Friday Favorites--First Post Edition!

Happy Friday friends! As you can see by the title this is my first post here at Pennanen Pens. Exactly one year ago I left my teaching career to be a stay-at-home momma. Even though there are many aspects of teaching that I miss so much, I have also loved being able to stay home. There is nothing better for me than to be the one at home with my baby. Recently I have felt the pull to want to do something else...working outside the home is just not an option right now, so I thought what better time than now to start a blog! LOL Do people even read blogs anymore??! I don't know, but I still read a few so thought maybe I'll give this is a go again... (way back in my single days, I did blog for a while, and I really enjoyed it).

Anyway...enough rambling for now! LOL Friday Favorites are my FAVORITE posts to read so I thought what better way to start than with one of those posts! I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika by the way!

Here we go with a few of my FAVORITES from the week!

#1 My Flowers!

My hubby planted these a couple weeks ago and I'm just so excited that I haven't killed them yet! LOL Fingers crossed I can keep them going all summer!

#2 Sweet Magnolias

I think I'm late to the party on this one, but oh my goodness, this is my new FAVORITE show! I'm into season 2 already so I'm going to need a new one soon.... does anyone have any good recs??

#3 Summer Reads

I plan to do a post soon where I actually review these books, but if you need some reading suggestions for the summer, these are all great books! They're all very different, but really good.

Link for book!

#4 Madewell

I'm having a moment with Madewell! I hopped in there the other day and oh my goodness I wanted one of everything. I made a little collage here with some of my FAVORITES!

Mini Dress Gingham Top Maxi Dress Earrings Sandals

#5 Cute Summer Top

I purchased this top recently for our trip to Panama. I like that it's short enough to wear with shorts, but not a crop top (which seems to be hard to find lately). I also brought these sandals to wear with dresses, but they look cute with anything!

Speaking of Panama, if you follow me over on Instagram @mrspennanen you can see my latest post was a reel I put together of some of our pics from the trip. 😊

Ok, I think that wraps up my first post! If you've made it this far--thank you for reading!! I hope everyone has a very happy Memorial Day weekend!

--Tess

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