Wednesday, March 29, 2017

What's up Wednesday

Linking up with ShaySheaffer and Mel for...

What we're eating this week...
Sunday - Lasagna, caesar salad, garlic bread
Monday - Baked Beans on Toast (from Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food cookbook, they were so tasty!)
Friday - Hamburgers (maybe on the BBQ, fingers crossed)
Saturday - not sure yet

What I'm reminiscing about...
Yesterday's post had me reminiscing about all those fun times (and others, although their photos didn't make the cut). 

What I'm loving...
The light in the evenings.  The time change was hard on us but it is worth it.  (I say hard on us, but really it was fine.  The week after the change, it was March Break so we all just slept in until 8:00 each day, no big deal).   This was about 6:30 pm last weekend. 


What we've been up to...
Trying to get outside.  If we are finished dinner before 6:00, then it will be my goal to go for a walk around the block.  I'd also like to walk to pick up E from school more often.  

What I'm dreading...
Yard work.  Well I'm not really dreading it since I love being outside, but it is always a challenge to clean out the dead things, and then try to plant some nice things that will thrive in our yard.  We have lived here for a couple of years now, and we spend a good amount of money of Plant World each year and yet we're still trying to figure out what we are doing.  I want to keep it simple without spending too much money, but I still want things to look nice (isn't that always the conundrum?).  We will be getting some baskets for the front step, and they always last for the whole season.

What I'm working on...
Introducing solid foods to Q.  He's had rice cereal and sweet potato so far.  It can be overwhelming with deciding what he should have first and then trying to fit it into the day along with breastfeeding, napping and playing. 

What I'm excited about...
Spring!  It is here, and it always seems like a nice long season here in Southern Ontario.  I remember many evenings in May, shivering on a patio somewhere in Halifax (like the Split Crow on a Thursday), but I think we will be enjoying true patio weather soon here. Or who am I kidding, not patio, but playground/bike ride weather :)


What I'm watching/reading...
We are watching Big Little Lies, Anne the Series, Girls, Mr. Selfridge, Workin' Moms, and all the Raptors games. 


I just finished Mike Birbiglia's book, "Sleepwalk With Me".  I picked up a couple of new books from the library.  Next week I'll write about our book club book, "When Breath Becomes Air".  Spoiler alert, it was amazing. 


What I'm listening to...
A new podcast from This American Life came out yesterday, called S-Town, so I'm downloading it all to listen to.  I'm also listening to the podcast of Canada Reads (our national "game show" for best book that we should all be reading). 

What I'm wearing...
My old sneakers.  I cleaned them up with Oxyclean and they look pretty good so I decided I didn't need to buy a new pair yet. 

What I'm doing this weekend...
The weather looks good, so hopefully we can get outside.  I'm hoping we can catch up with some friends we haven't seen for awhile too. 

What I'm looking forward to next month...
Q's swimming "lessons", Easter, Blue Jays opening weekend, visitors - Dave's parents, my mom, and our friend Cindy. 
(this is last year's Jays opening weekend)


What else is new...
We love our new high chair that we got second hand from our neighbours.  It's a Peg Perego Siesta and has so many neat features.  The one we had for E was just one that strapped onto a regular chair; it worked in our old house where we had a high bar height table and chair set and not a lot of space.   It was gross and not really appropriate for us anymore, so we pitched it. If you're in the market for a high chair, I would recommend this one.  Plus it was used by our neighbours for their two boys and looks like new so it is durable!

My favourite spring wardrobe piece...
I have three pairs of Cole Haan flats and they have to be my favourite thing to throw on my feet in the spring.  I wear them year round when I'm at work, but I haven't worn them at all this winter since I've been home, and sandals will be appropriate footwear when summer comes around.  The flats though are nice for running out to do errands.  I have silver, nude and black. 

Thanks for stopping by!




1 comment:

  1. Those flats are super cute and now I might introduce that book to my book club for next year.

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