1) Have you heard of Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund? If not, you should definitely follow him on Instagram and/or Facebook for the cutest pictures and funniest videos. It’s one of my favorite accounts – and not just because Crusoe looks exactly like Dutch. Some of my favorite videos are Cops & Robbers, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Crusoe watching football. (I’m glad to know he’s not a Patriots fan! Haha!) Anyway, Crusoe is vacationing in Florida right now, and he “hosted” a meetup at Fort Desoto Dog Beach, which is a hop, skip, and a jump from me! So, last Saturday, my mom, Dutch, and I met Crusoe and got some pictures. It was so much fun! Crusoe was super chill and posed for so many pictures. And it was super nice for his parents to do this for him! 🙂
2) I had a really wonderful Easter. It was super low-key, which was nice. My mom and I invited my grandparents over, as well as my brother and his family, for sandwiches. (My mom also made homemade potato salad, which is SO YUM and I’ve been eating leftovers of it all week!) My newest nephew slept the entire time, but I was able to have some special one-on-one time with my older nephew. We hunted for eggs and then he decided he wanted to play some games! It blows my mind that he is now old enough to play games AND understand them. He requested for my mom, my brother, me, and him to have a game night soon, and that warms my heart more than anything. My brother, mom, and I used to have regular game nights before Jovy was born, but gave them up once he came into our lives (because Jovy time > game night!) And now we can have game nights again – with the most special little boy! I can’t wait!
3) Did you hear that there’s a new podcast coming that further explores Adnan Syed’s case (a la Serial)? I am really, really excited, and have already made plans with my two coworkers who listened to the podcast to listen to this one together. Obviously, it won’t be nearly as good as Serial and it won’t have the same journalistic appeal that Sarah Koenig brings (and it’s probably going to be incredibly one-sided since it’s hosted by the attorney that brought the case to Sarah’s attention and who fully believes in Adnan’s innocence), but I am intrigued to hear more about the case and Adnan and the latest happenings.
4) I’m listening to an audiobook currently (Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin) and I love the reader of this novel so, so much. It’s read by Cynthia Nixon (yes, the Cynthia Nixon!) and she has such a soothing tone to her voice. Plus! She does not make up funny voices for the characters. Her voice may go up a little when she’s reading a line from the little girl or one of the snooty moms, but she doesn’t make up these weird low-pitched voices for the men which. I. love. so. much. It’s really so distracting to me when the reader makes up voices. So, yay Cynthia Nixon! Rock on, sister.
5) This weekend is going to be a fun one! Today, a few coworkers and I are going thrift shopping. Tomorrow, I have plans to work on my novel, sit by the pool, and attend a cousin’s birthday party. And Sunday will be low-key: cleaning, grocery shopping, more novel writing, and maybe more pool sitting. Yay!
How was your Easter? Any fun weekend plans?
Have fun this weekend! Your plans sound pretty much perfect to me. I could do with a little novel reading, writing and pool sitting! I am going to run a race on Saturday and then Sunday I have a brunch, some open houses to look at, and many (many!) errands to do. I was out of town for the last two weekends and am really needing some at home time!
My Easter was good! Full of family and food, none of which I had to cook, so SCORE!
Love that your nephew is old enough for games now – it’s so different when they can be so engaged! I’m still trying to deal with the fact that my niece is going to be SIX this summer and is about to finish kindergarten. *Sob*
This weekend I am hoping to have a baby! I feel like he’s lower than he was and really buddy, you’re running out of room so it’ll be better for everyone if you just come out, mmkay? To help that along, a pedicure and LOTS of walking!
I enjoyed reading Heart of the Matter! Very cool that Cynthia Nixon recorded it for the audio book 🙂
This weekend: dinner with friends tonight & tomorrow, maybe going to the zoo tomorrow morning with friends & their kids, and that’s as far as I’ve made it.
Let us know what you find when you go thrifting!
This weekend, I’m volunteering at a couple of events for Junior League, and then on Sunday, I’m having brunch with Lisa and then we’re having a little premiere party for Game of Thrones!! 🙂
Excited to hear they are continuing Serial! I loved the first set!
Weekend plans include rock climbing (indoors), going to see an Opera and then hiking! HAHA I like diversity in my life what can I say :))
I’m pretty excited about the new Adnan podcast, too!
Your low key Easter sounds awesome! That is so cute that your nephew is getting excited about games. I love it when kids get to that age as I LOVE playing games! My Easter was great but went way too fast as I was at my parents for just over 24 hours! But I am glad I went home for the holiday as it was fun to see my niece and 2 nephews.
This weekend has been a good one so far. We stayed in last and made dinner and watched a movie (Interstellar – hated it, way over my head!), and today I ran, met a friend for lunch and manis/pedis, I’m going to church in a bit and then Phil and I are going out for dinner with another couple we are friends with!
I wouldn’t mind spending the weekend poolside… I always contemplate it when looking for a new place, but I don’t really want to move back to a big apartment complex. Sigh. First-world problems 😉
I did hear about the new podcast to explore more of the Serial case. I am intrigued for sure.
How was thrifting!?
My Easter was fun. I spent the weekend with Sugarface house sitting and it was the first time I spent two consecutive nights with him! #milestone
I love that you follow celebrity dachshunds on Instagram. I follow celebirty pugs! My favorite IG account is ItsDougthePug and I would love to meet Doug in person someday. 🙂