So Caroline ended up being home sick for the rest of the week last week. Truth be told, she may have been able to go back to school on Friday but she and P had an invite to go to a friend’s ranch for the weekend. And you know what a mom who’s been home with a sick kid for three days is ready to do? Be alone.
They left for the ranch early Friday afternoon and I visited with Mimi and Bops for a while before I treated myself to a pedicure. And after my pedicure, I ran to Central Market to get a couple of necessities because Gulley was coming over for a wine night.
I know it seems like we’re together all the time, but life has been so busy for both of us lately that our catch ups have been in three minute increments over the phone and it’s been forever since we’ve had real, uninterrupted time to discuss various life issues. It was much needed and I’m not sure either one of us really took a breath for four hours as we covered everything from books to fashion to kids.
On Saturday morning I attempted to sleep in, but I woke up at 8:00 a.m. and never really went back to sleep. I’m not sure what happened but I’m still sad about it. And so I drank my coffee and caught up on recorded episodes of Fixer Upper until I drove to the ranch to pick Caroline up and bring her home. P opted to stay one more night down south so Caroline and I had a girls’ night. We picked up dinner and watched Age of Adeline starring Blake Lively. It was pretty good overall but it’s hard to feel sorry for a woman who never ages and happens to look like Blake Lively. WHAT A NIGHTMARE.
My biggest takeaway was that I could be doing so much more with my hair. Blake Lively wore all manner of ponytails and hairstyles that made me feel bad about my commitment to twisting my hair into a messy bun every day.
I spoke at Community Worship on Sunday morning and then we spent the rest of the day enjoying the fact that it was 76 degrees on the last day of January. Seriously. I had on shorts. In a perfect world, I’d love a nice cold, wet winter but this is what we’ve got so I guess I’ll embrace it and start using my self-tanner sooner rather than later. We spent most of the day hanging out in the backyard and I don’t know what the groundhog is going to tell us today but I have lost all faith in weather prognosticators of any kind.
On a totally different but skin-related note, I’ve talked on and off about my love of Hummingbird Farms lavender lotion. Ever since I first tried it almost seven years ago, it’s been one of my standard favorite products. And we all use it at my house because there is nothing better for dry skin. My dear friends, Debi and Jack, are the owners of Hummingbird Farms and I’m so excited for them because they are debuting their Lavender Heavy Cream on QVC this Tuesday night, February 2nd at 8 p.m. central time. And you can go ahead and buy it here, along with a free bottle of lavender essential oil, right here on QVC. It’s made with real lavender and is aloe-based so you can’t even imagine how moisturizing it is or how divine it smells. True story, I used to use it on Caroline when she was little because I swear the lavender scent made her sleep better and kept her sensitive little skin hydrated.
And, finally, I just want to say that I’m probably going to be writing a little more sporadically here over the next few weeks. I’m trying to make some progress on the new book and it’s hard to come up with more words after I’ve spent all day trying to come up with words. Does that make sense?
But I have to laugh because Caroline is about to finish the first book in a new series she’s reading and just asked me to order the second one. I looked on Amazon and told her, “You’ll have to wait because it’s not releasing until May 3.” And she said, “What’s wrong with these authors? What are they doing all day? I need her to hurry up so I can read what happens next.” I replied, “Maybe they have seventh grade daughters who get sick and need to be driven to soccer practice all the time.”
She just gave me a blank look.
Which really explains so much.