Tuesday Things.
1. This has officially been the longest I’ve ever stepped away from Tuesday Things! So many things I want to discuss are no longer relevant (hello, Macaulay Culkin + google home alone ad) and I had to hold actual conversations with friends instead of coming here and rambling all of my embarrassing thoughts.
2. Avocados are pretty terrible right now, so the day after Christmas I bought a 32 ounce container of guacamole from Whole Foods for $16. Insane, but delicious. Their guac is SO good. And this was perfect for entertaining the rest of the break! Well. Two days later I walked into kitchen to Eddie DUMPING THE GUAC DOWN THE SINK. There was over three quarters of the container left. He said that the “top layer looked brown so it was bad.” For the record, he doesn’t eat guacamole and for the record (again), I’m still talking about this. Oh and for the record it was like the slightest top level that had turned. Fury. That’s all I felt. Do people divorce over guac?
3. This hot chocolate cake is what my dreams are made of.
4. On building a life I didn’t want. This is wonderful. I relate so much because I want to be with my kids all the time and be HERE with them and live everyday life with them.
5. TV! Dirty John is killing me! It’s so good. So, so good but still leaves me super uneasy afterwards. Oh, we also watched Dumplin one night while we were finishing wrapping gifts. It was lovely. Have not watched BirdBox. I don’t think we will. I have started watching Marie Kondo’s show but feel… underwhelmed? Or something? Some of it is inspiring (like the accumulation of clothes and papers and sentimental things, etc) but it’s almost like they aren’t showing me enough of the process to get hooked. I don’t know! I did read the book and love it back then.
6. If you haven’t read about the man ordering a box of crickets from the internet yet… you must.
7. I was dyyyying over so many looks from the Golden Globes. I loved Julia Roberts look. LOVED it. But also loving Regina King, Nicole Kidman, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Lady Gaga, Kristen Bell, Gemma Chan and Emily Blunt! I can’t pick a fave.
8. Ina is dreamy.
9. Max was a great eater until around a year ago, but there have still been things he has always eaten without question. All of a sudden last month, he decided he hates the crust on bread… even though he has eaten it for three years. Yes. How does this happen in kids’ brains? I don’t get it.
10. This made me laugh. What happened to coffee in 2018?!
20 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
I agree with you on avocados. I bought 3 the other day and only one of them was good, so sad. To have on hand I love the mini Wholly guacamoles, they are perfect for a snack or in a sandwich. I think Kristen Bell was my favorite look from the globes. I loved the color, style and her hair. I think kids subconsciously know they are not supposed to like crusts on bread or pizza once they hit Max’s age. Then they will go back to eating in when they’re 9 or 10 like it was no big deal. OMG I read the coffee article, umm no i do not want broccoli in my coffee, thank you.
The D word would definitely come up if my husband threw away guac – I don’t care how much has turned brown (kidding!) our local farm market/grocery store makes awesome guacamole and I will definitely mix the brown parts in (or scrape it out). It’s not $16 but it can get expensive! I’d be furious too lol
Ugh BirdBox was so horrible. We are not scary movie people so we looked ridiculous curled up on the couch watching, but the plot also didn’t really hold us. And the ending OMG… just HATED it.
The guac story just finished me. Cannot believe it/cannot stop laughing. I would have been livid.
Coffee got weeeird in 2018. Give me dark roast, some heavy cream, and maybe a splenda packet if I feel fancy. The broccoli can STAY AWAY from my coffee.
The Globes! I loves the dresses. Which means whoa, baby, the Oscars will be amazing. They all save the good dresses for the Oscars!
My kids were both great eaters and around 4 or 5 the because horribly picky. 7 got even worse. Now my older daughter is turning 10 and she is the best eater ever. My younger one who used to say her favorite food is salmon now says her favorite food is buttered noodles. Oy. So Max is totally normal. He’ll get back to being a good eater.
Everything I’ve read says it’s more about independence than anything else.
I love the building a life I want. I walked away from a huge corporate job a few years ago to stay home with my girls. No looking back!!
I used to tell my kids that the crust is where are all the vitamins are. They bought into it for about a year, then I cut the crust. Forward to age 15 (I have twins), I stopped cutting the crust 4 years ago. If they didn’t like the option, they can make their own sandwiches. ha!
this isn’t what I had in mind when I suggested “more Eddie” on the blog in 2019
Your Eddie is like my Alan. A few years ago I planted some spearmint plants (a special variety only found in one store here) in a pot near our entry steps, and added a cheap little “spike plant” to the pot for some interest until the mint got established. The mint overwintered and came back vigorously in the spring. The spike plant lived as well so I left it in the pot. One day I went into town for groceries. The plants were fine when I left, but when I got back, ALL OF THE MINT WAS GONE! The only thing left was the spike plant. Thoroughly confused, I asked my husband what happened to my planter. His reply? “Oh, mint seems to be taking over our garden so I pulled all of the mint in the pot out so the other plant could grow.” For the record, the “mint” in the garden was lemon balm, planted in an area where nothing else would grow – it was NOT my special spearmint variety! To this day I cannot get that spearmint to grow again anywhere in our yard, and that cheap little spike plant is still just barely hanging in there. My husband will never be allowed to live that fiasco down! Husbands – you love them dearly but they can be the most aggravating men on the planet sometimes. On the bright side, my husband does not believe in wasting food so he would never toss guacamole down the sink!
My boyfriend used two huge scoops out of my million-dollars-a-jar cashew butter on mousetraps. I told him that’s what the Jif is for…
Ha! But also, I’m sorry!
i’m 40 and single so what do i know but am i the only one who is impressed your husband cleans things out of the fridge? i mean, i’d hate to see guac tossed but bonus points that he’s helping out? no?
i completely agree :)
OMG kids and food changes! The other day my 2 and 1/2 year old said “Mama, I don’t. like. salt.” What???
Kids are sooo funny (and ridiculous) with their food proclamations. Mine recently decided he only likes yellow cheese in square shapes… Whatever, dude! Anyway, I’m a pediatric dietitian and share lots of tips on picky eating and healthy eating for toddlers on IG at @mamaknows_nutrition if anyone is looking for help!
Building a life I didn’t want was apparently everything I needed to read right now. Also, I thought dumplin was adorable. My younger (22yo) brother told me to watch it and it was the opposite of what I was expecting.
I can’t get past the glass scene with John as a kid in Dirty John. I actually had to walk away from the TV.
OMG, my husband does the same thing with guac. It drives me insane. I’ll press the plastic wrap to it but it will still brown, and my husband will take one look at it and declare, NOPE! NOT EATING IT! I’ve since learned to get to the gauc before he does and scrape off the top layer before he opens the fridge if I’m aiming to have leftover gauc with dinner, lol.
Thanks for sharing the post on building a life I didn’t want. Great stuff.
I’m with you on Dirty John. I like it but I feel very nervous and unsettled after I watch it. Could John Meehan be any more creepy and sleazy? Coincidentally, my husband’s name is John and I’m Deborah, haha. Can’t wait to see the finale. Have you listened to the podcast with the actual people? It’s by the LA Times, very well done but, again, you love it and hate it simultaneously.
OMG THE CRICKETS. In every relationship, there is an accidental cricket releaser and the one who finds them and says “what the hell is with all the crickets?!” I am 100% an accidental cricket releaser.
DUMPLIN! It was so good. Just, ugh, pure. A breath of fresh air. Total feel good. Basically the opposite of Bird Box.
HERE FOR JULIA ROBERTS ALWAYS BUT ESPECIALLY IN THAT GOLDEN GLOBES ‘FIT!!
And yes, dumping out Whole Foods guac is grounds for divorce. AT LEAST grounds for counseling. Thoughts and prayers to you during this difficult time.
Just want to say that Eddie contributed the best comment this list. 😂
again, I completely agree :)
I watched Birdbox……that’ll be time I’ll never get back. It was ok(ish), but my time could have been better spent watching baking programmes on The Food Network.