Friday Favorites – (Very early) Fall Edition

Happy Fall, everyone. No, really, here in Minnesota, summer apparently has had enough of 2020 and once September arrived was like SEE YA, SUCKERS, I’M OUT OF HERE.I mean, we can’t blame it, can we? You guys, last week it was in the 80s and the forecast this week is in the 50s and 60s.As…

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Mid-Summer Book Review!

What’s that, you say? Mid-summer has long passed? via GIPHY Sure, mid-August might not typically be considered mid-summer, but this year it is, because around here at least — summer is going to lastf o r e v e r! Or at least until the end of September when we will have a few glorious…

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Friday Favorites (except for the murder)

Great photo, right? What a majestic, beautiful, amazing creature, right? WRONG.Okay, okay, right, but I’m adding another, less pleasing adjective to his list: MURDERER. Last week we watched this majestic, beautiful, amazing creature murder in cold blood one of our lake’s darling, happy baby loons. What about the other bably loon, you ask? Oh, you…

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The Favorites (for now)

I know I know.You’re confused, right? You’re like, wait a minute, MICHELLE, what’s with the lame title? Is this just yet another regular YMFT Friday Favorites post with an unoriginal and highly uninteresting title because you still don’t know what to rename the Friday Favorites because even though you still post them on Fridays (when…

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What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To (June)

Hello friends!How’s everyone doing today? You good? You great?You blah?You feeling mad, sad, grateful, guilty, glum, happy, weary, stressed, inspired, tired, and hopeful all at once? via GIPHY I thought I’d focus the Friday Favorites’ post (or let’s be real, a day that might not even be Friday) on some of the books, shows, podcasts…

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Friday Favorites: A Change of Quaranscenery

It’s that time of year, ya’ll.For those of you who’ve been following along for awhile you know how excited I get each May. Is it because my soul somehow survived yet another Minnesota winter and has surprisingly thawed out? Obviously. But more than anything, it’s because for the past 10 years May means it’s time…

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Quarantine Mostly-Favorites (2.0) and more thoughts from the inside

I wish I could honestly say this post is full of favorites, but it’s really more of a mixed bag. Which, let’s be honest, is pretty much all we can hope for these days, right? So how’s everyone doing? Other than the obvious, what are you sick of?Netflix? (Check.) Your pajamas? (Check.)Feeling like you should…

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New Year, New (unnamed) Favorites!

Happy New Year loyal readers! And WELCOME to anyone who landed here by mistake. No matter why you’re here, I’m always happy you are! I had a revelation the other day, you guys: Since we’re kicking of a brand new decade, why not kick off a brand new game plan for YMFT?? And by brand…

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Friday Favorites (are my favorite again)

You guys. I’m not even going to look back to see when the last time I wrote an actual Friday Favorites post was because I know it would throw me into a guilt-induced spiral that I don’t need in my life right now. I do occasionally post YMFT Friday INSTAfavorites on the Instagram page (which you…

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