Hi friends, hope your holidays have been a good mix of relaxing with some moments of quiet family time and energizing with some parties and festivities! Here’s what I’ve been thinking about lately.
All things funky, eclectic, and loud
I’m really obsessed with this bright violet fuchsia peplum top. The style I’m loving right now is everything over the top like flouncy sleeves on this! I’m loving funky, eclectic, and loud. Maybe this is me trying to hasten spring and survive the gloom of winter.
Aging with your siblings
One thing I never thought of when I was growing up was just how weird it would be to reach middle age with my brothers. We fought a lot when we were young and stuck under the same roof, but as we’ve gotten older, we have dropped the bickering and really do support and love each other. I wish my parents could verbalize what the secret sauce was because I know not all siblings are as close and well- meaning as we are. I don’t see or talk to my older brother Dee as often as I’d like, but he has always been a spiritual head to me. He has enlightened me to ideas like OMAD and intermittent fasting, homeschooling, and hiring someone on Craigslist to help me cook when I was working full time.
My younger brother has always been one of my best friends, and he moved to Seattle to be closer to me. We have a weekly regular date every Sunday where we share a meal, or I clean his condo, cut his hair or we walk through grocery stores together. We are so different, but we share our love of food, good gossip 🤣, and our entrepreneurial spirit. It just feels so weird to see us all aging. My brothers really will hold the longest friendship with me of any people because we knew each other as kids. That’s crazy to think! Anyways here are some things I think my parents did to help make us close-
- They never compared us with each other. No “Why can’t you be more like _____?”
- My mom really emphasized the importance of human relationships over material things. Her famous line was always, “We may not have much, but we have each other.” And somehow that really was engrained in my psyche.
- They created an environment where teasing was absolutely not allowed.
- They created an environment where no topic was off limits and there was no action or word spoken in our home that allowed for shame or guilt. Our home life felt completely free and open.
All of this has made for a very free and open relationship as adults!
Ask ChatGPT to choose your BBQ sauce (spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, sweet chili sauce, enchilada sauce etc) on the spot
Did this at grocery outlet yesterday, and maybe everyone’s already doing this and I’m the last one to get the memo but just in case, this was so helpful with decision fatigue. You know how you stand in front of the shelves and there are soooooo many options? Then you google or chatgpt, “What’s the best BBQ sauce?” And then that option is not on the shelf?
So frustrating if ever there were a first world frustration.
So instead, just snap a photo and ask ChatGPT, what is the best BBQ sauce on this shelf?
It worked brilliantly! My kiddos approved.