Get your pads and pens ready because it’s time for the Week In Review.
The Week In Review is a list, in its purest form, not of the things you still need to do, but of all the things you have done in the last seven days. It’s an achievement list, an ode to yourself, a celebration of sorts, and a virtual pat on the back or smack on the ass. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
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Last week was a return to normalcy after having the Hubby home for a huge chunk of time followed by a whirlwind trip to San Diego. It felt strange and comforting to get back to our routines and recharge our batteries.
Without further ado, let’s get listing:
On Monday, we flew home from San Diego after spending the morning at a beach/playground, also known as Ave’s idea of heaven.
Tuesday night, I slept twelve straight hours. It was magical and so very needed.
One day, I spent a quiet afternoon with my planner and a warm bowl of soup while Ave napped. It was bliss.
Another day, I lightly cleaned out and largely restocked the fridge with trips to multiple stores including our farm share goodies.
Speaking of which, I finally got around to using that butternut squash from last year’s CSA share. Hashtag guilty as charged. Hashtag no shame in my game.
I made another batch of tomato basil soup which is already gone. The best part though was Ave “helped” me make it. She loves shaking the spices into the pot.
The tiny human and I also hung out with grandma and grandpa a lot because they missed their little peanut when we were in San Diego.
We played with Artie, the neighbors dog, and we bought him peanut butter bones. Ave asks for him every single day, and she’s gotten into the habit of knocking on their front door when he’s not outside.
Ave also spent some quality time with our own animals, read Oscar, and I took my other furry feline to the vet for another round of meds and fluids. It’s not looking good.
We purchased and installed a new car seat, one with snack cups so clearly we’re moving up in the toddler world.
We also had our first at home pedicure.
Last but not least, we spent Saturday afternoon at a wedding ceremony and the evening at the reception, where Ave was able to dance her painted toes off, in between snagging all the blueberries off the buffet table, of course.
Now it’s your turn. I’d love to hear from you. Link up and get yo’ list on.
What are three things you accomplished in the last week? Big or small.
OH craving a warm bowl of soup now especially since the weather has gotten chillier this weekend. Have a great week!
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And today it’s 80 degrees so I guess I’ll be laying off the soup for a minute. Ha.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
OH THOSE TOES!!!!
I want to gobble them up!
I need an afternoon with my planner and soup. That’s sorely lacking in my life. Why? Because first thing in the morning used to be MY TIME, and now it’s MY SON’S TIME and I can’t seem to ignore him and do my own thing while he’s conscious. So . . . I’m hear to tell you that 18 yrs later I think I’d relish a good ja-time. Though I don’t want to look in on him via a monitor. That’s . . . inappropriate . . . at this stage of the parenting game.
Welcome home–oh! And I use Ohio City pasta sheets at work to make ravioli!
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“ja-time”? I meant NAP time.
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I LOVE that you use Ohio City Pasta at work. They’re my favorite and it makes me happy they’re local.
Nap time is my only ‘me’ time these days. The tiny human is so unpredictable in the morning, I’ve long since given up waking up before her for some alone time. I’d rather get the extra sleep when possible.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Woooo look at those toes. What a party girl. Glad you returned home safely and although the time with the hubs and the time with Laura must have been absolutely fantastic, both in their own right, I’m sure it must feel somewhat nice to get back to a bit of normalcy. At least the 12 hour nap part of it. Stocking the fridge with cheese… getting your soup on… all sounds like homey fall bits of comfort to me.
I hope your kitty is okay??
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I am so ready for Fall and yet sad to see summer leave for Ave.
The kitty is not so good, but thank you for asking.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
OMG she knocks on the door for the dog!! That is precious <3
We have the same planner, except you're so much better about decorating it hehe. I just use different colored pens and call it a day. Always wish I remembered to use more stickers
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I have piles and piles of stickers so it’s easy for me to decorate the planner. It’s a minor obsession so you’re probably good as is. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Time for a comment in list form:
1. Okay, how cute are Ave’s toe nails <3
2. Also how cute is it that she visits her dog friend and even knocks on his door! I am dying!
3. 12 hours of sleep are impressive! I got in 10 last night and was shocked!
4. All the cheese 😀
5. I love love love the wedding invitation? That's so funny!
6. I am crossing my fingers for Sam!
Hope you have a fabulous week ahead! :-*
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Thanks lovely. I can appreciate a good comment in list form. I’m almost as obsessed with Ave’s toe nails as she is; she looks at them all day long. It’s too cute.
The wedding invitation was the best; I had to share it.
Here’s to us catching up on sleep and eating all the cheese.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
I love all of this!! I managed to paint a couple of rooms and start a book last week.
You painted rooms last week. Da-yum girl, you were busy!
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Awww I love Ave with those Chinese lanterns, and I have to say that 12 hours of sleep sounds AMAZING! How do you sleep so well?
A complete and entire feeling of exhaustion lends itself to some good sleep.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Two thoughts:
1. I want your soup mug
2. Your cheese drawer looks like my cheese drawer
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Polish pottery for the win.
Twinning cheese drawers? Let’s be besties.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
How did you get her to sit still long enough to paint her toenails?!?!
Love that wedding invite. If we’d had a reception, that most certainly would have been ours.
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We’d paint two nails at a time and then scoop her up and stick her feet under the faucet. Cool running water makes nail polish harden and dry much quicker. The more you know…
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
My most adored photo? The one of Ave trying to make off with the reception decorations! I love them too Ave, great minds think alike! Also, the bron dress and tripped leggings are soooo adorable nd fall cozy. Makes me want some of your soup and to get a planner too! Though my penmanship is miserable with my right hand and now with that out of commission, it is a train wreck as a lefty, lol! (I’ll find out if it’s healing tomorrow) The sunflower field backdrop! What a perfect place for a fall visit! Gorgeous!
I am soooo sorry a out your kitty. Losing a long time pet(family member) is a hard thing. We had one dog for 12 years and never wanted to go through the process of loss again. That was 16 years ago and only just now are we reconsidering.
All the cheese! oh let me count the ways! And I have given it up….wa-wa… I’ve very gently and thoughtfully pulled back from ‘most’ dairy and feel so much better. No! This is not a preachey vegan reply! At. All! And I am still loving on a bit of goat and sheeps cheese, but sparingly. I have had those two surgeries in three years (um…intestinal/shortened colon) that have left me extremely lactose intolerant. I use ghee instead of butter, a tiny bit of 1/2 & 1/2 and But I’ve given my yogurt, and slowly my cheeses! Your drawer is a feast for my eyes. My life feels incomplete on certain days and I’ll just chew up several of those lactose tablets and have me some cheese. But I usually pay a small price anyway, along with anyone around me! Can you tell that I am still sad? I am. And don’t for one second fall for that old story about nutritional yeast tasting just like cheese! Those people have gone too many years without the real thing! I do use it, but ruefully, under duress and it puts me in a curmudgeonly mood! Not the taste, just that it’s not cheese!
Brown! The brown dress! That auto correct ‘fixes’ the things I want left alone, and doesn’t take care of the things I need fixed! Yeesh
The auto correct always steers me wrong too.
I love the picture of Ave absconding with the wedding decorations too. She had such a good time and now wants to go to another “party.” I can’t say that I blame her.
For what it’s worth, people with lactose issues are usually able to stomach buttermilk because most of the lactose has been removed.
Hope your hand heals quickly. Sending all the positive juju.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Nope, sadly for me, no such luck on the broken bone healing up. Unfortunately it’s not staying in it’s position where the doc ‘set’ it. So I’ll be having it surgically repaired with a plate and screws on Monday. And I don’t mind a bit because it hurts now like he-double-hockey-sticks! And I am over it.
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear this. I hope the surgery goes smoothly on Monday; sending all the healing vibes.
Thats a lot of cheese, And we may have the same fridge. lol looks like a very eventful week! I paint my little sister toes for her occasionally , and ONCE i let her paint mine! Now I need to go make a bowl of soup because yours looks so inviting
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The majority of that cheese is gone already. Eek, I better restock soon. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
A 12 hour chunk of sleep sounds wonderful and needed. Mmm soup has been really appealing lately, preferably with warm bread for dunking. Glad you got a quiet afternoon to yourself. This has been previously established, but I feel the need to reiterate that your tiny human is so darn cute.
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Aw thanks, I think she’s pretty cute too, but I’m partial to her.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Hooray for a great vacation with Ave and hooray for a safe and good trip home. It’s good to be home, right? I love adventure but boy do I love me some routine. How exciting for a new car seat and with cups! I’ve collected 4 car seats now between us all and it may be somewhat of a thing. I can’t help but admire car seats and strollers from time to time and check our neighborhood posts for any that are selling. I used to hoard expensive perfume. Now it’s car seats. Eh oh well!
Love that you’re cooking together. I need to get a step ladder to allow our mini to be s little more involved in all things kitchen related. Not to mention hand washing. If she can master floor scrubbing I’ll just faint with joy and shock.
Floor scrubbing…now you’re onto something.
We just pull a kitchen chair up to the counter and let Ave stand on that. See, no need for a stool.
We hoard balls. The kid loves them.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
What’s going on with kitty? I’m so sad for you guys!!!
Happy about your 12 hour stretch. Just hearing that you slept that long is the next best thing to me sleeping that long one day. There’s nobody that deserves that more than you!
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I’m sure there’s plenty of people who deserve that much sleep too, but I’m still taking it. In fact, I could use another stretch.
The kitty has cancer. The vet called yesterday. Sigh.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Oh Ave and those spices was adorable! She was so gentle with her sprinkles and putting the lids back on!
I actually had a dream that you and Ave came to Australia yesterday. You wanted a break and came to stay with us for a while… I remember you being really hot and jumping in the water fountain. Certainly made me wake with a smile!
I hope Oscar health turns around my lovely. X
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Sorry I meant Sam! x
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I can assure you, Ave would jump in a water fountain in a heart beat. Today, she jumped into a pretty cold stream in full clothing. At least she had fun.
Thanks for the kitty love. I appreciate it.
Australia is on my bucket list. Hopefully you and David are still there when we finally get around to going.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
omg look at her in that dress! and her pretty toenails! she is getting to be a real little person, you know? omg, such a cute age.
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It is a great age, filled with hugs and kisses too. Now if only we could get several nights of sleep in a row. I’m being greedy, aren’t I?!
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
All the cheese! And that butternut squash dish looks divine.
Ave’s definitely rocking those painted toes. Adorable!
Cheese and squash for the win.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
She is too cute!!! I couldn’t get my weekly thoughts together in time this week LOL but I’ll be back!
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No problem. See you next week.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: Soup, Toes, and Weddings (#102)
Wait wait .wait .. what? Painted nails, dancing and helping you cook – how did your little girl turn into a teenager, eh, pre-threenager (well, not quite but whatever the cool kids/mums say these days)?? She’s grown so much since my previous visit here [genuinely sorry about that!]. Anyway, your child is the coolest and that picture of her and Oscar plus that with grandpa are so sweet! Don’t tell her, though, because you know those toddler teenagers don’t want to be called sweet anymore ;).
Not so happy to hear Oscar’s feline friend had to be on meds. Have things gotten better since then? I’ll keep my fingers crossed!
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Thanks sunshine. It’s lovely to see you again, and I hope life has been treating you well. I’m not sure how the Sam (the other cat) is doing. She got a bad diagnosis from the vet, yet she started eating again this week (she hasn’t eaten hardly anything in months) so who knows what’s going on. Scratches head.
Ave is definitely turning into a little teenager. She’s super stubborn too. I wonder where she gets it. Hmmm. 🙂
I’d like to go to that wedding with the free beer. Who cares about pictures on the Internet 🙂
Adorable Ave Pictures as ever! She’s such a girl with her pedicure, but I know she also loves bulldozers. Perfect balance.
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I like to go anywhere they have free beer. 🙂
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