🍺 Lil Treasures #91: Cocomelon and Mayonnaise Beer
Also, some feelings on this heat and a heart-shaped flock of sheep.
Greetings, friends! Happy Friday to you and yours. We are still in a moving limbo, which means I’m also in a personal limbo. I hope one day soon you’ll receive a newsletter from me as a fully intact person. This Diet, Caffeine-Free Coke version will soon transform into a cold and delicious full-sugar Coca-Cola from the bottle. Until then, enjoy this week’s treasures!
🍺 Some good news for my fellow tomato connoisseurs: Duke’s mayonnaise has released their own beer, specifically designed to pair with a BLT. This is what dreams are made of.
💅 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Olive and June has finally released their fall colors! Can’t wait to hold my next PSL with some muted eggplant nails. But also, they actually have a themed PSL set so I could make that work too. Can’t go wrong honestly. If you haven’t tried O&J before, you can get 20% off by going to this link!
🚧 If you’re in the midst of any kind of faith crisis or reconstruction and also trying to raise children, this post on deconstructing faith while parenting from Meredith Anne Miller should be helpful to you!
💔 Father Thomas McKenzie, an Anglican priest who made such a tremendous impact on so many people of faith (including myself) was killed in a car accident this past week. This news has been sitting so heavy with me this week. This article in Christianity Today is a great reflection on his life and his work, and I hope you get a chance to read it. Also, if you’re interested at all in digging into the Anglican faith, I highly recommend one of Father McKenzie’s books, The Anglican Way, as a starting point. It is so beautifully written and has been foundational to me in my faith (you can find a copy of it, as well as a few other recommended spiritual resources, on my Amazon page)
🐑 I loved this story of a farmer in Australia who herded his sheep into the shape of a heart as a tribute to his aunt, who had passed away. It is such a kind homage! (and really b-ewe-tiful, if I’m being honest 😜 )
🤧 Get your tissues ready as you watch this TikTok video featuring The Princess Bride’s Mandy Patinkin (aka Inigo Montoya).
🤝 D.L. Mayfield shared a great resource for supporting Afghan refugees for individuals or anyone connected to a local or state government. It is super helpful, and lists a variety of ways you can take action.
🥵 This video is a couple of years and old and - spoiler warning - contains a few adult words, but it always makes me laugh and also accurately describes my feelings with the current weather situation here in Alabama. IT IS LITERALLY SO HOT. I am constantly sweating. I don’t know when this heat will end. I feel like I’m living in a sauna. Jesus, be a raindrop. Or central air.
May you be blessed by this week’s Tweets:
🎤 Rich with the mic drop:
That’s all for now, lovelies! Hope your weekends are full of fun things and sweet treats! If you need me, I’ll probably be watching the Paralympics while enjoying a cold Coke because honestly, I made myself real thirsty with that intro. See you in the comments!
Friends, it has been AGES since I posted here. Summer 2021 was the complete opposite of 2020-- apparently since my kids missed camps and activities last summer we signed up for 127 of them and I was SO over summer activities by the time we started school, lol. But I homeschool, so the start of school is another level of craziness. However, we are settling into our rhythms and enjoying the beginning of the semester (we live on a college campus) and praying for the Lord to give us grace as plans often change due to #stupidcovid.
I have a favor to ask of you, my lovely Treasures: I am doing research for a writer friend for a forthcoming book on women and work. This can be a touchy topic and a difficult lived out situation in the evangelical world especially! The author has put together a survey to assist in her research and I would love it so much if you would take a few minutes to complete it.https://forms.gle/jxjh7246kbuBUCz8A
In addition, I would love to hear stories of inspirational women in the workplace. I am not looking for headlining, nobel prize winning women (though I rejoice that we have those), but stories of women that might not be told, but who were breaking ground and shifting standards and taboos and paving the way for women to flourish. (Please forgive that run on sentence!) If you have a story to tell me, or a name that I can research, I'd love to hear it. My email is leahphillipsfinn@gmail.com
May you each have a corner of the world in which to flourish and grow this week.
Happy Weekend to you all!
Still navigating grief over the loss of my cousins and moving forward with life. I’m trying to check in on the family as much as I can without being a bother. I’m concerned about the youngest daughter. She and her husband of less than 18 months have lived in the same city as me for over a year now, but she is packing up their house and moving back to our hometown. I know she wants to be close to her siblings but it feels like big decisions and changes in this midst of this terrible grief. Also, all of my memories that pop up are back to school pics and my cousin commented on all of them. 😢
My kids started school this week and thankfully they are all in person - hoping the required masks helps them stay that way!
We are buying a new house! It’s exciting and overwhelming and stressful all in one. We listed our house yesterday and have had 3 showings so far with 3 more scheduled. Praying it sells quickly so I don’t have to keep it immaculate for long.