Two things

It’s 11:30 PM and I’ve been up since 4:45 this morning. My goal was to leave the house today by 6, which automatically meant I would have a restless night’s sleep. Whenever I have to get up early, I wake up several times because I’m afraid I won’t sleep through my alarm. I've slept through my alarm maybe once in my life.

Last night, I stayed up too late, reading Dear Sugar. Ollie came into our room at 3:45, with toys in his thick little fingers. He cuddled for a second and then said he needed to go get some toy. I told him it was time to sleep and luckily, he listened. Then, a bit later, G woke me up and said I was snoring. I gave up and got up.

Anyway, back to Dear Sugar. It’s so good.

Also, I plan on doing this for the month of February (#febphotoaday). FUN! I love the instagram.

links

i'm a long time fan of girl's gone child. she had her daughter, fable, right before i had ollie, and i loved reading her blog while i was pregnant. (and before i was pregnant. and after.) anyway, girl's gone child's mom's cooking posts are fantastic. check out this one, about cast iron skillets.

i come from a family of red wine vinaigrette lovers. my nono would make it. my aunt sandi makes a killer avocado-tomato salad that's insanely delicious (and dressed with rwv), and i grew up in a house that either had this or blue cheese nightly on our green salad. i've been trying to duplicate gabrielle's red wine vinaigrette since i visited last month. (for the record, i wasn't adding basil and oregano.) i can't wait 'til dinner tomorrow. it's on!

i went for almost an entire year eating oatmeal every day for breakfast. then one day i couldn't look at oatmeal again. it's been years. this makes me want to revisit oatmeal.

holly, from nothing but bonfires is always a treat to read. she turned me onto birchbox and i signed up tonight.

i was bummed that ollie and i got home tonight at 6:30 and it was practically dark. i'm kind of getting excited about cold weather though, and getting to wear stuff like this cowl. cozy!




this isn't a link, but i'm sharing it anyway because the cuteness is killing me. about a month ago my little brother and his girlfriend had a baby. i want to eat her cheeks.

also, she has my bro's chin dimple and it makes my heart swell with love for her. wish we all lived closer.

good fun thing(s) TO READ (day 9)

let's make that good things to read elsewhere.

is there anyone who doesn't read dooce? i doubt it. just in case, i read this while i was holding ollie (trying to get him to sleep) and it made me laugh so hard my entire body was shaking.

elizabeth is the reason i've recently peppered every conversation possible with "no big whoop." she's always a good read.

this blog is a good read. speaking of, this is sweet.

if you read yesterday's post, you'll understand why i was so happy megan of not martha linked to this.

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inspired by Maggie Mason