So, all of my favorite food, fashion and book bloggers release elaborate holiday gift guides at this time of year, but over here at Together Central, as we enter the colder months, we like to consider what our Playlists are for the season. What is a Playlist, you may wonder? The idea came to me when I was chatting with my friend and fellow author Elena about my things to read, eat, cook, and create deep in the pandemic to bring boosts of joy, creativity, and rejuvenation. Teaching veteran MaryKate even turned it into a PD session for teachers! In a similar vein, the entire Together Team thought we would share our 2023 Playlist with you, dear readers! While there is a list of items “To Purchase,” we also included our desired “To Watch,” things we hoped “To Read,” our hopes of “To Listen,” and so on. Our hope is you can create your own seasonal Playlist – and for fun, here is a downloadable Together Template. Feel free to change the headers to best meet your needs.
- Comfies for my nieces – Maia
- UV Essentiel– Ana (total splurge but it is amazing!)
- Habit Tracker – Chrystie (getting ahead of the New Year goals)
- Loop Ear Plugs (Kendra)
- AeroGarden Hydroponic Indoor Garden (Kendra)
- Cobra JumPack – for charging anything from car battery to phone (Tammie)
- Philips SmartSleep Wake-up Light (Lauren)
- Lessons in Chemistry (Maia)
- Farm Dreams (Ana)
- Ghosts (Kendra)
- Suits (Tammie)
- Only Murders in the Building (Lauren)
- Somebody Somewhere (Heidi)
- Walk Through Fire (Maia)
- The Measure (Ana)
- Professional Trouble Maker (Chrystie)
- The Personal Librarian (Kendra)
- The Home-Wreckers (Tammie)
- The Thursday Murder Club series (Lauren)
- My attempts at calligraphy (Maia)
- Home management binders (Ana)
- Forts at home! (Chrystie)
- Sketch pad (Kendra)
- The Creativity Project (Kendra)
- Holiday entertaining fun and easy cleanup! (Tammie)
- Morning Pages – (Heidi)
- Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting (Ana)
- For the Love (Chrystie)
- The Accessible Stall (Kendra)
- Holidays Around the World by Pentatonix (Tammie)
- Maintenance Phase (Lauren)
- Molasses ginger sandwich cookies (Maia)
- Smashed Chicken Meatball Sliders (Ana)
- Just Add Sauce (Kendra)
- Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken Pasta – I make gluten free (Tammie)
- Brown butter pecan pie bars (Lauren)
- Creamy apple butternut squash soup (Heidi)
The Together Team is excited to share our list with you, and a few things that especially excite us are:
- Maia’s adaptation of this ginger / oatmeal / molasses cookie recipe is a long-standing family favorite, and our crossing guard has requested a dozen delivered to his post! We are on it!
- Ana is looking forward to reading Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting to help her prepare for the challenges of parenting teens!
- The new year seems like a great time to start a Morning Pages ritual, right?! It’s on Heidi’s list of intentions for 2024.
So, let’s have it. . . Grab our template, and comment below. What is on your Playlist this season?
