Friday Favorites: January 15th 2021

 We had a pretty good week and I managed to get quite a bit done around the house.  We're slowly getting back into a routine after the holidays.  

Alec was still attending school virtually on Friday but we learned that his school would be switching to a hybrid schedule come Monday! That was great news as it puts him the school for another cooking project.  We got the whole downstairs cleaned between his classes and the boys' school work and spent a relaxing afternoon playing ping pong in the basement. 

I spent most of my day on Saturday reading, working on the blog, cleaning up some clutter around the house.  I washed windows and ordered some new curtains for a few of the rooms downstairs.  In the late afternoon my husband and I went grocery shopping at both Bj's and Stop & Shop.  We came home, put food away, and invited my mother in law over for dinner- we had ribeye steaks, baked potatoes, roasted asparagus, and salad.  We ended our night watching a few new episodes of Last Man Standing and enjoying a nice fire in the fireplace (which is always my favorite!) then my husband and I watched a few episodes of Blacklist. 

Sunday I spent a huge portion of my afternoon visiting with my husband's aunt while he helped his uncle work on their heat pump.  Once home I painted my nails, read my book, put together a card for my nephew and then headed out on a quick Ranger ride with my husband.  I found myself whishing I had brought my real camera with us to zoom in on the pretty skies and frozen streams. 

Sunset was particularly colorful.

We had the most beautiful sunrise on Monday.  

Ian headed off to work while Alec logged on to start school.  He was done by 9:30!  Evan and I tackled his work and we were done by 10.  I ran to the library to pick up some more books and had a doctor's appointment later in the afternoon; I love hearing that I'm all set for the next year! 

Alec wore his new culinary uniform on Tuesday-- we had picked this uniform up sometime in November but he never got a chance to wear it.  He looks so official now!  

The other two boys had most of their schoolwork done by the time I got home from dropping off Alec (7:30!) which was perfect because Evan and I had an appointment with the ENT.  He had a hearing test and they ran a few other tests too but we won't have any real answers until after his CAT scan.  The poor kid has had a sound in one ear for over 2 years now (we were supposed to get this looked at back in March...)

Just before dinner we played Yahtzee and I got two yahtzees!  It's probably the highest score I've ever gotten while playing. 

Alec only had a 1/2 day on Wednesday and the other two boys were done school by 11:30 too.  Ian headed off to work while I went to pick up Alec.  Once home we did work on his Spanish for a bit and then played Sorry! I put out my new curtains, pillow covers, and table cloth and am loving these bits of blue all around the room. 

Alec headed out to dinner with his grandmother while Evan helped me cook.  

Alec had another 1/2 day on Thursday and was virtual for the day so I spent my morning going back and forth between Alec and Evan (Ian was at work). It was another super short day for them both. I cooked up a bunch of Weight Watcher recipes and put together a shopping list.  Then went out for a walk with Evan and a mini nature photo shoot. 

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