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Posted on April 15th, 2012

afternoon-tea

Sometimes I get caught up in little icky things, and so I forget about big awesome things.

Things I Get Caught Up In

  1. Ugh, I can’t believe I have to work (write) ALL weekend.
  2. Omigosh I have so many photo shoots and chef interviews this week.
  3. I weigh more than I did in college.
  4. I don’t have a job with a salary, benefits, retirement, and colleagues.
  5. My hair won’t grow.
  6. I have too many books and magazines to catch up on.
  7. Yuck, it’s going to get SOOO hot this summer.

Things I Forget About

  1. Wow, I get to work at home, with my love, and enjoy a break for a spot of tea! (Also, I’m writing A BOOK!)
  2. Hooray, I get to hang out with awesome chefs and the lovely Aimee this week!
  3. Yay, I finally have curves!
  4. I get to make my own hours, work with awesome people, and do what I love!
  5. Short hair rocks!
  6. I have tons of books and magazines to read!
  7. Right now it’s spring, and it’s beautiful!

Thank you for participating in my little exercise. I now return you to your regularly scheduled day.

It’s true love.

Posted on April 11th, 2012

love-juice

It’s true love because he makes my favorite kind of fresh juices in the mornings and leaves them in the refrigerator for me.

It reminds me of one of my favorite poems, True Love by Judith Viorst.♥

Randoms

Posted on April 9th, 2012

I saw a bumper sticker that said:

If you think you feel good, wait until you feel me.

I laughed so hard.

Last night I was looking through my Menu Design in America book (I LOVE this book), and I saw a menu with a drawing of a zeppelin on it (like this one). It described how zeppelin images were popular in the early 20th century when zeppelins were in use. I nearly dropped my book – do you know that I had NO IDEA that a zeppelin was a REAL thing? I always assumed they were some fantastical fictional things that showed up in storybooks. I felt slightly dumb but also completely dumbfounded, and I reminded myself of Félix Lerbier at the end of Amelie when he learns there are more links possible in his brain than atoms in the universe:

I have had this song stuck in my head for days, after watching Young Adult. And, much like Mavis Gary, I replay it in my car over and over. But not on a cassette.

Today for dinner I made curried chickpeas, quinoa, salad with homemade vinaigrette, and kale with tahini-mustard sauce. Even better, Justin asked if he could eat the last of the kale. Victory!!

This morning, I heard from some long lost chefs, received last-minute recipes, cleared out most of my inbox, and in general had a good start to my day. I caught myself actually say out loud, “Everything’s coming up Milhouse!”

This is released tomorrow. Squeeee!

I’m totally going to BookPeople tomorrow to buy a Moleskine address book. For this. I love it!

I hope you’re all having a good start to the week.♥

Happy things

Posted on April 5th, 2012

cowgirl

This is Cowgirl (and my friend N., who has the most awesome rabbit ring). I’ve been seeing a lot of this cute puppy lately with my new F&D gig, and I’m completely smitten with her. She’s so sweet, so gentle, so soft, so well-behaved… she follows me around and harumphs when I don’t leave her enough space, and in general just makes me smile.

Which is good, because at the moment, STRESS is my middle name. It’s down to the last few weeks before my book deadline, and I’m still wrangling chefs and measuring recipe amounts and writing, writing, writing. I’ve been consistent in working on it daily, but along with working at F&D and a possible (probable) new gig starting soon, my brain is stretched like taffy!

I know now that the last month of book writing is always like this – even though I know I will finish on time, it’s stressful and I worry a lot, and I want to do things right and I want to like my writing and my work (which is often the hardest part), and I still want to have a life, and some days writing feels like drilling holes in my skull. But the knowledge of this doesn’t make it any easier.

Thankfully, I have a great editor who motivates me and takes care of me, and a great photographer who is battling right there along with me. Come May 1st, you’ll probably find the two of us celebrating ALL DAY with multiple adult beverages and maybe a cake.

So! I may not be here as much as I’d like to this month, but just know that it will all be over soon and I’ll have written another book! It’s worth it, in the end.♥