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Double party weekend

Every once in a while there are certain weekends which seem to have everything happening.  All on the same day.  You know those weekends, right?  Where you have plans to do one thing and then you find out there’s four weddings, a baby shower, a football game, a marathon, the Art & Wine Festival, and all the other things going on…this past weekend was one of those.  So is October 12th.  Why is everything happening on Oct 12th? Anyway, I switched my Saturday shift to allow me to attend two birthday parties.  The first was… Read more >

Our last week in LA

Highlights only.  I could never recap an entire week! Footed PJs are the cutest thing ever. Saturday morning we had an open house.  Rather than subject P to a million people germing up the joint, I took him for a walk.  We went to the Farmer’s Market to re-stock on spinach (this habit requires a constant influx of greens). After everyone left I came home and got ready for a BBQ with friends.  We picked up some apps on the walk over (oh how I will miss these easy walks to friends houses in Santa… Read more >

Catching up & solo parenting

Kyle’s been taking day trips away for business, which leaves me and P home alone together.  I realize this is how most new moms function after their spouse’s paternity leave ends (if they even get any!), but for me it’s a whole new learning curve.    Fortunately, my little guy is making leaps and bounds each and every day, so I can utilize the crib in the nursery (and video monitor) and boppy pillow (which neither of us were ready for during his first month of life).  His neck is getting really strong and he’s… Read more >

Happy Meals

I dunno if you guys want ideas but here are some of the latest and greatest (?) from the hippie kitchen.    Kale salad with candied nuts, dried cranberries & smoky lemon tahini dressing.   1 large bunch of kale, washed, de-stemmed, ripped into bite sized pieces 1/3 cup dried cranberries 1 cup candied nuts (I used almonds and pecans) Bon Appetit’s Smoky Lemon Tahini Dressing – I halved it and added 1 tbsp of both miso paste and maple syrup   Wednesday was national frozen yogurt day (uhhh, that’s a thing??) so Menchie’s was… Read more >

Snack snack snack

I feel like this is what every third trimester soon-to-be-mom says at some point, but to hell with the cliché.  I HAVE NO MORE ROOM.  Ugh. I’m so full and it’s depressing that it’s not from food.  Ok, that sounded bad.  I don’t mean I’m depressed that my son is a big healthy baby – that makes me very very happy.  What I’m bummed about is that I cannot honor my voracious hippie appetite in the way that I’m accustomed to doing.  I wanna freakin’ chow down and it’s just uncomfortable.  Lame.  So much for… Read more >