reflecting on various topics
This weekend was a really special time. We had bacon and eggs, made brownies. Chocolate chip/ blueberry muffins, butterflies I’m really thankful that I was finally able to get the kids’ headphones set up, with music that they have told me they like on mp3 players. It’s a work in progress. The goal is to …
(I am going to add the tag JITMOG- “joy in the midst of grief” to a post, if I am sharing a happy thing but feel the need to acknowledge the grief too.) I have been watching The Summer I Turned Pretty and I have some thots. I am on Season 1, Epsiode 7, so, …
Last night, I opened the door, as one might, to bring something inside that was outside. And my cat Atticus, as cats…. sometimes do decided that the moment had come for his great escape. He snuck out lithely and sheepishly, as if he might only go for a short few feet, and I finished bringing …
I did take a few pics that I wanted to share. I got out to Sweet Springs nature preserve, the other day. It was beautiful. Yesterday I baked some bread and had a little tea party with the kids. We aren’t remotely British and I’m sure I’m “doing it wrong,” but we had so much …
(image: looking at thedailymeal.com website) This is a memory post. I want to write about the memory of Taco Bell. Seven layer burrito (“supreme” made it get sour cream), extra guacamole, with mild salsa. Orange soda. My go-to order for years. (UNTIL THEY TOOK IT OFF MENU BUT I THINK IT’S STILL ON THE MENU …
Yesterday we celebrated my oldest’s birthday 🙂 The kids had brought home some flowers from school, which I thought were so pretty! Alex made pizza. I made pound cake, which was had with vanilla ice cream and berries. Both kids whooped us at Go Fish! I’m so grateful right now. Treasuring small memories and moments. …
We celebrated my precious dad’s birthday the next day, which was delightful, and provided another reason to bake cake, which is fun. I tried a new recipe for vanilla cake, and then made strawberry buttercream for the inside, and raspberry buttercream for the outside. I’m so glad we could be together. ♥️
🐇 The kids and A went to church in the morning, then we had an egg hunt. My parents and brother came over :). Made a turkey. It turkied. I tried out a new recipe for vanilla pound cake. I managed to bake it, at least part of the time, with the oven off, so …
Last weekend we celebrated one of the kids’ birthdays. It was a very sweet time 🙂 The birthday boy designed his cake: chocolate cake, with vanilla (buttercream) frosting in the middle, and then half strawberry frosting and half chocolate on top. It felt like a little moment of normalcy in what has been a whole …
I’m not going to list all of my favorites, but here are a few that I really love. 1. West Side Story (Original, 1961) This musical is written on my heart, backwards and forwards. I’ve memorized so much of it. I grew up on it. via GIPHY via GIPHY d a 2. Music and Lyrics …
