Happy Saturday!

As I write the intro to The Weekend Edit we are hours away from the Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup finals against the Tampa Bay LIghting!Sadly, the Avs were not able to win this game and so we are back on the ice in Florida in a few days!

The last time the Avs won we lived outside Columbus, Ohio. I had three kids under the age of seven and I joined a gym because free childcare was included.

I showered at the gym for an entire summer. It was the most peaceful ten minutes of my day with no fighting, tears, threats or Matchbox cars racing on the bathroom tile expressway.

And I certainly did not have this on my brain…

Do you know what today is on the calendar?

Take a breath…

It is six months until Christmas. Now is the time to start hoarding butter for the holiday baking.

JUNE HOLIDAY TIP

Now is a good time to order garland if your garland looks like it was in a wind storm and landed in a Chewy box under 12 pounds of bright white and soft white lights.

I found my favorite online floral shop down in Lexington.

I love their florals and their pine needle garland and customer service.

I ordered these tulips from there too! They are so pretty and they are the same ones you see in home decor stores.

WEEKEND FINDS + RANDOM STUFF AT EVERYDAY EDITS

1. I finished All the Light We Cannot See. Such a good book, but I wanted a different ending.
2. Looking for 4th of July treats? Start here.
3. This video of a doe giving birth to 2 fawns in Pat’s Colorado yard is the best video ever!
4. Apparently, none of you have a problem with rug residue ;0)
5. I loved the hummingbird suggestions from last week’s Weekend Edit.
6. These are on clearance if you want the cutest gnome salt & pepper shakers.

FERNS + PLANTS MAKE GREAT ROOMMATES

FROM THE ARCHIVES

SHOP CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE AT POTTERY BARN

Shop these Pottery Barn Finds:

Mercury Ornament Salt & Pepper Gnomes Pine Frosted Picks (love mine) Eucalyptus Wreath

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If you are thinking Elizabeth must be Laura’s daughter start here.

If you know Elizabeth, in the headlines, who(m) I am referring to, but you have not seen her dance moves start here. Turn up the volume.

DANCE LIKE ELIZABETH (HOLMES)

This week I turned off the noise.

I stopped scrolling on my phone.

Instead, I turned my phone into a mobile DJ.

Dancing is different than working out to music because I can throw in a ballet move with a hip hop sequence. This has the makings of a Progressive commercial.

And this week I danced to my Spotify playlists and rediscovered how fun it is to just dance.

Just like Lady Gaga told us. It will be okay.

And you know what happened? Dancing makes us feel good. It does amazing things for our minds.

Oh, and the reason I thought of Elizabeth? Her dance style, with the clenched jaw, was familiar.

I dance just like her. I think I play tennis with the same face.

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WEEKEND THOUGHTS + FINDS

• Katie is out with her reading, watching, and listening list.
• I start my day with this free newsletter. They had me at Morning Brew.
• I ordered these sneakers. I am a classic sneaker girl. Size down 1/2 size.
• I sent my middle a care package and included these. They make great stocking stuffers!

WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED ON THE BLOG THIS WEEK

(SIDE NOTE: YOU CAN SEARCH THE ARCHIVES IN THE SEARCH BUTTON AT THE TOP OF MY BLOG).

THE MAGIC OF GRAPEVINE GARLAND

(If my boys had to find the grapevine garland they would open the fridge).

NEED A LAST-MINUTE NO UTENSILS NEEDED DESSERT?

A LITTLE AMERICANA FOR THE SUMMER

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HAPPY SATURDAY!

Did you catch the Thompson Twin reference in the headline?

What happened to them and are they really twins?

So there were 1 1/2 lies in last week’s Weekend Edit.

My sister caught it and had a funny comment. I think it’s funny that no one guessed the lie.

Before I reveal it you can reread the original list:

10 TRUTHS AND A LIE LIST

1. I lived in a trailer my first year of life.
2. My maiden name is an alcoholic beverage spelled backwards.
3. I cannot tread water.
4. I was introduced to my husband by his ex-girlfriend.
5. My dad was in the seminary to study to be a priest.
6. I auditioned to be an Oscar Mayer hotdog mascot in college.
7. My husband and I separated on before our one year anniversary.
8. My first car accident was with a rabbi.
9. I have a re-ocurring nightmare that I am short 3 college credit hours of Spanish.
10. On more than one occassion I blamed the missing brownies/cookies on our dog(s).
11. I told a white lie so my younger son could be in his brother’s confirmation class.

Disclosure: We are an open book with our adulting kids. We are open about all of the struggles and successes. They have heard all of the truths and probably a few more lies. ;0)

Some of you know me better than others, but we often get an idea of one’s personality through their words, written or spoken. Do you agree?

Most of my friends tell me I write the blog (not residential property contracts) the way I talk.

So basically I am a squirrel with verbal skills.

I love all comments so thank you.

Because like my mother-n law used to say, … she did not care if people were talking about her behind her back, she was just thrilled to be trending. #bestmotherinlawever

Total aside: but that chair is very similar to these chairs.

THE LIE:

I did not try out to be an Oscar Mayer hotdog mascot in college. No one thought this was a lie. It just makes me giggle when I reread that sentence.

If you have watched my Youtube videos you might think that explains shy she why she auditioned to be a hotdog.

My acting skills are best suited inside of a foam hotdog. ;0)

But, my daughter auditioned for an Oscar Mayer commercial with her best friend Jacob. Sadly, neither Jacob nor Ash made the cut.

But for a brief moment, we had hopes of her on the Rosie show!

I wonder what happened to the winner?

WEEKEND THOUGHTS

• Here is the NYC home of the creator of the top shows trending on Netflix.
• Let’s get to it!

DID YOU MISS THESE POSTS FROM THE WEEK?

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YOU MUST CHECK OUT THIS BEFORE + AFTER OFFICE HUTCH

THIS WEEKEND PROJECT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MOOD

SPRING FINDS

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