SammaSpot Snapshot June16, 2026

Hey Peeps!!

Happy TuTuTuesday!!!  Remember when I used to regularly post and Tuesday's were TuTu Tuesday?

Yeah, good times when I hadn't entered menopause and could remember what I walked in a room for.

On with the show!  

Let's hop back to last Wednesday and another day where I had no where to be and more to do than I was interested in completing. 

Zelle skort(old Nordstrom); Universal Thread (s) shirt 

Cute Rouxby Sue sleeping under my jeans in the closet- her summer spot.

That skort is several years old, from Nordstrom's Zelle brand.  The t-shirt is from Target last summer.  Those t-shirts will be $8 or $10, they wash and dry perfectly.

I managed to eat three meals last Wednesday AND take pictures.  All of those things are rare occurrences.

This is the epitome of balance my friends.   Greek yogurt with frozen blueberries and Fruity Pebbles.

It's so yummy, I actually had it again this morning. 

For lunch I had this:

Fresh from the garden tomato sandwich. I will not be hearing any discussion regarding this sandwich, it's perfect, the end!  If you don't agree, you're wrong.  

A little backstory for this next picture.  The chalkboard you are about to see lived in our old house, that we moved from in 2014.  It hung in the kitchen and just like now, it has the menu for the week listed on it.  Used to we had 3 kiddos plus Hubster who were always asking what's for dinner so I started putting the menu on the board.  The board now hangs in the pantry and even though the kiddos had the audacity to grow up and move out, we still use that board.  It hangs in our pantry.  Sometimes Hubster takes it upon himself to fill in the blanks.

Since we're working on Wednesday, you can see that we did in fact have Ooni oven pizza.

The top pizza is mine and the bottom is Hubsters.   Yummy as always!

Let's move on to Thursday and see what we managed to finagle in the closet.

The fence guy was on sight bright and early and it's hot so I must have taken this picture mid-morning after getting dressed and about to take Rouxby Sue on her little walk.  

skort (s) t-shirt (s) Birkenstock sandals (8)

Notice the arrow pointing to little Rouxby Sue's feet sticking out.  She loves to lay under that section of clothing.  

She looks like she's in time-out. 🤣

You know if everyone loved everyone the way Rouxby Sue loves Lambchop, this world would be amazing!!

Now it's time for dinner:

Daily Harvest

 

This was the last bag of this that I had hoarded in my freezer.  I used to order these from Daily Harvest but they stopped carrying it.  So sad, because it was yummy!

Anywho, I got this going in a pan on the stove.

And while the rice was cooking I browned up a pack of ground beef, added the taco seasoning and a can of Ro-Tel tomatoes.   

Then it's time to assemble the bowls:    First the rice mixture, then the meat mixture, then a little  guacamole, Trader Joe's spicy taco sauce and finish it off with some cotija cheese and chili lime tortilla chips.   Man, this was yummooooooo!!! Also, the TJ"s taco sauce isn't spicy, just saying.

Apparently Friday I was on auto-pilot.  No outfit pic and the neighbors came over to have a couple of adult beverages and we ended up ordering Domino's.  If you are keeping score, that's the 2nd pizza night this week.

Saturday, we did some work around the house then it was pool time since the fence workers didn't work the weekend.   

Yes, that's my little Rouxby Sue and yes, she's in the less than 10% of bulldogs that can swim.  She's a little water bug, we can't keep her out of the pool but at least we can rest (a tiny bit) easier knowing she can actually swim if she falls in.   Her brother thinks the pool is his personal drinking bowl and has zero interest in being in the water even though he's an excellent swimmer.

Somebody (me!) had zero plans for dinner so we got cleaned up and went out in search of food.

We ended up in the stockyards amongst the soccer fans and I felt very under dressed. haha. But let's talk about clothes for a minute, shall we?

Shorts: Sanctuary Renegade (26) Mine came from Evereve last summer

Shoes:  Rothy's daily driver   These are a couple of years old and not available in the fuschia color but they are oh, so comfy! I take my usual size 8 in these.

Shirt: Maeve's Mabel boxy Oxford (s). This is from my Nuuly rental box for June.  It's a great shirt but it's still too pricey so it'll go back at the end of the month. 

That's a close up of the embroidery on the pocket.

We ended up at Chef Tim Love's Barbecue & Oyster Bar in the Stockyards.  I got no photos but geez it was good!   Starting off Hubster had a regular Old-fashioned and the bartender made me a REAL Whiskey Sour, egg whites and all.  Superb! 

Then we ordered the Spectacular queso and the Smoked Brisket Enchiladas to share.  The queso was indeed spectacular, but not quite as good as the one we had Mother's Day at Palermo Suerte.   Chef Tim Love also owns that restaurant and it's just around the corner from this one in the Stockyards.  Now those Brisket Enchiladas....FIRE!!!  Oh my gosh, so good.  

Hubster and I were talking about how expensive it is to eat out now and it's more palatable when you leave and go, wow, that was really good even if it was a little pricey.   Chef Tim Love has not let us down in the past few weeks, the food has been incredible from both places!

Ok, Sunday morning was cloudy and a little cooler so I bribed the Hubster into helping me in the garden for a bit.  We initially said we were working for 30 minutes then quitting but we managed a little over an hour and between the two of us, got that garden weeded and the plants cleaned up and a nice little harvest.  

Then it was pool time again but it was still cloudy so we got out, cleaned up and ran to pick up some peat moss for the yard and stopped in Aldi for a few items.   

And in no surprise, Sunday evening we had pizza for a total of 3 times this week! haha

My love for pizza knows no end.  First up we started with some fried ravioli that we air fried in the oven then added some jarred marinara.  These were good, just a little skimpy on the cheese in the middle 

Then we had grabbed two frozen pizza's from Aldi.  One was a Mediterranean style flatbread pizza and the other was a Supreme Bloody Mary.  That one had chicken on it so I just plucked those off.

We just baked these in the oven since it was already warm from using the Air Fryer.

Other than the chicken, the Bloody Mary one was our favorite, surprisingly.  The Mediterranean had a weird flavor that we could never identify.    We'll probably never buy these again but hey, we tried something new.

Now, let's start the new week and our fence guy was back after the rain moved out Monday morning so I must have worn nothing worth photographing because my camera roll ends with the pizza pics.

Monday night for dinner, we had big salads.  Hubster had chicken on his but I had just a plain salad.  I had to make the dogs food toppers and get their food ready for the next week so I didn't have that to worry about this weekend while we are spending time with the girls and eating all the fun things!

The fence guy was here before 8 am today, I think that poor guy is really tired of our fence but he's doing such a good job.   I got dressed because I had to run to the bank to drop off the first check from the insurance company so we can pay the roofer next week when he gets started. 

It was hair washing day and I should mention, it's a little TMI, that I have been feeling like I have a UTI coming on and I am sooooo stinking bloated.   I've been doubling down on the water but man, I'm ready for this to move on.  (I'm takin on OTC meds right now, supplementing with K&B from Young Living. Normally this takes care of the issue but if I'm not better by Wednesday, I'll have to go to Care Now) grrrr 

That's all for now, in the way of food and clothing so let's wrap up the week and get busy. 

Watching:   We're still sticking with Dutton Ranch but this past weekend was soccer....because it's the World Cup and while I'm not a soccer fan nor do I understand it, how can you not watch?!.  Also, the social media of the fans from all over the world being in America is the greatest thing ever! 

Also, House of Dragons season 3 this Sunday night!!!  I probably won't watch until Monday evening after the girls have headed back home so no spoilers!!  

Reading: I finished the Marsh Mystics book I was reading and have now started on a John Grisham book.

The Widow

In case you wondered.....I am STILL listening to The Goldfinch.  I still have 12 hours and 17 minutes left and I've already listened to 20 hours and 7 minutes so at least I've heard about 62% of the book.  I may finish by Christmas.  

That's all for now Peeps

 Peace, Love, & Pulitzer Prizes 

Monday Musings

Hey Peeps!!

Since I usually do my SammaSpot Snapshot on Tuesday I've been trying to come up with something for Monday's.  Of course,  I was planning on doing a Friday Five every Friday and you've gotten just one of those so my track record is spotty to say the least.  Hey, I keep chugging along and giving it the old college try.

Let's start the week by saying, Sunday is Father's Day.  If you are one of the lucky ones and can still see or talk to your father, please do.  I'm telling you as a bona-fide Daddy's girl, when they are gone, your heart will forever be missing a chunk.  I'll spend a few minutes having a quiet Samma to heaven chat with my Daddy before spending the day with Hubster and his girls.   My sweet boy has work and some other exciting things going on this weekend so he won't be here but we're working on getting mama up to Chicago because she's missing him pretty bad these days.  

As for us this year, Court, Penny the wonder dog and Luna kitty cat will arrive on Thursday, the Merebear will hop over on Friday evening after she gets her work day complete.   Saturday will be (hopefully) some pool time, fun time and then we're meeting M.C.'s family for an early birthday dinner.   M.C. will then come back to our house with Court and Sunday we're having us a Father's Day cookout.  Normally we have hotdogs but Hubster wants to do burgers this year.   Honestly, we may do Hot Dogs too because 4th of July is too far to wait for more Hot Dogs.

So, my usual meal plans are pretty much out the window since the Court is pretty much vegan now and Merebear is vegetarian.   Means I have to put some serious thoughts into meal planning so that everyone has good food to eat.   The bad part is that it's Monday and I have ZERO ambition today!  It's been raining all morning and the guy is back working on the fence in the backyard so we can't go hang out outside until he goes home about 5 or 6 tonight.   I might join little Rouxby Sue on the sofa and join in on her snore fest she's got going on right now although I really should get started on the meal plan/grocery list and run the quick vacuum through the house from a weekend of working outside.

Anywho, nothing grand or exciting today, just popping in to say that I'm still around and I'll see you tomorrow for Tuesday's regularly scheduled content.

Peace, Love, & Hot Dogs

Samma

SammaSpot Snapshot June 9, 2026

Happy Summer Peeps!

I'm back with another snapshot of life from the past week.    When I logged in I noticed that my Friday Five post never got completed last week, so we're just skipping that one for now.  Hopefully we'll be back this Friday but they should start working on all our hail storm repairs this week so it could be chaos around here. 

Let's get right into it because ya'll know by now, this girl is not short winded.

Let's run it back to last Tuesday, the 2nd, and see what was on the dinner menu.   It's those Siete tortillas made into quesadillas again.   Hubster was out working in the yard, it was after 7 pm and we were hungry and without a plan.   Mine tortilla had cheese and diced jalapeños and tomatoes.  Hubsters had some added pork pieces diced up teensy-tiny.    Add a little salsa on the side and dinner in a flash.

Looks like Wednesday had us heading out into the garden.  It's starting to be a busy place.

Wednesday night we had another usual dinner.  Fish Sticks from Costco and I cut up a tomato from the garden along with a garden cucumber for a quick salad.  Those biscuits are Mrs. Janie's mayo biscuits.  I make them anytime I need biscuits but don't have any on hand.  Here is the link to the post with that recipe.  It really couldn't get any easier to make.   

Thursday gave me an excuse to put something other than my yard clothes on because I had to head out to return my Nuuly rental box to the UPS store.   

shirt, shorts (XS) shoes

The shorts are from Gap Factory, they are a bit high waisted for me but I wanted a pair of railroad striped shorts and these were a good price.  I did take an XS in these.   Here's a pic of the shorts close up so you can see the stripes better.

I didn't get a picture but we had good old fashioned Manwich's for dinner.  Nothing else, just those sandwiches.   We also ate dinner very late for some reason.

Last Friday we got the best little surprise from our neighbors that moved.  Remember we went out to dinner with them?   Well, this came to us and man, color me impressed.   I already know of 1 or 2 folks who'll be getting one of these boxes for Christmas this year.

The Fruit Company from Costco

I should also tell you that I am now 100% obsessed with the Australian soft red licorice.  Ya'll I can devour a bag in .02 seconds.  It's so good!

I wore the outfit below around the house on Friday.

Nothing exciting and that you haven't seen before.  I did wash and dry my hair, so there's that.

skort (s) 

Then later Friday evening, Hubster and I took a ride over to a new neighborhood near us to stalk a house that's being built.   I figured I should change clothes in case we went to eat, which we did. 

shorts (26), shirt (similar), birkenstock sandals

The shirt is old, from Tommy Bahama and a size medium.  I did toss it in the dryer yesterday when it was washed and I am pretty sure I managed to shrink it a bit.  Fingers crossed.

We did grab dinner at our little local pizza place, Tony's Pizza & Pour House.  We intended to run in and sit at the bar, grab a slice, a salad and a cold beer and be home in a jiffy.  We instead stayed until after closing, met some new people that were just delightful AND of all things, bumped into the attorney I used to work for.  He's recently purchased a house just down from our neighborhood so we may bump into him a bit more often.   Sometimes, the best things come from going with the flow.  

Saturday we trucked back over to that house and did a full video walk through, because seriously, we LOVE the floor plan.   The lots in that neighborhood are re-donkulously priced but the house is good. Then we had some errands to run but I slapped on some of my new duds for the day.

 I'm terribly sorry there's no picture of the rain boots I put on because we got an inch and half of rain Friday evening and it was a mud pit over there.  

Shirt (XS); shorts (4); belt (old); sandals (8); chunky necklace

We later went out to dinner with a few neighbors to a new to us place, Maria's Mexican Kitchen

We tried to go to Pappasito's but the wait was two hours so we baled and went down the street.  The food was definitely incredible, the prices, a tad on the expensive side but once again, primo food and sorry, no picture.   I was starving by the time we got our food.

shorts (s), shirt (s), Vans tennis shoes (old)

This little set came from Target and it's super comfy and I've decided, I'm glad I kept the Small in these shorts, it was super hot and muggy on Sunday and having no fabric clinging to me was so nice!  I told you I'd be happy about the loose fabric by the middle of summer!

Sunday evening we had Costco Beef & Broccoli w/ Noodles.   It's one of their meals and the first time we've had that one.   It was pretty tasty indeed, I didn't get a picture of it after I cooked but here's what the container looks like.  

I woke up yesterday feeling like crap and it lasted mot of the day so we have no clothing pic and we had leftovers for dinner.

Today, we're back at it and after I felt yucky all day yesterday, Rouxby Sue 🤮🤮 barfed all her dinner while we were watching Dutton Ranch.   We all went to bed early Monday night.

Today we are all feeling more like ourselves again but the power washers are here prepping all of our fences and the greenhouse so they can stain/paint them.  We'd normally do those things ourselves but the contractor doing our roof from the storm damage said he was handling it all.  Let me tell ya, it's so stinking muggy outside, I'm grateful for their hard work but that means mine and Rouxby Sue's pool time is on hiatus until they get finished.  

skort (XS) shirt (old)

We had soooo many cherry tomatoes in the basket on the counter and I knew they were going to go bad so I made a big container of Southwest Tomato Soup for lunch.   I had a bowl then popped the rest in the refrigerator for the rest of the week.  

I know, I know, I just told you how hot it was and I made soup but let me tell you it's so easy and the best way to use up your not so lovely tomatoes.   I do a Southwest version when I have fresh jalapeños on hand so that's what we did today.  Take your tomatoes and dump them in your Vitamix blender. Then grab that leftover cut up onion in the refrigerator, a couple of fresh jalapeños from the garden and the orange and yellow sweet peppers that have really seen better days, chop off the stems and toss in the blender.  Next you're going to add some salt, pepper and a little bit of cumin. Top all that with a little bit of milk and water.   I give it all a couple of quick pulses with the blender then hit the soup setting and go about my business.  Today, that was emptying the dishwasher.   In about 10 minutes you have a piping hot bowl of the freshest tomato soup you ever did eat!    

Then you put the rest in a jar, label it an pop in the refrigerator.   Now there's fresh tomato soup for lunch when we'd like it this week.    Most of the time I freeze the leftovers but I'm sketchy on dinner plans this week so I figured it'd be nice to have around.   

This is another one of my no food goes to waste solutions.   Seriously, that soup setting on the Vitamix is incredible not to mention cleanup is just rinsing out the blender container.  

That's a wrap on the food and clothing, now let's finish up with all the other things.

Watching:  We are still watching Dutton Ranch.  Just finished episode 5 last night so we are caught up.  I still am ambivalent about this show, these people are just horrible humans.  The only redeeming factor is that Beth loves Rip and Carter with her whole heart and that's charming.  Also, anything with Annette Benning and Ed Harris is good.    We won't be starting any other new series because coming soon:

Coming June 21!!!  Yipppeeee

HBO

Final season coming June 25

FX/HULU

June 16

Netflix

And In July

July 23  HBO

This is a Big Bang Theory spinoff, it could be hilarious or horribly bad but we'll tune in for a few episodes for sure.

Looking all the way to August.

Lioness new season Aug. 2 so you can see we've got lots to watch this summer so maybe I'll get the rest of the DVR cleared off in the meantime.

Reading: Finished up the Murder Unabridged book from last week, my review is up on Goodreads and with that I have emptied my NetGalley queue, now maybe I can work on some books in TBR pile.

I am reading this book, it's #30 in the Miss Fortune series.  It completely cracks me up too!  Gertie, Ida Belle and Fortune are quite the trio and always up to some sort of trouble.  

Also, I'm STILL listening to The Goldfinch...at this point I feel this book is never-ending! 

Ok, peeps, the power washing dudes have left for the day so Rouxby Sue would like a little swim time so I'm going to run put my suit on and hit the pool.   

Peace, Love & Summer time!

Samma

YL Spotlight: Thieves Cleaner

Hey Peeps!!!

I should have gotten this post up yesterday but alas, the sun and the pool called my name after a wonderful 2 hour chat with my Abogg.    I really got not much of anything done yesterday and I was supposed to go to our neighborhood Ladies Lunch but if I had gone I'd have missed my sweet boys call and I've been missing him a lot lately so it was good for my soul yesterday.    He may be 35 now but I'm telling you, most days I still see that little boy of mine.   

Moving on before I get all sentimental and teary-eyed today.   I'm a bundle of emotions lately and I really don't even know why.  

Let's talk about keeping things clean in your house and how we can do that without any harmful chemicals to us our our furry family members.

I don't keep an arsenal of cleaners in the house because Thieves cleaner is my one-stop do it all, disinfecting cleaner.   Need to wipe down the counter? Thieves cleaner  How about the shower? Thieves cleaner  Dog bowls? Thieves cleaner   Super gross laundry load? add a capful of Thieves cleaner

You get the idea, it really does it all and without any harmful chemical or odors.

Thieves cleaner

One bottle of this amazing cleaner is equivalent to 3.5 GALLONS of your normal cleaners from the store.  A capful is all I need in my spray bottle for everyday cleaning chores.   I can make it more concentrated if I have some really gross messes to clean.    One capful in my mop bucket lets me get the mopping done and I don't have to worry if one of the dogs roams over and licks the floor while it's still wet.  How's that for peace of mind, now just think about crawling babies and you really can rest easy knowing nothing you've cleaned with is harmful to them.   This cleaner is all plant powered and has a bright spicy citrus smell that will freshen your home in the best way. The cleaner is formulated without any: 

• Parabens, phthalates 

• Formaldehyde releasers 

• Petroleum 

• Synthetic fragrance 

• Triclosan 

• DEA, MEA, PEG 

• Dyes, GMOs, gluten 

You'll find me doing this on my kitchen counters every single day.  A little spray and a wipe down and I know my counters are clean enough to eat off of and it leaves that distinct Thieves aroma that we all know and love.   You can even add some extra essential oils in to boost that cleaning power.   Naturally, Thieves oil blend is the first one that comes to mind but Lemon, Orange, Pine, Tea Tree and Eucalyptus are more great additions but you can add whatever speaks to you. 

Now, if you really want to get started with "cleaning up" your home Young Living has an incredible set to get your started.   Order your Make a Shift Happy Healthy Home kit and start keeping your home cleaner in every way.   This is a new kit and honestly it's an incredible deal.   

In this kit you'll receive:

Thieves Cleaner

Thieves Laundry detergent

Thieves Kitchen & Bath Scrub

Thieves Dish Soap

Thieves Essential Oil blend

Lemon essential oil

Multi-purpose glass spray bottle

You'll be started in the best way possible and a purchase of that kit will get you the 24% off your Young Living items for the next year AND add 10 points to your Loyalty order.   $50 a month on a loyalty order lets you collect your points and use them for more products.   I use my Loyalty points to buy a new supplement I want to try, replace oils I'm running low on, or more Ningxia!  

Let's get you started today with plant powered cleaning tools!

Peace, Love, & Thieves 

Samma

SammaSpot Snapshot- June 2, 2026

Every year I say the same thing about this time HOW is it June already?!!

Anywho my peeps, let's get on with the weekly updates and the clothing and food is definitely short this week.   I'm not sure what I did last week to be honest but apparently it did not involve cooking or leaving the house.

How about a super quick recap until we get to the first pic on my camera roll because folks, there ain't much this week.  

Last Wednesday evening we had homemade pizza for dinner, yes, again.   I warned you, we generally have those at least once a week this time of year.  It's fast and easy.   Other than that I just cleaned up the house and did some laundry.

Last Thursday, I woke up feeling very weird and sleepy and "off".  Don't know how to describe it any other way.   Rouxby Sue and I took the opportunity to lounge around and doze off an on all day on the couch.   Thursday evening our sweet and wonderful neighbors took us to Boo-Rays.  They are moving and we are going to miss them so much.  Hubster and a couple other neighbors have been mowing and trimming their yard and keeping an eye on things while they were living up north.  I'm unsure what I wore to dinner because I didn't know it was time to leave until 15 minutes before we were pulling out of the driveway.  

I was wearing this around the house all the rest of the day while I snuggled with my girl.  

The old Judy Blue shorts and a t-shirt from Kenny D's

in Destin.    Gosh, I miss that restaurant!

Navy shorts from Wallyworld and an old Boston Red Sox t-shirt.

Friday evening we walked down to the neighbors for taco's from Rosa's and to hang out on the back porch and have a couple of adult beverages.   I felt better but didn't have much of an appetite so it was perfect.

Saturday I had high hopes of leaving the house and doing something but alas, life had other thoughts.   Hubster needed to help the neighbor (where we were the previous evening) with a drainage issue in the back yard.   The skort and top are from last year, Academy Sports and the brand is Freely.  They are so soft and fit so well.   They are both a size Small and I'd say they run true to size.  Too bad I couldn't get a picture of the back, it has a little small cutout that makes it fun.   I ended up putting on my swimsuit and sitting in the pool for a few hours, Hubsters 2 hour job turned into an all day ordeal.  It was 6 in the evening before he got home, I found a jar of spicy marinara and boiled some pasta and that's what we had for dinner.   

Sunday, we headed out to run a couple of errands and grab a couple of chairs for the pool.   The recent hail storm that is responsible for the new roof and solar system we'll be getting also destroyed the chairs that we keep on the tanning ledge in our pool.   They aren't expensive and they work perfectly because they are all plastic so nothing rusts and messes us the pool surface.  

They usually last about 2 years and are so inexpensive we could easily replace every year.   

The pool looks gloomy because it's raining and thundering out there right now.  See the lengths I go to for you?   Lowe's has them and I wanted the yellow but no one had those in stock near me so Blue Stone it is.

Incidentally, we also have to get new chaise loungers because the storm messed those up too.  

We stopped at a farm stand in Weatherford and picked up some fresh veggies so we had Tomato Sandwiches for dinner.   My big tomato plants are not quite producing yet but cherry tomatoes are going like gang busters!!  

It's Monday and another new week.  I had to clean the house, water all the flowers on the front and back porch because it's been in the mid 90's.   I also completed my first of the summer pool cleaning rituals that I do pretty much every day so it's full on pool time around here now!  Water was 82 degrees and feels so good!   Hubster needed to mow the lawn again, the rain and the heat is making the grass grow like crazy so we had an easy supper of Baked potatoes, roasted green beans and some sliced tomatoes. 

The green beans had to sit in the oven to stay warm and they got a little overcooked but it was all pretty yummy for a last minute effort.   I REALLY need to go to the grocery store.

Today I've just been trying to catch up on paperwork to send to the mortgage company regarding our hail storm claim, we need to get them going so the roofer can get started here soon.  I also installed our new camera bird feeder we picked up on Sunday and I finally got a little visitor. 

Tufted Titmouse 

Yes, we have fully entered our bird watching era around here.

One more fun thing before we start winding down.  
My little Rouxby Sue loves the water and if you know anything about English Bulldogs, buoyant they are not.   She's wearing Sir Winston's old lifejacket, which he hated, and it's a bit too big for her but we are trying to make sure she knows how to get to the tanning ledge to get out if she falls in.  She mostly just hangs out on the tanning ledge and that's really all we want her to do.  

Ok, let's wrap up today because I have ZERO clue what we are having for dinner!

Watching:  We did end up starting the new Dutton Ranch series. 

We've only seen two episodes but apparently Beth & Rip haven't changed since we last saw them on Yellowstone.  I'm reserving my thoughts until we are a few more episodes in.  

I did finish the last episode of Inn This Together and was so sad to see that fire destroyed that beautiful hotel in Laurel before it could even open.  

We also finished up the series Hacks....I'm still processing the end of the series.  I'm not sure how I feel about it all other than Jean Smart is brilliant in the series.  

Movies:  I did watch a couple of cheesy movies I had on the DVR last Thursday when I was laying around and honestly, that's why I always have a few corny Hallmark-ish types of movies saved.  I don't have to pay close attention and I'm not upset if I doze off and have to rewind.  

Reading:   I did finish up the My Sister is Going to Kill Me book.  It comes out August 18th and this was her sophomore effort for a fiction novel.  It was about a 3.5 rating for me and you can see my review here.

I have started the last ARC book in my NetGalley queue: Murder Unabridged: An Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery #3.  This one releases December 1, 2026.  

Also, I'm STILL listening to The Goldfinch, it's forever long and has become a chore to finish. But finish I will!!!  

That's all for today, I probably have more but I just realized it's 6:30 and I need to feed the dogs and the peoples in this house!

Peace, Love, & Titmice!

Samma