A bunch of unrelated stuff

1. I’m rewatching The L Word from the beginning. Showtime is replaying it two episodes at a time on Thursday nights and I’m finding it quite enjoyable even though I have seen it all before. Shane continues to be the hottest. Jenny continues to be awful. Kit continues to be my favorite.

I’ve also started watching Tyrant and Outlander, am on the second season of Masters of Sex, and made the executive decision to give up on Ray Donovan. I couldn’t even get through last season, so eeeeeh. I think it goes without saying I am watching all the Real Housewives right now. I am LOVING Jerz this season (Amber and Jim are AWFUL) and Orange County, with the addition of Crazy Shannon, has been great too.

2. I was in desperate need of new makeup and didn’t have time to head to the M.A.C. counter, so I hopped on over to Sephora’s website and ordered some stuff. I must say, I think my beloved M.A.C. PowerPoint eyeliner has a new replacement. I bought Benefit’s They’re Real! Push-Up Liner and I love it. I also bought NARS blush (in the famous color I refuse to type because I don’t want to get any more spam) and an Urban Decay eyeshadow in Foxy.

3. Mealtime in this house is pretty fluid. I feel like every time I get a handle on things, our schedules change again and we’re adapting to a new routine. For now: We are doing A LOT of prep/cooking on the weekends. But, it’s paid off. Since Chris started his job a year ago and I started mine four months ago, neither of us have purchased lunches out (with the exception of Chris’s occasional team-building burrito day, of course.) That feels pretty nice, I’m not gonna lie. I hate wasting money on food I could make better and I feel like most lunch places fall into that category. $20 salads that are mediocre, etc. Anyway, I was going to post pictures of some meals I’ve cooked recently, but my Flickr plug-in isn’t working, so go here if you’re interested. It’s pretty low-brow stuff, but when you get home at 5:30pm and the majority of your family goes to bed at 7:30pm, you make do with what you can. If I can work in a salad a day, then I consider that a win.

4. With high hopes, I bought a Soda Stream and I am returning it tomorrow. The CO2 cartridge that came with it said it was enough for 60 liters. I made maybe 10 liters total and the thing crapped out this morning. I also could never get the machine to make fizzy enough water. And I never heard the LOUD NOISE! everyone said I would hear. So. back to the Targs it goes, where I shall then buy several cases of La Croix and call it a day. I of course would like a Soda Stream (sparky water anytime, less waste, etc.), but not if I am going to have to run out and buy a new CO2 cartridge every week. Also, the thing felt really plasticy and cheap from the get-go. I expected more.

5. A few LG updates:

She moved up to the big kid room at school. They are called Busy Bears, instead of Caterpillars. I think the main difference is they have more Legos in the Busy Bears room, although I really wouldn’t know because…

…Tonight at dinner we asked her what she did at school today and she told us she’d tell us, “Maybe later.” Maybe later is a very big thing right now. Like, “Are you ready for bed?” “Maybe later.” (Mom and Dad are less thrilled with “maybe later,” obvs.)

She can spell her entire name and is in the stage where she “reads” books (that she’s memorized.) One of her favorites is Wacky Wednesday (which happens to have been my favorite growing up yaaaaaaay) and upon the recommendation of Diane, we taped a shoe to her wall last Friday night. I was giddy when I woke up Saturday morning, so excited to see what she thought of the shoe on the wall. Chris went in there and…No shoe. “Was there a shoe on your wall?” he asked her. “Yeah, I put it away.” Ever practical, that one.

6. I’ve been trying to workout at lunch more—two mile walks with my work walking buddy—because I feel like a slug every night when I get home after sitting most of the day (what I wouldn’t give for a stand-up desk.) Ideally I’d go on runs, but when it’s 90 degrees at noon, yeah, no thanks. I have high hopes of getting in a yoga class once a week (in addition to yoga church on Sundays), but that hasn’t happened yet. Prioritizing my time, etc.

7. We’ve gone on a lot of fun trips this summer. Hawaii, of course, then Oregon for the 4th of July, Vegas for my friend Kim’s birthday, then Santa Cruz this past weekend. After many years of no trips, it’s been fun to go on many trips. Pictures: Oregon here. Vegas here. Santa Cruz here.

Well, that’s me! What’s new with you?