I have spent the morning drinking tea and reading my book while the boys ride their bikes. Need to do some meal planning and get to the grocery store.
It is absolutely gorgeous here this weekend. I’m hoping to spend the vast majority of it outdoors.
DS1’s birthday is on Thursday. We settled on a lemon cake (going to try the recipe you recommended, sproctopus) with lemon curd filling and strawberry frosting. Neither of my boys ate much of their cakes last year, so I’m looking forward to basically eating this entire cake myself. Lol
I got up early, did my workout, picked up groceries etc. It is going to be 70s and sunny today and I am getting all my work out of the way so I can enjoy.
H and I are going to go downtown, find a patio and have an early dinner/drinks. Then probably hang out on the deck with the kids.
Post by mysteriouswife on Apr 3, 2021 10:55:10 GMT -5
I’m seeing my brother’s family on a holiday for the first time since 2019. We are typically together every holiday. I’m so damn happy. My dad will be there but, meh.
I've been obsessed with the chobani smore coffee creamer - I enjoyed 2 cups of coffee before H got out of bed this morning
I'm getting a hair cut today and I am really sad it's the last one with my stylist. She's having a baby next month and not returning to work after, so I need to find someone new and it sucks with my curly hair. I don't want to pay $$$$$ for "curly cuts," but finding a stylist that knows how to treat textured hair is hard!
Post by sometimesrunner on Apr 3, 2021 11:02:03 GMT -5
I played tennis for 2 hours this morning and now I'm working. I was supposed to get my first shot Thursday, but at a town an hour away. I was able to snag an appointment for today in my town, so I canceled my other appointment. H got his shot Thursday and has been ok so I'm hoping I don't have any side effects, as well.
Post by notoriousmeg on Apr 3, 2021 11:05:28 GMT -5
This morning we were lazy for a few hours then dyed eggs for Easter, and I just worked out. The Easter bunny is driving around town today, so we will head out to see him this afternoon. I have to pick up a vegetable and dessert for tomorrow and do some cleaning. I should do some work too, but we’ll see if that happens.
I just went for a walk with a friend and the dogs. I have to pick up a couple of prescriptions in a little while and run by the bank and I have a couple of apps to make for tomorrow. DS1 has a football scrimmage this afternoon and then we’ll head to my parents for the night and tomorrow. It’s SO nice outside, it makes me so happy except for my horrendous allergies.
Nothing really planned here - my H and I are probably going to go on a drive in a little while just to get out of the house. It's bright sunshine but chilly. This is my last weekend before I reach my 2 week after the 2nd vaccine mark, so we're holding off on doing anything else fun until next weekend. My H forgot I hadn't hit the 2 week mark yet and suggested going out to lunch, so now I'm just bummed that we aren't lol.
I actually really need to put together an application for a new job at a different university within our state system. I know the hiring manager and everyone who is on the team through other collaborative stuff we've worked on together, and I think it would be nice to work with a team. It is a totally lateral move, which is a bummer, but it sounds like the pay is slightly better (probably 3-4k so not much) and I'd have the same benefits. But right now I am not part of a true team and that means there are a lot of cool things I'd love to do but really don't have the bandwidth (or necessarily the experience) to make happen. I think I could learn a lot from the experience of the rest of the people on the team, too. And the director (who I was chatting with yesterday unrelated to this) seems to be really in favor of telework, which I am pretty sure I'm losing completely in my current job. So i think it makes sense to move to this job if it works out.
I completely forgot about Easter. With no kids at home, and no relatives to visit, there’s nothing for us to do or worry about. It’s awesome.
My fully vaccinated BIL is with MIL for the holiday and I’m super happy she’s not spending another holiday either alone or taking on risk (she had an “open house” pick-up-a-plate Thanksgiving and it was super frustrating when Hs idiot cousins came into her home to hang out and brought their friends for good measure)
Post by maudefindlay on Apr 3, 2021 11:19:44 GMT -5
I have acquired most of my family's photos from the maternal side over the years and started sorting them to make photo books this AM. I plan to make one focused on my Mom's side with great grandparents, grandparents, Aunts, Uncles etc. One Cousin in Amsterdam will become a first time Dad this summer and I thought it would be a nice gift for him and his wife.
It's upper 60s/low 70s here today. We are going to ride our bikes into town this afternoon. The kids got giftcards at Christmas for our local bookstore and they are going to spend them today.
We might have a family movie night unless everyone is too tired.
We just finished up a hike on a trail that was connected to a surprise farm, so we got to pet a very cute donkey and see goats. Great start to a Saturday. My husband and I both ordered new hiking shoes and got to break them in for the first time today.
I've got a lot of baking planned for today (hot cross buns with cherries and candied orange, a hazelnut cake with whipped cream and fresh raspberries and now probably a crown braid challah loaf done in Easter colors I saw on IG this morning.) It's gorgeous outside and I love throwing open the windows and baking with a cool breeze in the house.
isabel yay! I've never made a cake with a creme fraiche glaze/frosting and I was blown away! Let me know how you like it! Her recipes are wonderful.
We are going to dye Easter eggs and have our Easter "meal" tonight since we are living in school town until the end of volleyball season, but came home for the weekend. We will need to go back to school town tomorrow so we figured it would be easier to eat our meal today then try to cram it in tomorrow.
We are also in the middle of remodeling a cabin and H is helping a neighbor resort (we got married at this resort) with some stuff so he is going to go finish up down there today and while he is gone, the kids and I will clean up the demo work he did yesterday so he doesn't have to worry about it.
It's supposed to be beautiful today so I am hoping to just hang out outside for a bit, too, but it is muddy and there is still a lot of snow on the ground in spots from the 3 feet we got a couple weeks ago so we'll see if that happens.
Post by MixedBerryJam on Apr 3, 2021 11:35:02 GMT -5
I had a dream last night that I invented a “pepper mill” like device, but for bacon and I’ve spent the whole morning thinking it’s a great idea and wouldn’t be that hard to retrofit a real pepper mill to grind super coarsely and make my millions.
We're leaving for vacation tomorrow (aka, staying in a different house and looking at different trees than usual while NOT working).
I've just discovered the You're Wrong About podcast and I can't quit it. Going to spend all of vacation listening.
ohh - I have wanted to start that podcast. Any particular favorites?
I did that in early March and pretty much binged them all. If you like it, check out Maintenance Phase. It’s Michael’s other podcast with Aubrey Gordon (YrFatFriend on Twitter) they take down Health and Wellbess trends in the same way as You’re Wrong About and they have great chemistry, just like Michael and Sarah.
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,”
Did a workout first thing, did 3/4 of my weekly cleaning, some laundry, and then took a walk with H and the dogs. I’ll finish cleaning tomorrow lol. Meeting some a couple of school friends for a patio lunch in a bit. One of whom I haven’t seen in months so I’m excited to catch up with him!
Post by nancybotwin on Apr 3, 2021 12:17:47 GMT -5
Lazy morning here. It’s the last two days of Passover and my kids are done. They hate Passover food and are counting the hours until they can eat a bagel. It would be kind of funny if it weren’t so annoying. (And right on cue, DD2 says “I’m going to get a snack...there is nothing good.” Rinse and repeat.)
Super boring weekend around here doing house work. My closet fell off the wall last week. FIL and I worked to put up a new one when I was off earlier this week and I’m now trying to configure it so that it makes the most sense. Of course what I really need to do is load up half the crap in my minivan and donate it rather than find a new home. We also really need to do something with a tiller and grass seed, but as you can likely tell, I don’t really understand what exactly we need to do, so I’m not doing it!
DS is busy with all of his new birthday toys and the weather is beautiful. This is a great feeling!!
ETA: Passover is officially over if you start a fire in your toaster oven making matzah pizza for lunch, right?!? 😩
Weekend downer here. I really don’t like Christmas and Easter was always fun with my mom and grandfather who both really liked it, the idea that spring was here, decorating eggs, the game we played with hard boiled eggs, bunny cakes, egg hunts, the candy etc. My mom made us all baskets every year until last year. Now they are both gone and although we were not religious and only celebrated Easter secularly, my husband is Jewish and has little experience with Easter. He is much more excited about Christmas unfortunately.
Easter was always focused on candy, flowers blooming, sunshine and super low key which what I like in a holiday. Adding to my disappointment is the little box of Easter decorations I had (items from long gone relatives and even old decorations I made as a kid) got ruined by a disaster in the basement. Blah!
Holidays are already a little weird when you don’t have kids IMO but my mom was so into the baskets and making the annual coconut bunny cake even though we are all old it was still fun. Now I’m left with the two relatives I am the least close to and who do the least for holidays and and my husband who I’m not even entirely sure understands Easter 😢
Anyway! I’m trying to keep busy with making a leg of lamb and other dishes today and making a sweet bread today, dessert (and a meal with leftover lamb) tomorrow, we got the traditional candy from the 100 year old candy shop etc but still, it’s kind of a drag!
And it’s cold so I can’t even nap in my hammock while my husband cooks which was my secret plan all along.
It could be worse but I also feel like it could be a lot better too. At least I don’t have to spend the afternoon with my brother!
tacokick, I'm sorry you are missing your mom and grandfather this weekend.
I agree holidays are weird without kids. Easter is easier for me because I never had time off around it when I was in college/grad school and I was too far from home to ever travel without time off, so it's been over 20 years since I've consistently celebrated it with family anyway. I love holidays in general, though, especially Christmas and Halloween, and they often feel like kind of a let down as an adult and when we celebrate them alone. I hope your candy and special meal make it feel a little special this year anyway!
We don't have any plans for Easter at all. I am thinking we may order some pastries from a yummy place nearby but since I'm not 100% immune yet I don't want to go in and deal with crowds, so I'm counting on Doordash being able to deliver tomorrow. We will see if that's even an option since I'm guessing fewer delivery drivers will be working and the ones that are might be slammed. I guess we could try stopping in today, but I'm afraid they won't taste fresh enough if we do.