Friday Favorites (7)

A blog series devoted to sharing my favorite things – TV, books, clothes, recipes and more.

You may remember that I started this series to feature a few of my favorite things from clothes, to paints, to food, and things to do with the kids. If you missed any you can see them here.

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Well, we’re still At Home here in Scituate. The orders for staying home have been extended until May 18th but may be longer and our children will be finishing the school year at home. As you can imagine we’ve been enjoying lots of cozy times together as a family, reading lots of books, and watching LOTS of TV. Want to know what some of our favorites are?

Favorite Meals and Food

Luke has become really expert at bread baking. We’re really enjoying his sourdough bread, especially with cheese in it. You can see the recipe here.

At the beginning of the stay at home orders, I was making lavish meals that the kids would turn their noses up at. So now, I’m making their favorites. One night we’ll do breakfast for dinner, another night tacos or quesadillas, raviolis, jacket potatoes stuffed with Heinz baked beans and cheese with a salad on the side. Last night we made homemade pasta with Bolognese sauce. As a mom, there’s nothing worse than working really hard on a meal and kids not eating it. I’m picking my battles now and this seems to be working for us.

Favorite Clothes

Loungewear is what we’re rocking at home. I absolutely love these tops, they’re perfect for yoga but also great for every day where. They’re so soft! I got one in black and one in pink. I also broke down and ordered some sweatpants here and here, they’re the perfect length and ultra cozy. My very old sweats were wearing between the thighs which isn’t a very nice look (even if I’m just staying at home).

Our 14 year old, who usually likes very plain clothes, decided to branch out with these super cute and super soft tee shirts. They really express his artistic style. You can see more about him and his company here. The great thing is they’re on sale and also running a 50% off sale currently.

Favorite Books

I just finished reading Where the Crawdads Sing and couldn’t put it down! I think I read it in two days, which is very quick for me because I’m a super slow reader. I loved the story and the mystery and all the nature included in this book. Oh, and if you’d like to create the look of this faux malachite tray you can do so here.

I just started my friend Kristy’s brand new book – Feels Like Falling. It launched this week and is the perfect light read. You may remember Kristy’s Peachtree Bluff Series. I love hearing Kristy’s voice and I think you guys would like this video of her chatting about the book. It’s gonna be warm here on Sunday so I’m hoping to sit by the pool, which we’re opening then and finish this book with a cocktail.

I’m also reading Digging Deep and loving it! It’s part creative journal, part gardening book.

Favorite TV Shows

Well, like everyone we’ve watched the Tiger King. We actually binge watched it. I had no idea that people keeping big cats was a thing. Who knew?!?

Luke just got us a subscription to Brit Box and we’ve been rewatching Poirot which we all love!

Each week we also love watching Some Good News for some positive entertainment.

Oh, and to feel like we’re away we watched ALL of the Hawaii Hunters.

Favorite Face Masks and Sanitizers

My friend Ji’s company – Take Care Space and Take Care Market have started selling hand sanitizers made with alcohol and lovely essential oils. They smell amazing!

We ordered Conor a face mask. These limited addition masks are made by Adrianna Gluck. As soon as it arrived Conor wanted to wear it.

So turns out Conor is now a Take Care Space model as his image is up on the site.

Favorite Things to Paint

Conor and I painted a lot of watercolor hearts which we included in Art Kits for Scituate Education Foundation. They can also be seen in our online shop.

I’ve also started painting more landscapes inspired by a tutorial my friend Lucy shared at Craftberry Bush. This was my attempt:

For some reason, each day I’m drawn to painting the sea – waves, the surf crashing, and little parts of our little town.

I’m not a professional artist but was thinking about maybe sharing a post of watercolor supplies – paper, brushes and paints that I like. Would that be of interest to anyone? I’m also thinking of maybe selling original small watercolor paintings and listing them in my shop. Let me know if that’s something that would interest you guys, too. As of right now, I paint them and put them in the drawer next to my desk 😉

Well, I think that’s it for this Friday, what are you guys loving lately?