Sunday Happy

What a week. We had sunshine and we had snow. I was hot at time and I was cold at time. My eyes Itch but I don’t care because the world is turning green again and there are flowers and tree buds and veggie starts and all the good things. This is why I love spring so much. It is crazy and unpredictable and more or less not to sunny and not to warm. (I like me a cool cloudy day!)

Stuff happened this week. We had a farewell dinner for Mark because he is now off in the Police Academy which is so freaking weird and now I have a guy on the inside to delete any and all parking and speeding tickets I plan on getting in the future. Ha!. The mr, Barb, and I went for a much needed drive out of town to a river. We had a picnic, watched that water flow, played with rocks. You know, river stuff. Oh and I got a new bike!!! Well not new new but new to me. Ever since I got my bike stolen last fall I have been on the look out for a new one and I got to tell you, things in the bike world are not great right now. New new bikes are a million dollars and even the reasonably priced ones are hard to find cause of lack of inventory (because covid). And used bikes, well finding something that works, not garbage, and fits, is a pain in the ass. But it finally happened and I am just a happy lady on her bike again!

And now my garden, it is being fenced! The mr has been bugging me for a few years now to fence it in and I finally caved. I don’t know why I have been so hesitant about it but I just never wanted a fence. But now that he is putting it up well I am so excited! And the mr being the mr, he is making is so freaking cute and pretty and I am just really really excited and can’t wait for it to be fully up so I can put some shit in the ground and not have it eaten by the massive woodchuck lurking in the neighborhood!

Other then all that good stuff, same old same old. Made plans with the littles for sleepover next week while they are on spring vacation. Worked on pots, sat with the piles of papers then decided I would rather clean the fridge. Picked up second to last farm share. Ate all the greens. Basic life stuff.

And it is Sunday, again so soon. The mr and I are planning on a little drive to a place. Not sure the place exactly but I am hoping for a river/woods situation. A little hike, he can do a little fishing. I can sit by the river and read. That is my hope for today. That and to get all the laundry done. I have been ignoring it and now I have to deal with it. Stupid laundry.

Internet from the week.

-Your Biggest Climate Decision Isn't What You Cook—It's What You Don't. Food waste is one of my biggest anxiety triggers. Holidays and little kids… It can get pretty intense.

-The state of the plant-based food industry. And maybe stop eating so much meat.

-'Comfort Decorating' Is All About Making Your Home A Sanctuary. The key is to make is comfy and not ugly. HA!

-I never thought I would see the day. Gnome shortage: Lockdown and Suez canal blockage blamed

-Why Do We Compete? Sometime a little competition is a good thing.

-I am in love with this house and the property and can’t wait to see the renovations. LAKESHORE RENOVATION | PART 1

-I Got High to See if Weed Would Help Me Work Out. I don’t get high before I work out but when I use to go to the gym there was sa group of guys that came in that were always high as fuck. I always thought that if they were coming to the gym stones, well they were still coming to the gym so who care if they are stones.

-This is not a joke. Fancy Feast Released a Cookbook So Cat Owners Can Coordinate Meals with Their Pets. So how do you feel about this? I mean, well, why not?

-Watch out for those baked goods. Mystery tree beast turns out to be croissant

-I love a good scallop. Trend Alert: 21st Century Scalloping

And some pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

Happy Sunday! Another week gone by and we are just living it the best we can. I don’t know about you but I love me some mid February vibes. It’s not usually terribly cold (well, not usually. It was freaking -15 again for a few days..) but February winter is good winter. There is snow on the ground, days on and off of gloom and sun, and the light is getting just a bit longer and stonger every day. There is also the anticipation of spring to come soon (in like 2 months) and that is one of the best things about the seasons, that they change! Plus this is the time of the year that I start thinking about the garden and what to plant and getting all the things ready. So yeah, love me some February!

Again another week flew on by. I went for a couple hikes, one with the mr and one with Megans and So. Barb and I walked all the neighborhoods and I keep on feeding her face. I also did a lot of glazing, sold offf mugs, and over all did a bunch of studio work. We had the littles over for pizza night and to play with those spinning things that I can’t seem to remember the names of (busty blades?) I also busted the sewing machine out to sew a heart on a sweater and to make Barb a new neck warmer (pictured above). And I made soooo much bread, a cute ass cake with hearts, and manage to keep the tip of my nose from completely falling off even though the skin had been peeling off. Definitely got frost bite. Anyways, not much of the super exciting, just plugging away at life, drinking lots of water, organizing that papers, doing the stuff.

Back to Sunday and Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate it! The mr and I always do but not with gifts or flowers and definitely not with fancy dinners and shit. No, we always just make sure that we get to spend the day together, not bickering, and do something fun. And yes, there are hearts involved but that is not just a Valentines day thing for us (we have hearts all over the house). So today being that is is Sunday AND Valentines Day, we are doing our usually and going for a good hike, getting coffee, and chilling out a bit but then we decided we will eat dinner at the table and not the kitchen island. That is romance right there. HAHA! And then maybe we will try to watch a movie together ( I say try because I will probably fall asleep on the couch by 8). Nothing fancy, just quality time with my love and that what Valentines Day is all about.

Stuff from the internet.

-It’s time to double up. CDC Says Double-Masking Offers More Protection Against The Coronavirus.

-How much chocolate would you have to eat for it to kill you? I think you are safe to eat that box of Valentines chocolates.. or are you?

-I don’t understand how there are still people that don’t recycle. And I don’t understand why companies don’t make it dumb easy to recycle. I don’t understand why there has to be so much shit to recycle in the first place. I guess I don’t understand a lot of things. Companies are failing to do this one simple thing that could boost recycling

-Michelle Obama’s ‘Waffles + Mochi,’ a Culinary Kids Show, Will Premiere March 16 on Netflix. I am here for this. Don’t even care that it is a kids show.

-This is really cool. I wish I could see it for reals. More my speed then a ton of drunk people throwing shit at me. HA! 'Float houses' are popping up all over New Orleans for Mardi Gras 2021:

-A Stunning Shot of Sharks Cruising Under a French Polynesian Sunset Wins the 2021 Underwater Photographer of the Year. The duck feet too!

-I didn't know so I looked it up. How Do Rosaries Actually Work?

-WARMING UP MID-CENTURY MODERN. Very much my aesthetic

-The Popular Bookshelf Trend That’s Gone Too Far. I am not a curated bookshelf person but any books in a house is better then none, no matter how they are organized. (Ok, I kind of hate the color coded thing but who am I to judge?)

-C

Sunday Happy

I only wash my hair once (if that) a week so I go through a bottle like once every 18 months. This past week when I went to wash my hair I hadn’t really realized that I ran out of shampoo. I ended up having to use some of the mr’s. He uses Herbal Essences, the one in the see through pink bottle (If you know, you know.) So all week I have been getting wiffs of the smell and it keeps brining me back to 1995 which is crazy and weird and makes me feel old and that the world is now a sci fi movie but also is has been comforting in a way. I mean, at least the shampoo hasn't changed in like 25 years so there is that. And as for getting more shampoo I still haven’t refreshed it so it looks like I will be using the Herbal Essence again if I choose to wash my hair, just like when I was 12. HA

Oh the week. Well it came, it went and wow it is now almost Christmas. How? We got snow which thrilled me to no end. Both the mr and I were pretty busy doing the doings. I finished up some last minute special orders and was delivering mugs and the mr, well I am not exactly sure what he was doing, but he sure was out and about all week.

We also did dinners with Barb, finished up Christmas cards, went on a couple of light drives, and had a evening where the little came over for a couple (masked clad) hours and we finally put up some ornaments on the tree and put together cookie houses! Miley and Judah are now old enough where their houses actually look like houses. Coco o the other hand, well he wouldn’t decorate the cookies as a house, he just slathered on frosting and ate them.

Other then that, not much. I picked up last farm share for the year (I have to wait THREE weeks until next pick up. AGH!) Went through the closet and started to plan a way to get rid of EVERYTHING, and gave the mr a hair cut and an eyebrow trim. Gosh, we are just so exciting…..

Today the mr and I are on a mission to hand deliver all of our Christmas cards. We do this every year and it usually takes the day because we stop in a talk to everyone, but this year it probably won’t take too long since we won’t be hanging out with anyone. So we we will do that, then I will come home and make coffee and start a big pot of soup (thinking a good spices split pea). I have a stack of books to get to but I am in the middle of a knitting project so I am thinking I might park my butt on the couch and watch me a Christmas movie (Home Alone or Elf?) and drink all the coffee because I can tell it is going to be one of those day where more coffee is just not enough.

Some stuff from the internet to read if you wish.

-Dear Present Procrastinators: Ship That Holiday Gift, Now. OR another idea, shop local. I have even had people from other states buy pots from me to drop off to family that live locally here. So smart!

-Do you jerk when you are falling asleep? I do ALL THE TIME! Why Your Body Sometimes Jerks As You Fall Asleep. Defiantly because I am a monkey.

-I you live in Vermont, you have heard people talk about the flatlands for sure. Where Do The Terms 'Woodchuck' And 'Flatlander' Come From?

-Yeah I would live here. Yup yup yup.

-Sisters are the best, even when their the worst. The Secret To Success? Having A Big Sister

-Gingerbread House Goals! 14 Architectural Gingerbread Houses That Are Definitely Not Cookie-Cutter. But this one…. SO GOOD! The Prettiest Gingerbread House of 2020

-Take care to season your cast iron. We Seasoned Cast Iron Skillets with 5 Different Oils and Have a New Favorite

-A New way to travel across the US. On bike! Might just be a goal of mine!?!

-I need new running shoes, ones that are good and grippy for running is the woods and in snow. Do I dare These? Are they too bright?

A few pictures from the week, mostly taken with the mr’s or Barbs phone because my phone be broken!

Sunday Happy

And the week came and went. Monday was a blur, Tuesday thru Saturday was jammed packed with all the stuff. Lots of studio time, finally a day of glazing (although I barely got anything glazed), my first time experiencing zoom (that was a shit show but I got through it) and all sorts of this and thats and work things and so on and so forth. The mr has been working hard over at one of the houses replacing a roof. We have contemplated A grade or C grade cedar singles for siding over and over again, and I think my garden is pretty much done giving for the season. I have chard and kale and a few roots to pull but that just about it. Not a great gardening year (due to the stupid woodchuck and stupid hot temperatures), but not bad either but I guess any growth was a success so you know what, it was a great year. HA!

Yesterday the mr and I had Miley come over for a little birthday celebration lunch. (Barb came too ) We asked her if she wanted any one else but she said no. Just wanted to eat and be left alone. (she might get that from me). I got her favorite food, made her a batch of her favorite cookies (we are making a cake together later this week) and we bought her the biggest bag of sour patch kids that we could find. I also knitted her a hat, but when I showed it to her she told me she didn't like it and that she would prefer if I would just knit her a pair of black mittens. So that is 13 and you know what, sure I was a little disappointed she didn’t like the hat but I am glad she said so and I didn't give it to her and have her just toss it into one of her junk piles. I’ll just give it to someone else, or keep it. I like it.

Today, first and foremost, is Miley’s actual 13th birthday so again HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! She is with her grandparents so I won’t be seeing her stinky little face today which is all fine and good because the mr and I are doing our thing and heading out into the woods. I am so in need of trees and sky and quiet right now. Again, a long week. And this is probably the last time we will drag that kayaks with us so we are going to make it count and hit a couple of really cute and quiet ponds on our way to camp. And hopefully we won’t see all the people out looking at all the trees. Fall foliage season. It is on it’s way and the trees are looking so good this year. Unfortunately it brings out all the people and we all know how I feel about people….

Internet from the week.

-We all owe her so much. RIP lady. RBG’s Fingerprints Are All Over Your Everyday Life

Farmers' Almanac Extended Forecast for Winter 2020-2021. ALL THE SNOW!!! I really hope that we get lots and lots of snow.

-Wellenss is all well and good but don’t just jump on any old trend. Do the homework and make sure you are not putting yourself first before whole communities. From Palo Santo To Crystals, Millennial Wellness Damages The Communities It Borrows From

-How To Say No, For The People Pleaser Who Always Says Yes. I used to be way more of a people pleaser and then I realized I hate being around people which solved that problem (still a family people pleaser though…)

-Regular doses of awe can do wonders for emotional health. Of course. I think about this everyday, letting something, even the simplest thing, really struck me with awe because really, life and all the good stuff is pretty freaking awe inspiring.

-And then the birds sing! When COVID-19 silenced cities, birdsong recaptured its former glory

-Berkeley Is First in the U.S. to Ban Candy, Chips, and Soda From Grocery Store Checkout Lanes. This is so smart.I support this.

-It is so important to know where your food comes from and how it was made. Also if they are destroying environments as they go along.. Big Meat Is Selling Veggie Burgers—But It's Still Destroying the Environment

-We Quit Our Jobs to Build a Cabin—Everything Went Wrong. Worth it

-I Walked All 1,114 Blocks of My ZIP Code Just to Catalog How People Style Their House Numbers. This is something that I do too! I need to look at people house numbers when I walk by. It’s a reflex.

Pictures from the week.

-C

Sunday Happy

When I was picking up farm share the other day, I got really confused for a minute or two. There were watermelons and cantaloupe. We don’t get melons until the late summer…. And there is was. I felt the time warp hit me hard right then and there. I honestly felt a wave os shock run through me, like how could this possible be? Well it is. And it’s now August and I don’t even know.. But hey, at least I got some watermelon so there is that. Ha.

The week was good. The mr and I went kayaking, we hung out with the littles and let them meet Gigi, had dinner with my mom, voted by mail, and I cleaned out my closet. I also cried again about my garden. The woodchuck, he came back, got under the fence, and ate my first zucchinis, beans, and flowers. That fucker has destroyed my garden AGAIN this year. AGH! The mr is trying to trap him but I kind of feel like I have given up. There is no replanting again this time, but I still have tomatoes, as of now anyway….

Besides that, nothing really new. The mr has been working a lot on a few big projects and I have been spending a lot of time in my studio working, getting ready for when the studio opens up again and I can start getting more work fired and glazed and out into the world. Hopefully I will have a massive shop update in the next month or so!!

And we made it back to Sunday and I am happy for it. The mr and I were planning on going camping tonight but as of last night that was still up in the air. We might just take off for the day and find a quiet spot away form people and chill out. Either way, we are heading out of town to the woods. Our happy place.

Stuff the internet contained this week.

-When We Were Bread Heads. What did we want from sourdough? And did we get it after all? I totally forgot that everyone in the world was trying to sourdough at the same time. I haven’t heard of anyone making bread lately….

-When Did Recipe Writing Get So...Whitewashed?. Really good read.

-Oh the trees lets just let them be. Believe It Or Not, Forests Migrate — But Not Fast Enough For Climate Change

-These cakes are gorgeous. Sumptuous Cakes Designed by Tortik Annushka Emerge as Elegant, Sculptural Desserts

-How Solitude Can Help You Regulate Your Mood. The more alone time, the bette. For me that is.

-The best way to cook dried chic peas. Plus The Very Best Ways to Store Fresh Bread

-Would you go to a strip club right now? I think I would have to pass. There’s no way to socially distance in a strip club”: A dancer on working through the pandemic

-Living Tree Bridges In A Land Of Clouds.Wow.

-Avocado Green, Beige, Mauve, and More: These Are the Colors That Dominated Homes the Last 70 Years. Harvest gold is where it’s at.

-A COZY YELLOW READING NOOK IN A SHARED ROOM FOR THREE GIRLS. I am so so jealous.

Pictures from the week.