Alabama + Graffiti

I was so glad to see Friday – it had been another long week at work.  Bennett had a slow day on Friday so he took Sheff to Top Golf, which I know he enjoyed.  We got pizza for dinner and watched Bob’s Burgers until it was time for bed.

Saturday we got up, had some breakfast and got ready for the baseball championships!  Sheff had a pretty big cheering section for the game, but the Sox came up short of the championship.  It was blazing hot, and I couldn’t tell you what the score of the game was, but it was fun to see those kids all together one last time for the season.  We went to Mexican after the game, and then went home and spent the afternoon in the pool.

That night, B and I got to have a date night.  We started out at Atomic, and got some amazing drinks.  We played family feud for a bit while we enjoyed our cocktails, and then went over to Ocean for dinner.  We split a sushi roll and the seafood tower, and it was all amazing.  It was nice to be able to get out for a bit and reconnect.  The drink below is the Lindsey Lutz (the bar names their drinks after patrons), and it was so good!

Sunday was another hot day – Sheff and I started out the day in bed watching The Mitchells vs the Machines, and that has to be one of the cutest kids movies I’ve seen in awhile.  It was so good.  After that, we got into our swimsuits and headed outside for some more pool time.  It was blazing hot – but a good lazy day.  We stayed in the pool until about 4, then all got showers and just vegged out watching TV, reading and snacking.  It was a good day.

Hope you all had a good weekend!

(linking up with Steph & Jana for SUYB)

Jell-O Girls – Allie Rowbottom // This book was super interesting.  It was a story about the women of the Jell-O family, with a history of Jell-O interspersed.  Allie tells the story of her grandmother, Midge, and her mother, Mary, and everything they experienced growing up in Leroy (the birthplace of Jell-O), and the curse they believed it brought.  Definitely a good and fast read.

Ariadne – Jennifer Saint // This was my BOTM for May, and as soon as I saw it was another mythology re-telling, I was all over it, and oh my days, this was so good.  Ariadne is a princess of Crete, and it follows her story after she betrays her country and family by helping Theseus defeat the Minotaur.  I’m obssessed with these mythology novels, and I am here for it.  BOTM says this is her debut novel, and I can’t wait for more.

Milk Fed – Melissa Broder // This book is not for everyone, I will say that.  The main character is a 24 year old lapsed Jew who uses caloric restriction as her religion.  She walks into a frozen yogurt shop, and the girl there gives her sprinkles, and she allows herself to enjoy them.  That one gesture allows the main character to stop restricting herself, and then her relationship with the girl in the yogurt shop blossoms.  The book is very sexual and intimate and graphic at times.  If that’s not your jam, then skip, but I flew through it.

Eight Perfect Murders – Peter Swanson // Oh, this was a fun one.  The main character, the narrator, gets tangled up into a murder investigation when his blog post “Eight Perfect Murders” (a blog post about literary’s most perfect murders) becomes someone’s manifesto for killing people.  But, as we find out, the narrator has secrets of his own.  Definitely a good mystery book, and can’t say I saw the ending coming.

The Push – Ashley Audrain // This was a super interesting read.  It’s about a mom who didn’t exactly “click” with her first-born – she always felt there was something “off” about her daughter.  The book ends on a kinda crazy cliff-hanger, and that’s my only complaint.  I wanted to find out what exactly happened.  I read a lot of reviews that said the second half of this book was slow, but I thought the opposite.  The more I read, the more involved I became.

On Friday night, we decided to head to the Barons game!  We haven’t been in so long – since last year they didn’t have a season, and I’m not sure if we went the season before, but it was such a good time!  It was Pride Night and Magic City Disco was there to celebrate as well.  It was a lot of fun.  We ate hot dogs and popcorn and sno-cones, and watched the Barons pull out the win.  They also had Friday night fireworks, and well, that’s always my favorite.

We had to get home and get Sheff to bed so he could get some rest before his first playoff game on Saturday!  They had slated him to play second base, but then moved him to the outfield, and they told him it was because they needed someone fast and accurate out there.  We were so proud of him.  They ended up winning the game, and so off to the championships we go for next weekend!  We went over to Slice in Lakeview to celebrate.  We hadn’t been there in forever, and the pizza was still just as delicious as I remembered.  After that, we went home and just sort of chilled out.  Sheff helped B rearrange our new pool, and picked all the blackberries from the yard.    Everyone was pretty exhausted, so we were all in bed pretty early.

Sunday morning we woke up, and it was all rainy and gross.  So we vegged out in front of the TV for a good long bit – Sheff and I attempted a 1000 piece puzzle.  It’s probably going to take us all summer to get that put together.  I have decided that I am not very good at puzzles, and have the same attention span as a five year old.  B made some really delicious black bean soup for dinner, and vegged out some more.  We haven’t had a good rainy day in a long time, and sometimes I love them just for the opportunity to take it easy.

Only plans for the upcoming weekend are baseball related – and I’m thankful for it.  Also looking like a slow week work-wise, so let’s hope it stays that way.  Hope you all had a great weekend!

Happy Friday everyone!  We made it to another weekend – the first week without school and well, when does it start back again?  I kid, I kid.  We actually came up with a similar routine to what we were doing when we first started quarantine – with some help from Nadine on some fun activities from Amazon.  I actually ordered Sheff and I a 1000 piece puzzle to do this summer, so pray for us.

Anyway, speaking of quarantine, when I was going through my scrapbook stuff, I came across a tiny quarantine scrapbook that I had made for the first month of quarantine.  I guess I quit when I realized we weren’t getting out of quarantine for a good long while.  But I had forgotten about it completely forgotten about it, and glad it was found.  FYI, the reason I was going through my scrapbook stuff was because I realized that I probably wasn’t going to pick the hobby back up, but have Sheffield working on pages for his summer vacation.  Hopefully by the end, it’ll be an awesome memory book.

Our new door came in yesterday!!  We ordered new windows and a new door back in January, because our windows are still all old glass, and they aren’t great for the Alabama summers.  They let in a lot of heat, and our AC bill sky rockets.  They start on the windows tomorrow, but look at our new door!  Isn’t she a beaut, Clark?!  I love it, and can’t wait for our windows to get here!

Sheff told us last night that his teacher told them about a program at the library where they could log all of their reading pages and get prizes.  Well, lo and behold, he was right.  So we signed up him for it, and the promise of prizes has him wanting to read so much more on his own.  He loves books on weather and any animal.  I’m actually really impressed with how well he reads on his own.  They added some after-work hours to their activity list this summer as well, and I’m glad they recognized that working parents would like their kids to be able to do these fun things as well.

This distressed boyfriend tee from Aerie- perfect message, and it’s so so soft.  I got the medium, and it’s perfect.  Not too short, and hits at the right places.  They have other designs, as well, but I like the message on this one – especially as we enter Pride Month.

We’re also heading to our first Barons baseball game in two years tonight.  I love loooove their hot dogs, and it’s Pride Night – so super fun all around.

Sheff has his first playoff game tomorrow – he’s playing second base.  A position he hasn’t played yet, so we’ll see how that goes.  Am hoping for the same gorgeous weather we had last weekend!  Hope y’all have had a good week!!

After the fiasco of me not getting my time off, I was more than ready for the weekend.  We let Sheff basically have a free day on Friday, meaning all the screen time he could possibly handle.  B and I have never been too strict with it anyway, but it was his very first day of having a summer vacation, the weather wasn’t great, and well, he’s stuck with two full-time working parents.  We ordered pizza and watched Dog Gone Trouble on Netlix.  It was such a cute movie!!  I was exhausted, so I went to bed around the same time as Sheff.

On Saturday, we had Sheff’s baseball game at 11.  They were playing the only undefeated team in their league, and they only had six players due to the holiday.  And they ended up losing by only one run!!  We were so proud of those kids – they did so well!  After the game, we headed over to Nadine’s for the first time in a LONG LONG time!!  The kids played all afternoon; Nadine made us some fresh strawberry margaritas, and we ordered burgers and just hung out.  It was so good for the soul to see them – it makes me happy just writing this.  Plus – I mean, look at how happy the kids were!

Sunday and Monday were a blur of pool time.  My sister came over on Monday, and we had a cookout.  B made his ribs, and we had potato and pasta salad, and patriotic brownies for dessert.  I had to work a fair amount, but I tried to not let it dampen my spirits.  We had a really nice time just hanging out and being in the sun.

And that was that – I would say I’m glad for a short week, but since I normally work weekends anyway, it’ll be like every other week.  I hope you all got a nice relaxing weekend, and have had a good start to the week!  We’ve got baseball playoffs coming up this weekend, so send us some good luck!