Brie Johnson

Let’s Limit TV time one book at a time! This list is more geared towards Grades 3-5, put many recommendations have books that can be for your grade specific child/teen! These activity books and good reads are for parents to work with kids during the summer and keep up with skills either learned during the school year or to have some new skills! We set the best example when we show we like to read books and do the activities ourselves, and just sitting together to have some quality time feels good! P.S. there are stores still going the reading challenges for kids! B&N gives a free book after reading from suggested list. Pizza Hut still has the free personal pan pizza if you complete a certain amount of books! I’ll be sure to add those links as well where possible!

Okay, okay, I knew NOTHING about Wicked until the movie came out but I immediately fell in love with it! Easily my favorite movie and I’m SOO ready for Wicked: For Good! I love cute memorabilia and gifts, however I see so many items that may be geared more towards a younger crowd. Nothing wrong with that, but I want any gift I give or receive to be something that’s useable. I’ll do my best not to add just “fluff” items that sit around (hello, have you seen the adorable squishmallows?!) but things that also do feel sophisticated enough for someone in their 30s+ to use (and no you’re never too old for a coloring book, we need to relax too!).

I LOVE trying new scents and perfumes/sprays that last more than 10 minutes! This is a list of the favorite scents I have either used for years or tried recently and fell in love with! I tend to find a lot of my new scents by sampling the mini versions then going on to buy larger sizes as perfume is NOT CHEAP! These are scents I can actually commit to and feel great about my purchase! *NOT SPONSORED TO SPEAK ON ANY BRAND ADDED, I JUST LOVE THESE PRODUCTS!*

I wouldn’t call myself a book nerd but I have recently gotten back into reading after 15+ years of taking a hiatus and have loved it! I’ve surprisingly read a lot lately and don’t plan on stopping! It’s been fun to get back into something I used to love, and now catch myself again up in the middle of the night telling myself “just one more chapter!” I haven’t stepped too far into the fantasy/romantasy side however those genres aren’t completely off of my list and my TBR is insane. I do love romance books that have some comedy. Billionaire trope? I’m down! Hope you enjoy these books as much as I have! Happy Reading 📚

I see a lot of restaurants that get attention only due to social media and being new. I love that those restaurants are being seen, however not enough “older” restaurants that are great get showcased. So here’s a small spotlight on a mix of old and new restaurants that taste amazing that hopefully can be a new favorite for you as well! Happy Eating! 🍴