5 on Friday

Happy Friday!!!

I decided to post in bullet point/list form today with a few favourites for Friday. We are taking the girls camping for the first time this weekend tomorrow night – and SO excited! We’re going with some friends to a very kid-friendly campground, so I think it will be fun. I haven’t slept in a tent myself since before they were born, so I’m looking forward to it! Reading Lisa’s post earlier this week helped me realize that I’m going to have to be a bit more relaxed when camping than I usually am – but I’m hoping the wine and the outdoors help with that! haha.

I’m also planning to spend some time tonight and tomorrow cleaning up around the house (fun, right?) after a VERY busy past few weeks!!

1) My 5 favourite books so far this year:

Beartown by Frederick Backman

A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman (this was an amazing audiobook)

This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (I still feel like crying every time I think of this book)

Glass Houses by Louise Penny (released at the end of August, absloutely one of the best in the series and #13)

I have a post coming next week with a few analytic details about my reading life so far in 2017 – I decided to do up the stats for the first 6 months and then look at the latter 6 months of 2017 in September. That being said, I highly recommend any of the books listed above. They all blew me away.

2) 5 things I’ve eaten lately and loved:

Broccoli stem salad: a delicious way to eat the neglected part of the broccoli
Inside-out egg rolls
Homemade greek yogurt (post also coming next week) with strawberries, hemp hearts, and walnuts <– I’ve had this for breakfast every day this week
Zoodles with pasta sauce, chicken, parmesan, and mozzarella cheese
Bacon-wrapped eggs: We love these for breakfast but I cook them a bit longer because I don’t like my eggs runny (I also add a bit of grated parmesan on top) GREAT to make ahead of time.

3) 5 posts of interest around the web:

10 useful HTML symbols for your blog
Strength exercises to do at your desk
This Youtube channel reads children’s books aloud
Favourite children’s books (I can’t get enough of these lists and the comments are amazing too)
I wish I’d know about this way to carry a bucket car seat 3 years ago (Lucy weighed 9lbs14oz at birth, you guys)

4) 5 funny things: