I have been having a very difficult time recently finding my desire to cook. Afternoons have been so filled with activity that by the time I get home, all I want to do is collapse and order pizza. Which I did this past Tuesday after a fun-filled-exhausting afternoon at the zoo. Then, this morning as I was wolfing down cold pizza for breakfast, I realized that I truly was not nourishing my body or my soul. I made a good breakfast for J but gave myself cold, mediocre pizza. It wasn’t even that great when it was hot. Ugh. Nauseous. You fill your body with crap and you will feel like crap. And I do. So adding to my list of goals is to create some quick-and-easy meals for the freezer AND to meal plan better on those days when I know we will be going a little bit crazy. Meal plan? Yes I meal plan. At least a week out and oftentimes more than that. I keep the plans on my iPad and iPhone and I use ‘Buy Me a Pie’ grocery shopping app. I’m so super organized! Yet I totally discounted how much an afternoon spent running around with a kiddo can completely exhaust me. Those days need to be something that’s reheated or grilled cheese and tomato soup nights.
I hate the new iPad update – wish I had never done it. any way to get the old version back?!
Starting to feel like Autumn here – pulled out my soup and slow cooker cookbooks the other day, my very favorite types of meals for my very, very favorite time of year.
I just got back from picking up the last of my alterations at Nordstroms and for the first time, I walked out of there with nothing but the alterations! Go me! My closet is feeling balanced, simple, complete and I like that. I don’t feel much need for anything else and what a great feeling that is! Here are a couple of outfit pics from this week:
Navy t-shirt, jeans and a new scarf
Showing off my Helmut Lang sweater and Longchamp bag (and yes that’s the women’s lounge at Nordstrom)
Haven’t had a lot of time for ‘me time’ recently. I’m guarding my bi-weekly pedicures as that’s an hour where I have nothing to do but read, relax and be pampered.
I crossed off a huge list of errands this morning and had time to race back home and write this before I have to go pick J up from school, then haircut, then swimming, then maybe get the car washed as a treat (that kid loves the car wash). Then home to make penne with pancetta, tomato-cream sauce, and a salad for dinner. Racing, rushing and I only have one kiddo.
J and I actually got out into the veg garden this week and trimmed up some tomato plants and pulled others. That’s the most time I’ve spent in the garden all summer. It’s amazing we got a crop at all. Things had to be low maintenance this summer, not quite sure how or why that was but none of us were into making much effort around the house. Easy, effortless and simple were the words to live by this summer. I’m working on the words for Fall but I think cozy, complete and nourishing should definitely be in there.