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What are you up to this weekend? After a long week, the boys and I are excited to do absolutely nothing. Maybe watch TV? Maybe order pizza? Maybe stare at the ceiling? If it requires zero thought or energy, we\u2019re in. Hope you have a good one \u2014\u00a0I loved catching up with you this week \u2014 and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n
Catherine Newman<\/a> \u2014\u00a0polar plunger, chickpea enthusiast, and national treasure \u2014 shares 12 favorite things on Big Salad today<\/a>, and we made it free for anyone to read. Love her to the moon!<\/p>\n Omg, the trailer for Mothers\u2019 Instinct<\/a> is creepy.<\/p>\n Nearly every elementary school student in Japan carries this particular backpack<\/a>. (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Summer orzo<\/a>. \u201cIf you like the crisp edges of lasagne\u2026you\u2019re in the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I see a friend or a relative who is just plain worn out, I intuitively know what to offer; a cool drink of water, a chair in which they can do the sacrament of ploppage, a bracing cup of coffee or tea, chocolate or a mandarin orange, a mandatory time out. I try to help them keep the patient comfortable, and it remind me to do this with my own baby self all day,\u201d says writer Anne Lamott<\/a>. (via Morning Person<\/a>)<\/p>\n Finally nabbing a pair of these<\/a>, on huge sale.<\/p>\n Going to try to recreate Daisy Edgar Jones\u2019s exact blush placement<\/a>.<\/p>\n How dreamy is this Airbnb<\/a>? The water views, the scalloped bedframe.<\/p>\n Also, these homemade quilts<\/a>. (via Block Shop<\/a>)<\/p>\n Made me laugh<\/a>. I love being a woman.<\/p>\n Plus, four reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Rose on what vocab words are you into<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Vigorous.\u2019 I birthed my second (last) baby in June, and when I read my OB\u2019s notes in my chart, she described my babe as a \u2018vigorous infant.\u2019 It made me weep. I\u2019ve had a rough year of loss and death \u2014\u00a0there were long stretches where I felt weak and uncertain \u2014\u00a0but during all of that my body grew this strong little human.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Stephanie on what vocab words are you into<\/a>: \u201cI love the line from Peter Rabbit when he\u2019s stuck and the birds \u2018implored him to exert himself.\u2019 When you read that out loud to kids, they immediately know what it means.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Kristy on welcome to your cronehood<\/a>: \u201cI felt like *scream emoji* *anguish emoji* while reading this, but I think it\u2019s a post meant for people to commiserate about something they\u2019re experiencing. I recently went to see Babes<\/a>, which was SO over-the-top and would have terrified me to have a baby if I didn\u2019t already have one. Since I\u2019ve already gone through that, I loved it and found it hilarious and relatable and perfect. Every time I think about that movie, I laugh. I hope there are some menopausal people who read this and felt similarly!\u201d<\/p>\n