Sunday Salon/Sunday Post - February 16, 2025: Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary indeed! It is hubby's and my 19th wedding anniversary! He put up an absolutely lovely post on Instagram/Facebook <3 We went out to a steakhouse for dinner last night, but now he's on  a work trip. They had originally wanted him to stay in Indiana after working there last week and go to Florida with other co-workers today (because our weather is pretty sketchy lately), but he drove home as scheduled and we were able to go to a party on Friday night and out to dinner last night. He left really early this morning and his flight took off just a lil late. His potentially risky plan paid off, and he's back at work on schedule.

I'm at home with the kids, and posting with Sunday Salon/Readerbuzz and Sunday Post/Caffeinated Reviewer.

What I'm reading this week:

I finished reading and reviewing the Sylvia Plath biography - Rough Magic - and gave it 4 out of 5 stars. I'm glad I read it as it was an astounding detailed history of Sylvia Plath's life, publications, and achievements. I finished Conditions of a Heart (4 stars) and Beneath the Poet's House (5 stars) on my kindle - reviews for both to follow on BooksIThinkYouShouldRead.

I've finally gotten back to reading my print copy of Little Women (in preparation for The Other March Sisters, which I have a review copy of since it's publishing soon). On my kindle right now is a pdf of An Inconvenient Wife (a Tudor Mystery about Hank Tudor's previous five wives, told mostly by his sixth wife).

Three Good Things:

These are so easy this week!! I have Monday and Tuesday off this week to match the kids' mid-winter break...

1. I finished my Lego Bonsai Tree yesterday :) You can build it with green leaves or pink (like spring), so opted for the pink. I was going to go to an orchestra concert at the local university today, but the roads look awful, so I decided my ticket price was a well-spent $25 investment in the arts, but I'll stay home.
2. Tomorrow I'll be prom-dress shopping with my daughter and her friend, and also stopping at Blick Art Materials store, and probably Ulta. I think we'll kick it all off with a great brunch at First Watch. I am hardore counting on the snow stopping to match the forecast, and the roads bein pretty well cleared off. 
3. Tuesday is my son's choices for the day. He likes a good brunch too, so we may start at First Watch again, then he wants to do possibly one of the Sonic characters at Build a Bear, lunch at Chick-fil-A, and (my favorite) pick up new Lego sets to bring home!

Three Goals for this week/month/whatever:

1. Depending on how long my stuff with the kids takes - or maybe later on this afternoon? - I would love to take a look at my goal list from 2024, so how it all ended, and make a new one for 2025. This year is a total trip so far, but not in a good way.
2. I've actually made a bit of progress in my office this weekend, being close to homebound with the weather. Just assume this will be on my list forever, eh?
3. One of my new habits lately is screenshotting recipes from Facebook as I scroll. I've tried a few so far, and would like to make it a goal to get the ingredients and try another one once hubs gets home at the end of the week. Never know when we'll find a new favorite!

Keep warm! Stay safe, and look out for your neighbors too :)