Have a Fun Weekend.

Annie

May 25, 2016 7:29 am

Those podcasts sound great. I would also highly recommend Chat10Looks3 which is by 2 well known Australian journalists Annabelle Crabb and Leigh Sales. They have the funniest podcast I have ever heard, that covers current books, films, articles, and lots of baking. Their website also contains links to everything they mention. Wonderful!

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April

May 23, 2016 9:27 pm

I started drinking 100-120 oz of water a day in December. It was a new habit I was trying to form to be healthier. The habit has stuck! I rarely miss a day where I drink less than 100 oz. so all the benefits I’ve read, better skin, curb appetite, less sick (when lemon added which I do to!), etc. honestly…I haven’t noticed the difference lol! I still do it cause I know it’s still good for me!

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Laura Mitbrodt

May 23, 2016 3:27 pm

A Donut cake sounds so amazing! I hope you had a great weekend
xo
http://www.laurajaneatelier.com

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CoachMom

May 23, 2016 12:09 pm

I had a 12th birthday party for my daughter this weekend as well. Minute To Win It was the theme, pulled it off without a hitch! Great quotes!! :-)

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Laura C

May 23, 2016 10:15 am

Happy birthday sweet Toby!
Nora Ephron’s quotes are awesome. They got me down-to-earth just when I needed to. Thank you.
xoxo

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yael steren

May 23, 2016 9:07 am

Saturday I styled a client and then yesterday I went to my niece’s ballet recital which was beyond adorable!!! Watching all the routines seriously brought me joy!!! Hope you had a great weekend and have a wonderful week! xx yael

http://www.yaelsteren.com/blog/

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shopgirl

May 23, 2016 6:53 am

238.76 € for that dress ?? Wow!

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Anna

May 22, 2016 10:30 pm

The Misophonia article was so validating! I really struggle with coughing, especially toddler/baby coughs, sniffling, mouth breathing, and even ambient noises like my neighbors’ AC units, or Diesel engines, or subwoofers on somebody’s car!
I thought I was just hyper sensitive, but it’s so nice to know this is a real thing.
I seriously worry about having children because little kid noises agravate me so much!

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Roxana

May 22, 2016 2:44 pm

Oh my goodness. I think I am the same person in the misophonia interview. I can hear EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. I can identify with every single thing she said. Her thoughts about all of it; everything. My worst trigger is wet, smacking, mouth-open chewing. It sends me into a rage. My sister is the same way. There must be a genetic element. We’re both musical, too, so I wonder if/how that plays into it. My poor husband thinks I’m nuts. This is on top of the fact that my mother-in-law chews like a cow. A COW. It’s torture. Fascinating, and for a misophonia sufferer, refreshing read!

Great link list! Thank you!

Happy Birthday to your sweet boy!

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Aleksandra

May 21, 2016 11:07 pm

The bit about New Yorkers is interesting. It reminds me of this quote: “One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.”

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Katie K

May 21, 2016 9:05 pm

I fairly recently learned about misophonia and I felt such relief finally having a name for what I experience! It’s nice to know that I’m not just a plain old irritable bitch haha.

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Katie K

May 23, 2016 9:24 am

i have the same thing! not nearly as intensely as the author of the nymag piece, but i really get crazed with little noises, like loud sneezes or someone emptying a dishwasher. it is really nice to have a name for it and know i’m not just crazy:)

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DNATHESHOP

May 21, 2016 8:53 pm

Love all these links!

http://j.mp/DNAtheshop

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amanda june

May 21, 2016 8:29 pm

ah yes, here it is: why i could never make it as a new yorker. i just can’t get away with black! i’m too pale — it’s just not my color — and it always gets so so linty if i even try. not to mention my blond hair that sheds like crazy. black and i were just not meant to be. in fact, it’s so high maintenance to me that it always amazes me when it’s other people’s go-to low-maintenance wardrobe choice :)

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Mun

May 21, 2016 6:21 pm

So good to be browsing blogs again after a month of travelling! I don’t care very much about celebrities but last week somewhere in Brooklyn. I exclaimed to my husband that I just saw “cupofjo’s husband!” Hahah! I didn’t verify that thought and may have completely made a blunder but I don’t think that’s important. Just wanna let you know how much a part of my life cupofjo has become ;)

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Mun

May 23, 2016 9:24 am

haha that is so sweet of you to say! :)

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rachel

May 21, 2016 4:32 pm

Aww happy birthday Toby!

http://leahrachelgoth.blogspot.co.uk/

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Aileen

May 21, 2016 3:25 pm

In love with that Etsy store…thank you for sharing!

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Anamaria

May 21, 2016 12:44 pm

Happy Birthday, Toby! I seriously can’t believe that little guy is going to be 6 already. I’ve read your blog for like ever, but now it shows just how much longer I’ve been reading than I thought.

Have a good one little guy!

XOXO Anamaria

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Hannah

May 21, 2016 1:19 am

My husband and I challenged each other to drink a gallon of water each day for 30 days. At the end of the month the only noticeable physical change for me was that I never hit that afternoon energy slump. I powered right through each afternoon like a champ!

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Tamara

May 21, 2016 12:53 am

It’s my 8 year old’s birthday today! Happy birthdays all around. Hope you have an awesome celebration.

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Tamara

May 23, 2016 9:24 am

hope you guys had a wonderful weekend!

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Michaelene

May 20, 2016 11:34 pm

We’re making more handcrafted organic skincare products for my shop, Ballerina Botanicals! We make our products with therapeutic grade essential oils! http://www.etsy.com/shop/ballerinabotanicals

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Tasha

May 20, 2016 10:02 pm

Joanna, I am reading your link on misophonia and I’m having a hard time holding in tears. It is so spot-on to how I feel and how I react that I feel like the author is in my head.

You have given me so much peace and insight into who I am.

Thank you.

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Luna

Reply to Tasha

May 22, 2016 1:25 am

There’s another great article about misophonia from a few years ago (2011) in the NYT. It was the first time I was able to put a name to the condition that I (and my father, and my brother) have. Life with a loud-eating mom was hard.

I switched offices 3 times in 5 years, as a grad student, to get away from people who eat crunchy things and/or slurp. Unfortunately, I can still hear them from down the hall — with noise isolating earbuds. Like others, I tense up with rage, and glare vehemently (oh, if eyes actually could shoot daggers!). I never want to punch, as others have commented – my instinct is to stab out eyeballs of the offender.

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Tasha

May 23, 2016 9:27 am

yes! here are two other great articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06annoy.html
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/please-stop-making-that-noise/

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Colleen

May 20, 2016 8:43 pm

Happy birthday Toby! Wowza, $250 for a dress? Better be beautiful!

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Samantha

May 20, 2016 5:09 pm

Is it just me who feels like Toby has a birthday like every 6 months? He has grown up too fast! I remember when you announced your pregnancy for God’s sake.

As soon as I finished reading the article about Misophonia I sent the link to my boyfriend, because I have that! He gets irritated at me when I’m irritated, cause he thinks I’m just being moody or irritable and I just need to chill. I can’t stand the way my dad chews sometimes (with his mouth semi open and being very loud and gross), I cannot stand repetitive noises from alarms for example, I have always hated the sound of plates against other plates or the squiky sound of a knife against a plate, or just noises people do. Like, why do you have to produce so much noise?! STOP IT!! It drives me insane and people think I’m a bitch for it. I literally feel uncomfortable writing about it, and it was a little hard to finish reading the article because of the examples because I have to replay those things in my mind to really understand it or express it. UGH!!!

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MissEm

May 20, 2016 5:07 pm

Beardbangs are our friends! They are the sweetest, creative, community-oriented couple. We have a couple of child-sized mugs from them for our children with matching adult versions for us. They’re our favorite!

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Jillian

May 20, 2016 4:58 pm

More female podcasters: I’m crazy about the podcast She Does – each episode is an interview with a different woman in media, and it’s done by two women who are documentary filmmakers, Elaine Sheldon and Sarah Ginsburg. so fascinating and fun and inspiring! even all the music they play for a soundtrack is done by women, too.

http://www.shedoespodcast.com

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Laura

May 20, 2016 4:42 pm

Happy birthday to your son! He bears the same name as my brother, but ends with an i instead of y.
Just read the ‘I drank a gallon of water a day’ and can’t stop cackling. I have such a hate for water but know that I need it, so I’m starting with sparkling water first.
Moving house on Sunday which is exciting, but also anxious about my one year old settling into the new place. So it’s a busy productive weekend for me. Hope everyone else has a good weekend too xx

http://www.lauralivinglife.com

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SmallDisciplines

Reply to Laura

May 23, 2016 7:07 am

Water is good for you, but apparently, this whole 8 glasses of water a day is just a myth. And why anyone would want to drink a gallon a day is beyond me. You should drink when you are thirsty, that’s enough.

http://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-no-evidence-we-need-to-drink-eight-glasses-of-water-a-day-researcher-advises

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Ilona

May 20, 2016 4:42 pm

I would have thought Camille Rowe’s comparison of French and American women would have made this week’s list. :) So cute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWmPObduQPQ

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Ilona

Reply to Ilona

May 20, 2016 4:47 pm

hahaha, whoops, it’s from 2015. But new to me and still so funny.

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Ilona

May 23, 2016 9:28 am

so good, thank you for this, ilona!

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Tricia

May 20, 2016 4:36 pm

So weird!!! I googled “funny female podcasts” this morning and was reading that exact same article! How funny to come across an article from a year ago twice in one day! I think it’s a sign… I was googling it in consideration of trying to start my own podcast.

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Amanda

May 20, 2016 4:25 pm

Happy Birthday Toby! Keep on rockin’ those stars and stripes leggings.

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Kadija

May 20, 2016 4:13 pm

But how it Toby 6?! *weeps* Happy birthday sweet pea!

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Kadija

May 23, 2016 9:24 am

awww thank you!

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Lendy Salazar

May 20, 2016 4:12 pm

Happy Birthday Toby! Wow 6 yrs old!

We have no plans this weekend which is so nice. Its funny how sometimes I get excited for our busy weekends, but what I love most is our weekends of doing nothing!

xo Lendy
http://www.twoplusluna.com

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Joanna

May 20, 2016 3:39 pm

Two more amazing female podcasters:

Helen Zaltzman – The Allusionist is a very funny, light way to look at how our language came to be.
Ashley Miln-Tyte – The Broad Experience. EVERYONE should listen to this brilliant podcast about women in the workplace.

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Our French Oasis

May 20, 2016 3:32 pm

I always love your Friday weekend post, so much to click on and discover. 1.5litres of water a day is my goal which I manage daily, a gallon, wow that’s a huge amount! Hope your boys have a fantastic birthday picnic.

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Kristina B

May 20, 2016 3:01 pm

I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled for the poems!

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Julia

May 20, 2016 2:59 pm

I’ve been shopping around for new podcasts lately – thanks for the link!!

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Megan

May 20, 2016 2:58 pm

We’ve been doing poems on the street for years in Saint Paul Minnesota! The best part is that they are everywhere, not just in main roads, but all over residential streets as well! When they lay new concrete sidewalks you can ask the workers if they have a poem in the truck to lay in front of your house!

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Megan

May 23, 2016 9:25 am

that is so so cool!!

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Renae

May 20, 2016 2:52 pm

Oh I hope he has a wonderful birthday party (and all of you do as well!)

btw – this is similar to the book club link, and made me laugh
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/05/17/17-tips-for-men-juggling-work-and-fatherhood/

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MelTown

May 20, 2016 2:44 pm

I have misophonia and it’s awful! You wouldn’t believe how often people eat crunchy foods. Once, right after my first baby was born, I burst into tears because my husband was eating a bowl of Captain Crunch next to me. I banished him to another room. I almost punched him last night because he ate some Pirate’s Booty (we don’t only eat sea themed food. ha!) while sitting next to me on the couch. The worst is work meetings. You can’t exactly threaten to murder your boss because he’s eating potato chips during your lunch meeting, but my entire body tenses up and I feel my face turn red with rage. It’s the strangest thing, and it sucks.

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Samantha

Reply to MelTown

May 20, 2016 5:11 pm

I’m so sorry you have to go though this, too! It’s the worse to wanna punch everyone for being so irritable and loud.

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Kelly

Reply to MelTown

May 20, 2016 5:49 pm

I have it too! Your comment cracked me up. I have also burst into tears in public because of my absolute misophonia-induced rage. I was trapped in an elevator with a man eating a burrito with his mouth open! ENDLESS lip smacking and snoping. AH!!!

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Mandy J

May 20, 2016 2:30 pm

Firstly, I love visiting Cup of Jo every day, and especially on Fridays to see what wonderful things you’ve linked to around the internet. I often share one or two of the links with friends, and I appreciate your thoughtful curation of everything silly, stylish, and serious. But, would it be possible for you to start noting when your links are to the New York Times (perhaps with a subtle “NYT” next to the link?)? For those of us without a subscription (and with limited access to 10 clicks a month), it would be nice to know! Please excuse me if this has already been asked and answered. Thanks again for creating this fun little slice of the internet. :)

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eg

Reply to Mandy J

May 20, 2016 5:37 pm

Use your browser in incognito/private mode and the number of articles you’ve read refreshes to zero each time you open it!

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Mary H

Reply to Mandy J

May 20, 2016 7:48 pm

Both my daughter and husband are afflicted. It’s not fun having allergies or a cold in our house – any sniffling drives them bananas.

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Mandy J

May 23, 2016 9:26 am

oh wow, i didn’t know that they wouldn’t open! i’m going to look into this! thank you so much xoxo

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Rena

May 20, 2016 2:24 pm

Sounds like Toby will have a wonderful birthday party!
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
http://www.dressedwithsoul.com

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Taste of France

May 20, 2016 2:13 pm

I love those Nora Ephron quotes!!!!

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D. Beickert

May 20, 2016 2:11 pm

2 Dope Queens is a great podcast too! I can’t listen to it on the train because I laugh too hard!

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Joanna Goddard

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Reply to D. Beickert

May 23, 2016 9:26 am

going to listen this week, thank you so much for the tip!

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Alina @EclecticAlu

May 20, 2016 1:57 pm

Happy Birthday to that sweet boy!!!

Enjoy your cake Toby!

Alina

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