Hello! What a whirlwind week it’s been! We flew home from vacation late last Saturday night, enjoyed a wonderful Sunday at church and catching up with friends, and then I headed straight to a hotel for a week-long work event. I finally made it home last night, and it felt amazing to sleep in my own bed again! Let's jump into my five for today ~
1. Krispy Kreme Harry Potter Doughnuts
Hey Harry Potter fans - mark your calendars for August 18. You are going to love this! For a limited time, you can get a box of doughnuts containing two of each house-inspried doughnuts: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Each is a unique flavor and color. Also included in the dozen is a surprise-filled Sorting Hat doughnut and a few original glazed. The flavors sound so fun - cookie butter, brown butter toffee custard, and blueberry icing. Get them while you can!
2. Nobody 2
Hutch Mansell is back! Did you catch the first movie? We did, and we thought it was great. Now we’re excited to check out the sequel as well. Here’s the summary:~
Workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a much-needed vacation to the small tourist town of Plummerville. However, he soon finds himself in the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator, a shady sheriff, and a bloodthirsty crime boss.
Elizabeth Strout is back with the final installment in her beloved series, and it’s a bittersweet moment for fans who have followed these characters through years of love, loss, and quiet revelations. Tell Me Everything brings us once more to Crosby, Maine, where familiar faces—and a few new ones—intertwine in a story that captures the beauty and heartbreak of ordinary life. It’s a tender, thoughtful farewell that feels like coming home one last time. Here's the summary ~
With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?”
It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known—“unrecorded lives,” Olive calls them—reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.
Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, “Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.”
I’ve gotten into the habit of wearing no-show socks with all my work shoes. In the summer, I used to go without socks, but these no-shows are so much more comfortable! Plus, the silicone strip on the heel keeps them perfectly in place. No more blisters or sore feet!
5. Yep...
Have a great weekend! We’re off to Chicago to watch the St. Louis soccer team in action. It’s going to be a couple of days packed with fun, and I’m all in! Next week, I’ll start sharing more about our California vacation. See you then!
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