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Had a perfectly fine weekend. It's the first one in a while where I was mostly left to my own devices and I really appreciated it. I though I might have two social things happening, but there was only one and it was nice!
Saturday involved a lot of normal errand things, but the big swing was that I mostly got everything done in under 4 hours. I still need to do some meal prep tonight or tomorrow though. I am trying my hand at both mashed parsnips and mashed broccoli. It never occurred to me that you could make mashed broccoli similar to potatoes? IDK, there is going to be cream, sour cream, and butter involved so it should at least be tasty. I also need to cook meat for the first time in, like, six months, which will be its own thing. I keep forgetting how much I don't actually enjoy the process of cooking meat.
Yesterday was both more chill and less so. I had Wine Mom book club and hilariously, we all kinda low key hated the book. I brought a cake because my birthday is later this month and I'm not consistent with larger group gatherings, AND I don't wanna get a whole cake for myself, so this was good excuse to get a cake and have other people eat it. We have a GF person, so I went to defloured over on Balmoral and got a chocolate with vanilla icing. It was very good! I am a bit sad I did not get to order a Jorasch bakery cake, but the don't do little guys (boo!) and their smallest seriously feeds 8-10 people comfortable. They're my fave local place because they do whipped cream icing, and in multiple flavors! Other than the canoli cake from Ferrera, chocolate cake with whipped cream icing is my fave.
Anyway, we talked about kids, pet loss, and other fun topics! I also got to have Asian Noodle House for dinner (next to Valli Produce in Hoffman Estates, 10/10 no notes) before heading home and chilling with the girls. Because it's been rainy and grey all week, they've been extra snuggly. I even woke up this morning with Wink cuddled next to my hip purring.
Saturday involved a lot of normal errand things, but the big swing was that I mostly got everything done in under 4 hours. I still need to do some meal prep tonight or tomorrow though. I am trying my hand at both mashed parsnips and mashed broccoli. It never occurred to me that you could make mashed broccoli similar to potatoes? IDK, there is going to be cream, sour cream, and butter involved so it should at least be tasty. I also need to cook meat for the first time in, like, six months, which will be its own thing. I keep forgetting how much I don't actually enjoy the process of cooking meat.
Yesterday was both more chill and less so. I had Wine Mom book club and hilariously, we all kinda low key hated the book. I brought a cake because my birthday is later this month and I'm not consistent with larger group gatherings, AND I don't wanna get a whole cake for myself, so this was good excuse to get a cake and have other people eat it. We have a GF person, so I went to defloured over on Balmoral and got a chocolate with vanilla icing. It was very good! I am a bit sad I did not get to order a Jorasch bakery cake, but the don't do little guys (boo!) and their smallest seriously feeds 8-10 people comfortable. They're my fave local place because they do whipped cream icing, and in multiple flavors! Other than the canoli cake from Ferrera, chocolate cake with whipped cream icing is my fave.
Anyway, we talked about kids, pet loss, and other fun topics! I also got to have Asian Noodle House for dinner (next to Valli Produce in Hoffman Estates, 10/10 no notes) before heading home and chilling with the girls. Because it's been rainy and grey all week, they've been extra snuggly. I even woke up this morning with Wink cuddled next to my hip purring.
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