It seems that the school year began and suddenly all of my creativity in the kitchen and, more importantly, desire to cook has returned with it. It’s a more predictable schedule, perhaps this is why? Though still totally unpredictable as it turns out. I made dinner tonight and both William and Lindsey were out at sports or work, so, the illusion of predictability I suppose. Oh well.
996 days of Anders.
Anders,
You don’t get nearly the amount of weekly, monthly, daily, hourly updates as your brother Parker did when he was the newest Hunt. I hope you don’t try to measure my love for you that way, though. Instead let me tell you how much, in a few different ways.
Movies that I could watch again and again.
This is no easy task. I love a good movie, especially one that I can watch over and over without feeling like I’m totally wasting my time (wishful thinking? Rewatching anything may be a waste of time… on that note, Steve and I just started rewatching Game of Thrones for the first time. Going to retain ALL THE DETAILS this time.). Anyway, here’s some of mine and/or the Hunt favorites. I would love to hear yours.
weekend links.
From last night on the water with a friend. Good conversation and these views? Felt pretty spectacular. This weekend I’m basically just readying myself for Game of Thrones season finale. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less.
Some weekend reading…
back at the farm.
A new fruit, a new month, another visit to our favorite farm. My first (ever) for peaches. This time a little less satisfying then the slow, tedious blueberry bucket filling or strawberry basket. Peaches are picked quickly. That peck I’m holding took no more than ten minutes, and there’s no eating as you go. They’re just not ripe. But when they’re ready, I daresay they beat all the other summer fruit. A good peach! Juice dripping down your wrist heading straight for your elbow? You must agree.
a happy list.
01. the man at the coffee shop this morning who said, “how are you?” when i answered and then returned the question he said “i’m good. i’m always good. you are what you say you are. keep your expectations low. it is up to you.” free counseling and an iced coffee? i’ll take it. thank you, barista man.
02. the song “maria shut up and kiss me.” it’s got such a fun beat and i just love willie nelson’s voice. it’s a feel good song.
03. all the painting we’ve been doing the past four days. went to target last week for back to school shopping with william, lindsey, parker, and anders. i always go through the craft/art stuff thinking, “this! this will be the thing that will capture everyone’s attention.” (often a fail, but i didn’t have to tell you that) grabbed some crayola paints and lindsey, parker, anders and i have been sitting and painting so much for the last few days. it has a calming effect and i have loved it. i even find myself sitting down to do it by myself. (for those who saw them on IG stories and asked, here they are! just the cheap crayola ones but they’re actually sort of awesome?)
04. the way, every time i leave, anders says, “come you! come you!” because he wants to come with me wherever i am going. it is so cute. and when i say, “oh! you want to come with me?” “yah, mama!” in the happiest little voice.
05. parker gets a waterproof cast this week (!!). let the summer fun commence!
06. game of thrones, season 7. maybe putting this on a happy list isn’t entirely appropriate as it STRESSES ME OUT TO THE MAX but i also have decided, without a doubt that, after the beyond the wall episode, it is one of the best shows of all time. what else is on this list? probably breaking bad and parenthood for me. maybe lost, but it lost me a bit at the end. oh, and i’ll always love friday night lights. especially the first few seasons. but oh man, the last game of thrones episode. it’s the first one that’s ever made me cry.
07. this cookbook from houghton mifflin. the recipes are amazing. they look amazing but they all include healthier ingredients like almond flour and maple syrup instead of sugar. can’t wait to try lots of them. the pictures are awesome too.
08. when those two above play creatively. i got a package last week and they spent a good chunk of time decorating it, gluing pieces of construction paper to it, and then getting in it and asking me to push them off the chair into a pile of pillows (helmets on. safety first, always). believe me, tv is on too often (magic school bus! brings me back to the days of ms. frizzle and both boys really like it), but i’m just not taking pictures of that 🙂
09. solar eclipse, man! eclipse or no eclipse, i have never been able to look at the sun until yesterday with the glasses we got and that alone was so cool.
10. this incredibly cozy looking outfit. does not mean i’m ready for fall though. I’M NOT. i feel like i’m being pushed into it though with all this back to school stuff and halloween stuff already out in stores. enjoy the present!!! i need to practice that. (but i can also enjoy that slouchy cardigan.)
weekend links.
Love that smile, love that boy.French onion soup & melancholy thoughts.
I felt melancholy today. End of summer stuff, maybe. Cloudy weather. Sometimes the last baby stuff creeps in there too. Oh how I miss my baby. And then it’s compounded with questions of did I enjoy it? did I put my phone down and take him in? And I’ll have those same questions in one year about me now, and on and on it goes. An unending cycle.
these days.
When you’ve got a son with a cast in August, it feels like a constant stream of “fear of missing out” is running through my head. We pulled up to a park today, a park recommended to me by not one but two of my friends (thus, a really great park), on a Sunday no less, to complete emptiness. One other solitary parked car but its inhabitants were off on a hike or some other grand adventure because they were nowhere to be seen. The things on my “summer bucket list” that really had water as the cornerstone attraction (beach, beach, and more beach mostly; a couple splash pads thrown in for good measure) will have to wait until 2018, I’m afraid. Ah well. The casted boy is faring well aside from being driven crazy a few times a day by itching. We’ve discovered, thanks to a nurse-friend, that wrapping it in a cold pack seems to help the itching subside better than anything else we’ve tried.
weekend links.
The other day, Anders and I came down to Parker already watching a cartoon. Anders exclaimed, “Joljeh!” (his name for Parker) and climbed on for cuddles. It was the sweetest.
Some weekend reading…