Tuesday Things.
1. My favorite months are the ones that start on Monday! My I’ll-start-on-Monday brain just goes into overdrive and the new start feels so good.
2. This cara cara orange meringue tart is so gorgeous. I am dying to try it.
3. We got a bit of snow yesterday, but now that school can be done virtually – no snow day! I wonder if actual snow days are a thing of the past… it feels like we had tons of them when I was a kid.
4. 17 one minute habits that can change your life.
5. Emilia asked for “pancake sauce” on her french toast the other day. Yes. I will now forever call syrup “pancake sauce.”
6. TV things!! We watched Palmer this past weekend. OH! And I watched the Southern Charm reunion even though I couldn’t get into the show much this year (it seemed too out of touch with the pandemic, plus super fake, haha) and it was nuts. Like is that show even going to come back in regular times?!
7. There are two kinds of happy people. This is so interesting.
8. It’s so wild to me that I still can’t really do coffee! The above pic is decaf and I even added some whipped cream. It’s like I get through 1/5 of a coffee and just.can’t.drink.it. I’ve never had an aversion this long in pregnancy! I def miss the ritual of all, but as I mentioned in my favorites, the tea is helping.
9. Start to savor what you dread and avoid. I definitely want to try this with aspects of my life.
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3. When it snowed here last week, some of the kids still got a snow day. My city is still all virtual and they gave the kids the day off. My niece’s school is mixed and they put out a really nice letter about how COVID has taken away so much the last year, but it can’t cancel “the excitement and anticipation of the first snow day of the year! There truly is something magical about watching children enjoy even the smallest dusting of snow or the lightest of flurries falling from the sky.” One of other virtual schools stayed open and there was such an uproar from parents/teachers. I should mention that it had been over 1,000 days since we’d had snow and, pre-COVID, schools would shut down if there was even a threat of snow.
4. There are so many things on this list that I do and have made a huge difference! I’m probably always going to struggle with getting out of bed right away, especially in the winter, but I changed my alarm to an hour earlier when we had daylight savings since it wouldn’t actually change anything for me so I can still get my morning email/social media checkouts and get up before work to walk the dog/workout/etc.
I live in a fairly affluent suburb of St. Louis and our district announced that it won’t do virtual school on snow days because of resource disparities among families. Kids in poor areas may not have power. Parents who have to work may need to take the kids somewhere without wi-fi or ability to handle the requirements of virtual school. I hope more districts realize this, and that more parents speak up to their school boards to ensure that these things are taken into account.
My kids got a Snow Day yesterday! I thought for sure they would being doing virtual school. They do have to make it up on Presidents Day, but I think that was a fair trade off to spend the day in the snow! Now today they had to do virtual school and hopefully school will be back in session tomorrow.
Ugh … I could not tolerate coffee during either of my pregnancies for the entire nine months.  That first cup  of coffee after I delivered was THE BEST even though it was hospital coffee.  Funny I remember this over 37 years later!
We had huge snow in Maine from Monday night into today…Yesterday the kids school gave them a snow day. I think everyone needed a break, including the teachers. My kids are 17 so they slept in until noon! The life!
Where is that beautiful mug from? xoxo
paper source! but it’s a few years old. https://www.papersource.com/gifts/coral-dot-mug-10009131.html
I need that mug – deets please!
mug is from paper source, but a few years ago! https://www.papersource.com/gifts/coral-dot-mug-10009131.html
omg my friend and i said the same thing about southern charm… this season was so meh, but the reunion?! SO GOOD! all the drama i love in a bravo show/reunion. made up for the entire season. and i’ll continue to stalk the instagram drama with previous pro athletes …
um, pancake sauce? that is PERFECTION. adorable beyond and i’m stealing it :)Â
and great links in this post!Â