Four Great Things

Digging this I Am Not Perfect T-shirt, which donates $5 to Crisis Text Line with each purchase. Every day, millions of Americans in crisis feel like they don’t have anyone to turn to, but no one has to suffer in silence.

This rad couple got married on a glacier in Antarctica. The only guests were four polar experts; and the expedition leader officiated. How awesome is that? Writes Brian (right) on Instagram: “Me: Let’s just get married solo at the courthouse downtown on a weekday, then get some waffles. Also me: Let’s fly, trek and sail 8.7K miles to the bottom of the planet, risk our lives kayaking past pods of orcas and leopard seals, and get married on an iceberg.”

If you’re ever craving a single-serving, 15-minute mac n’ cheese (is the sky blue?), Deb has your back.

Guys, spring is only SIX DAYS AWAY. For those early blooms, IKEA has cute vases, and these wooden ones have a cool ’70s vibe.

P.S. More fun things, and a funny thing about relationships.

(Antarctica wedding photos by Rustic White Photography.)

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Sasha

March 14, 2018 4:55 pm

I make Mac and cheese very similarly, but as cream cheese. It’s easy to add and makes it even better. Tiny bit of garlic in the roux, a little yellow mustard too. And then stir in chopped up regular cream cheese into the milk/roux sauce, as much as you want. Then stir in your hot pasta into the sauce, THEN add your cheese. If you put the cheese in too early it cooks out the flavor. You just want it to meet together.
Ok, I feel like I need to make this now!

Kate

March 14, 2018 11:48 am

I love all of these four things?? I don’t know how you do it but every time I absolutely love your four great things or six links etc.

Belle

March 14, 2018 4:18 am

Deb’s the best. I’m reading her latest cookbook at the moment, and it feels like the voice of a favorite girlfriend I want to drink a bottle of wine with while binging on Netflix!

Kate

March 13, 2018 11:10 pm

I saw this post this afternoon and literally changed my plans to go straight to the store after work, buy what I needed to make that mac n cheese, and go home. I had the mac n cheese with some buttery peas and a glass (OK 2) of cheap sauv blanc and I’ve never felt so classy eating something so easy.

Kristen

Reply to Kate

March 14, 2018 12:04 pm

Same.

Ginny

March 13, 2018 10:16 pm

Yay for the Antarctica wedding! Great photographers and great floral designers planning their party!!!

Elizabeth

March 13, 2018 9:21 pm

I truly adore this site. But…why refer to your readers as guys?? Gah, it might be my personal peeve, but I’m so tired of reading and hearing it. I’m not a guy and it’s not a gender neutral term…is it?? Am I missing something?

Lisa

Reply to Elizabeth

March 13, 2018 10:32 pm

This bothers me so much too! I thought I was the only one!

Hannah

Reply to Elizabeth

March 13, 2018 11:14 pm

In the part of New Jersey where I live, we use the term guys to refer to any group of people. In fact, you is used in the singular, yous is its plural, you guys is also its plural, and yous guys just emphasizes that you mean a lot of people.

Rosie

Reply to Elizabeth

March 13, 2018 11:58 pm

I notice this all the time! haha.

I’m a teacher and this is a major topic in schools these days. Some terms to consider replacing “guys” with are y’all, people or folks. Personally, I use folks and people for my students because y’all just doesn’t feel natural.

Emily

Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 2:06 am

Maybe it’s a regional thing, but it’s very gender-neutral in the plural form in California.

Elizabeth

Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 8:28 am

But, in it’s sense, it means man, right? Try calling a group of men ladies or gals…we don’t do that. I’m puzzled how this word for man/men became truly gender neutral for so many…when I hear it, I’m hearing the loud and clear defer to the masculine. We definitely don’t need more of this in the world.

lauren

Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 1:21 pm

I’ve always considered it gender neutral and it never bothered me. Interested, I googled it and found this article (from 2010) that has some history on the term http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/03/21/hey_guys/?page=1

Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 1:25 pm

oh my gosh, i NEVER think of guys = just men. i’ve always thought it was completely gender neutral. i’ll say “come on, guys!” to a group of female friends, or my sister and mom, or a co-ed group, etc. i had no idea it wasn’t gender-neutral in other areas/regions — i’ll keep this in mind!!

Elizabeth

Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 1:52 pm

Here are a few more recent articles…

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/11/8761227/you-guys-sexism-language

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-jascz/why-we-should-stop-callin_b_8091436.html

Thanks for responding, lovely readers! :)

Joanna Goddard

Author

Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 2:07 pm

these links are fascinating. thank you so much for sharing.

Stella

Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 3:56 pm

It is considered a gender neutral term in different languages when plural…amigo is male friend, amiga is female friend, but amigos could mean a combination of male and female friends. However, the female version, amigas, is used ONLY when speaking to girls. Once I knew this, it never bothered me to be in a group of “guys”.

Sarah

Reply to Elizabeth

March 14, 2018 9:32 pm

Joanna – I think it’s a Michigan/mid-west thing! I’m from the thumb and never even thought of “guys” not being gender neutral until about a year ago. And I’ve lived on the east coast for 10 now!

Marti

March 13, 2018 7:05 pm

No shame in saying I have made that mac n cheese recipe THREE TIMES (doubled it for my husband and I) and it is amaaaaaazing!

Joanna Goddard

Author

Reply to Marti

March 14, 2018 1:25 pm

great to know!!

Eva

March 13, 2018 6:24 pm

Those vases are super cute! And speaking of Antarctica (by the way, sounds like a special wedding), did you guys catch this moving article about Henry Worsley’s ambitions there: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-darkness? So special.

Eva | http://www.shessobright.com

Laura

March 13, 2018 4:23 pm

Brian from the Antarctica wedding reminds me of the main guy from the show Catastrophe.

Adventurous wedding idea!

Lily

Reply to Laura

March 13, 2018 7:06 pm

Yes!!

Heather D

March 13, 2018 4:02 pm

The mac n cheese recipe cracked me up. Who knew you could buy a massive bag of orangey cheese powder on Amazon!?

Sophia

March 13, 2018 3:31 pm

I love the T-shirt in the first picture too. In fact I am digging her whole outfit, from the hair to the makeup.

Jessie

March 13, 2018 3:25 pm

I was expecting that one sentence to read “their only guests were four polar BEARS.”

Lindsay

Reply to Jessie

March 13, 2018 4:53 pm

Arctic= polar bears; Antarctic= penguins. And never the twain shall meet.

Lindsay

March 13, 2018 3:20 pm

Ha, my parents totally had a wooden vase just like that when I was growing up. It held the same dried plant for DECADES.

Aparna

March 13, 2018 2:51 pm

” Let’s fly, trek and sail 8.7K miles to the bottom of the planet, risk our lives kayaking past pods of orcas and leopard seals, and get married on an iceberg.” <– Love this!

Everything is special about the Antarctica wedding!

brianna

March 13, 2018 2:43 pm

Totally inserted bear after polar because Antarctica.

Emily W

Reply to brianna

March 13, 2018 3:12 pm

Totally did that at first as well.

March 13, 2018 1:55 pm

Thank you for sharing about the crisis text line! I was having a hard time a few days ago and ended up calling my mom for support. After I calmed down I was saying to her that I wished there was a hotline or text line for people to call when they are having a hard time… and here it is!!
One issue I have with therapy is that it’s not available “in the heat of the moment”. This text line is an option for when you really need to talk (text) but you haven’t preplanned your crisis to coordinate with your scheduled therapy slot ;)

Joanna Goddard

Author

Reply to K

March 13, 2018 2:21 pm

yes! such a wonderful way to get support. sending you a hug, K! hope you’re feeling better today.

Reply to K

March 14, 2018 5:02 pm

I have used that text line before and I was so much more comfortable with it than calling a crisis line, which I bet I’d never do! I’m impressed by whoever had the idea and thank them for creating it.

Nicole

March 13, 2018 1:29 pm

love the Antarctica wedding

Kelli

March 13, 2018 1:29 pm

Thank you so so much for featuring the tee shirt from Crisis Text Line. I just became a crisis counselor and it’s one of the best, most rewarding things I’ve ever done. Not only is it wonderful to be able to help people, but my fellow counselors are an awesome group.

Anu

March 13, 2018 1:10 pm

Those vases are cute but, I would go crazy if I couldn’t see if they were dirty inside or couldn’t clean them.

Laura C.

Reply to Anu

March 14, 2018 6:21 am

Hahaha, same here! But they are very pretty though.

lauren

March 13, 2018 1:08 pm

I just love the photos from the Antartica wedding- started following when The Home Edit shared their story. Breathtaking all around

But mainly came here to say that I made the stovetop mac and cheese last week and it is SO GOOD. To make it a bit more nutritious, I mixed in some steamed broccoli and I think it made it even tastier (although my son ate around the broccoli)

Joanna Goddard

Author

Reply to lauren

March 13, 2018 1:09 pm

yay! good to know!!!!!

her line made me laugh: “nobody ever tells you how much broccoli you’re going to steam when you become a parent” = so true.

Lauren

Reply to lauren

March 13, 2018 2:58 pm

I also made this last week and it was delicious! I made it with deb’s crispy roasted broccoli and it was the perfect combination!! https://smittenkitchen.com/2015/04/crispy-broccoli-with-lemon-and-garlic/

Molly

Reply to lauren

March 13, 2018 3:56 pm

Me too! It made me so upset when I saw Brian lost thousands of followers because he posted photos of his wedding, so I followed him. I’m not really into home decorating Instagrams, but his wedding photos are amazing, and I wanted to follow him to show my support! My husband and I sat and watched all his wedding videos and looked at the pictures for like an hour.

Lily

March 13, 2018 1:08 pm

That wedding looks incredible! I follow Brian on Instagram and he is hilarious. Wishing him and his husband all the best.

Amy

Reply to Lily

March 17, 2018 8:59 am

Me too! I followed him because Clea from The Home Edit (??) was outraged in her stories that he had lost nearly a thousand followers over his wedding. And was trolled horribly. The most incredible wedding and a gorgeous couple

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