The Weekly | 01.2026
I’ve definitely been on hiatus here, like for the better half of the last year (my last post was week 22 of 2025, oops...) which reminds me, I still need to finish the recap of our EPIC 2-week road trip camping adventure, but for now I’m back with a few updates and will hopefully be back to a weekly routine!
We made it through the holidays, though not without a bit of struggle. After returning home from a quick 48-hour trip to Vegas, I noticed a strange water sound coming from our dining room. Long story short, we discovered a leak which then turned out to be two separate leaks. We decided to go through insurance since this is actually the third leak we’ve dealt with since moving into our home, which essentially means everything is taking much longer than we hoped. In the meantime, we’re doing our best and figuring things out as we go like turning our garage into a makeshift kitchen and figuring out temporary storage in places we didn’t even know we had.
Here’s a current look at our kitchen as we get ready to move forward with new plumbing, cabinetry and basically an entire kitchen renovation at this point:
All that said, I’m grateful to have all of our family nearby. We’ve had lots of help from them and were still able to celebrate the holidays (though it was the most hectic season I’ve ever had that’s for sure). Speaking of the holidays, I couldn’t resist sharing some of my favorite gifts from this year:
Nike V5 RNR shoes
Classic trench coat (just in time for all the rain!)
This Salt & Stone deodorant (I’ve also got their discovery set in my cart)
As crazy as the start of 2026 has been, we’re looking at the silver lining of all this mess, and I’m excited to have a new kitchen to cook more in soon. One of my 2026 goals is to try more fun recipes so stay tuned!
