Lazy Leftover Bits
I have a trillion recipes I could post, but guess what? I'm taking the lazy road tonight. Have you heard about that new "Slacker Parent" movement? Apparently, it's now alright to NOT enroll your children in endless day camps and music lessons. And it's acceptable to put snacks in ziplocs instead of artisan reusable pouches made of oilcloth. I could have written that book, but I was slacking instead.
Here are some highlights of my week:
1) Farm-fresh eggs from Yancey's coworker. We paid just $2.50 for a dozen--enough for her to keep buying chicken feed. She assures us this is a long-term arrangement. God. I just couldn't be more over-the-moon about it.
2) Wyatt texting Yancey at work tonight. I surreptitiously read it, and he used all his laborious typing to say, "Hi Dad. Tonight mom made coconut ice cream with perfect mango on top."
3) And I did. (Make coconut ice cream, that is.) I couldn't sleep last night, so got up and made coconut ice cream. Duh. It's so cliché.
4) Having a playdate at the park this morning with 4 moms and 10 kids. We barked orders, doled out snacks, tracked down lost shoes, and still managed to have meaningful conversation.
5) Making pottery with Nicole and her kids in her beautiful backyard. Wyatt got totally, cutely into it. (Don't tell him I said it was cute.)
6) Sitting with Jenn outside at the wine bar, interrupting each other with stories and questions. What is better than making a new friend?
7) Loving my client work right now, feeling useful, collaborative, and connected in helping this great workplace become even better.
Ah. Oh--one more thing. Reading Geneen Roth's Women Food and God. I think every woman should read it. My guess is you'll hear more about it if you stick around. My biggest a-ha--I am often driven by a deep fear that there will not be enough. If I take a minute to read this post, how clear it is! Look how much there has been, just this week. There is enough. There will be enough.
July 22, 2010
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I'm still trying to figure out what's cliche about making coconut ice cream in the middle of the night. You are certainly a lovely kind of crazy.
Also, I want to get in on that fresh egg action!
In true Jenn fashion I kept you out way too late talking in a parking lot. I fall hard for new friends and close connections. That was so fun. And, I'm glad I got to squeeze a Famolare shoe appearance into our date. I am all about the slacker mom thing-although I do it a little too intentionally with much debate in my head. Thanks for squeezing me into your full week twice. It's so fun to rule Lakewood park with such a big play group. Thanks to Wyatt for taking Luca under his wing too. Luca's little legs were so tired after all those trips around the perimeter with Wyatt and Oscar.
I have heard about this book too--I would love to hear more. And $2.50 for farm fresh eggs is AMAZING!!!
I find it funny how often we are reading the same book at the same time. Thank you for the glimpses of life in the trenches being lived sweetly.
Hmm. It's almost like we were in the same book club for seven years.
I keep coming back here to look at that picture of the hard boiled eggs. Beautiful. I don't want to eat them, but I want to keep looking at that picture.
I would like to eat Emily's share. Please and thank you. The rich color in the yolk speaks to me. It says "EAT ME!".