Have a Fun Weekend.

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!

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!

A Donut cake sounds so amazing! I hope you had a great weekend
xo
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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!! :-)

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

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

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238.76 € for that dress ?? Wow!

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!

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!

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.”

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.

Love all these links!

http://j.mp/DNAtheshop

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 :)

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 ;)

Aww happy birthday Toby!

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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!!!

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!

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