Tag: weekly wrap up

Weekly Wrap Up | 4/24/23

Aloha friends!

I was so tired on Saturday – my kids had ballet and piano and then another ballet fundraising event for my daughter – plus my parents were at my house. And the weather has been HOT so I was just super tired and forgot to even check my blog and write up my weekly wrap-up.

Anyway hope you all have a good week!

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Coachella Weekend 2: Black Pink, Blink 182, Skrillex

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Weekly Wrap Up | 4/16/23

Aloha friends!

We got through the week! 😅 Barely. My daughter caught a stomach bug on Thursday, I got my period also (oh fun🙄😓) so I’ve been exhausted. But my weekends are never rest days – so I do look forward to Mondays because that’s my “weekend”. Our dog has his annual vet appointment tomorrow lol…ugh, it will be a challenge – he absolutely hates going to the vet.

I have to drag, coax, beg and bribe him to walk through the front door of the vet’s office. He won’t let anyone cut his nails – I tried every trick (my other dogs didn’t mind it at all). I even try to file them down but he tries to eat the file board EVERY TIME. The peanut butter lick mat trick only worked one time. He has a scratch board but it doesn’t file down all his nails and if he scratches at an angle it will sharpen them to points. My kids and I have the scars to prove it! So I file them flat – but it’s a struggle. So I’m asking the vet techs to try and trim his nails. Hopefully they succeed, I’d like him to have short nails when I leave him with the dog sitter in 6 weeks!

I cant believe our trip to Okinawa, Japan trip is in 6 weeks. That’s how fast the days have gone by.

Anyway, hope you have a good week!

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Black Pink on Coachella (thank you youtube! lol)

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Weekly Wrap Up | 4/9/23

Aloha friends!

Happy Passover and Happy Easter for those that celebrate! We celebrate both in our house but this year I am not doing an Easter Egg Hunt event because I’m tired lol…my kids will get mini egg hunts at their aunts place and at home. My daughter is gearing up to be in her first ballet recital, which has me stepping into the world of dance moms. And wow – I admire the time and dedication they put in. I know a few dance moms and how am I stressed with my daughter being in one dance for the recital? 😅 I guess I wouldn’t be as stressed if my husband was here to help but my daughter and I are excited about it. They are dancing to “I See the Light” from Tangled, which I adore! It made me want to tear up watching her rehearse in her costume.

Anyway my calendar is filled for April, May and June! Yikes.

So I just gotta get through this week. I hope you all have an amazing week!

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I had 2 DNF’s which feel like a record for me! lol…But The Last Tale of the Flower Bride was not for me. I love her other works but this one, not so much. And The Book Proposal was too all over the place for me and then there were 2 chapters I didn’t even think was finished? It felt rushed and unfinished and it was the actual dating and steamy scene between the characters. I was like…HUH?! It threw me off too much so I’m not going to review it. I have so many books to read and so little time that I think I’m doing better this year with DNF’ing books that aren’t working for me.

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The Super Mario Bros. (movie in the theater) – my kids and I LOVED this movie. The music is so good and everything was so nostalgic for me and my son is a gamer so he loved it all. It was my daughter’s first movie in a theater and she had fun with the reclining seats! Jack Black is amazing as Bowser. Watching the movie made me realize wow, I have spent a lot of time playing Mario games lol.

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Weekly Wrap Up | 4/2/23

Aloha friends!

It’s APRIL. What the….

My kids have only 8 more weeks of school, which means our trip to Okinawa is 8 1/2 weeks away. I got a dog/house sitter (yay!) and I’ve never had one who wasn’t family or a friend so I hope things go well with my dog and the sitter. We’ll be gone for 14 days. Today my kids Sunday school will having a Passover Seder for the kids so we’re doing that today. I don’t even have plans for Easter yet – why is there always too many things to do?

Anyway, I hope you all have a good week ahead!

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I’m trying another audiobook! I’m listening to Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove – hopefully I can complete it.

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Weekly Wrap Up | 3/26/23

Aloha friends!

Well here we are ladies and gents – the last week of March. How?! How are we near the Passover and Easter holidays? I feel like we are speeding towards my kids end of school and our Okinawa, Japan trip! This past week was getting back into the groove of my husband not being here again, and getting through the school week. The weather has been HOT here – it’s very humid. I did get some reading done which was nice.

Anyway I hope all of you have a good week ahead!

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  • Daisy and the Six (Amazon)
  • The Hunger Games (Netflix)

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Weekly Wrap Up | 3/19/23

Aloha friends!

It was a nice week spent with my hubby and the kids had an awesome time with him home. Our dog also had a great time with him. My husband went home yesterday and today is my mom’s 70th birthday so we’re going to lunch with her. And then tomorrow is back to school for the kids. This means they are in the last quarter of the school year – craziness, so it’s back to the grind. But it also means it’s we will be going to Okinawa in 2 1/2 months! 😱 I have so much to do.

Anyway I hope all of you have a good week ahead!

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  • Daisy and the Six (Amazon)

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Weekly Wrap Up | 3/12/23

Aloha friends!

My kids are on Spring Break and their dad is home for the week so yay – we are going to try and enjoy it the best we can. I’m hoping the weather holds up because the kids want to go to the pool and the beach. And since the hubby will be home, maybe I can get more reading time in while he entertains the kids. I have a few arcs to complete before April and we are already in mid-march so I have to get on top of it.

Anyway I hope all of you have a good week ahead!

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  • Daisy and the Six (Amazon) – I never read the book, but this show is so good! I’m addicted!

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Weekly Wrap Up | 3/5/23

Aloha friends!

How was your first week of March in 2023? Ours went by pretty fast and in 5 days my kids start Spring Break and their dad comes home to visit. Yay! Honestly where has the time gone?! I got some reading done this week but there is an arc I might just DNF. I’m not feeling it so I’m not going to force myself to finish it. I can’t believe in 2 weeks my kids will be in their 4th quarter of school and that’s it – the school year will be over in 2+ months. 🤯

I’m doing better on the Tamoxifen. I give in to my naps – but at least it’s once a day now, I think my body has acclimated to the drug. I’m having some other effects from it, but hopefully my body adjusts to that also.

Today my kids have a Purim festival at their Sunday school so that should be fun.

By the way, how did I not have any book reviews posted this week? lol

Anyway I hope all of you have a good week ahead!

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I’m DNF’ing Lies We Sing to the Sea because I am not in the mood for Greek Mythology at all.

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Weekly Wrap Up | 2/26/23

Aloha friends!

Ugh what a week. I’ve been dealing with the chronic fatigue that comes with taking Tamoxifen and it SUCKS really bad. For three days straight, I was napping before lunch time, wanted to nap after bringing my kids home from school and had to crash early for bed. How can I survive this for 5 years? Well I did cut back on a lot of caffeine because I was trying to get my blood pressure to perfect 120/80 but I did have to give in and started to add back a tad bit more caffeine in my day and it helped. I’m not drinking a whole cup of it – my heart can’t handle that anymore…but a few sips actually helped me stay awake all day! Thank god, because I was getting scared there for a moment…I have 2 kids, I can’t sleep the day away!

My husband does come back to visit in 2 weeks so the kids are excited, my daughter’s mood has been amazing since she found out he’s coming home for a little bit. It will be nice!

Anyway I hope all of you have a good week ahead!

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Weekly Wrap Up | 2/19/23

Aloha friends!

My week started with a broken heart – the Eagles lost the super bowl but it made me love Jalen Hurts more, so I’m not totally bummed. It was a good game! Then Monday I had an appointment at the Cancer Center in town, and that was nerve-wracking only because I didn’t know what they would say about my risk…etc…plus I was on a time crunch and had to get back to my side of the island before my kids got let out of school. Anyway the appointment went very well – I am high risk, 31% chance of my lump turning into cancer in 10 years SO the plan is to monitor it VERY closely and I started Tamoxifen to help stop my cells from turning into cancer. I have to take it for 5 years and so far side effects are minimal but I’m only a few days in. I have hot flashes, and I did have a little bit of nausea the second night of taking it. But so far so good and I pray it does it’s job. I’m glad I caught this early and can go preventive medicine.

After that stressful beginning of the week, things tapered off and my kids are on a 4-day weekend. It’s been rainy so we’ve been mostly indoors but I don’t mind because I want to not drive anywhere this weekend or at least anywhere too far or drive all day. I just need a rest. And I’d love to read some books during that rest so yeah that was my week!

I hope all of you have a great week ahead!

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