its friday and i like things/8

reading:


really getting into I Capture the Castle again, just like when i was a kid. been staying up too late reading it and i'll probably finish tonight! : (


i have Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty waiting in the wings to be my next fiction.


this article about self care is exactly right/ exactly how i've been feeling/ exactly why i write about what i write about in these posts.  i come from a background and live in an area where it sometimes feels like the expectations that people have for my self care can get overwhelming. (and expensive) it can feel as if its just another area i'm not doing enough. logistic and budget constraints factor in, but it's just not realistic for me to go to yoga a couple times a week, go see a therapist when i'd like to, or whatever. i have some precious moments to myself most days (some days?) and what i choose to do with them is so key. self care hacks count, too.

beauty


doing my make up most days IS self care. if i have six minutes to myself while both girls are happy after breakfast, or whatever, it's fun and creative for me and usually an experiment. the selfie that follows is self care too- it's fun, it's for me. it's quick enough to do my makeup and snap a picture that no one's day gets disrupted, and it doesn't make anyone cry, and i enjoy it.


that being said...


i'm feeling a resurgence of purple. i love a berry lipstick (a la nars viviene) but lately i've been excited about purple blush, purple eyeshadow. i used to wear purple blush a lot in high school... do with that what you will. this blush is on my wishlist.


wearing


 the same old stuff because the spring is refusing to come two months early like i asked it to. but i am SO dreaming of spring clothes, summer clothes, bathing suits. ordered a few one pieces, which generally make me feel like i'm wearing a leotard without a sports bra on, so i'm just hoping for the best.


on the look for: a great jean jacket, a jean pencil skirt to wear with peasant blouses, and something other than my one pair of jean cutoffs to wear on the bottom. (what number of children do you need to have before jean cut offs are inappropriate? don't answer that, i'm not listening.) Ooh and also maybe an overall dress. another thing i had in highschool that i wish i'd kept. (do i just want to go back to high school? no, definitely not.)


cooking


just started making dutch baby pancakes for breakfast this week! they are AMAZING. delicious, and very theatrical. my favorite one is:


preheat the oven to 425


whirl the following things together in a blender for about a minute:
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
tsp vanilla


while those are whirling, melt 2 tsp of butter in a cast iron skillet and turn off the heat. pour the batter into the skillet, throw in some berries (raspberries and blueberries are KILLER) and throw it in the oven for 20 minutes. don't open the oven to check on it!


at the end of the 20 minutes it will be gorgeous and sort of browned and puffy in weird places. and it tastes like a pancake made of custard.



thinking about


what is the intersection of gender studies, social psychology, and biblical studies? i want to read and write and talk about that all the time.


salvation stories in the old testament- joseph, esther, daniel, etc,  and how they point to christ.

important milestones

milestones which mean a lot to me:

being able to sit in the cart at the store so i don't have to bring in the carrier/take off my coat so i can put the carrier on/always have to remember the carrier


being able to put their hair into a little ponytail/ being able to attach a bow to said pony tail


when they can sit up on a picnic blanket outside and play with things while the sun is shining.



we hit two out of three!