Due to just LIFE, I missed doing the last 2 months of these. Maybe we're finally finding some routine again (or I am just ignoring other things I should be doing in order to do this.)
I always enjoy hearing what works for other people and I like sharing things I like, it's part of the reason I have a blog. I've been doing these monthly posts for 10 years and they also provide a nice little snapshot in my life at a moment in time! See more here! Some affiliate links may be included!
This is a black tea that I have enjoyed at numerous hotel breakfasts and I usually take a couple more for home because I could never find it in stores (that means Aldi or Target didn't carry it). I finally decided some more regular lemon tea would be nice...and found I could buy a box at Kroger for $3. So within a few days I stopped at Kroger and bought some. And it has been delightful and I'm drinking some right now (it's my afternoon tea). I try to do loose tea leaves for less waste most of the time but sometimes the tea bag is just so easy. (And I'll probably still grab a few extra from the hotel breakfasts when I see it.)
I hate figuring out what to eat for lunch each day because it never seems like I should go to a whole bunch of work just for me. Even with homeschooling our oldest now, we don't eat together, it's part of our little lunch break (we are together A LOT right now). Anyways, when we have it, a big part of my lunch is usually this hummus with pretzels. There is protein and it's delicious. I do put the peppers in the pig bucket about as soon as I open it because I do not want to eat those, but the hummus is delicious. (I usually buy at Aldi but occasionally put in a Target order if that's how the grocery shopping is going that week. They are slightly different textures.)
I bought myself these after Christmas and they are very nice to have for some of these frigid days we've had, even though I try to very much limit my time outside when it's that cold. They charge through a USB and get pretty warm pretty fast but not to the point they are burning. The boys want to borrow these every time they are out in the snow but I don't quite trust them not to just use them to melt snow and then have them sitting in water...somehow it feels like I won't get them both back in working condition. But for me, they are great. (I have blue which isn't available as of this writing but this green is pretty too.)
This was a Christmas gift to the boys since they've developed a bit of a rock collection with gem mining at a number of campgrounds over the years. This came with some rocks but they have plenty more to try it with! We just finished the first set, they take nearly a month with changing out the grit roughly every week (I bought this but Matt has managed all the rock tumbling with them). It's pretty quiet but we kept it in our basement and through the laundry chute I could hear the faint sound of water when the house was quiet, to the point where I frequently thought it was raining when it wasn't. But it's really not any louder than a nice rain on the windows (you can't hear the tumbling rocks at all!). It's been a fun little project with the boys and my younger son used one of the jewelry fasteners to put one of his backpack (all on his own!). We need to get more grit now to do more. It's amazing how smooth they got!
I just thought these were fun and bought them as stocking stuffers for multiple kids. I did not give one to Sam but then he wanted one of the leftovers and now it's his favorite pen. I definitely would have loved one of these when I was a kid and they were great (price and novelty) for stockings.
What have YOU been liking lately?
