Tuesday Things.
1. Emilia is obsessed with cars (and anything that has to do with them) and when she’s in the car with you, she always thinks you’re “racing” the car next to you. We’re talking, like, when you’re on a highway with a max speed of 45. I mean she cheers or gets concerned if another car passes us on the highway. It’s adorable and also, who is going to break it to her?
2. This southwest chicken salad is calling my name. OMG.
3. Dyeing easter eggs is one of my favorite spring things! My mom ruined me for life though: she would have us leave the eggs in for an hour or more so they were turn insanely bold and bright. They are the prettiest!
4. How to make small talk after the past year. Oh I love this.
5. Anyone else feel like they need an entire new wardrobe after barely wearing any of it over the last year? It’s like I’m over all of it and don’t even like much of it anymore, now that I may have a chance to wear it soon.
6. TV Things!! I finished Ginny and Georgia and really loved it. Thought it was so cute, aside from the T Swift line in the end which was SO ridiculously dated – not that it should ever be used. But still. I mean just when I thought Grey’s couldn’t get worse, it did. I need a new show to binge!
7. How to stop the guilt of not working more!
8. Literally counting down the days until I can plant herbs and flowers! Reeeeeally want to go get some this weekend but I’m sure we will get snow or frost or something in April. Maybe I can keep them successfully alive in the garage.
17 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
Grey’s was ridiculously bad. I canceled my auto record. Jumped the shark. Bye. I’m late to the table, but have you watched Handmaid’s Tale? Queen’s Gambit?
When my niece was little, she would urge me to “drive faster! You have to beat them all!” When I told her that it wasn’t a race, and the police would get me, she replied, “I don’t see police. Police aren’t here.” Ehm. Yeah.
Have you tried dying eggs with the dyes you use to color frosting?? Wilton gel dyes are great. A bit of boiling water, mix in the gel color (usually 1/4 tsp or more!) and 1 TBSP white vinegar. No need to wait hours and the colors are super bright and easily mixed to create custom colors. Great for making Ombre eggs.
I am so feeling the small talk article and the wardrobe woes! We STILL don’t know how much we’ll be able to WFH in the future, so I can’t really get rid of work clothes yet even though I am tired of them despite not seeing them for a year. A post covid-world is going to be a tough navigation, maybe even tougher than living in the state we have been the past year.
When I was little, I used to love leaving the eggs in the dye so long that the color would bleed through the shell and turn the whites of the eggs bright pink or blue or whatever. It’s probably so bad for you, but I don’t care — I still get excited when I peel open the egg and it’s a bright color. LOL.
We have done tie-dyeish eggs the past few years and my girls love it!
You mix baking soda, food coloring, and a little water to make a thick “paint”. Have the kids paint all the eggs multi-colors, you want there to be baking soda on the eggs. Then the super fun part. Put the eggs in muffin tins and squirt them with vinegar, it washes off the baking soda and gets all fizzy and “sets” the color. So much fun! The biggest trick I have learned after doing it a few years is to make the kids fully paint all the eggs before you break out the vinegar, lets the color develop a bit more before they spray it off :)
#5 yes I have been so tempted to shop! but since I’m currently pregnant with #2 (due in July) I’m holding off! I have, however, bought myself a couple of brand new ‘post baby’ things and put them in a bin with my other non-maternity clothes. I’m hoping they all feel new when I finally pull that bin out
#8 we planted some seeds for herbs and veggies over the weekend and they are sitting hopeful on my sunny kitchen table. I live in MN (70 degrees yesterday, 35 today… oof!) so they are my way of manifesting warmth haha!
Have you watched Ted Lasso yet? So funny and heartwarming!
Came here to say the same thing!!! It is my favorite show of all time!
Behind Her Eyes on Netflix is SUPER GOOD
Someone flesh out why so many of you are done with Grey’s. Is it because they still incorporate the pandemic or something else? I suppose if you still like Sandra On you could binge Killing Eve. If you want something quirky try Resident Alien. It’s season finale is Wednesday the 31st. Extraterrestrial meets Northern Exposure. I am loving Debris and Snowpiercer but they are intense.
Resident Alien is so fun! Totally enjoying it also! And Grey’s Anatomy was one of my favorit for years, I’m having a hard time watching them all suffer through the beginning of the Pandemic, I don’t want to go back to that scared and hopeless feeling we all felt in the beginning of it all. Plus, stop killing off my favorite characters, dammit!! Lol!
So glad I found a fellow RA fan! So happy it was renewed for a second season.
I’ve wondered this same thing! I’ve been a Grey’s fan since 2005 (remember it being a huge thing Sunday nights in college!) and it’s always been the troupe that Shonda is the grim reaper. Most of the characters leave on their own and go on to do bigger things so while Shonda can be cruel- it’s not too surprising.
I myself don’t mind the pandemic rehash as it’s one of the only shows I’m watching that’s “live” as in releasing new episodes in 2021. My pandemic life has been relatively calm it’s fascinating, from my perspective, to watch from a more serious/health care worker POV. It really humanizes the faceless front line.
In other shows I watch, ie Zoey of Shameless (circa season 3) it’s so jarring to see characters in close proximity so in many ways Grey’s (and This is Us) feels much more realistic
I’ve watched Grey’s from the beginning. The show has definitely gone through its trials (Isiah Washington, Katherine Hiegel, T.R. Knight) and Shonda may have been one of the reasons but you could point to other aspects too. I have been pleased to see signs of inclusivity in the characters presented and Ellen Pompeo has in my mind definitely proven that the world of Grey’s survived Patrick Dempsey moving on. I like that they have tackled some serious issues over the years like PTSD, miscarriage, dealing with OCD, sex trafficking along with many others so it seemed strange to me that they wouldn’t tackle the pandemic given its pervasive influence in our lives this past year. I too am in health care so it didn’t bother me to see its images as much as it seems to have upset other viewers who want to escape it but I do get it. I just hope that before the show ends Owen finds a version of true love and we see Meredith and Cristina dance it out one last time even if it is on the beach.
Does anybody else watch Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist? I have come to really enjoy it and love all the quirky characters. I find myself sometimes waiting for people to rip off their masks and shields and break out into song when I am in the grocery store. Then it makes me stress out to think of all the COVID particles being spewed into the air and I instinctively want to bathe in sanitizer, which of course you shouldn’t do.
Thanks for letting me know it RA was renewed! Yay! :) Let’s all hope Grey’s gets better. Also, I am not enjoying the forced Station 19 collaborations, I never watched it before they started doing cross overs and I kind of don’t like Station 19 so I am annoyed with being forced to watch it so I don’t miss anything that might tie into Grey’s.
I recently caught up with season 16 of Grey’s and when I got to S17, I had to stop. The anxiety and dread I felt at this time last year was so heavy, I didn’t want to relive it.
I have one episode left of Ginny & Georgia, I don’t want it to end! Check out Good Girls if you haven’t already.
Good Girls is everything! I have watched from the beginning and I find Rio and his sultry low drawl very appealing. I think the girls were perfectly cast and bringing in Andrew McCarthy was genius.