As I look outside my window: It’s a bit overcast today. The forecast calls for high temps until this evening when the rain comes.

Right now I am: Finishing a Sicilian Orange Breakfast Cake in the oven before cleaning up the laundry room from yesterday’s painting.

Thinking and pondering: What should we put on our Summer Bucket List? I completely spaced on a spring list and really want to make sure to get a summer list. I think I need to enlist the help of the kids.

On my bedside table: The Toll by Neal Shusterman; Still Life by Louise Penny; In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick

On my tv this week: We watched some Star Trek and then switched over to finally watching The Queen’s Gambit. I’m very intrigued…

Listening to: Nothing much except a few podcasts and my Apple Music favorites playlist. I love how it updates every week so I get a slightly different mix.

On the menu for this week:

• Monday - Teriyaki Chicken and Rice

• Tuesday - Grilled Cheese (not sure what kind yet)

• Wednesday - Blackened Salmon

• Thursday - Leftovers

• Friday - Coffee Rubbed Pork Loin

• Saturday - Pizza Night?

• Sunday - Chorba Frik

On my to do list: I need to do a brain dump in Roam today to catch all the little things. I do know that I want to wallpaper the built-ins and make a plan for shelving in the laundry room. The Container Store is having a closet sale and I want to take advantage of the sale prices.

Happening this week:

• Monday - Library and grocery runs while it rains

• Tuesday - Park Playdate

• Wednesday - Normal day

• Thursday - Dentist appointment for me for my permanent bridge!

• Friday - Trip to Arbor Day Farm!

• Saturday - Normal day

• Sunday - Normal day

What I am creating: Mostly lesson plans right now. I haven’t crafted for me in forever. Hoping to do that soon.

My simple pleasures: Finished curriculum folders, nice white walls, a cool breeze

Looking around the house: We are installing the new washer and dryer in the freshly painted laundry room today. Hopefully that means that I can do laundry tomorrow. The room went from a terrible beige to a nice warm white. It even looks good in the dark. Now if I can paint the rest of my interior walls that same color, I would be so much happier.

From the camera: I picked up Ocean by Stacy McAnulty to go along with the rest of the series (Earth, Moon, Sun, and Mars). I loved the illustrations so much!