What are you up to this weekend?

We don’t have many plans besides working on the cottage and maybe driving out to the land on Sunday, weather permitting. Speaking of weather, it’s been raining on and off all day, with dark, cloudy skies, and at 11a this morning it looked like it was 8p at night. It’s actually been raining every day this week, but something about it being Friday and the start of the weekend made the cozy, rainy weather today feel just right. It’s days like these where there’s no place we’d rather be than safe and sound at home.

PJ got an early start on dinner (nachos!) while the kiddos practiced using little scissors for the first time that one of you sent them! We actually received a bunch of packages this week at the PO Box (they were all for the kiddos!) and we can’t thank you enough for being so kind to them. The care and love you show them, without knowing what their names are or even what they look like, shows us how kind the world can be and how grateful we are to have you here with us.

This week’s YouTube video is a little departure from the vlogs we’ve been filming over the last few months. We decided to switch things up and record a sit-down video where we discuss a myriad of topics, like the next house we want to buy (it’s not in TN!), selling one of our cars (and getting a family friendlier one), and update on the land and cottage, and what how we’ve been feeling about life the last two months in quarantine. We had fun making it, and we might start doing it once a month!!

Besides that, here are a few things on our radar heading into the weekend:

Have you seen Pixar’s new short (part of their SparkShorts series of short films) called “Out” that premiered on Disney+ this weekend? It’s SO cute, and features their first openly gay lead in a Disney film. The kiddos watched it and loved it (though they didn’t grasp the gravity of it) and we did, too.
Lady Gaga’s new single Rain on Me, with Ariana Grande, came out today, and OMG it is everything we could have ever hoped for and more from two of our actual favorite singers ever. Perfect way to start the weekend.
Really want to make this 15 minute one pan gnocchi for dinner one night. Can’t remember the last time we even had gnocchi, but it always sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it?
Remember when we talked about loving “Moonstruck” and saying Cher deserved her Oscar win? Well apparently it’s one of the worst Oscar wins ever. Though we think she was wonderful in it, we do see a couple of others that we agree with on the list.

That’s all for now. We’re going to finish up dinner, and maybe go for a drive. We hope you have a cozy weekend, friends! Stay safe!! xx