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A belate Happy New Year and welcome back to my Weekly Review. I am going to try it again one last time, let´s see how far I come. To be honest I have kind of missed writing these post and was a little sad I couldn´t pull through last year but I made it further than the first year so maybe this is the year of determination.
Like the last two years it has been the most beautiful sky on New Years Eve. The prettiest hues of pink and blue. This has to mean something am I right? I mean it has to be. I believe this is going to be a good sign.
I am both sad and happy that the new year is here. Sad because I love Christmas time and all the festive activities and now that it is over I already miss the decor and the magic that lies in the air but happy we are now in the new year and can start with a clean slate and I am looking forward to all of our travel and day trip and activity plans the year of 2026 brings for us.
Weekly Review # 1
What we ate
To be honest we did not cook much and I have had the hardest time on getting some meals together. With us being home 24/7 due to several sicknesses and the loss of appetite and taste it was just awful to cook for the girls. I mean I myself didn´t like anything I suggested so why should the girls eat it.
Thursday – I have cooked our „traditional“ NYE dinner (pulled beef and spinach dip) so we had plenty of leftovers that day. I also get a delicious loaf of bread to eat with the meat and the dip.
Friday – We had a gingerbread house decoration party in the afternoon so I made a chick and easy one pot pasta for dinner. Some tagliatelle, heavy cream, onions, different spices and bacon. Just let it sit and simmer for about 30 minutes in the same pot and dinner is ready.
Saturday – We haven´t been out in a very long time and since it is still freezing cold out we ventured into our nearest shopping center. Had fries and burger for lunch and Dunkin´s as a sweet treat. There have to be days like this, am I right?!
Sunday – The big girls and I have been out to watch the Nutcracker in the afternoon so my husband made a one pan dish with potatoes, sausage, onions and lots of cheese. The children devoured it. This is always such an easy option I completely forget about during the week.
What I wore
I have started my closet challenge on the first like I have for the last two or three years and I am really happy about my choice. I have done a closet reorganization the week before and I have found tons of clothes I haven´t worn in years and I want to style the next few weeks. It made me so excited to wear all of my „old“ stuff rather than get anything new. So far I haven´t bought a single piece so I´d say week one was a success.
What we did
We are still waiting on some snow to get out and enjoy the Winter weather a little but all we had have been icy stormy winds and nothing more.
Emilia had 3 of her Kindergarten friends over on Friday and we decorated some gingerbread houses. I know it is a little late for that but at the planned date almost everyone including us was sick so we just started the new year with some Christmas crafts. Why not ?! They had fun and I didn´t have to toss the gingerbread houses in the trash. Would have been a pity.
We found out that the shopping centre is in fact a great indoor playground if you don´t want to visit an actual overcrowded indoor playground. You can ride the elevators up and down, get lots of snacks and people watch. Not the worst way to spend a morning or afternoon.
Misc
I am really at the point were I can´t wait for Christmas break to be over cause I have no more crafty ideas left in me and I also need my morning time back to clean and get the house back in order which is really hard with 5 people at home. They definitely miss their friends and I think getting some structure back into our days we can only profit from.
