Friday Favorites: March Week 1

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Hello,

This week has been very healing and calm for us as a family and I’m so grateful for my beautiful boys, my amazing spouse, and my clingy fur babies. 🥰

Thank you to Andrea from Momfessionals and Erika from A Little Bit of Everything for hosting this sweet link party every Friday! 💛 This has really helped me on my gratitude goal and also on taking pictures of all these wonderful things to remember and love!

#1. Spoonful of Comfort
My Aunt and Uncle sent us a “Spoonful of Comfort” box with chicken noodle soup, rolls, and cookie dough. It was AMAZING and so sweet. The interior packaging was soft and cheerful and felt like a warm hug. It also came with a really pretty ladle that matches our silverware and will be a reminder of this beautiful gift for years to come. 


#2. Shake Shack
We had a bigger follow up appointment this week to review everything that happened and align on a path forward. We are taking six months to emotionally recover so that we are not making a permanent decision in a time of high emotion. That said we were a little raw and running late for dinner so we used a gift card and got take out from shake shack on the way home. It was the perfect comfort food and the avocado burger was delicious!

#3. Beatrice aka my hibiscus plant
She started flowering for me again this week and it just brings me so much Simple joy to see a new blossom open each day. 


#4. Dinosaur board games
One of Arnis’ teachers gave him a dinosaur board game and he is obsessed and insists that we play it every afternoon. It’s great fun counting and taking turns and seeing his imagination as he moves the figures because clearly a dinosaur can’t move without sound effects! 

#5. With Love, Meghan
I LOVE this new show. It is warm, it is sweet, it is a lifestyle blog in a Netflix show and I am here for it. 10/10 recommend and she is a tiny awkward at first but then gets her feet after the first couple of episodes and it’s just the definition of happiness to me. Finding the joy in the simple and making it feel sweet and special.


#6. Survivor
I am still loving survivor and watching this season with my guys after dinner on thursdays is pretty much heaven, even if the kids feel the need to act out the challenges during the show. 🤪


I wish you the best week filled with love and light and simple joys!

💛Jess

Comments

  1. Kim CarberryMarch 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM

    I am glad you have had a nice week.
    What a lovely gift from your Aunt and Uncle. It sounds like just what you needed.
    The flower on your hibiscus plant is so pretty.

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  2. JessMarch 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM

    Thank you so much Kim! I hope that you have a warm and sunny weekend!!! 💛

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