things of late

So it's been a month and a half and I am just now updating this little blog here. Sigh. I make no apologies, just hope I do better moving forward.

Let's play a game I'll call, "make your blog post a fun quiz so it feels more like time wasting on the internet and less like work" (an idea 100% stolen from one of my favorite bloggers.)

So lately I have been...

Cooking: Soups! 'Tis the season for another month or so, right? And it has been freakishly cold, so soup is extra warranted. Homemade broth, for homemade chicken noodle (on which I dump sriracha), and exotic fakes (fah-kiss), a Greek lentil soup which my toddler at work spit right out of his mouth when I gave him a bite, but I assure you is delicious.

 

Playing: a card game called Hand and Foot, and a new one I just learned called Nertz (Nerts?) that's basically Dutch Blitz with regular cards. Also much Crazy 8s with my nanny boys.

 

Watching: The Office, always. And Hulu's free offerings of News Radio, Chopped, and anything with Anthony Bourdain (Because we cancelled Netflix, and are consequently less screen-enslaved.)

 

Reading: The Book of Hebrews, Walking on Water by Madeleine L' Engle, and as many online articles as I can find about Astrophysics. Yes, astrophysics. (I was homeschooled, and occasionally it shows.)

 

Writing: Something. Just something. It may not see the light of day. Or maybe it will. We will see. 

 

Making: I wish I was a DIYer. I really do. Instead I make cake and chocolate peanut butter frosting in the middle of the week. 

 

Thrifting: jeans, baby clothes, scarves, cute sweaters. I've had great thrift luck lately and it satisfies so many unhealthy shopping urges with so little effect on my budget or my conscience. Thrift = LOVE

 

Planning: a someday trip to Thomas Keller's Michelin 3-star restaurant, Per Se, in NYC. Dreamy.

And a real trip to MN to spend a weekend away from my boys to be with my BFF and go shopping and eat donuts and stay up late laughing like we're 19 year olds.

 

Enjoying: Roger's laugh (it's a lot like mine which is kinda funny) and the way he babbles and smacks his lips. 

 

Listening: Spotify's "Cleaning The House" playlist... and skipping every Good Charlotte/pop-punk from the 2000s that randomly shows up on that otherwise great mix. 

 

Drinking: lots of coffee. Because Roger thinks waking up 3-20 times per night is just awesome.

 

Wishing: I had a DSLR. Seriously. So much that I see I want to photograph in a way that does justice to what my magnificent eye-lenses capture for my optic nerves. I have my iPhone and a basic digital camera, but they just can't translate very well from my eyes to JPEG.

 

Feeling: blessed to be a mother (#nannymommy) // hopeful for Spring // proud of my hardworking husband //excited to be writing again 

Wanting: a maid. So my apartment will stay clean for more than one evening on the weekend.

 

Needing: more sleep. Or just more coffee.