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Friday Favorites - August 19, 2022

It's Friday! It has been really warm this week and we might get some rain this weekend! How has your week been going? I'm sharing some the things this week that brought a little joy to me. 

A Salon Appointment 

I try to go every 6 - 8 weeks and get a partial foil highlight and every other time, I get a cut too. The cut was long overdue. I use purple brightening shampoo once a week or so to keep away the brassy tones. 




A Clean Garden

My summer garden was done and the plants were dry and crispy. The drought and heat really made gardening difficult this year. I cleaned it all up and now I am ready for fall planting! I LOVE starting with a blank slate!




Podcasts

I have listened to The Lazy Genius, hosted by Kendra Adachi, for a several years now. I get so many hacks for how to better streamline my life, home, work life, social, etc. Her latest episode #275 What's Saving My Life Right Now has something for everyone. Kendra gives such great advice for optimizing your life to find time for what is important. It's worth the listen! 

Friends

We have used the same veterinarian for years and have become great friends with her. She's always willing to lend a helping hand! Yesterday, our new horse had a little accident and ripped his nose, so we texted her a picture immediately. She called and said meet me at the clinic, so about 8:00 last night she started fixing him up. He's all stitched up and back home; we may have to bubble wrap this guy! He was such a good boy throughout his whole treatment with the doctor. 











I hope y'all have a fun week!

This week I'm linking up with Erika and Andrea for Friday Favorites!

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