Lit and Life

Happy Sunday! I've got sunshine, it's a big football day, and I get Tommy cake tonight to I'm a happy girl today. What's Tommy cake, you ask? It's a delicious chocolate cake with an insanely rich frosting that the Big Guy's grandmother made and she started calling it Tommy cake because BG's big brother loved it when he was little and he was her favorite. I. Can't. Wait! 

That pic to the left? Not today. Not any time this winter. While the south has gotten a lot of snow this past week, we haven't had this much snow all of the winter combined. We have, however, had a mean cold streak this past week - hats, mittens, scarves all required if you were going to be outside at all. On the plus side, January is almost done - the LONGEST month of the year! 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: I started Beautyland, by Marie-Helene Bertina, which was recommended to me by Mini-me. Very unusual and I'm really enjoying it. Meanwhile, they're reading Lauren Groff's Matrix, which we gave them for Christmas. 

Watched: Will and Harper, which we both highly recommend. It's a story about friendship, acceptance, finding your place in the world. Go into it open-minded and learn something. 

Read: Finally, Jodi Picoult's By Any Other Name. At almost 500 pages, it's taking me a while. 

Made: We're working on trying to use up the food we already have, instead of buying anything more (except milk and fresh produce). This week we've made a peanut stir fry (that also became chicken fried rice), tacos (leftover meat then became taco salads), chili cheese dogs (BG's favorite Saturday lunch). Partly this is a matter of not wasting food. Partly it's a matter of making room so we can stock up before prices begin to soar, which we fear will happen. 

Enjoyed: BG is having a milestone birthday this week and I've been planning a big weekend getaway to celebrate and having so much fun with it. He is completely clueless, which makes it even more fun!

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: I'm behind with the Cozy Minimalist communities Hushing Challenge for this past week, which was the family room so I'll be working on that. I've had time to do it, but it's a daunting task when you have a lot of bookshelves in a room and a lot of stuff on them. And then there will be a new room to work on announced on Tuesday. 

Thinking About: Ways to fight back.

Feeling: Overwhelmed and incredibly sad for our country, particularly for its most vulnerable citizens. 

Looking forward to: Dinner out on Tuesday for BG's bday. We're going with friends for a special event at a really good restaurant. 

Question of the week: If you're feeling like I am, how are you managing?