2. But what I did have time for was a relaxing (steaming, sauna-like) hot shower and a little pedi-care while the hubby watched the baby. My poor feet. I've been a barefoot country girl most of my life and my feet are showing it. What do y'all do to care for your feet when you can't afford pedicures? I tend to use a pumice stone, some lotion (or petroleum jelly-- thanks, grandma!), and wrap them up in socks for the night hoping for some soft, gorgeous feet in the morning. At any rate, my toes are a cute spring pink color right now. Okay, did I really just spend a whole number on feet?? Moving on...
3. I'm sipping wine right now and it's sooooo good. I've only drank a handful of times since having the baby, mostly out of fear with breastfeeding, but I'm starting to get the hang of a glass of wine and how little it affects my milk supply. Cheers!
4. This is the first weekend in a long time that we haven't had anything on the schedule. And they're calling for rain and storms. Go figure. This month has been so busy and May is looking similar! But I spent the last two days home all day and it was wonderful. If you follow me on IG, you saw the awesome book I have from the library right now: Little House Living. It's fascinating and chock full of DIY ideas for beauty and hygiene, baby/kids, and cooking. Today I made pantry mixes of cake mixes, cornbread mixes, bread machine mixes, and more. I love that they are chemical free, frugal, and convenient-- total win.
4 (and a half). Dinner tonight was supposed to be spaghetti with some delish sauce I had gotten out of the freezer yesterday to thaw for tonight...but when I went to boil the noodles I realized I was out of them and only had lasagna noodles and a handful of rotini. Into the pot they went, with the lasagna noodles broken up into bite size pieces!! What I thought was a fail turned into a win-- the texture reminded me of ravioli!
5. I finally tried out the Baby Tour at our local art museum this past week and it was fabulous! (Despite a major diaper blowout from baby G on arrival...never fails.) They gave each baby a board book filled with pictures of paintings and sculptures at the museum, so if you read the book to your baby a lot, they might recognize some of the things if you come back to the museum. So cute! My friend and her baby joined us, and many of the other moms seemed so friendly and open. Great place to meet new mom friends.
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| What do you think of this painting, mom? |
6. Speaking of, next week I'm going for coffee with a new friend and having a play date with a different new friend and her girls later that week. I'm so thankful for the wonderful women God continues to bring into my life. I feel really blessed with all the friendships I've made here since marriage-- and that my old friendships are still thriving despite the distance.
7. My wine is gone and the baby is fussing...so I'll quickly just mention that I took up a temporary job with a crisis pregnancy center that needed some transitional help. It's a half day per week and they are letting me bring the baby (pro-life all the way!). It's been nice yet challenging! I definitely could not work with a baby permanently but I'm happy to help them out for the month and am so grateful for their flexibility.
Have a beautiful weekend, friends! I hope yours is less rainy! (Or that if it's rainy, you can get all snuggly with books and movies and warm drinks!) Let me know what you're up to with some comment-love!
Sounds like some lovely adventures! Such a cute tour idea at the museum. I'm pretty bad about taking care of my feet....I usually paint my own nails and just repaint throughout the summer until colder weather. I definitely find that a pumice stone or something like that keeps them smoother. Love hearing about the frugal homemade recipes, and so good about meeting new people. It's been warm here lately and I've got sunburnt twice already (whoops!). How awesome of the pregnancy center to let you bring baby along. Hope that goes well!
ReplyDeleteYay for relaxing self-care without the baby! Unfortunately, I have no good ideas on feet. I love going barefoot, and years ago, my feet basically turned into perpetually gray/black and tough on the bottom (even after washing them!) on the bottoms.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you guys went on the baby museum tour! I'm going to check around OKC and see if we have something similar here-that would be tons of fun. And thanks for the book recommendation! I just added it to my reading schedule-it sounds right up my alley.
What is it with rain this weekend? It was so cold and rainy this weekend, which was quite a dreary change from our typical sunny weather. We were visiting my family, though, and I got to hang out with some different friends who I've known since middle school and high school, so it turned out being good weather for sitting indoors and chatting :)