Not Really Wordless Wednesday

Last week, as my last days of maternity leave (and my time as a 34 year old) flew by, I spent more time with friends and family than I did online.  I thought maybe I'd write about last week on Monday, in case Monday was too hard to write about immediately, but as it turned out, I was able to write about Monday on Monday (hurrah).  So now, onto last week... (and, really, not really wordless at all, but I try...)

Last Sunday (a week and a half ago now), Nate was baptized.  He was perfect during church and the party was also perfect.  The rain held out just until my sister thought it was an appropriate time for it to rain so people would go home (ha).

my little angel at church

same angel, ready to party

Last Tuesday, I turned 35 and the hubby bought me these really cute earrings:

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And this totally fantastic necklace:

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I wore the necklace to work yesterday and love every moment of wearing it.  I absolutely adore the asymetry; it really, really appeals to me.

My friends surprised me by stopping by and giving me a gift: a Keurig coffee maker!

 

I've used it daily since getting it.  So in love.  They also brought over cupcakes from my favorite local cupcake place (which makes the best vegan cupcakes I could imagine - and I'm not vegan but I'm addicted to these cupcakes).  Kate also brought me a cupcake from them - strawberry, my new favorite!

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So I was swimming in delicious cupcakeness.  (And I didn't gain weight.  The cupcakes are magic, I swear.)

My parents gave me a Barnes and Noble gift card, which I used to buy a Lyra Light for my nook and ... THIS:

Oh the heaven that is this cookbook.  It deserves its own post at some point... possibly many posts as I hope to make many of the recipes in it.  I am in love with this book.

I'll also be buying the digital version of:

I'm fairly obsessed with the Flatiron building and NYC history overall so I can't wait to dig into this book!  It's going to have to wait a few weeks, though, since the intensive courses I'm teaching are taking up too much of my time to afford me a full lunch break for reading.

The second half of last week flew.  It was a flurry of time with my sister and her kids, time at my parents' house doing seven loads of laundry, and other marvelous pursuits.  (I'd post a picture of the laundry but, ew, gross.)

So I finished my birthday week/final week of maternity leave sugared up, fully caffeinated, and cleanly dressed.  Not bad.

Comments

[Sarah]

I have that cookbook too! We've made a few things from it, but I mainly bought it for the cinnamon rolls. Have you SEEN them????

[Candice]

Oh god have I seen them. Luckily (or not luckily??), my husband hates cinnamon! So if I made them, I'd be the only person eating them and I'm not so stupid as to do that to myself. I need to plan some kind of family brunch so I have an excuse to make them. LOL

[Kirsten]

I bought PW's cookbook when I saw it on sale at Target. So far I made the steak in whiskey cream sauce, which was divine, and even the husband liked it even though he's not a fan of sauce on his meats - which is weird, because since he had WLS they go down so much easier with sauce.

I need to try to get motivated to cook proper meals more on a more frequent basis. There's just way too many recipes in that cookbook that I want to try!