This week is inherently lovely because my birthday is Thursday! When I went to get my nails done last week, Cheryl surprised me with a bag of gourmet doughnuts. On the bag, she wrote, “Happy Birthday! The world became a better place the day you were born,” and signed it with a red heart. If…
Have a lovely week….
Scalloped potatoes with leeks and thyme
This is a quick post about a new recipe that I fell in love with today. Remember my lovely neighbor from Sri Lanka I mentioned before, the one with the garden? Well, yesterday, he was ever so kind to share his garden’s yield with me—leeks, kale, cabbage, and more Roma tomatoes than we can eat! I…
Loving myself
I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive. Zora Neale Hurston
Celebrating strength
Be proud of how you’ve been handling these past months. The silent battles you fought, the moments you had to humble yourself, wiped your own tears, and pat yourself on the back. Celebrate your strength.
Fuji apple chicken salad (like from Panera)
So here is another blog post about me copying a Panera salad that ends up being better than Paneras! Last summer, it was the strawberry poppyseed chicken salad; this summer, it’s the Fuji Apple salad with chicken. On my Saturday morning grocery run, I picked up the Fuji apple vinaigrette dressing (from Meijer), some mixed greens, apple chips, roasted…
Positive Vibes Only
Yesterday I got my nails done. Last month I wore a perfect red, this month—a perfect purple. I picked up the little gel bottle of this color and a bottle of a vibrant pink (V-I-Pink Passes) and took both to Cheryl’s station. “Which one?” Both colors happen to come from OPI’s Neon Summer 2019 collection. As I…