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The First Weekend of Spring

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It’s officially spring and these are some things that made my heart full this weekend: getting wings and fries for dinner with my mom, sister and Joey, letting my sister sip my gose, then her LOVING it (my beer girl heart lit right up!), watching a movie on the couch, eating a carrot cake waffle, running outside and feeling good and strong all the way through, baking granola and having that sweet smell fill the house, spending Saturday night with our best friends and being totally smitten and mesmerized by the cutest baby to ever exist, walking to get coffee and toast on Sunday morning, sipping a strawberry-chamomile kombucha, making dinner together, ending Sunday with a good movie.

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Friday night, we went to Fire on the Mountain and I decided Jamaican Jerk tastes like the ramen seasoning packet (in a good way) and blue cheese > ranch for wings and celery dipping.  We watched Creed afterwards and while I loved Michael B. Jordan, narratively, it felt a little disjointed.  Seemed like he was already a boxer at the beginning but then he hadn’t been trained and then he got trained but then got challenged to a fight and there was ANOTHER training sequence.  What?!  Am I nitpicking? 🙂

Saturday, we had pizza and baby snuggles for dinner at Hannah and Josh’s, then Mason showed us how to do tummy time and instead of impressing us with his rolling over skills, he burped then spit up and we all laughed really hard.  Joey got it on video and I’ve watched it like 50 times because it’s somehow still the cutest thing ever!  We went out for ice cream afterwards and Hannah and I were not about the girl behind the counter telling people Purple Cow is Little Man‘s best flavor because it is most definitely Space Junkie.

Sunday night, we made Lentil-Tahini Burgers with Cabbage Slaw and Snap Peas with Feta and it all tasted like spring!  In other words, there were bright snappy flavors and fresh herbs.  We also watched Between Us and we really liked the way it was filmed but it was also sort of heartbreaking to watch the two main characters emotionally destroy each other.  In the end, we really enjoyed it, but mainly, there was a scene towards the beginning where the couple decide to get married, then dance around the house yelling “husband and wife!” and Joey and I maybe did that afterwards.

How was your weekend?

Weekend Things

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This weekend felt therapeutic.  In that laughed-so-hard, got-a-facial, ate-the-best-food, spent-quality-time-with-loved-ones way that makes you feel whole and happy and rejuvenated come Monday morning.  Despite how it may seem in these recaps, not every weekend feels this way and it makes me all the more grateful when they do 🙂

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Friday night, we made ourselves a Thai Roasted Cauliflower Pizza — if I never choke on the fumes of a Fresno chile again, it’ll be all too soon — then headed out to see this much anticipated (by me) film.  When it first started, everyone else was laughing and I thought “wait, is this supposed to be funny?” but then Zac Efron and Josh Hutcherson showed up and I actually lost it.  I literally laughed myself into tears.  I haven’t laughed that hard at a movie in A LONG TIME.

Point being, I fucking loved this movie and haven’t stopped quoting it since we left the theater.  Joey is about ready to kill me, but guys, it was so good!  Love me some Franco brothers, ya know?

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Have you heard the term “Sunday Scaries”?  I’ve been getting the “Saturday Scaries” lately because my brain likes to think of all the stuff I want to fit into the day and then feel stressed about it (even if it’s fun stuff!) but I think I held it together this weekend.  Maybe it’s because I started the day with an Elvis Waffle made by Joey and a facial?!  Afterwards, we hit up pizza leftovers, the grocery store, a run and some food prep before starting dinner.  CHICKEN PAPRIKA!  We love this recipe so so much and hadn’t made it in a while but I’m now certain it tastes best in your pajamas while watching Scrooged.

P.S. Looking over at your significant other and realizing one of your favorite movies is now one of their favorite movies is one of the greatest moments in life.

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Sunday morning, we did a little breakfast/Christmas menu planning at Black Eye Coffee and my heart was so happy!  I am very very excited about the recipes we decided on.  Then afterwards, I headed over to my parents’ to bake cookies with my mom ♥  My sister was there too but refused our attempts to get her to wear an apron or help with the cookies 🙂  We made about a billion cookies (give or take) and I tried to make Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies and look, I was all proud of myself for weighing out the ingredients like a real baker, but then I did 75g of flour instead of 175g!  Let’s not talk about how they turned out.

Back at home, we finished up our salads for the week and I maybe re-made the cookie dough to bake tonight while Joey made us dinner.  He literally ordered me to sit down so he could deliver my plate to me and WOWZA, did it look good!  He acted all nonchalant about it, but I loved this dinner so much.  It felt made with love ♥

In conclusion, laughter, cookies, time spent with other ladies, puppies posing for their Christmas card and a smiley baby picture from your bestie is the best medicine.