Sunday, February 27, 2011

Soccer Mom




The high school soccer season starts tomorrow. That means really long days for our teen. Some away games don't get home until close to midnight. It's a grueling schedule, really. So I do my soccer mom duty and make him some power breakfasts he can eat on his drive to school. Eric wanted me to take a picture of them, because he was impressed with the consistency this year. I am getter better at rolling. Go Bruins!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

My new faves

A long time ago, I wrote a post about some of my favorite things. Didn't Oprah get this topic started? Here is my latest 2011 version:

Roku for starters. I mean...that little box is amazing. Jace can watch unlimited episodes of Family Guy, I can watch all the weird indie-films I love, and Eric can watch his old school westerns and surf movies.

Real Simple Magazine. This cute magazing always gets my nesting juices going.

Pandora Quick Mix. We downloaded the Pandora player which streams the music much faster and in CD quality. We always have it on. I also have it on my BB to entertain me during long waits at airports or for some hiking mojo.

Go-Gurt. This one is for Jace. What a fantastic teen snack. He eats a box every few days. Since it's frozen, it takes him twice as long to eat it. And since his goal is to consume as much food in 15min as possible, this snack keeps the refridgerator fuller a little longer.

My apple slicer. Love this fruit...but sometimes I just want perfectly symmetrical slices. Oh, I also have the mango slicer, but that gadget leaves behind too much fruit. I am a master as mango slicing anyway.

My 2 can't live without makeup products by Benefit. Confessions of a Concealaholic and Dallas.

My new Sirius Sportster deck for my car. I programmed it with my favorite artists, so it alerts me whenever they are playing on other channels, so I won't miss out. Way cool.

Scunci no-slip hairbands. My mop puts these to the test day in and out. I finally can really get the hair out of my eyes.

My weekend yin/yang yoga class. I look forward to these 2 hrs every week. All my other activities are jealous.

This one is an oldy, but it's one of my all time goodies. My Philosophy skincare products I have used for years! On a Clear Day keeps my adult-o-acne down and Everyday Hope keeps me looking in my early 30s.

I realize that this list is rather superficial and uninteresting to most. That's why they are MY favorite things!

It came back.

I returned yesterday from a sunshiney, 85 degree week in Miami. I got a nice little tan, too. I was expecting to come back to the pretty spring days that we've been getting. Nope. This morning I woke up to 10 degrees. It's back. Winter. Oh joy.

Well, since I locked in the house to stay warm. There's no better time to do our taxes and plan our next vacation.