Life lately

Sarah has been playing a lot of Boggle With Friends on her phone, and Abby is doing all the gardening.

Reading Lately

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Sarah read The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary and Abby read the Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore.

2020 so far

There have been quite a few things we didn’t expect in the first half of 2020. We reflect on those, as well as on the intentions that we set in December and how they’re guiding us in this pandemic and election year.

If you want to take part in the movement to dismantle white supremacy and systemic racism, we recommend donating to:

• National Bail Out
• Black Mamas Matter
• Find your local bail fund in this directory or donate to multiple bail funds at once here
• Crooked Media has compiled a list of organizations fighting for racial justice and made it easy to donate to them as a group

Eating lately

Abby enjoyed pastitsio made by her mom, and Sarah and her family tried out this cold peanut noodle salad from Budget Bytes.

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Life lately

Abby is loving her houseplants and Sarah is connecting with friends the old fashioned way–through phone calls.

Reading Lately

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Abby read the Right Swipe by Alisha Rai and Sarah read Chanel Miller’s memoir, Know My Name.

What’s getting us through

With stay-at-home orders and social distancing we have had more time at home than ever before. We share some of our favorite things that are bringing us joy and helping us through this unprecedented time. Here are the links to things we mentioned in the show:

• Home Cooking podcast
• Pod Save America
• Gourmet Makes
• Call of the Midwife
• Dance Moms
• Schitt’s Creek
• Cosmic Kids Yoga
• Sesame Street
• Magic School Bus
• OK Go
• Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
• Dutch House by Ann Patchett
• Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
• Well Met by Jenn DeLuca
• Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran and Barbara Cooney (and here on YouTube)
• Baby Present by Rachel Neumann
• Barbara’s cheese puffs
• Dots pretzels (now available in many Kroger stores!)
• Orange Theory at home workouts
• Kindred Bravely Angelina nightgown
• Prisms
• Drawful
• Alphabet Go Fish
• Boggle

Eating lately

Sarah is reveling in throwing together easy sides for dinner, while Abby discovered an improvement to her favorite key lime pie: a ritz cracker crust.

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Life lately

Abby shares about Storytime Durham with Amy Godfrey, which she affectionately refers to as Plum’s new preschool.

Sarah’s family made a fire pit in the backyard and have been enjoying “Friday fires” together.

Reading lately

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Abby read No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming of Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine by Rachel Pearson and Sarah read Ann Patchett’s latest novel, The Dutch House.

Laundry and dishes

We review our laundry and dishes routines, product recommendations, what’s working, and what’s not. Links mentioned in the show:

• Planet 2x liquid laundry detergent
• Dropps pods for laundry and dishwasher
• Skoy scrubs
• Oxyclean spray stain remover
• Blue Dawn dish soap (for grease stains)
• If You Care sponge cloths

Eating lately

Sarah and her kids have been enjoying the ease of making Rice Krispies Treats together. Abby found an easy and delicious recipe for bean burritos.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at friendlierpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!