Have a Lovely Weekend.

I made this with both green and white parts of the scallions and it was good! I turned up the heat – needed to cook the peas and reduce the liquid, then I added the pasta. Also did not use lemon zest, only the juice and lemon pepper.

Years ago, my friend K and I made up a word for a person that you’ve never met but you like solely based on stories you’ve heard about them. We called this being “Helen-ed,” because a nice person I was friends with, whom K had never met but had heard about through me, was named Helen. The opposite was Lucy-ed, for a person neither of us had met but had heard horror stories about. After a few years Helen turned out to be a nut job, at which point K said to me, “Dare I say it? I think Helen’s been Lucy-ed!”

Sh*$s Left to Give. ???

I think you can publish the word “shits” when it’s the title of an article and it’s relevant enough that you’re featuring it.

Not a real word about a feeling, but a funny word story none-the-less: Back in the day, during my early 30s when life was about seeing friends/going out/imbibing, my group of girlfriends and I were really into a beverage that was half sav blanc / half sparkling water (with ice). We called it “vicevonsherla”, SWEARING that was a “real” drink name. To date, we still call it that but not a single google search over the years has verified that we didn’t make that shXt up (probably while drinking said vicevonsherlas, LOL).

One of my favorite lazy meals to make for myself is a similar pasta. I just cook up pasta then mix in in butter, peas, parmesan, lemkn juice, flaky salt, and freshly ground black pepper.

Loved the Kottke article, I think it’s important to start planning for how we can survive this upcoming winter. I’ve been thinking about it for myself, it feels daunting to be even *more* stuck inside the house than we are now, so I’m brainstorming little things I can do to improve that.

I already bought new, cozy house clothes. (Two pairs of sweatpants doesn’t cut it when I’m wearing sweatpants 7 days per week. Allow me to recommend LLBean lounge clothes and Uniqlo pile-lined sweatpants!) My SAD sun lamp is dusted off and ready to go and I’ll commit to using it every morning. I also am planning to invest in a new raincoat that’s warm and feels cozy, so I’m more likely to continue daily walks outside even in a drizzle. Last night I lit some candles and did a Zoom restorative yoga class and I think that will become a weekly tradition, felt very hygge :)

I love that Toby loves leggings. My 5-year old son won’t wear any other pants, and I think it’s a bit strange to some people (I confess that I was one of those people at first). Long live leggings!

Primary is basically the ONLY source for boys leggings. We love them!