Guess What I'm Wearing?!

It’s shiny and sparkly and beautiful. My watch came back to me! And my car keys. And a wad of cash ($80). And a packaged mint. They were having a little party behind some books in my bookshelf. I’ve been going through some restructuring recently and I think here is some evidence that things are on their way up. This morning I decided to take care of some outstanding tasks instead of waiting until tonight when I’m tired and worn out. I pulled out the box on the bookshelf I stuff receipts to balance the credit card statement I just got. And there they were! So I think I’ve pretty much recovered from my losing spree. Without looking back at old posts, the only thing I really miss is my grey hat. The sunglasses I’ve replaced with new ones I love. And the other stuff I can’t remember so well (btw, the cell phone returned the next day, I had my neighbors call me). One of the things I’ve been working on is mindfulness. I spend too much time in my head and it’s exhausting I’ve come to realize. I’m a worrier. Didn’t think I was but there it is. It’s great identifying it and I’ve been learning how to recognize and adjust accordingly. Slow going and challenging, but progress is being made!


I was writing up a Random Wednesday post (in my head) which never got posted, but have to include one little moment. Wednesday morning I woke up like usual but realized I could hear a bird outside my window. Which is strange as I think I’ve heard birds during winter, but I guess just not in the early morning. Must have to do with what species and migration habits. Well, a little later, I’m on my way out my front door to work. I open the door and I can hear a mob of sparrows animatedly chatting away. It was really loud. And then it was deafening quiet as I step onto the porch. I look around and couldn’t find them at first. Usually they hang out at the neighbors bird feeder and on the phone lines between our houses. But it was empty. As I walk down my private sidewalk I can start seeing them in the hedge between the two houses. The hedge is brown and they’re brown, but I could start seeing tons of little bodies in there. And as I reach the end of my walkway, they start back up in their chatter. I guess they had a lot to catch up on since they’ve been gone.
Then Wednesday night I got home around 7 pm and I don’t know what got into me but I cooked up a storm. I didn’t sit down to eat until after 10 but had a ton of food. I baked a ham (Neiman Ranch – my favorite), pineapple soufflé with some whole wheat bread that was starting to go stale. I also cooked up some French braised carrots – my new favorite way to cook carrots. And made the kale dish and cranberry pilaf I had from my dinner party. I finally tried the split pea soup recipe that got axed from the dinner party menu. It’s almost the same as our old family recipe mom sent me. Except it has a carrot instead of celery. I was a little nervous as mom had mentioned that leaving the celery out made for really poor tasting soup for some reason. I just really don’t like celery so figured I’d give it a try. It’s marvelous. Actually, my stomach is rumbling, so am going to go heat up a bowl.



I’m heading up to Kennebunkport Maine this weekend and just checked the weather – 50s! It’s been awhile since I got together with this group of friends. Sara is coming in from DC, Reegan from NH, Nima and his wife from Boston, and Maggie is hosting with her husband who I finally get to meet. It’s honestly been two years trying to meet this guy. But at our get togethers, either I’m missing or he is. Perfect timing too as I went a little avocado crazy and now have several super ripe avocados that I don’t really have the appetite for anymore, having had several earlier this week.