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Let It Be Sunday, 317!

April 11, 2021 by Joy the Baker 16 Comments

Hello friends! 

I woke up last Monday determined to get after it.  The week prior felt lost to gloomy weather and equally gloomy body aches so I just let myself be.  This week though? Sunshine and not a moment to lose. I visited with a few friends (one of them being my real estate agent because I’ve got big, cross-your-fingers-style plans in the works for The Bakehouse), I’ve eaten several pints of strawberries, I ironed new shower curtains, I swam and didn’t sink…. I did the dang thing.  

Part of my motivation is that my parents (hi mom, hi dad!) are coming to visit New Orleans next week and I can’t have them thinking I’ve lived in a pigsty for all of 2020.  To be fair, they lived with me for a cool 18 years so they know, better than anyone else, what I can do to a room.  

This weekend at the Bakehouse we celebrated the wonder of spring strawberries down south by making strawberry pie together.  And since I can’t sit still,  I drove to Houston on Saturday afternoon  to have a Sunday with Will – there will be motorcycle rides, fried chicken, and a pool.  

We’re getting our energy back. Is that what’s happening? 

I hope this finds you with a few quiet moments to yourself.  This week’s reads are below and I think there are some real gems in here.  Take only what you need and take good care. 

•  Go easy here. Tears come with this one, but this is for all of us.  Who Are We Now? (The New York Times) 

• This song came on while I read through the article above and naturally I burst into tears.  Where Are You Now? by Mumford and Sons (Spotify)

•  There just so much here and the truth is, it gives me hope: The Rise and Rise of Amanda Gorman (Vogue) 

•  Friend of the Show Kim Baldwin wrote the funniest piece I’ve read this year: Monday Morning Nudes. You obviously wrote very specifically about yourself Kim, but you wrote all of us and we thank you. I can’t tell you how many things my Mercury in Gemini has talked me into. I’m honestly surprised I haven’t robbed a bank by now. (Nashville Scene) 

•  I love the articles on Cup of Jo and I’ll leave this here for you: An Infertility Story (Cup of Jo) 

•  There’s a lot of openness here. It’s generous. I’m a Child of a Hoarder – And I’m Trying to Do Better for My Own Family (The Kitchn) 

•  #10 #21 #22 #27 35 Tiny Ways To Brighten Your Partner’s Day. (What’s Up Moms) 

•  I’m not a sneaker person but lemme keep up: Top Picks From A Sneaker Head (I Want To Be Her) 

•  Karlee’s Pancake Bread seems very pleasing to me. Makes me want to open a bakery in east Texas and serve this on Tuesdays. I dunno… the daydream was very specific.   (Olive and Artisan) 

•  I’m making Minimalist Baker’s Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal this week. I love that it’s served by the slab in milk.  Like cereal you can break up! 

•  Slowly working my wardrobe into exclusively Everlane stretchy pants and Pyne and Smith linen dresses for everyday / work and FarmRio and Teuta Matoshi dresses for going out and GOWNS. Next up, finding more excuses to wear gowns. 

•  If you were to go through my Google search history this week you’d find this: cat glass table. Get your kicks where ya can, right? (Google) 

Have a wonderful day, friends. It means so much to me that you’re here. 

My love to you.

xo Joy

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    May 10, 2021 at 5:39 pm

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