Happy, Happy
I can’t believe how fast this year is going. How is it already almost April? Soon school will be out for summer and I will have a 4th grader and a 1st grader. I had to take a few seconds after I typed that and think about it for a bit.
Monday
Oh, let’s see, I didn’t do much except for general awesomeness! I took Jessica’s book and I made three dinners and froze two of them. Then I made freezer cookies (4th time now). I wrote three blog posts, picked up Buddy’s medication, put away the laundry, made all the beds, answered most of my emails, went on my walk, and did carpool. I pretty much credit the fact I wrote a to-do list. I’m worthless without a to-do list.
Tuesday
Not as productive as Monday. I had an appointment with my nutritionist, and then met with Andrea about Craft Cabinet stuff. (It’s coming up!) Two blog posts.
Wednesday
I want to thank you for always leaving such thoughtful comments here. You really take the time to engage in a conversation with me, and it shows. On my end, it’s very much appreciated, and I hope that shows, too. I feel that we’ve built a pretty tight little community over here, and that makes me very happy. I’ll take that over legions of blind followers any day. I’ve been having headaches all week, so I’ve been a little slower than usual responding to comments, but I’m caught up as of early Thursday evening. Lots of great perspectives on blogging over here.
Thursday
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― André Gide, Autumn Leaves
Friday
Today will be the first day in a week that I haven’t had a headache. I just know it! Can I tell you why I have had a headache since last Friday? I’m convinced it’s because I had a salacious dream about Justin Timberlake last Friday morning that traumatized me.
Justin Timberlake!
I don’t even like Justin Timberlake! In fact, I strongly dislike Justin Timberlake! Something about him is just so…smug. Just thinking about that dream makes me a little nauseous, and it was only PG-13 thank God. {{shudder}} It doesn’t help that guy is promoting his new album as if it’s paying for a new kidney. Everywhere I turn, there he is, tormenting me. I tried to get on his website to look at pictures of him and figure out what it is about him I dislike so much, but you have to sign in with your facebook account or email before you are allowed access. As if, Justin. As if.
The Weekend
I haven’t looked, and honestly I don’t want to know. So long as I don’t have a headache, I’m good.
Elsewhere
This week on The Craft Cabinet I took inspiration from the first few days of Spring. There was an Easter outfit, a brunch menu, an urban farm in New York City, and come pretty cool hanging planters. You know how I love my plants.
Have a happy weekend, everyone.
Happy, Happy
What a week! Daylight savings time always kills me, but I love the extra light–especially now that I’m walking.
Monday
I had my roots touched up, and if you have as much gray as I do (I’m almost 75% gray and have had premature gray since my 20s) you know nothing short of a miracle baby or a lotto win could top that euphoric feeling of fresh color.
Tuesday
Mikey learned how to do laundry. Specifically, he learned how to launder his baseball uniform. It’s now his responsibility to prepare his uniform and baseball bag the night before every game, and after each game he has to wash and dry his uniform. Of course, this can wait until the next day if the game doesn’t get out until after 9:00pm, but he still has to put all those grubbies on the laundry room floor. Let’s just say there was a last minute rush/panic search for socks/belt/hat and return trip in traffic for cleats 30 minutes before a game that will never, ever happen again so help me, God.
Wednesday
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I’M SURE I THOUGHT IT WAS IN ALL MY LIFE THE MOST EXCITING THING TO EVER HAPPEN IF MY LIFETIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday
Larissa and I finished Mikey’s quilt! Now all we need to do is the hand-tie both of them. We estimated each quilt will need 150 ties. Then we whimpered.
Friday
I’m meeting Andrea and Danni for lunch to discuss Craft Cabinet stuff. Important stuff, like, what we’re doing.
Speaking of The Craft Cabinet, those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook (links in the gray flag at the right) already know this, but I’ve been writing at The Craft Cabinet blog all week! I’ve been geeking out over First Position, a ballet documentary I watched with the Mister and the boys last week. So good.
I’ve taken inspiration from the documentary and applied it to fashion, food, home decor, and art. That’s pretty much the format Andrea will follow for that blog, and we’re really excited to do something so different from the everyday. I hope you check it out! (And like it, of course.)
The Weekend
NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a happy, happy weekend, everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <---One last time for good measure.
Edit: In order to claim my blog with Bloglovin', which I suppose I should do now that Googlereader is closing, I have to post this in a post. So, here it is.
Happy, Happy
You know what this week was? Calm and peaceful and not too busy. Just the way this stay at home introvert likes them.
Monday
For some reason I was organized when it came to dinner. I was able to take stock of what was in the house, something I should be better about doing. I accidentally overbought onions a week ago, and combined with the last few tortillas in the fridge, it seemed like a perfect night for fajitas. Normally those last few tortillas are the ones I forget about until they are stiff like Frisbees and my onions grow trees, so I was happy. Everyone ate and enjoyed dinner without one complaint. I almost pinched myself to verify I wasn’t dreaming.
Tuesday
Mikey did well at his baseball game. I was relieved, because a few of the kids did winter ball last year while Mikey was swimming, so their skills have increased dramatically. Let’s just say one or two of them were ribbing him about his skills a week or two ago.
Wednesday
We went to the dentist for a cleaning and survived. For dinner I used up leftovers in a way that no one knew they were leftovers, so no one really complained (that much).
Thursday
I returned books to the library almost on time. Success! I went to the pharmacy and they lost my prescription. Failure! This pharmacy is always screwing something up, and if they weren’t so convenient I would go somewhere else. I kind of let the guy have it and he never lost his cool. Not once! He was unflappable, and not in an apathetic way. He genuinely felt bad and let me grouse over a mistake a coworker made. I’m not happy that the pharmacy screwed again, but I’m glad for the opportunity to interact with that pharmacy tech. He was professional and calm, and I feel like I learned a lot from him. Later I got home and snapped at Nicholas for dilly-dallying when he should have been doing homework so I didn’t learn that much, but I’m at the pharmacy every month and, trust me, they’ll screw up again. Plenty of time for me to review my lessons.
Friday
It’s Friday and it’s Lent. That means one thing: pizza. Does anyone have a great pizza crust recipe? All the ones I’ve tried have been a little dense. I’m thinking maybe I should try a focacia recipe for a lighter crust.
The Weekend
Mikey has baseball and Nico starts tennis. I don’t think we have anything else going, and that’s A-OKAY with me. I would really love to finish The Historian.
Have a happy weekend, everyone.
Happy, Happy
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Monday
The weekend was bad one for not thinking about diets. Long story short (long story on Facebook), I heard about someone who had great success in a short amount of time with a very low carb diet. So, of course, I wanted to scrap everything I have done the last six months and eat beef jerky for every meal until Christmas. I was full of doubt and feeling sad. As I whined about all this on Facebook, a reader was emailing me to tell me the impact my non-dieting post had on her. I don’t know if her email was in response to my post or if it was just a coincidence, but that email meant the world to me. Crisis averted, back to non-dieting. For lunch I had a sandwich.
Tuesday
I saw this video on Facebook of a high school basketball player passing the ball to his special needs opponent so that he could shoot the ball. Let me tell you, if either one of those boys were mine, I would beat my chest like a proud gorilla until all my ribs were cracked.
Wednesday
I finished the taxes and Mikey finished his first book report. Both were hanging over my head like dark clouds for the last month.
Thursday
I finally picked a winner for the freezer cookbook giveaway. Sheesh. Also, just when I was reaching the end of my rope after a busy week, I received another nice email. You all are psychic. Or kind. Both, most likely, and that makes me lucky as well as happy.
Friday
Just a little launch of a second site, a little putting myself out there some more, a little taking of risks. Come say hi and check out the new site, maybe get some info on the upcoming event in April, but only if you want. No big thing!
Absolutely a big thing! Andrea and I have been working on this nonstop and if stress had feathers I’d look like an emu. Andrea did a great job talking about our hopes this morning. I may sound flippant about it here, but really this is something we are both excited about and want to do well.
The Weekend
I don’t know, but it better involve sushi and a babysitter.
Have happy, happy weekend!
Happy, Happy
What a great week. The suburbs! The suburbs are alive with the sound of music!
Monday
Mikey received a clean bill of health from the doctor. He read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire while we waited and Nicholas drew a World War II battle scene on the table paper. I read The Historian. (So good. So scary.)
Tuesday
Mikey went back to school for the first time in a week. His teacher sent me an email in the morning saying that she could tell he felt well. When I asked her how she could tell, she said it was because he was so, so happy. That made me happy.
Wednesday
Tristan and I had a chance to talk on the phone, which is always nice. It’s strange how irregularly we get to chat now that she lives across the country. Her blog is so lovely and her pins on pinterest are so well curated–she calls pinterest her second blog–and her shop, well, everyone knows her taste is impeccable. She told me my photography was improving and that I was developing a recognizable look. A look! A look, and I can only presume it’s a good one! I was happier than Sally Field on Oscar night.
Thursday
Yes, Nico, I will still need you and feed you when you’re sixty-four.
Friday
The Craft Cabinet now has a Facebook page! We’ll be unveiling a new website soon, but for now Andrea and I encourage you to like us there on Facebook if you would like updates on upcoming events and links to crafty things…and stuff. (Walking Dead reference. Sorry.) Anyway, can you believe it? Me, a partner in a venture that is all about socializing! Oh, the irony.
The Weekend
Baseball practice. Craft Cabinet stuff. Reading. Relaxing. Walking. Shopping for the boys’ room. Freezer cooking?
Have a happy weekend, everyone.
