Weekend Wrap-Up

​Hello all. School starts this week- tomorrow for me and Tuesday for the girls. We have been busy and barely had a chance to process this past week and now things are going full steam ahead. I’m exhausted.

This weekend I decided to make potato corn chowder and used some purple carrots, so my soup turned out very purple (and delicious) and I made two sourdough loaves- and everything bagel seasoning one and a strawberry cream cheese one.

We had our annual Gosselin Girls’ dinner and it was lovely! 

Auntie Cat came to play games and I was in gerbil duty when Maya had sleepovers elsewhere (two nights in a row!).

Send energetic vibes this week…it’s gonna be crazy. 

A Picture Update: Happy Belated Birthday Avery!!!

​Hi all. It was Avery’s birthday yesterday!!! I missed posting, but for good reason. We were celebrating (see below)! 

This has been a tough week. I was back to work full time, the girls were still home, Chris was busy at work, and we lost Luna on Tuesday unexpectedly. So I’m exhausted and a bit numb. My plan for the evening is to make soup and start another sourdough loaf.

Here are a few more pictures, though. 

Maya and the cousins:

Comfort in n a hard day:

Avery’s birthday party!!

A relaxed morning:

Have a lovely weekend. 

Luna Ray

​Hi all. I’m  coming to you today with sad news. 

This morning Luna started having cluster seizures. Chris called me home from work to be with the girls while he took her to the emergency vet. Unfortunately, we had to make the very hard choice to put her down. 

She was the dumbest, cutest, naughtiest, most lovable creature we had living in our house. We will all miss her so much. 

As a coping mechanism, I went through nearly all of the last 8+ years of photos to put together some collages of our Luna Tuna.

We will miss this face. Thanks for all the snuggles and stare downs and paws, Luna. We love you. 🐾 

Weekend Wrap-Up

​After a busy weekend, this is late! 

Friday night: a show with a friend. 

Saturday morning: bread dough making and farmers market.

Saturday evening: friend outing in Northfield.

Sunday morning: bread baking, church and brunch. 

Sunday evening: Maya babysitting (with some help from Chris) and another concert. 

Have a lovely week! 

A Picture Update

​I went back to work this week and so therefore I completely missed Timehop Tuesday, so here you go. Look at this face!

The week was a blur, and the girls still have summer for another week. But here are the pics. 

Desk geese, pretty sky, evening Quirkle last week of the pool and naughty gerbils:

I still managed to eke out 2 loaves of bread: cinnamon and rosemary garlic.

Weekend Wrap-Up

​Hello! We had a nice weekend… yesterday we went to see Boom play her flute with a band at a record store!

And I went to see Ed Sheeran.

Then there was more bread and Luna.

Have a good week! 

Summer Week 10

​This was the last full week of summer. I have worked on and off the past few weeks a bit, but next Wednesday is day 1 of the 26-27 school year officially. Wow! 

Here are the pics from the week: more sourdough, pool time, voting, and gerbils.

Callie at pom squad practice and with old friends:

And then margs with Mom, a new breakfast loaf and Luna begging as per usual. 

Have a lovely weekend. 

Timehop Wednesday

​First up, me and Lucy!

And then Callie, Charlie and Mabel! 

Weekend Wrap-Up

​Happy Sunday! This weekend I took Lucy to a Lynx game, and we had a blast! 

And the rest of the weekend was focused on SOURDOUGH! I have been feeding a starter for a week and finally got to bake my first loaf. It turned out perfectly. And now I’m hooked!

Have a great week! 

Summer Week 9

​Hello! Happy Friday! A few of us in the household aren't feeling to great today, so it has been a pretty lazy one. But the rest of the week was lovely.

Cousins time:

Luna time:

Goo Goo Dolls concert time:

Crabby animal time (trying to get those dang gerbils to not kill each other involved gloves):

Other random things:

And that about covers it. Have a good weekend! 

21 Years!

​Sometimes when you are 44 and you can’t sleep you realize 

1) you forgot to post for you anniversary 

and

2) any babies born on you wedding day can legally drink

Cheers!

Timehop Wednesday

​It’s family photos after baptisms today!

Weekend Wrap-Up: Happy Belated B-Day Auntie Cat!

​Happy Sunday! I totally missed wishing Auntie Cat a happy birthday on Friday… happy belated birthday Auntie Cat! We love you and hope you had a wonderful day! 

This weekend in pictures: antiquing and lunch with Boom in Hopkins! 

And pretty sunrays.

Have a great week!