Tuesday Things.
1. 100% making this today: iced coconut chai latte! Sounds so super good.
2. I’m almost finished with the Wife Between Us and I can’t decide how I feel about it. I’m very into the story and want to see what happens and have had some moments of not being able to put it down. But I don’t love the book. It’s more so… I’m just dying to find out how it ends. What are you reading right this minute?
3. Can you imagine this: cereal is better with water than milk? Nooooo. I could never. I love cereal so much, it’s major comfort food for me. And I have never liked milk (ever! never drank it as a kid.) but I do like some version of milk with cereal.
4. Lacy sent me this and it is SO good: no more “you never knows” for singles!
5. TV things! I actually loved the season finale of This Is Us. Thought it was so good! Billions too. And I watched the ACMs wishing I could be a country music star in another life.
6. For the last 4ish years we’ve had wasps coming into our house and NO ONE can find the source. It makes me absolutely crazy and now they are back again. Between this and a rogue centipede I’m ready to move.
7. I am SO excited because my friend Rachel (who wrote some amazing articles for Buzzfeed that I would always link here!) has started another site that is incredible. She always has the best tips and recommendations.
8. Okay I might be a crazy person, but I signed up for Trunk Club! I’ve never been super interested in the clothing/stylist services because I love to shop and think half the fun is going to shop. But I saw some IG stories of people getting Trunk Club and they stuff looked awesome. I may love it. Or loathe it. Who knows!
9. How is it only Tuesday. Truth.
56 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
I just finished The Wife Between Us. I couldn’t stop reading it as well but was waiting the entire book for the THING to happen, whatever that thing would be. When it happened I was surprised but, underwhelmed? Overall I liked it but can’t decide if I would recommend it or not.
sort of in the same boat!
Recently I’ve loved Ghosted, Then She Was Gone (super creepy) and The Nest.
I will trade your wasps for the snakes I’ve found in my basement. Four of them in the past six months. And I *HATE* snakes. No idea where they’re coming in (though we have some ideas). Fortunately, they’re garter snakes so they’re harmless but they’re still snakes and they have absolutely no business being in my basement!
oh no. no no no no. ugh!!!
Oooh that website your friend started — that is right up my alley! I started a little TinyLetter this year called “1 Thing/Week” where I share the one thing I’m obsessed with that week, in 150 words or less. I found myself having such strong opinions about products/media/etc. that my friends would always ask for for advice on, like “I am looking at packing cubes, do you recommend them?” so now I have an outlet for all of it! Needless to say I am VERY into her articles so far!
so glad!!
I read The Wife Between us a while ago, but I actually felt the same way about it UNTIL the end, then I really liked it!
i did like the ending!!
I just finished reading The Secret of Clouds – I really enjoyed it although it is definitely different from what I normally read. And there is no way I am putting water in my cereal.
thanks for the rec!
On the wasp front- do you have a fireplace? We have one that is vented to the outside and last year we had wasps make a little nest in it! We just had one fly in the other day and I suspect it was from the fire place. If this applies to you, the exterminator said to turn on the fire once in awhile to discourage bugs from visiting.
we do!! yes, we actually do think they are coming in somewhere near the chimney. but for years now we’ve been turning on the chimney multiple times and they are still getting in. it’s so weird!
I thought the wife between us was pretty underwhelming. I was really into it until about 3/4 of the way through and thought the ending was a fail. I liked the Last Mrs Parrish 10 times more and wish I would halve read it first.
so funny, i read the last mrs parrish last year and didn’t care for it, but this book reminded me of a weaker version of it?!
We had a pest control service tell us that wasps can get in to attics through spaces meant for ventilation and lay eggs in the wood. In the spring supposedly the baby wasps hatch (is hatch the right word?) and then they are IN YOUR HOUSE! Gah! Maybe look into that if you haven’t already?
Good luck! We haven’t had problems with wasps specifically, but we have with other pests for sure. And I totally get wanting to move because of it.
they are the worst!! so scary.
Thank you for the shout-out! <3
Also re: the wasps…the only reasonable solution here is to burn down your house???
i mean, RIGHT?!
Check your dryer vent for a wasp nest.
thanks sarah!! no wasps there, thank goodness.
We had random wasps in our house and once we started getting our house sprayed 4 times a year by a professional service they are gone. Also we don’t see any other bugs. It’s worth the money and they claim it’s safe for pets and kids.
thanks molly!! we’ve had everything sprayed at least twice a year too but it hasn’t stopped. GAH.
My husband and I just bought our first house six months ago and about a month in, we started to find and kill 2-3 wasps a day. We seriously considered selling! But then we had our chimney cleaned and they found that our damper was broken, so wasps were coming in through the chimney. No wasp since it has been fixed! Might be worth while to have yours checked if you haven’t yet!
ugh we think it’s somewhere near our chimney, but we’ve had it cleaned multiple times and i think the damper is okay. i might have it checked again!
When I was a teenager we had wasps basically create a large nest between our roof shingles and the interior of our house. We discovered this when they had literally eaten their way down to a paper thin layer of plaster in my bedroom ceiling- I had been hearing scratching sounds for a while and noticed the discoloration. Thankfully we found it on our own before they broke through and we’re able to destroy the nest. Years later as an adult, wasps ate into the side of the concrete around the air conditioner in our apartment. The whole unit had to be taken out, sprayed, and replastered. So I feel your pain on the wasps (and hope you don’t have a hidden nest that serious!)
oh my gosh – that is terrifying. can you imagine if they came in through the wall? eeek!!!
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We have wasps come in our house. Found out they were coming in through the stove vent. Weird. But true.
oh wow that is crazy!
My friends and I do something similar with the notes. We make notes about what we want to discuss in person so we don’t waste it on texts. Really good stories, gossip, etc…some things just won’t do in a text.
So, so smart!
i love that!
LOVE YOUR BLOG!
I just finished these books and recommend them: The Island of Sea Women, The Last Romantics, The Hate You Give. Keep letting us know what you’re reading! Thx!
thank you so much for this!
I’m currently reading through the Tales from Ivy Hill series by Julie Klassen and Come Matter Here by Hannah Brencher. The first is a historical romance I read to unwind before going to sleep. The second is a book written by a young woman who challenges me to go deeper in my relationships with myself and others, to be fully present in conversations and the life I’m living. I find her words encouraging and helpful and sometimes painful as I reflect on how I’m truly living my life.
i am going to look into both of these! thank you amy.
I loooooooved The Wife Between Us and am so sad that you’re underwhelmed by it!
ugh! so sorry laura! did you read The Last Mrs Parrish? I read that last year and really didn’t care for it, and this book reminds me of that one a lot. which i think it’s the reason i wasn’t super into it!
I haven’t read that one! I will add it to my list though so I can compare!
I liked The Wife Between Us but thought the end was just “eh.” One of my favorite books is “The Good Girl” by Mary Kubica. The book itself was awesome and unpredictable, excellent twist that you did not see coming. The ending was not written just to wrap things up. THEN the short, tiny Prologue turned the whole book upside down again!!! So cleverly written!
i may read that one now! thanks beth!
I love Rachel! Her articles are always interesting to read. I started following her on Instagram and have signed up for her weekly newsletter.
i love her so much!
Currently reading “Thinking Fast and Slowly”, very interesting read. I loved Trunk Club for the reason that it would introduce me to a style I wouldn’t normally choose, but I’m too much of a bargain hunter, I rarely buy anything full price so I didn’t stick with it.
thank you niki! yes when i reviewed the box last night i was like UM OMG THIS IS SO EXPENSIVE! not sure what i will do, haha!
I loved “the wife between us “and would give it a solid 3.75. The last Mrs. parish was not a favorite at all. I just could not tolerate any of the characters. I am currently reading Daisy Jones and The Six. Great book and have sped through it… but doesn’t hold a candle to 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (same author).
The books which surprised me w how much I liked them: “Everything You Want Me to Be,” and “I Found You”
i agree – i read the last mrs parrish last year and couldn’t stand it. this book reminded me a lot of it! i loved daisy jones but nothing has come close to my love for evelyn hugo either. it might be my most favorite book ever.
thanks for the recs!
We’ve been finding snakes in our house!!! OMG I want to move!! They’re not just garter snakes. They’re either bull snakes or fox snakes!! I’ll take your wasps!
this is terrifying. i would die. where do you live?!
Iowa. It’s (was???) a great 3 story farmhouse with a wrap-around porch….maybe I’ll be safer living on the porch!!!
Is your house brick? Wasps could be coming in between the air vents between the bricks..every few bricks have an open space. Once they find their way in there, then they would only need a tiny space to find their way into the house! Our thing always seems to be ladybugs! Hate them. Not warm enough here yet for either.
Just want to say I am already excited for you to post your summer reading list! Everything I have ever read that was a recommendation by you has been great. While I love your recipes and make them often, it is these other tidbits that make me continue reading your blog week after week. Thanks!
this means so much to me! thank you! i’ve already started working on the summer reading list. i will share it in may. :)
I am 100% here for that article on being a single woman- please tell Lacy if she has similar feelings! It is so spot on and summed up exactly how I feel about my life having recently turned 30. Thanks girl!
I want to hear about your Trunk Club experience! I’ve been thinking about it… I did Stitch Fix for about 2 years before I got pregnant, about 2.5 years ago… Interested to see what you think! Also, I’m looking forward to your summer reading list too. I’m trying to listen to the American Marriage….and just about to start reading The Last Mrs. Parrish. Have you read either of those? (sorry if you’d talked about them, I’m way behind on reading blogs…)