This month was a busy one. It also felt kinda long? We’re back into school. We’re into the swing of things! My brother and his wife moved to San Francisco. YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Cooper had a few baseball tournaments that took us away for a few weekends. I had quite a few social commitments, met my dad’s girlfriend and worked myself out of a funk. Being around positive people HELPS.
My grief doesn’t take up as much space in my brain as it used to. But when it hits, IT HITS. One of the side effects of sharing my journey online is that I get a lot of messages from people dealing with a loss as well. I am so honored that I am able to help someone else’s journey by sharing mine. It’s just that sometimes I find myself pulled back into grief (after having a period of feeling OK) when someone messages me about their grief. It’s a good problem to have, I guess. Focusing on helping others helps. We all need to be reminded that our life on this Earth is limited. Let’s not waste it.
This weekend was fun AND productive. We had a date night! Cooper had a sleepover and we went out to dinner. It was nice to have some quality time and no solid plans. A lazy morning just the two of us was needed after having baseball two weekends in a row.
On the productive frton, I helped my friend clean out her pantry:
before:
after:
The best part is that I WAS ON A ROLL. Working in someone else’s space made me go on a cleaning/organizing binge when I got home. We cleaned out the garage, cleaned the inside of my car, organized the kitchen and started laundry. It feels so good to start the week with a clean car.
Note to self: add vacuum out the car to Cooper’s chore list. He rocked it!
Need a project done? See if you can barter with your friend! My friend is going to help me with gardening now. Need to get focused? Set a 20-minute timer and challenge yourself.
This week I am headed to New Mexico for a wedding.
Got any food recommendations for Santa Fe? Let me have them!
I have a lot to do before then.
Cooper turns TEN on Tuesday! Gotta make him some treats and CELEBRATE!
Let’s get my Intentions for the Week to start to mentally prepare me for all I have to do. HERE WE GO
I was thumbing through my copy of Back Pocket Pasta, looking for inspiration the other day and realized I had all of the ingredients to make this Creamy Goat Cheese Pasta with Spinach. I forgot that many years ago I made a recipe that also went over well that used goat cheese as the creamy agent. Like that pasta, this one uses the combination of goat cheese and pasta water to make a sauce. It’s pure alchemy. It’s really silly how easy it is.
This pasta comes together so fast with the simplest ingredients. Plus it marries our two loves together. Greens and creamy pasta. Match made in heaven, I say!
Put this one in the TO DO list for a quick weeknight supper. Trust!
This weekend was packed! I took a bread making class with my sister. Cooper had travel baseball. We had a family dinner. I didn’t catch up on sleep. In fact, I woke up earlier this weekend than I do on weekdays. My kitchen is a mess and we have a bunch of unpacking to do.
It’s Monday morning and I am sitting here typing this up instead of my Sunday night ritual. It’s cool. I know that mapping out my week with my intentions will help get my head in the game. So, here we are. Me typing them up on the internet to hold myself accountable. Cuz there’s not a chance my brain is going to abandon this ritual right now. The accountability of the internet holds me to my actions. Here are my Intentions for the Week:
Intentions for the Week:
wrap up September with a Currently post
laundry
unpack from baseball
give the kitchen a deep clean
two photoshoots
invoicing
tax prep
trip to post office/return/mail
library drop off books
catch up on emails
catch up on social media
recipe test
clean out fridge and do meal prep
have a date with my calendar/prep for October
start a packing list for trip coming up
track steps with my fitbit
drink more water. I AM HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.
, looking for inspiration the other day and realized I had all of the ingredients to make this Creamy Goat Cheese Pasta with Spinach. I forgot that many years ago I made 
