What's Up Wednesday in April, 2026

Can you believe it's the last Wednesday of the month and time to link up with Shay and Sheaffer for What's Up Wednesday?  

What We're Eating:

Sunday: Egg roll in a bowl   

Monday:Burgers, cole slaw, fries, and salad


Tuesday: Korean beef bowls with rice noodles and salad 

Wednesday: Sweet chicken chili wraps with salad

 

Thursday: Zucchini & chicken pasta with wine sauce (regular pasta, chicken and sauce for the boys) 


Friday: BLT sandwiches with BBQ macaroni salad and salad 


What I'm Reminiscing About: This guy turned 22 last week-- 22!


And this guy is officially done with this second year of college today. The time is just flying by and I have seen so much growth in him since we dropped him off Freshman year (both literally and figuratively). 

What I'm Loving: This month I really loved getting to use Evan's employee discount at Michael's. I bought lots of new canvases, some new brushes, some more envelopes for all my cards, etc. 
 
What We've Been Up To: I had such a fun month! The highlight was, of course, my trip to Asheville! 
 


 



Evan and I also toured one more Newport mansion-- Kingscote

 




What I'm Dreading: Travel days.. I don't so much mind airplanes or the time spent in airports but the anxiety to get there is just awful. I have never had any problems with TSA and yet the relief I feel when I am past that point is uncanny. Then I tense up just as it's time to board and I relax again until we land then stress about making it to our connecting flight... it's a lot. And while no one that travels with me really picks up on it I FEEL it & it's exhausting. 
 
What I'm Working On: So very much! I wrote out a daily to do list starting on the 20th and ending on the 2nd. I've been working my way through each day crossing off everything on my list-- cleaning the whole house, setting concrete plans about our Utah trip, prepping for & celebrating Ian's birthday, getting Alec moved home from college, making mother's day cards and buying gifts, making grad cards & getting gifts, getting my brother ready to move out, etc. It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks but totally worth it. 
 
What I'm Excited About: Our vacation is so close and I can not wait to explore 4 MORE national parks! Hopefully by the time we're back it will have finally warmed up here and I can pull out all the patio/deck furniture and spend more time outside. 
 
What I'm Watching/Reading: Greek (Hulu), the old Night Court (Prime), Memory of a Killer (Hulu), we're re-watching The Big Bang Theory (Hulu), 
 
 
I read/listened to lots of great books this month:
 
 
What I'm Listening to: I'm actually on the search for a new audiobook as I don't have one going currently but tend to enjoy listening on the plane ride (for whatever reason I can't concentrate on my reading anymore when we fly but I can listen!)

What I'm Wearing: We had one or two warm. nice days this month but mostly it's still been pretty chilly so I'm still wearing all the long sleeves, pants, and sweaters. 
 

 



 


 







 


What I'm Doing This Weekend:  We leave for Utah! 
 

What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month: Our trip, my parents will be here, Alec is home, my husband and I celebrate our 25th anniversary, Alec and I have tickets to see The Lion King... it should be a fabulous month! 

What Else is New: Alec moves home today. Fingers crossed my brother moves into his new rental house this weekend too. It's supposed to be all ready for him on the 1st. 

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  1. Maria RineerApril 29, 2026 at 5:18 AM

    You have a lot of good things happening! I hope that both move outs- your brother's and Alec's- go smoothly. Your upcoming trip will be amazing- four parks!! Looking forward to reading all about it :). Safe travels and take lots of pictures for us, lol!

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