13 Thing I'm Into This Summer

The first thirteen things coming to my mind mid-summer that I'm loving

Hey! How’s your summer going so far? Here’s 13 things I’m loving this summer - first things that are coming to my mind right now…

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1. ONE // Crispy chicken nuggets over a salad - I think I’m very late to this game, but not sure where I’ve been. Texture paradise.

   

2. TWO // Season 21 of Top Chef - we just got Peacock and I’m catching up on the latest Top Chef season. Love Top Chef, extra bonus points if subtitles are on, I’m under this blanket, lights are out and it’s 9pm. My love language these days.

3. THREE // My Kindle - been loving reading this summer and if I get your ear I’ll tell you just how much I love the Kindle. I truly believe its one of the reasons I read as much as I do - the convenience, the size, the ability to sample and buy new books so quickly…One recent favorite I’ve been telling everyone is Sandwich: A Novel by

   Catherine Newman

4. FOUR // Napping while my son naps - pregnancy survival.

5. FIVE // Vanilla peanut butter ice cream - perfectly softened so there is still hard parts and melty parts #iykyk

   

6. SIX // Ben Rector’s new song, “Wreck” - I love Ben Rector and then hearing the inspiration behind the new song made it even more meaningful. The lyric “you wrecked my world in the most beautiful way” about having children - oh, wow.

7. SEVEN // Cold cut watermelon in the fridge ready to be eaten at any moment.

   

8. EIGHT // This Method hand soap that smells like Le Labo but is a fraction of the cost

9. NINE // Rubber Birkenstocks - the most comfortable shoes ever.

10. TEN // Beyond the Bump Biker Shorts - living in these almost daily during this summer pregnancy.

11. ELEVEN // Lidey Heuck’s new cookbook, “Cooking in Real Life” - cooking my way through it and have loved every recipe - plus easy to execute

12. TWELVE // Eating a large salad in a large vessel for lunch with something sweet or crunchy on the side (think chips, a brownie, arnold palmer sorta situation)

13. THIRTEEN // Grilling - every woman can and should grill. Very little clean up and you can watch the kids while they play outside. Wins all around. I like grilling pre-marinated chicken shish-kabobs, corn (!!!!!), zucchini, and salmon.