Edits you know I need to practice following the recipe.

With our empty nest status (again) I returned home to Colorado and scheduled movers to move furniture to the garage.

The baseboards were installed after this early spring project.

Yes, I decided for $135 it was worth paying two guys (or girls) to move furniture from one floor to another or from to the garage where I plan to sell them on Facebook Marketplace. I decided it was cheaper to hire movers for an hour than spend $400 in physical therapy because either my husband or myself pulled something.

Tip: Tell the movers you don’t need the 2-hour minimum and they will usually give you the hourly rate.

I am on Season 7 of Suits. If you are a fan who is your favorite character?

Here is what is trending at my house based on my Pinterest boards, projects and internet searches. #wink

1. I shared my fall fireplace mantel. We love this space since building the library wall.

2. Please pin this upcycle idea for the Thanksgiving table.

3. Here is a great tutorial on how to build a gallery wall.

4. This vegetable dish looks amazing. If you need a skillet this is my favorite USA brand.

5. File Sandy’s charcuterie boards under entertaining goals.

6. Love what Cindy did with her lantern for fall.

6. This is one of our favorite DIY projects and yes any of us can make it. We made our fireplace mantel from the same source.

What are your plans for the weekend? I plan to haul out the pumpkins and do some deep cleaning now that baby Evan is back at school. Here is a fun read on how to stay connected to our adulting kids.

I updated my fall favorites!

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