Ahem

I love our CSA. Love it. However, they sometimes send things that I'm not exactly sure how to use. This week was one of those (the 10-month old is in the picture strictly for scale... and also because he's cute):

Don't worry, buddy. I'm a little freaked out by it, too. Now to figure out what to do with it!

To Market, To Market (Christkindlmarkt, To Be Specific)

To market, to market to buy a cheese strudel,

Home again, home again Yankee Doodle.

To market, to market to buy candied nuts,

Home again, home again jiggly guts.

To Chi-town, to Chi-town to see the Mag Mile,

Home again, home again with a big smile.

Also included in our long weekend: Bob Chinn's Crab Shack, the Allerton Hotel, the Ghirardelli store, lots of window shopping, Water Tower Place and, of course, Turkey Day with the family. 

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Super Wednesday

Apparently when I said "back to normal," I really meant back to normal life and not blogging. It's been so nice to be back in a rhythm (hello, clean house. i missed you.) and feel like life is flowing well. 

Anyway, around here Super Saturdays seem to have disappeared (is this true everywhere?), but thankfully for my wannabe crafting self, our ward had a Super Wednesday to try to balance it out. It was so fun! For $1 and a night of fun crafting I got 8 hairpins/broaches and a cute little advent calendar that will be easy for the boys to play with and cheap enough that I won't freak out when they destroy it in a few years. :)

Super Wednesday aside, I've been working on a lot of other projects. None of them are done yet, but I'm having a great time sewing and creating. Hopefully I'll get back to blogging again soon, if I can tear myself away from all the other craziness in our lives!

Back to Normal

After a few weeks of sickness, teething, growth spurts and the inevitably-following bad sleeping patterns and whininess of both my boys, I was so relieved when little Squish finally slept longer than 45 minutes in a row today. It's amazing how just being back to what two weeks ago was just "normal" suddenly seems so great! Maybe now I'll be able to get back to my normal: actually cooking and cleaning and blogging and maybe even getting some sleep myself!