…or, i should probably say cossee chats, since i have a tiny girl who likes to get me up in the morning by saying “a-make cossee! a-make cossee, mama!” that maddalena, she just knows how life works! and also, man, i have been needing a lot of cossee lately. cossee aaall the time.
so hey! what are the happs, lately, hmm? you know, when people ask me what’s been going on, i’m always tempted to just be like “hormones.” because that’s always the case for us girls, isn’t it? it’s like once it starts back in those tiny booby days, it just never… ever… ever stops. i mean, never.
anyway, i’ve had this bee just a-buzzing around in my bonnet lately to redo like, half of everything in my life. i mean, i’m re-organizing drawers and painting things cream and gold! i’m switching around pictures and picture frames and hangings! i’m cleaning out closets and filling boxes to drop at goodwill! i’m throwing away old junk i thought we’d use and didn’t and just hitting refresh on everythiiiiing. at one point there at the beginning of my restlessness, i almost decided to just pierce my own ear because i guess i was weirdly desperate for something to happen like, immediately… but i totally didn’t do that, because i don’t think i actually want another ear hole. insteaaad i did a subtle bayalage sprucing to my hair, a diy-alage, if you will! which could’ve been a bad idea, i suppose, but it wasn’t. it was a good idea. but mostly, i’ve been giving our neglected little home office space an overhaul to turn it into a more of a family den type of room, and it’s such a relief to finally feel like it’s a functional part of the house! yay! oh, and i decided i want to become a mac user, too. i’ve been a windows user my whole life, but now that my life is iphone iphone iphone computer i need a seamless transition, i need seamless! but see, what is this? identity crisis? no, it’s just me. i think it’s my identity just doing its thing. i also blame the nursing to not nursing [extremely slow] transition hormones. why does no one talk about that? it’s a thing! but anyway. next project: maddalena’s closet. there are all sorts of sizes of things flying around in there and toys i’m hiding and not to mention my giftwrapping stash! whaaat is the answer to giftwrapping?! guess we’ll find out!
but speaking of cossee-driven things i do around here! last year i made a pumpkin spice syrup for my home-brewed lattes and it was soooo good! i can’t wait to do it again soon. i love me some starbucks as much as the next girl, but this season i am going to try and stick to regular coffee when i hit up the ‘bucks, and keep all my PSLs and other seasonal bevs on the home front. i know we’ve probably aaall seen that food babe article at this point about the ingredients in the ole PSL [not pumpkin, but yes caramel coloring, bad, and other things you may or may not be picky about. i am picky!], but the quality of what we put in our bodies is super important to me, and even though i feel like it’s waaay too impossible to keep up with 100% of the time, i really try to aim for the best balance i can, so my coffee is one thing that i am going to keep as real and as tasty and as pumpkiny as possible this year, and i am excited! still love you, starbucks! as evidenced, of course, in above fotografia. 🙂 but no shots of syrup for me, thanks thanks thanks.
i have to admit, too, that even though i have severe separation anxiety regarding summer warmth and evening sunshine, last week i felt the slightest little twinge of autumn in the air, aaand iiii kiiiind ooof liked it! i did. i mean, i’ve always loved fall, though. i am a huge fan of fall. i just love summer the most and winter the least, so, my apologies, fall! you are the messenger and i keep shooting you [also, you and all the football, though, that’s just really not my thing]. but i really like sweaters and colorful leaves, so we can cuddle a while, k?
sooo. guess i should repaint my nails, have like 900 birthday, baby, wedding gifts sent, and open up my new dustbuster now [woo!]. ta ta!
I have these moments frequently. I can attribute them currently to nesting but I would say that's similar to weaning. Which is no easy job on the emotions. At least everything you're doing is all very sane and responsible. Even if you had pierced that ear. Matt hides the credit card when I get in these stages. But jokes on him because as we allllll know our fav websites save that info. Duh. I don't really like PSL's but I would love to because I'm a sucker for fitting in but I have read that and yuck. Regular coffee it is. And maybe I'll attempt that syrup of yours. I have to go. Jamie and Claire are calling me….
oh totally love when the card info is saved!! and it only took me like, a bunch of years, but i finally memorized mine. best thing EVER! and ahh stop my heart… jamie and claire!! you've been with them?! wonderful!!
I'm sooo ready for fall. I just want it to stay forever. It felt like fall yesterday, and I almost broke out the boots lol.
Despite my love for summer, I'm ready for fall! And thanks for this post – it reminded me of all the things that have been in my to-do list since forever and haven't got done yet. I think a fall cleaning is in order, if that's a thing. Especially when it comes to the home office. It has become a giant closet of things we don't want to deal at the moment.
I miiiight be a coffee addict/snob too! Do you have a fancy coffee maker? I am needing/wanting a nice one for Christmas!
haha!! my husband has a "fancy" one, actually and it makes yummy, pretty coffee! buuut it is a little too high maintenance for my emergency morning coffee needs so i just haven't been able to commit to it and i just stick with my keurig! 🙂 two coffee makers taking up counter space, but what are you gonna do!!
girl i'm in the same mind set- must redo everything! must get organized! and it's so not happening…unless naptime magically doubles itself.
I love the way you write! Like pretty sure we would be friends in real life ya know? A life overhaul is sometimes just what the doctor ordered! You go crazy and paint everything ivory and gold if thats what makes you happy girl! my love affair with summer is slowly coming to an end as well though, the second I smelled a hint of fall in the air on a cooler night last week I was done for.
this is the sweetest ever!! we would for sure be friends in real life!!