Buddies, good Sunday to you! Please take on this picture of The Bakehouse in southeastern Texas blanketed in a number of inches of snow. SNOW! What I can let you know about this report snowfall is that my home has no insulation however a number of fireplaces. Texas Sage can apparently survive each brutal summer season warmth and Texas snow, and I’m glad I stored my Christmas garland up for the twinkling yellow lights alone. We had just a few days of a winter wonderland which was, regardless of its deep chill, such a delight! Will and I made soup about it, stored an in depth eye on the water pipes of the outdated home, and simply nested – as all of us ought to do within the deepest winter. I really feel like we’re thawing out this weekend which is the proper time to correctly clear the home (and all of the muddy canine prints) and wash the linens.
We’re coming to the shut of our Mild January which has been outwardly and fairly aggressively Not Mild At All, however I hope this weekend finds you taking it good and sluggish, with a recent pot of espresso and possibly a load of laundry spinning. The providing right this moment is our 501st Sunday put up. Are you able to even consider we’ve spent so many Sundays collectively? Grateful for you, buddy. Right here we go.
• I’m simply going to go away this tab open in my browser as a reminder: How To Assist A Good friend By way of Grief. It could appear to be we’re all going via a lot, however let’s simply present up and discuss concerning the elephant. (Substack)
• You possibly can’t examine What They Grabbed fleeing the fires in Los Angeles with out interested by what you’d seize from your private home. It’s sobering (amongst 1,000,000 different feelings). (Curbed)
• In case you’ve been right here lengthy sufficient you would possibly bear in mind just a few years again after I was studying find out how to swim. Like… swimswim laps and such, with some semblance of effectivity and coordination. I took one lesson with a younger man who actually simply enforced my insecurities concerning the matter after which I promptly purchased a e book and tried to show myself (avoiding any and all eye contact with that younger man eternally and ever). Seems swimming wasn’t the type of factor that got here naturally to me so I quietly let it go. Welp: The Magic of Swimming Classes in Center Age has me pondering I must not hand over on myself so simply. (NYTimes Present Hyperlink)
• With age and charm I can now see the top of a few of my massive friendships as merely coming to their pure conclusion. That’s to not say it’s any much less unhappy however right here’s 5 Indicators You’ve Outgrown a Friendship. (Self)
• What are you doing for Valentine’s Day? It’s on a Friday this 12 months which makes it just a little sexier, proper? I nonetheless all the time go for a comfortable at-home vacation. Possibly just a little hearth within the hearth pit, this Shrimp Etouffee Risotto, and a Manhattan as a nightcap. (Pleasure the Baker, Critical Eats)
• I do advocate getting a Galentine’s Day occasion together with your girlfriends on the calendar now. Cease right here and pop into the group chat. We’re having just a little potluck dinner at a girlfriend’s home which may also function the catch-up all of us want for the reason that vacation season was so busy. I’m hoping to make candles in thrifted vessels as little presents. One thing like this video right here. It’ll be a crash course in candle making however I feel I can pull it off. (Trendy Day Cottage, Youtube)
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• Nonetheless gathering all of the small joys I can this January. A spotlight has been dragging the large juicer onto the counter to make a really fancy citrus juice with pink grapefruit, oranges, lemon, and ginger. It’s pure sunshine. (Instagram)
• Abby influenced me to make Lasagna Soup (I made a stovetop model of this sluggish cooker recipe), and it’s not a lot a soup as it’s a deconstructed lasagna in a bowl. Please don’t learn this as a criticism. It’s an especially cozy choice for this time of 12 months! (The Kitchn)
• Why Martinis Maintain Getting Dirtier – we’re near leaping the shark on this one. (Grub Avenue)
• In case you’re in search of a purpose to go away the oven on for a great whereas this afternoon please contemplate making this Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread. (Pleasure the Baker)
• We’ve entered the glow-up portion of the Sunday put up! The chilly climate and snow made for a suprisingly dry week in Bellville and apparently, I thrive in humidity and completely shrivel up and wish vaseline in dry air. Amy gave us many UBeauty instruments in final week’s put up. I’m very merely slathered in sesame oil layered with Glo Getter Physique Butter which has me smelling like a vanilla cookie. And Amy is true, I feel the important thing to hydration is ingesting an annoying quantity of water. That I’m nonetheless engaged on. (Amazon)
• Earlier than our little marriage ceremony on Thanksgiving, I had taken a number of years off from getting manicures. Forward of the large day I obtained precisely two gel manicures and whereas they had been tremendous cute and shiny, gel manicures make me really feel claustrophobic. I simply can’t get previous the truth that I’ve to return to a manicure studio to get the colour off or gnaw it off like just a little badger. Additionally, the sandblaster used to sand the gel off completely destroys my nails. Paper skinny. It’s simply…. I can’t do it! The previous few weeks I’ve been portray my nails with Dazzle Dry which, actually I believed was a MLM (lol), and it’s nice! It strengthens my nails, dries in 5 minutes (it actually does!), lasts for greater than per week (positive, not so long as gel), it’s advertized as non poisonous, and I cant take away it myself simply with acetone. (Amazon)
• I clear my home A LOT. There’s lots of home, many canine, many dishes, and an enormous cat to wash up after. By the point I’ve spend a day cleansing my arms had been raisins so I’ve developed an admittedly excessive upkeep hand routine earlier than cleansing. First I rub the backs of my palms, wrists, and fingers with this retinoid stick. Then I slather my arms in handcream, pull on some meals service gloves, and at last – these additional lengthy dish gloves as a result of if a drop of water will get inside my dish gloves – it’s over for me. (Amazon)
My like to you, buddies!
Have a beautiful Sunday.
xo Pleasure
