What's Up Wednesday in November, 2025

It's not the last Wednesday of the month and while I have no idea if Sheaffer and Shay are hosting next week or not I love having this month wrap up to look back on and didn't want to just skip it. 

What We're Eating: I just shared a post Monday with all the new recipes we've been trying lately. We've had lots of "old" favorite recipes mixed in too this month.

My favorites this month include: 

Shrimp stir-fry over riced cauliflower with homemade pineapple teriyaki sauce. 

 crustless quiche and salad

Homemade eggplant Parmesan with zoodles and sauce.  

My lunch salads-- tossed salad with tuna, seeds (pumpkin and basil in this photo), dressing, & croutons
 

What I'm Reminiscing About: Thanksgivings when the boys were little and my whole family used to come over. Our meals have gotten so much smaller over the years. (sorry no photos; I was much too busy cooking for 20+). 

What I'm Loving:  I finished up all the scrapbook pages for our Glacier National Park trip and I am just LOVING how they turned out! I'll have a post sharing ALL the cards and scrapbook pages I mage this month but here's a sneak peek.
 

 
What We've Been Up To: It's been a pretty quiet month. I spent a lot of time crafting, painting, and reading. I tackled a couple of new puzzles and we finally went to see Hadestown-- next up on our list is Wicked but that's not until spring.  
 

 


 
 
 

What I'm Dreading: Snow and ice! 
 
What I'm Working On: I've been working on making all my Christmas cards. I still have a lot to make.
 





What I'm Excited About: Thanksgiving! Alec will be home next week with one of his new roommates in tow. I'm looking forward to getting to know her better. 
 
What I'm Watching/Reading: America's National Park (Hulu), Will Trent (Hulu), Nobody Wants This season 2 (Netflix), latest season of Ghosts (Paramount+), Ballard (Prime), Leanne (Netflix),  Materialists (HBO Max), Runarounds (Prime).
 
 
What I've been reading this month:



What I'm Listening to:  I've spent so much of my month listening to some really great audiobooks! 

What I'm Wearing: 
 




 

 

 





What I'm Doing This Weekend:  Buying lots of food for next week.

What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month: Christmas
 
What Else is New: Nothing much


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Comments

  1. Maria RineerNovember 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM

    It looks like a really nice month so far. I don´t mind quiet months and hibernating a bit when the weather is cold. Look at all that you were able to get done being home more- that´s how I look at it when I´m home more (I don´t do the same creative things that you do but I get more of my projects done). Looking forward to seeing your paper crafts from the month!

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  2. HollyNovember 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM

    My answer for "what I'm doing this weekend" should I have posted today would've been the same exact thing- ha! Need the extra time for the Thanksgiving Week shopping so taking my time on Saturday so I don't miss a thing! Stores will be nuts next week right?

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  3. Lyssy in the CityNovember 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM

    What a nice month! I always love seeing your adorable holiday cards. I always keep missing the What's Up posts maybe seeing yours now will help me get my act together.

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  4. Amy ScottNovember 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM

    How fun that you are hosting Alec's roommate. I wonder if Alec will want to cook? If the roommate is also culinary, that would be fun to cook with them. I bet they would like the Next Gen Chef that I watched on Netflix. It was so good!

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  5. Dara @ Not In JerseyNovember 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM

    I really like your outfits!

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