Things I've Bought on Amazon Lately

It has been a hot minute since I shared some of my Amazon purchases.  I thought it was time for an update ~

Where are my organizational fans out there?  This little label maker is the bomb!  It runs off of an app on your phone that provides over 600 templates.  There are also many fonts to choose from!  I've been labeling everything in my sight and love it!  It would be an awesome gift for that student in your life.

Available HERE

We needed a new rug for the front porch and this orange and white buffalo plaid was just what I was looking for for fall!  I'll share a picture of our front porch later.  If you're looking for an addition to your porch, this could be the rug for you.

Available HERE

Halloween tablescapes are so fun and these new placemats are going to fit in perfectly!  Again, I'll be sharing pictures of my table soon.  You'll notice these placemats adding cuteness.  

Available HERE

A few years ago I decided to change all my hangers to the same ones.  It turned out that was an awesome decision!  I needed to add more to my collection so I purchased a new pack of 50.  That should keep me in business for a while!

Available HERE

My T-shirts were in desperate need of organization. These storage boxes have been working great! I filled one with my short-sleeved T-shirts and one with long-sleeved T-shirts.  Then I decided to re-order so I'd have a place for my leggings and tights.   

Available HERE

Don't you just love a good Amazon purchase!  What are some items you've purchased from Amazon lately that you love?  

Five on Friday - October 18, 2024

Happy Friday!  We have had so much fun the last few weekends visiting friends, but this weekend we are spending at home.  The weather has finally started feeling like fall.  We have quite a long list of chores to take care of and I'm hoping we can check most off this weekend.  First thing to check off is my five for this week.  Here goes ~

1.  2024 Hallmark Christmas Movies

It's that time of year!  Time for the new Hallmark Christmas movie lineup.  New movies are starting today!  I absolutely love turning on the Hallmark channel and watching movie after movie.  This year I'm especially looking forward to the movie premiering on November 30 titled Holiday Touchdown:  A Chiefs Love Story.  If you want to go deeper into the Hallmark scene, check out the Hallmark Jenny blog.  She'll keep you up totally up to speed!

2.  Season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer

Have you seen Netflix's series The Lincoln Lawyer? I'm hooked! Season three just dropped yesterday, so I'm planning a bit of binge-watching this weekend. Mickey Haller is back, skillfully representing both innocent and guilty clients, and it's such a suspenseful thrill to watch him in action!  I suspect I'll know how the 10-episode season ends by Monday.

3.  Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey

John Grisham and Jim McCloskey teamed up for their newly released book titled Framed:  Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions.  It sounds so interesting!  Here's the summary ~

John Grisham is known worldwide for his bestselling novels, but it’s his real-life passion for justice that led to his work with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries, the first organization dedicated to exonerating innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. Together they offer an inside look at the many injustices in our criminal justice system.

A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty, there is very little room to prove doubt. These ten true stories shed light on Americans who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and corruption in the court system that can make them so hard to reverse.

Impeccably researched and told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of winning freedom when the battle already seems lost and the deck is stacked against you.

Available HERE

4.  New Pop-Tart Flavor

Pop-Tarts is bringing the cozy vibes of the classic wintertime drink to our grocery store shelves.  For a limited time, Frosted Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Pop-Tarts will be available for your eating enjoyment.  These pastries features cacao, and the filling is ooey gooey marshmallow, topped off with vanilla frosting.  Yum!

5.  Yep...

Have a wonderful weekend! I’m hoping to get some fall decorating done and share it on the blog next week. The front porch is at the top of my to-do list! See you next week!

In case you missed my blog posts this week, here’s a recap of what you missed ~

London - Day 6

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London - Day 7

London - Day 7

Hello and welcome to Thinking Out Loud Thursday! This is where I share what's on my mind and invite you to join in by linking up and sharing your thoughts too. Today, I'll be wrapping up our trip to London with a recap of Day 7, our final full day of vacation.  If you're missed the other recaps, you can find them here ~

Day 1 and 2          Day 3          Day 4          Day 5          Day 6

Our son, Ian, left a day before we did, so Friday morning we went to breakfast for the last time as a party of three in London.  After breakfast, we walked him to the train station and bid him farewell.  We walked back to the apartment and got ourselves organized for our busy day ahead!  
 
We had booked a Changing of the Guard tour, and I’m so glad we did!  If I had done this on my own, I would have planted myself in front of Buckingham Palace and waited for the show.  Well, come to find out very little of the pomp and circumstance happens in front of the Palace!  On the way to our meeting point, we came across some beautiful spots to capture in photos.

We met our guide several blocks away from the Palace by the Equestrian statue of Edward VII.  

From there, the guide positioned us in the perfect spot for each part of the ceremony.  The company we used was Get Your Guide and I would definitely recommend them for the Changing of the Guard tour. 

The ceremony spans three locations:  St. James’s Palace, Buckingham Palace and Wellington Barracks.  You can see the Changing of the Guard on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  

Our guide did an excellent job explaining every aspect of the ceremony, while also sharing plenty of fascinating stories about the Royal Family.

 

As soon as the Changing of the Guard concluded, we hopped on the tube for a visit to Harrod’s.  

This shopping center is like nothing I’ve ever seen before!  So fancy!  We spent some time meandering through all the departments, oohing and aahing our way around.  The Christmas decorations had recently been put up so we got our first taste of the holiday season.  

All their departments were fantastic, but their food area was quite impressive.  Wish our local mall had something like this!

We knew we wanted to do high tea in London.  After a lot of research, we picked The Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fordham and Mason in Piccadilly.  What sealed the deal for me was the Queen herself had had tea at this location with the then Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla) and the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate)!   It was a wonderful place for afternoon tea!

For our final night in London, we had booked tickets to see Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.  I love Wicked and the performance was spectacular!  It was the perfect ending to our trip!

Saturday morning we were flying back home and leaving our London flat behind.  The memories we made will last a lifetime and we were so glad our son could join us!  Until next time London!

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London - Day 6

Today I'm recapping Day 6 of our London trip.  Only one more day after today!  If you missed the earlier days, you can find them here ~

Day 1 and 2          Day 3          Day 4          Day 5

We had a leisurely morning to start Day 6 of our London trip.  The Borough Market was our first activity of the day and we decided to walk there.  On our way, we noticed King Charles was home!  How did we know?  The British flag flies on top of Buckingham Palace when the King is away.  The Royal flag flies when he’s in residence. 

 

We decided to walk to Borough Market, hoping to see some interesting sights along the way, but looking back, taking the train might have been a better choice. After covering the three miles on foot, we arrived at one of the most impressive food markets I've ever encountered! It's easy to see why it's hailed as London’s top food market.

 

One food booth after another drew us deeper into the maze of vendors.  If you visit, go hungry!  There were so many things I wanted to try!  We settled on sausage rolls, chocolate-covered strawberries, and mushroom risotto.  

We also nibbled on cheese, bread, and tea samples.  I bought some tea to bring home from a shop that The King had visited and cheese to take back to our apartment to snack on.  If I lived in London, I would frequent this location often!

 

From the market, we went to the King’s Cross train station to get a picture of Platform 9-3/4.  They had a Platform 9-3/4 at the Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio, but the one at the train station was a bit more fancy.  They have each house’s scarves available to wear in the picture and even a Warner Bros. employee standing just outside the camera’s view to toss the scarf in the air as you snapped the photo.  Of course, there was also a gift shop!

The British Library is very close to the King’s Cross station and we went there next.  Inside you can see the Magna Carta and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, along with tons of other historical items.  The library is free to get in and worth the stop.

After the library, Eric and I split off from Ian.  I really wanted to go to the Notting Hill Bookshop.  It was a short train ride away.  I totally geeked out over the bookstore made famous from the Julia Roberts / Hugh Grant movie Notting Hill.  

The store was absolutely charming! It had an amazing selection of books and delightful items. If you're feeling adventurous, they offer "blind date" books—you can pick one wrapped in paper and discover the surprise book inside when you get home.

We even saw the blue door William Thacker (Hugh Grant’s character) lived behind!

 

Notting Hill also has a small market.  We browsed around for a while then headed back to the apartment.  Another fun day in London in the books!