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Tag: food
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I finally had a burst of energy today and got a bunch of chores done that I’d been putting off since I got back home. There are still a few more to do (always) but it’s a relief. I’m tired af tho. Doing all those chores rapid fire is exhausting, I literally worked up a read more
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Last night was good. A couple lovely friends from back in NC came to visit (I might have mentioned they were coming yesterday, I don’t remember), and we had such a good time we decided to get breakfast today too. After they left I played games with my friends for the first time in a read more
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Sliding another one in last minute. I’m a creature of habit, what can I say? I kid, I just procrastinate. We had a really good day today. Erica was wonderful as always, hit 14 steps again, and just keeps being more and more affectionate and sweet. Mike came over to drop off some food and read more
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We took a walk with Erica and then took another after she was asleep to get froyo. I got raspberry under caramel pretzel. The raspberry was really pleasantly tart and a change of pace for me… I don’t normally go for fruity flavors. A nice night to end our stay here. A good, simple night. read more
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I have read more vandermeer and still don’t like it. I’m gonna keep going, cuz I don’t usually give books up… but libby says it’s a thousand pages so I dunno, lol. That’s a bit of a slog, although I’m a sixth through now. Grandma made challah french toast this morning. I have never loved read more
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Aaaaand piggybacking off my previous post… here is my official first wordpress exclusive post! Tomorrow I’ll write a monthly, send out the emails, and all my readers will know… how exciting! Thanks for moving with me, fam! …. thank god I’m finally done manually copying posts over holy shit In true daily share fashion I read more
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We did not beat act III of slay the spire. We got to the boss, deca and donu, and then two of us definitely would have died so we called it, thinking if one of us died we lost. That’s true in standard rules… They do have alternate optional rules where once you get to read more
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Was a nice regular day. Made some calls for lawn care, got prescriptions moved, requested an ob appt. We did go out for mad mex, and we ordered Erica a kids quesadilla thinking it’d be a small thing. It was a whole meal with sides of corn and rice and a dessert after too. It read more
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Erica has officially lifted a foot and taken a single step on her own! No chaining steps yet, and she fell on her butt right after, but she’s a stepper! She’s done it a few times now. It’s been a good day. I made pancakes for breakfast, from this recipe, and they were fantastic af. read more
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Day 4 of no caffeine and I’m napping so much it’s stupid. No headaches. I don’t think I’m thinking about it more than usual. Just napping. All damn day. Every time my child sleeps I’m sleeping. What a yikes. How do committed no caffeiners wake up??? read more
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Yesterday was mother’s day, but we decided we would use the day to celebrate Shoshana and I’d get my day next weekend. So we went over to the in laws house and Nate made pancakes and eggs. Then Critter crashed the party, came in bearing a plastic floral crown full of their hairs for me read more
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The post name has a double meaning – I’ve been missing from here for a while because my family has been visiting, and now I am missing them because they’re gone. We had a wonderful week, and Erica’s birthday was happily celebrated on Friday with a delicious cake my mom worked on for two days. read more
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When all else fails and you gotta feed yer kid, fry an egg migrate update: shout out to her little cannoli foot read more
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We had spanakopita with eggs and overnight oats, and Mike stayed after to play clank with us. It’s been a wonderful day so far. Erica looks adorable in one of her new tshirt+shorts outfits. I don’t have much else to report, to be honest. Just grateful for the calm day at home with loved ones. read more
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My child has decided smushing her face into her high chair tray is the best way to eat. I did in fact post to socials. Four days late isn’t too bad, is it? 😠read more
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My husband just brought me four meals worth of ramen from my favorite ramen shop so I don’t have to cook much for the last couple days he’s away 😠he is amazing read more
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Nate did in fact end up buying the coffee maker referenced here, by the way, the Aiden by Fellow. I will let you know how it brews when we get it and set it up. By we I mean he. Lel. read more
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She’s eating it. Mixed with blackberry, banana, and applesauce. Sweet as hell. I need some spinach to mix into shit for her. I haven’t done anything useful today even though I slept well. Just played with her while she was awake, and played coral island while she was asleep. She’s expressing herself vocally a lot read more
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I was all worried cuz Erica wouldn’t eat her dinner but then she ate mine Lil homie smashed like half a cup of udon, of all things. Babies are crazy. read more
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We went for it with the food! She had diced orange and colby jack and Cheerios for lunch. She ate a lot! I’m feeling positively about it. She was more enthusiastic than I feared. We got burgatory delivered for Nate’s birthday dinner… We thought about going out but he decided he’d rather be home and read more
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I have finally found a baby snack that Erica loves but I think is vile They literally smell like the hay I used to feed my guinea pig I hate spinach read more
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I’ve been living a lie First it was Parm, then romano, then provolone and now cheddar All of them can sometimes not be vegetarian and I just didn’t know for the entire time I’ve been veg I cri Other than that, very little to report. Went on a walk to enjoy the nice weather. Feeding read more
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Started the day off right with some sourdough French toast, cuz what else are you gonna do with half a loaf of sourdough your mom left in your fridge? Now I’m snuggling Erica while I wait for therapy to start. Sleepy and happy. read more
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Erica and I went to a cafe with Mike and ate delicious food. Praise be bagel and mousse cake. Had an encounter with another mom pushing a double decker stroller. Her kid threw her cookie on the floor and she didn’t see. I didn’t wanna leave Erica (read: I’m lazy) so instead of getting up read more
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Gotta get back into the swing of things! Ahzig, Nersch, and mama came to visit and since ahzig is my only super regular reader rn and my family is distracting, I stopped writing. We had a lovely week. Went out for dinner, tried mooncakes for the first time, played some games together. They watched E read more
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Erica does not even know she got a vaccine, I swear. She has no idea why she had to go lay on that table for a minute or why she has a purple crayon on her thigh now. Girl is a trooper. We got coffee at a cafe before her appointment and took home some read more
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Tried to do some gaming with the sib today, but got fooled by the game… Dark pictures anthology friends passes are all expired, btw 💀 but we hung out on discord anyway. Weird sleep day for Erica. Four naps for the first time in a long time. Hopefully tonight will be ok. We got some read more
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Made baked Gouda Mac n cheese, cuz a guy on the Internet reminded me baked Mac exists. Woo. It tasty tho. Nate introduced me to balatro. It might be dangerous. read more
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It’s Valentine’s Day, which means it’s my 4th anniversary as Nate’s wife! We braved the cold (very, today) and went to breakfast to celebrate. I got an eggs benedict dish that they put on this amazing layered cheese and filo dough pastry instead of an English muffin. Hollandaise has just the right amount of spice, read more
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She woke me up a lil too early, but we got tasty bagels for breakfast and took Erica to storytime this morning! Heading to the in laws shortly. Good start to the day. read more
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My nips hurt real bad and I’m exhausted of having tooth marks on em after breast feeding. But also Nathan is the best husband ever and made me ice cream outta frozen bananas and peanut butter. read more
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