blah blah blah

today it's 35 degrees. just another january day in boston. it's hard to try to push aside my longing for spring b/c i know we still have at least 3 more FULL months of this. warm weather has a such a lusty appeal for me that it kind of feels dirty at times. in the 29 years of living in warm climate, i am as my brother would say, "ruint" for any other climate. at this moment, there are snow piles on the side of the roads taller than i am...we have had 60" of snow in january and that's only #3 of the list of snowiest months in boston for all time. true story. and this shit isn't melting until may, people. shopping centers are hidden by walls of snow piles so much so that you cannot even see the businesses located behind them. this is the winter of my discontent, quite literally.

one of my remedies for such blah is loooooong hot showers, which i now have to share with a toddler playing beneath me in the tub. you're getting a visual and feeling bad for EV, aren't you? she loves it as much as i do and it gives us something to do inside other than stare at each other, or me having to wrestle more playdoh out of her mouth...or another marker she has just pretended was lipstick, lipstick that should be eaten, mind you. i am continually amazed that she will only put into her mouth that which is NOT food.

i have also started baking more. i kind of started this trend our first winter here when i was sick and pregnant. mmm, bread, pastry, muffins, scones, more bread was the only cure for my addiction to carbs. currently, our gym membership is lending itself to the battle against muffin tops. i'm not sure who's winning that one right now. finding a gym with babysitting was probably one of the most genius things we have ever done as a family. in addition to giving us a much needed time out from each other every afternoon, i have more motivation than i ever have to work out consistently. so anyway, baking: today i made banana nut muffins from scratch, a birthday cake for a friend, and am roasting eggplant to make some babaghanoush. YUM. i will say that most of my baking of late has become increasingly more "how can i fit more fiber into that?" kind of baking. which either makes me a weight watchers star or really old. i'll leave that one out there for discussion.

and i'm blogging! you'd think i'd be spending my weekend time with the hubs, right? well, i would LOVE to, but lost out to the first round of a super-secret-very-cool-i-am-so-proud-of-him-for-trying-something-like-this project. more on that another time. i'm actually content to not complain about this right now, being that i would also stand to benefit hugely from the possible outcome of this project. again with the selfishness...

i hope your weekends are going well. i hope today is restful for you before your week begins. and i hope there is no snow if your forecast.