July 20, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week – Week 30 of 2020

Happy Monday, friends!

Are we staying healthy? Are we wearing our masks? Are we taking good care of ourselves? This weekend we had friends from our pod over for dinner outside on our deck. It was wonderful. I made a Greek feast. We also spent some time with our neighbors and shared cocktails from a distance. I feel so thankful to have interactions and connections. It totally distracted me from indulging the thoughts of how Cooper won’t have school AT school for a while..maybe even til next year. What is this life?

Let’s avoid some existential dread and figure out Intentions for the Week. Here they are!

my everyday life, Photography

July 19, 2020

My Everyday Life Week 29

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 29

Happy to have caught this moment this week! What a moment of magic!

Huggy finds the funniest places to hide. He always makes me laugh.

My favorite easy meal. Brown rice, furikake, avocado, hot chili oil, and soy sauce.

Started working on my July spread for my Currently Workbook this month.

Here’s the beginning. I drew echinacea because I’m excited they are growing in our front yard!

Meal prep this week!

LISTS

July 17, 2020

I LOVE LISTS

Ways you can bulk up ramen noodles.
I want to make chicken fried potatoes.
Check out these creative bus ads.
Black-Owned Etsy shops to support
A whole bunch of recipes using eggs.
Wow. I would really love a Study Pod.
How to Dry Herbs
How Americans who left talk about their life in other countries.
I am daydreaming of going to Canada.
Here’s why you keep seeing all of those trick cakes.
Trees growing through cars.
I had a dress like this when I was in high school and I miss it.
Teens are dressing up as older people to get alcohol.
I wonder if all this stuff about #freebritney is true… cuz WOW
What have you learned about yourself during quarantine?
I can’t believe this is ballpoint pen!
Journal goals. Oh and this one too!
Fight fear with love.
How books can help us through times of transition.
This home looks incredibly calming.
Weekend Reading: Mending Matters + Wild at Home

If you need to start next week off right, download my Intentions for the Week Printable!

recipes

July 16, 2020

Salt & Pepper Shrimp

Salt & Pepper Shrimp is something I love to order when we are out at a restaurant, but I never order it for delivery because it definitely doesn’t travel well. The same goes for fried calamari. In the delivery process, what was intended to be crispy and crunchy turns into a soggy mess the longer it sits in a sweaty TO GO box. Plus, it’s never HOT, and that bugs me.

But now I don’t have to order takeout cuz I made one of my favorite dishes at home and my family loved it!

And that in itself is a reason to celebrate. There’s a new dish to add to my picky eater household and I AM THRILLED because I am getting so tired of cooking the same ole things during the quarantine. A big plus is that most of the ingredients are things I usually have on hand!

LISTS

July 13, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week- Week 29 of 2020

Happy Monday, friends!

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Meal prep this week includes: pita chips and bananas for the freezer (keeps homemade pita chips fresh!), limeade, hibiscus tea, red wine vinaigrette, pickled onions, carrots, potato green bean salad, blueberry pudding cake*, herb zucchini fritters*, farro salad*, miso buttery corn, beet ginger juice, celery juice, energy bars, and brown rice. Anything with an * after it means the recipe is on my blog! #shutterbeanmealprep

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