🥖 Lil Treasures #204: Bread Warmers + Planter Hacks
The beasts of Ikea and girls supporting girls.
We made it to another weekend + I’m writing this from a lake trip with some pals, so we’re going short but extra sweet today! Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
Let’s do the treasures!
🧙♀️ As the Head Calendar Witch of The Long House, my job requires a lot of future-casting, which means I’m already thinking about Advent. I wanted to take a poll to see if we are feeling a group Advent or if we’re just straight-up tired and want to stare longingly into the flames of our candles this year. I’ve been eyeing this book: The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexities of Hope by Kelley Nikonheda. Is anyone interested in walking through it together?
👑 I started my Anne Boleyn phase as a 7th grader and I’m still in it. I think she’s weirdly my comfort read at this point, so when
did an interview with the authors of the new book Hunting the Falcon, I was like, DANG IT. I’m gonna need to read this. I started the audiobook yesterday on my drive and it’s so good, plus it focuses on a time in Anne’s life we don’t usually hear much about: her early years in the French and Austrian courts and how they shaped her. If you’re a weirdo obsessed with Anne Boleyn like me, it’s a must-read.🫶 How freakin’ cute is this Asterara Little Women collection? I didn’t know I needed a bread warmer until I saw that Something Splendid bread warmer, and I am eating this Your One Beauty dress right up.
🚫 This video just tickled me.
🌻 We refreshed our big porch pots with fall mums last weekend and this hack for containers absolutely revolutionized the process for me. I cannot believe I didn’t know about this before now!
This week on the Swipe Up+, we did one of my favorite series: The Co-op. We tackled a question about making decisions from a place of strength instead of a place of exhaustion and there are so many gentle and helpful suggestions in the comments. I really loved this thought from Lil Swipe Brooke:
I “make the decision” one way or the other and sit with it as if it’s a done deal. For example: I “decide” to quit my job and act as if I’ve put in notice. It usually only takes a few hours for me to know whether I’m feeling relief/excitement or tension/anxiety. I’ve even gone so far as to tell someone about the decision to see how it feels saying it out loud, usually in the form of “I’m pretty sure I’m going to quit my job”.
I’ll echo what I think others have said -- there’s peace in choosing to believe that there isn’t One Right Decision. A former mentor once told me - there is no virtue in staying or going. Plenty of things hold virtue but the decision to quit a job (or in my case, a PhD program) is not one of them. Embracing that can help to relieve some of the pressure you might have put on the decision.
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Meme Dump-a-Thon:
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I can’t wait to read your treasures when I get back!
They really don't let us see what's going on in the dishwasher, do they? I had a needed cackle at that one.
I have an update. My grandpa passed away on Wednesday after a week of in-home hospice care. We also have Covid in the house (my mom, his daughter) and my grandma (his wife) has it too. One of my friends put it so well, "Grief is weird." I'll have this sudden rush of energy where I want to get all the things done and then I feel as though there is this weight on my chest. There are a lot of complicated relationships, faith journeys, and feelings so prayers for peace and clear communication would be greatly appreciated. I love you all.
I do have a couple of treasures in the midst of this.
-Hello Fresh. I am so grateful for this meal service. It has made life so much easier this week.
-Having a bedtime routine. I think that sleep is saving my life this week, no thanks to DST ending... but I digress.
-The Calm app. I think that I plugged this before, but the meditation on grief is one of the loveliest experiences I have had during this time.
-People. People (neighbors, friends) have been so kind. One of my dad's employees even dropped off some maple syrup that one of my dad's suppliers grows (correct word for the maple syrup industry?) on his acreage. Another neighbor brought a plant and a sweet card. We are truly surrounded by wonderful people.
Have the best weekend available to you, my friends.
I have a big treasure this week. I struggle with the word hero and how liberally we seem to apply it--probably the way some people feel about the word love. On Wednesday night my sister texted me that there were three fire departments at her house fighting a forest fire that had sprung up in the mountains of North Carolina. She sent pictures of the fire right at her fence line and the back blaze they were building to contain it. She then sent pictures of the firefighters drinking Gatorade in her driveway at 3 AM. My overwhelming desire was to go to each of them and look them straight in the eye and tell them they were heroes. It felt like one of those you don’t know until you *know* moments. My sister’s house, which is also her business, was saved, as were all of her dogs, and of course herself. My oldest already had plans to go visit her this weekend (he lives closer to her than we do). It delights my heart that he gets to hug her tonight and verify for me that all is well.