10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Saturday! Today, I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link-up.

1. We are in the single digits for the Last Day of School Countdown!!!!!

2. The second season of Blood of Zeus premiered today. Such a pleasant surprise.

3. Warrior's Song by Audiomachine

4. Teacher Appreciation Week

5. My Begruding Scent Matches by Naomi Phillips

6. New art supplies 

7. The Dead Boy Detectives

8. Working in my sketchbook/art journal

9. Art by Alessandra Olanow paired with words by Mary Oliver

10. Art by Mona Stamm

What made you happy this week?

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Target Finds

Happy Monday! It's time for another Target Finds! Target is definitely in summer mode right now. I love that they already have summer displays set out. I found so many great things over the past couple of weeks, so I wanted to share them with you all. This month has a mix of things I needed and wanted. Let's get to the good part and check out what I found and loved at Target.

Women's Bookworm Low Cut Socks

This was an impulse buy. As soon as I saw the book design, I knew I had to buy these socks. I absolutely love them! They are so soft and thin, fit well, and have an adorable design. They're perfect for any book lover. 

Cookie Dough Trail Mix

I love the Favorite Day trail mixes and was so excited to try these. This trail mix is delicious. The cookie dough bites and cookies and cream bites are so good. The boys have been including these in their school snacks. I wish they had a larger container, but I'll have to buy several bags of these for now.

Cotton Flower Printed Fused Placemat

I needed to buy some new placemats for our new dining table and loved this flower-printed placemat. With spring in full force and summer just around the corner, I wanted something that could represent both seasons and brighten up our dining room table. Yellow isn't my favorite color, but I wanted to try something new, and for some reason, the yellow color grabbed my attention. Now I'm on the hunt for a nice table runner.

S'mores Mini Bites

These s'mores mini bites are delicious! The marshmallows had the perfect texture and consistency. I highly recommend warming these up in the microwave—they were even better warmed up.

What are some of your favorite Target Finds?

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May Goals

Happy Wednesday! I'm so excited that it's May! April flew by and it was so exciting to count down the days to May. Now I'm counting down the final days of school. I can't believe the last day of school will be in just 15 days, but I'm so excited. 

Last month, was a very busy and fun month. We got to experience the solar eclipse, celebrated Raphael's birthday, visited my in-laws, and went to the Smyrna Jonquil Festival. Spring is in full swing, but there have been hints of summer too. I read a bunch of great books, tried a new-to-me coffee truck, tried a Cherry Berry Sunjoy, and consumed so many different s'mores treats. I went on a field trip to the zoo which was fun. I took and passed an important assessment. I'm also incredibly close to making a decision regarding my career. Overall, April was a great month. Sure there were some minor hiccups, but the good definitely outweighed the bad.

This month, I'm looking forward to celebrating Michael's birthday, Mother's Day, and the end of the school year. I'm looking forward to reading so many good books and working on creative projects. I know it's going to be a very busy month full of my sons' school events as well as family and personal events, but I'm really excited. 

Since it's a new month, I have some new goals. So let's have a quick recap of my April goals and check out my new goals for May.  

Recap of April Goals

• Read 5 books: I read 23 books in April. My favorite book of the month was I'll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other tales from My ADHD Brain by Emily Farris. I also enjoyed reading What's the Point of Art? by D.K. Publishing and A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush.

• Participate in Exhale's April blog hop: Unfortunately, I didn't participate in this month's blog hop, but I hope to work on May's blog hop. I also plan to work on the previous blog hop prompts that I didn't participate in.

• Complete one month's worth of Project Life layouts: So I didn't complete a month's worth of Project Life layouts, but I did work on a few layouts. I even started working on setting up a few layouts for May. I also worked on a few layouts for the Awesome Ladies Project.

• Work in my traveler's notebook: Sadly, I didn't work in my traveler's notebook and I have mixed feelings about it. I'm a little sad because I really wanted to make a few layouts. I felt stuck everytime I opened a page. I think I just have too much to say, but don't really know how to put it all down. I'm giving myself grace because although April was a good and mostly fun month, it was also a busy month. However, I have a few ideas and hope to start working in my traveler's notebook(s) in May. 

• Try 1 new recipe: I made chicken alfredo for the first time. I've had it before, but surprisingly, never made it myself until this month. It was so simple to make and was delicious. This is definitely going to be one of my go-to quick meals/recipes.

• Watch a new (or new-to-me) movie or series: I just started watching the Dead Boy Detectives and I'm really enjoying this new series. There's only eight episodes so I'm going to try to watch only one every few days.

May Goals

• Read 5 books

• Read 2 books I borrowed from the library

• Catch up on reading Substack newsletters

• Participate in Exhale's May blog hop

• Work in my traveler's notebook

• Try 2 new recipes

• Work in my sketchbook/journal

• Participate in Get Messy's Messy May

What are your goals for May? How did you do in April?

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