On Saturday I left before Charlie was up from his nap for an evening out with some friends. The next morning, I heard Charlie in his crib saying “Mama? Maaaama?”
When I went in there and looked over the crib, he looked at me and said “Wuv Mama”. I picked him up and he hugged me and said “Wuv Mama” again.
Tonight, he crawled into my lap and put his head on my shoulder and I said to Chad, “Look, Mama’s got a Cuddlebug” and Charlie said, “Mama’s cudd-a-bu”.
Awww….
Magic Hour: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book and could not put it down. I loved the characters especially the little girl Alice. The author did a great job of tying all the characters together and developing them throughout the story. Loved!
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I had some very ripe bananas and a half bag of cinnamon chips, and wanted to put them together into scrumptiousness… this is what I found. YUM!!!
Banana Cinnamon Chip Muffins
Yields 12 standard muffins
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 ripe mashed bananas
1/3 cup canola oil
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup cinnamon chips (or chocolate chips)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease or line 12 standard muffins cups. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix the bananas, oil, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla until combined.
Fold banana mixture into flour mixture until just blended (do not over mix). Add cinnamon chips, and fold gently until combined.
Distribute batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes and then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
When I finished Very Valentine, I had no idea there was a sequel to the book! I just stumbled on it as I was stalking our library website for an available ebook for my Nook! Maybe that’s the disadvantage to having a Nook (don’t read the covers!)
Anyway, it was a great follow up. I love the characters in both books and how the story extended. Kind of hoping for a 3rd book! If you love Very Valentine, you will like this as well!
Ugh, I hate that 5 days just passed without much quality family time. One of those weeks, I guess. Chad returned on Monday, very tired. Tuesday was a long day at work for me, with our semi-annual national meeting. Kind of fun, but it’s kind of like missing a whole day of productive work, which isn’t good when deadlines are looming.
The rest of the week was spent working with some errands. Today I worked from home and got a tremendous amount of work done! Unfortunately it was not the work I planned to do as my priorities were re-shifted this morning. Oh well. Next week, right?
My weekend plans involve getting my fridge and house cleaned up. Somehow weeks like this set me back and I am not able to get ahead. I went out to lunch every day this week and bought breakfast at work every day as well. Not good for my wallet or waist… Luckily I was able to sneak away this morning to plan my menu for next week and get groceries purchased. So I’m looking forward to some good down time at home with the family this weekend.
Oh, and getting screened-in porch ready for warm weather! It’s ready to go as we had the house exterior painted and deck stained earlier this week! Yay, warm weather!
Any big weekend plans? Or are your plans to mellow like me?
