It’s good to be back! My last full post was weeks ago, or so it seems. Not quite so much busy as lazy…..but I’m back in action, blogging away as I listened to a burned CD that I bought in Paraguay 9 years ago. Alejandro Sanz. Love, love, love his voice.
Mood (update):
Much better, thank you. (“What’s wrong Grumpy Pants?” texted my little sister, Jill)
Food:
Afternoon snack: Large apple. Crisp and delish.
Afternoon snack, Part Deux: tea and a slice of banana bread
(Green heart: reusing paper by writing on the other side of printed documents)
Tea in a teaspoon.
We bought this loose leaf tea at Central Market. It’s good! The tea, not Central Market. Central Market fails to impress me. It’s fancy and all, but lacks a good selection of organic products. For that reason, Whole Foods holds my heart.
It helps to place the tea leaves into measuring cups and to let them steep there. When ready to strain, it’s easy to pour into teacups or mugs because of the measuring cup’s spout.
Do you like the pretty mat? It currently sits atop the coffee table. I bought it in Spain for less than 2 euros. It doesn’t serve it’s purpose as a pillow case because none of our pillows fit, but it makes a great decoration and/or place mat. I’d bought three in different colors, only I wish I had bought more. Super cheap and great little pieces to brighten up a room.
As per usual, Lucas made the banana bread. Not his best (he concurs*)! But I blame it on our oven; it’s not that great and the temperature is difficult to regulate.
*Concur. That’s a word that I learned from that Leonardo DiCaprio movie where he plays a smooth con artist. I forget the name. It’s the scene where he plays a doctor, and he asks the nurse or someone if they concur with his diagnosis…I think that’s the way it went……I don’t know how old I was when that movie came out, but I suppose I was quite more than old enough to where I should have known what “concur” meant. Ah well.
And now to the fun stuff. Fun for me at least. You’re already here, so while not stay a bit longer?
Here are a few of my favorite things about our new digs!
The natural light in Lucas’s art studio that lends a hand in inspiration….(Toy Story is also there to help)
The huge living room window…..
Kitchen nooks and crannies like this one….
Reading corner (on a mission for a more proper reading chair!)…
The faux fireplace that serves as a bookcase…
..and it’s mosaic tile floor…
Just a few of my favorite things!