December grateful list
January 22, 2016
Arts
- Watching The Martian
- Watching Jessica Jones
- Listening to Dan Zanes Christmas in Concord (mine and Anouk's fave Christmas album ever)
- Visiting the Children's Museum of Richmond
- Reading We That Are Left
Food
- Korean BBQ at Asahi for my 34th! birthday
- Mexican chicken chowder (from the Against All Grain cookbook)
- "Postpartum" veggie and barley soup that was enjoyed by all (recipe here).
- Vasilopita (traditional Greek new year cake) made by Angela - YUM
- A chilly Sunday in Cape Charles
- Colonial Williamsburg on Christmas eve
- East Beach on a 75-degree Christmas day (pics above)
- New Years with friends at Cheatham Annex in Yorktown
Stuff
- Adidas Superstars from J. (taking me back to 8th grade in the best way)
- This J. Crew striped sweater - comfy & perfect for anytime/place
- Nuxe huile prodigeuse - best all in one beauty product and it smells soooo good
- My awesome selfie stick (thanks Mylinh!)
Etc.
- Anouk and Gus starring as Mary and Baby Jesus in the school Christmas pageant
- Caroling with friends
- Our 4th ANNUAL playgroup Christmas (I can hardly believe it) -- and Anouk STILL not recognizing J. as Santa Claus
- Anouk naming our Christmas tree ("Stephanie")
- Celebrating Solstice with homemade lanterns and music
- Playing Carcasonne (new obsession)
- Baby Gus turning three months old (and learning how to roar like a dragon)
- The ever-growing tableau of holiday lights in our yard, including a glowing abominable snowman, courtesy of awesome neighbors
- Doing a massive Kon Mari of the house (more on that later)
- Matt's tarot reading for the new year (apparently going to be a good one)
My resolutions in 2016 are to run in a race and to finally do something with my scraggly yard. What about you?
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