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These were some goooood donuts.
Before and after.
But man are they filling!! The kids even got into sharing them—we cut each one into four so we can all try every one! (This is a special treat. They aren’t local… but we picked them up locally through DwellSocial.)
A little mask to start our day!
Owen decided he wanted to start clearing up his face so we’re doing all the things!
Look! The bearded man!!
Here’s something y’all may only see once in your lifetime so look closely…
Yes, that’s Tom Hudson in a beard. Since he’s done with work as a Marine, he doesn’t have to shave every day…so this happened. I kinda liked it so he kept it for a change of pace but then he had to go on base for his vaccine today so it had to come off. He was happy to get rid of it because he didn’t like it…but I made him let me at least take a picture.
And then he made me take one with him… With a naked face!
Maggie’s new sleep spot.
Maggie has been sleeping with Katie more often and this is how Tom found them this morning.
168% is more like it!
WOOHOO! This is the first day we’ve given power back to the grid! It really helps once all the snow and ice melts off the panels!
A Jackbox burn!
These were two awesome answers. Can you guess which won the majority vote?
Zoom!
Mom, so when I get older I’m gonna lose my eyesight?
I earned a spot in a coaching call!
A margarita spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and chili pepper?
It’s definitely not a favorite but it’s interesting.
Happy National Margarita Day 2021!
Enjoy a collage of me with lots of margaritas!
Look who’s in an Amazon listing?!
A friend found this when it was advertised as a special of the day! Just go check out this listing and then scroll through the photos!
Charlie hiding from Honey
We had brunch with Anna and David today and they brought their dog, Honey. She’s a great dog and we love her but she wants to play with Maggie and the cats and they want NO part of it. Charlie actually lasted fairly long in her bed but eventually she snuck up the stairs and just sat there. She RARELY goes upstairs so you know she wasn’t herself.
KitchenAid in the house!
So we’ve hated the Bosch dishwasher ever since we moved in. I mean it’s a decent dishwasher but the layout just didn’t work for us. Tom jokingly told me HELL NO WE’RE NOT SPENDING MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT ISN’T BROKEN. But it was bad. And I hated it. Every single day.
We knew the brand we wanted (ever since we bought a KitchenAid for our Jacksonville house) but Tom still gave me shit. But it eventually wore him down and he finally got on board and said we could get one when it went on sale—but in the middle of Covid no one had it! It was advertised but they weren’t in stock and you couldn’t order it. So I just kept checking. And then a few months later, Costco had a really good sale so I bought it immediately. It took two weeks but it was so worth it. It’s amazing. And Tom tells me every day how much he loves it.
I love it when I’m right.
There is a little learning curve to loading it but it’s already sooooo much better than the other one!
Crazy Hair Day
The cherry vodka matrix!
After the boys did their Matrix we wanted to try one, too. The only thing we found that we really all agree on was Cherry vodka and pop. So you can see our 7×4 matrix below. Probably half of them were beyond awful so we had just the tiniest sip and dumped them. One vodka was definitely the best (Oma’s) and one was the worst (Effen).
Hello Fresh has spoiled us.
We have been loving Hello Fresh so we thought we’d try a bit cheaper alternative. It would have been perfectly fine had we started with that one and not Hello Fresh. We are really spoiled by all the ingredients for all the meals being separated into bags…because when we opened this box and saw a completely jumbled mess of food Tom and I looked at each other like WHAAAAAT IS THIIIIIIS?!
So we had to split it all up and bag it so we could just grab a bag and go. It wasn’t hard but…like I said, we were spoiled.
I forgot to bring the wine inside!
The good thing about having snow on the deck? Extra freezer space. The bad thing? Out of sight, out of mind. Whoops! (We let it defrost in the fridge and it was perfectly delicious the following night!)
Oliver Blueberry Moscato – didn’t taste like blueberry at all but was very yummy
Don’t tell me he doesn’t like the cats.
14 days of love notes for the kids
I’ve wanted to do this before but finally got my crap together this year. Every night we’d put a love note on the kids’ doors.
I love this squishy face.
Look who’s in an Amazon listing?!
Someone certainly is comfy.
Bubble dinner and a movie night!
The Manhattan Matrix
One of the YouTube channels Tom watches is called How to Drink with a non-professional home bartender that likes to “make drinks and drink them!” He’s funny and we enjoy listening to his reviews.
One recent episode was called This episode tried to kill me where he did a Manhattan Matrix…with like 42 different versions to try (6 vermouths by 7 Bourbons)! The boys decided to try it with 3 vermouths and 3 Bourbons…
Both looking up the recipe that was used because neither could remember and they wanted to do it exactly right.
Don’t worry—they did not drink all of all the trials. It was mostly small sips of each one. They also rated them all 1-9.
This is how we get some decorations down!
Don’t worry! These were just wrapped empty boxes! Katie was a little worried about standing on the ledge but she did okay!
Owen’s 6th grade yearbook picture!
We were tasked with sending in a school picture for the yearbook. We don’t have any blank walls with good lighting so this was the best one I took (and then I removed the background).
I made the top 10!
Besties then and now!
I was going through some old photos on my phone and when I saw the 2019 photo I had to do a Before and After.
I mean we look great in both—duh!—but we just look… BETTER now. Right?
I usually get under a minute.
So Charlie used to be my lap cat but as she’s gotten older she pretty much stays in her bed. But every once in awhile she will come up to visit on the couch and get cuddles for maybe 30-45 seconds…and I treasure it.
P.S. Yes, our tree is still up. Don’t care.
