Tuesday Things.
1. Walking into target and seeing the school supply section makes me feel all the nostalgia feels. As a kid, this time of year was like Christmas for me. I not-so-secretly still stroll the aisles and want to buy all the cute notebooks. Maaaaybe bought one. Or two.
2. This cold brew peach iced tea sounds so refreshing.
3. We leave for vacation soon and I have a burning question: do you like to sleep in on vacation? I don’t. I mean, I don’t like to sleep in in general, but especially on vacation, I feel like it wastes the day away – again, especially on vacation! I would like to be up by at least 6 every day. Now if I was on a staycation at home, I could handle some sleep ins.
4. I saw the Cats trailer on youtube before the media hype and I thought it was terrifying. Did you see it yet? And I even have a soft spot for the show because one of the years I danced, we performed Cats in multiple competitions and our costumes and makeup were insane. It was so fun.
5. The Big Little Lies finale *kind of* saved the show for me, but eh. While I love all the actors, I just don’t love how this season turned out. I did really like this episode of Euphoria – Jules is just SO good. And we thought the Yellowstone episode was awesome this week too! Also, I want to binge the first season of Succession so I can watch the new ones coming up.
6. The art of saying no to invites when you really don’t want to go. It’s good. And I need this.
7. Okay so I loathe Facebook (especially personal Facebook) but I have to say that the ads I’m served on FB are SPOT ON. The instagram ones? Not so much. But FB ads get me everything time, even if they take me to shoes that are sold out or a rainbow sequin dress that ends up costing $6000. How does it know me?!
8. Youtube recommendations are another story (though I did give you a good one in this past week’s summer fridays!) because it ends up being WWE wrestling videos thanks to Eddie. Like, why?
9. At least once a month – after the kids go to bed, when I’m sitting watch trash TV and working, some wacky toy goes off, loud music starts playing and it sounds like it’s malfunctioning/dying a slow toy death. It’s haunting!
16 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
I can’t sleep in! Vacation or otherwise and I prefer it, too. I get SO much done in the AM’s and have a day before my day even starts. I LOVE IT and everyone thinks I’m nuts!
vacation: 100% with you on that! If i’m someplace that i want to soak up every single minute i will not be sleeping in (even if i wanted to- i’m secretly 6 years old and get too excited to get up and do stuff). at home? yes.. sleeping in would be amazing!
Big Little Lies: i feel the same about this season. the acting was amazing, but i think because it didn’t have the same source material (as in: a full and well developed book) and was clearly written based on the success of the first season….. sigh.
fb/instagram/youtube: LOL. it’s uncanny. I had an ad on FB for something i was THINKING about and hadn’t said out loud or searched. Boom. there it was. That was about 10 days ago. It freaked me out.
The notion that one must always be social or have an excuse better than “I’d rather not” is such a part of our extrovert-biased culture. The idea that some people like to spend time alone, or are enjoying working and creating, rather than socializing drives me batty.
I have 4 children, a husband, and my FIL lives next door I’m maxed out every day on family alone.
My husband had me stay home from church this past week “just because I needed it” – boy does he know me. Introverts unite!
But did you finish Stranger Things?!?!
Yellowstone! Love that this is back on. We are still catching up, but at least we’re on the current season.
I think if FB has access to your microphone, it targets you with ads for things you have talked about. Seriously. We were joking about a porsche, and guess what I started getting ads for? Try it. It’s tres creepy – big brother! I have now limited access to my microphone for most things.
#3 = No way. I keep my regular routine. Carpe diem!
CATS trailer….YAS!!! It creeped me out SO MUCH! But I thought it was just me! (had never seen it before in any form)
I just watched the trailer for CATS…and I still can’t see why this concept ever made it as a popular show, lol. The music is great, but the whole premise is just weird. I always think of the TV show THE NANNY, where Maxwell Sheffield constantly defends the fact that he passed on producing CATS: “It was singing pussycat people! What would you have done?!?!?!” hahahaha. For reals, Maxwell. I just don’t get it.
Big Little Lies: Yeah, I feel lke this whole season turned into something very, very heavy, and while Moriarty’s books cover heavy topics, I always feel like she does it in an accessible, more light-hearted (if that’s possible) kind of way. This show clearly feels like a drama now, and I miss the bit of levity that I was able to find in the book. I mean, it’s GOOD…good acting, etc. But, still. Not my favorite adaptation — and continuation, I guess, given the 2nd season isn’t part of the book.
I sleep in on vacation until about 6:30/7am, which still gives me plenty of time to do everything! I don’t think I could ever sleep until like 10am, vacation or not, haha.
i vote for small sleep in since i get up at 530 during the work week. But im a general night owl…so my perfect idea is up by 7, a poolside nap around 230, and then go to bed at midnight or 1. i dont like to set an alarm though. If its not a beach vaca im good sleeping in a bit more.
“perfect idea is up by 7, a poolside nap around 230, and then go to bed at midnight or 1.” this? would be AMAZING anything that includes ‘poolside nap’ i vote for
I totally loved buying school supplies too! When my nieces were young, my sister happened to mention how she was pulling together some old supplies for the start of the school year and I just couldn’t bear it. That started an annual tradition of buying school supplies with Auntie Sue. I will admit that, with her 5 kids, this eventually turned into a big & pricey event (lunch and supplies for 5, lol) but now there is only one left in high school, 2 in college so costs are again pretty low. No regrets–they are always excited (even now when they are older) and always start the school year with everything they need.
We get plain notebooks, folders, etc. (no Disney stars, kitties, Pokemon, etc.) EXCEPT each kid always gets one luxury item (or 2 if inexpensive). We’ve gotten some hilarious facial expressions & eavesdropping when they were little kids mentioning luxury items in the Target aisle.
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Toys randomly going off is very creepy! My daughter’s walker went off in the middle of the night the other night and that giggling lion sounded like a possessed doll. Horrifying! I had myself convinced that there was DEFINITELY a ghost (how else would it go off?!) and couldn’t sleep the rest of the night. SMH.
YES to early morning rising on vacation! i’m always the first one up, usually by 6 too, bc i want to soak in every minute of the day, sunrise to sunset! even just lying on the beach all day (for real) is so amazing, calming, peaceful, fun…i need those long lazy days :) have fun!!
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