um, i've been busy...

wow, today was one of those really busy days.

i can't exactly account for every waking minute but i can tell you:

sammy got her driver's license today! a stellar 3-point turn, a flawless parallel parking job and an unwillingness to cross
a double yellow line and new york state gave her the big thumbs up in the form of a driver's license.

way to go sammy.

happy birthday sammy and zoe!

it's funny.

i can't remember what i just said but i remember with absolute clarity the morning of may 6, 1994. i remember what i had for
breakfast, what i wore, the color of the sky.

when you are pregnant you know your life is about to change, you're just not exactly sure how and whether it will be mostly for the better or worse.

and then 17 years comes and goes. somehow you figure out how to bathe two babies at once. how to live on almost no sleep. how to stop a toddler from choking on a half eaten bagel. thank goodness for all the photos of the girls at every stage of their life otherwise i would find it completely unlikely that they've got better taste in shoes and music than me. and they can now buy their own R-rated movie tickets.

happy birthday girls. love ya.

banana bread

as i said i've been baking. it's so relaxing. i don't even mind the clean-up.

a friend sent me this recipe and i normally don't go for banana bread but the addition of chocolate chips sounded really good.
plus i had a bunch of bananas lying around.

this cake was really easy and came out really gooey and decadent. i.e. great.

the antidote to everything...

i saw these cookies on my friend's tumblr and immediately hunted down the recipe. an oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookie---sounded genius to me.

these cookies are easy to bake and i love the way they look when you cut them in half.

i have been baking up a storm lately... i am really hoping there's a correlation between stress reduction and something yummy coming out of the oven. i know it's a reach but when you've got two kids finishing up junior year, you'll try anything.

happy friday..

have a great weekend.

like woody allen says..it's all about showing up.

i had this epiphany yesterday while i was working out: it's never over.

i will be working out to the day i die. ugh...that's a total bummer because honestly i don't love it all that much and i often wonder what all this sweating and pain are really doing for me.

but i do love when our teacher refers to us as athletes and talks about passion and integrity. i can sort of lose myself
in all the psychobabble and imagine that i am doing something big as opposed to just trying to work-off the chocolate
and red wine i probably consumed the night before.

the perks of aging...

there's nothing worse than buying something at full price and then seeing it go on sale a couple of weeks later.

this hasn't happened to me in a long time because i just know.

i know that basics and things that fit really well---sell. things that are a little weird....that my friend might say....oh that's such a helene top/dress/jacket---that will go on sale, guaranteed.

yep, this is what i call wisdom.