🌮 Lil Treasures #120: Travel Tacos and Lady Gaga
We're talking Proverbs 31, baby birds and baklava
Beloveds, I wish I could tell you that I was coming in hot with a Q+A or something deeply insightful for this week’s newsletter, but that would be a big dumb April Fool’s joke and also very untrue.
We’re beginning the Popcast live show tour this Saturday with our first stop here in Birmingham, so you’ll have to forgive me for keeping it short this week as I’m scrambling to get my s-word together. Honestly, I’d love to forget about my to-do list and really focus on what’s important (my outfits for this weekend) but alas, even that is taking a back seat. We have been preparing for the live tour for 2+ years (thanks Covid) and I’m just so darn happy it’s actually happening. Hope to see some of you this weekend in your sparkly goodness!
And now! On to treasures for the week!
🍰 I found such delight in watching these people make baklava. There’s an entire account dedicated to this art!
🐦 Okay, I’ve had my fair share of items getting stuck in my hair as well as general bad hair days, but this opinion piece about a woman who mothered a baby bird and let it nest in her hair really takes the cake. Thinking about trying this out for a special edition of Dirty Hair Friday 😆.
🎨 These revamped sketches from Lindsay Letters are STUNNING.
🎟️ Back in 2021, we did a t-shirt fundraiser to help a few organizations in Texas during the awful snowstorm. One of those organizations who was making an impact was Kids Meals Houston - you can find out more about what they do here! The rising cost of fuel and supplies has significantly impacted their goal, which is to deliver free, healthy meals to hungry children in Houston each day. To help curb the rise in prices, they are selling raffle tickets to win two round trip American Airline tickets. The tickets are 5 for $100 or 1 for $25. Every group of 5 tickets feeds 50 children! If you have a few dollars and want to try and win some plane tickets for a fun vacation, you can check out the raffle at this link!
✨If you’ve ever tried to mold yourself into the Proverbs 31 lady, you’ll want to give last week’s episode of Favored or Forsaken about Proverbs 31 on the Bible Binge a listen!
🤱 Kate Baer is over here dazzling us again with her beautiful and timely words (shout-out to all the moms out there).
👰 I stand amazed at this video of a guy who made a cottage core wedding gown from thrift store curtains.
Time for those good Tweets!
This thread about opening a Popeye’s in London and “spicy” ketchup got me
Okay guys, don’t forget to drop those treasures in the comments! Can’t wait to see some of you this weekend for the Popcast Live show in Birmingham!
It has been a fun and crazy and exhausting week. I spent last Saturday through Thursday on a Spring Break trip to Universal with my family. We drove this year and all was great, minus, you know, traffic. We all loved Universal and the kids got along great. On the way back, we spent the night in Nashville where they left me until my friends from Missouri picked me up Friday afternoon so we could head to Birmingham! We had a great time exploring a little of the city and trying out Popcast recommended places. Then, the show! So, so good! Erin - you looked amazing! You all did a fantastic job and my cheeks were hurting from smiling/laughing. Those of you still going and meeting up are going to have the best time. I wish I coups be there again! Now to drive back to MO - on my birthday. 😜 Hopefully traffic does not get backed up at all today. That’s my birthday wish. I am no ready to be home in my own bed.
Shout out to this Substack app for making it much easier to hop in the comments now! 🥰 I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I normally am not a fan of April Fools, but yesterday one of my classes got me good. It’s my first year teaching 8th grade at a new school, and my students all hid in another teacher’s room after lunch. If I hadn’t found them, it was going to be mortifying to have to call the office and admit I’d lost my entire class. 🤦🏻♀️ Middle schoolers can be infuriating but are also pretty funny at times!