Friday Flotsam

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I need to get back into pies!

Lit-rally hadn’t planned on typing those words until they just came out of my fangies.

Tell me something, and this is going to sound so silly, but (and I could google this but you’re cuter) are chess pies (like the word CHESS) the word I’m looking for to describe not creamy pies?

Horrific sentence, let me try again.

Chess pies are the opposite of cream-based pies, right? Is chess the word I’m looking for to describe the . . . the grit (that’s not it) of the pie? Like the filling is not smooth. It’s got texture and personality. Is that chess?

Ugh, I’ll look it up.

One sec.

Okay I don’t think it is. I can’t even figure out what a chess pie is. Custard? Check mate?

SEE, I’m wanting to make a pie with texture in it. Not apple, not cream. What I want in my life is a coconut chocolate pie. The coconut is the grit. The chocolate is the sass. Like THIS ONE that I made long long ago (read that story while you’re at it) but with chocolate in it. Is there such a thing? I guess I could just add chocolate chips to the one above? Is it that simple? Stop looking at me like that.

Anyway, I want to get back into making pies and I need you to give me some filling ideas.

Also what is a chess pie?

POOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAH:::

And please, be gentle with this. Be kind. Let’s keep the comments friendly and loving and uplifting to one another. (I have you worried, don’t I?)

Okay, something I’ve been thinking about, but can’t decide if it’s the right decision IS: should we move our TV to above the fireplace? Reason I ask is (hear me out before you come at me like an angry tsunami), we need more living room seating. As the kids get older, the amount of kid flow through this house on a weekly basis has exponentially grown. And will keep growing. These peeps need a place to hang, bruh.

If I move the TV to above the fireplace, I could use that whole wall and slap a vintage sofa or loveseat against it, and obviously rearrange the leather sofa back to the other wall. I can picture it. I can. I can rearrange the plants below the TV and figure out a cool end table for doo-dads.

I know there are pros and cons to this. Lots of people don’t want their electronics right above a heat source. I get that. And I do love the look of my chunky gold mirror and the 14 bazillion gold candle sticks right there. It’s a vibe. It is.

So I’m torn. Leave as is and figure it out another seating plan? Or do the swap? This won’t happen ANYTIME soon because you know it involves heavy lifting and planning on both Aaron’s and my part, so expect a decision to be made somewhere around 2029.

What would you do? (Be nice!)

Books and podcasts update!

Okay, I listened to Season One of To Live and Die in LA (the Adea Shabani one. ugh, so good. so sad.) and also Season Three of Suspect (Five Shots in the Dark). WHOA. Over halfway through Season TWO of To Live and Die in LA (the Elaine Parks one) and I’m hooked. It’s better than Season One in my opinion. Tell me what I need to listen to after this one!

Also, I’m about a third of the way through Pineapple Street and I totally dig it. Not TOO much has happened just yet, and I’m trying to tell if this book goes in a sinister direction, or if it’s just purely an elite family under a microscope, but I love the writing. I finished None of This is True and I BEG YOU to add to cart and devour. Holy moly. That needs to be a movie. Next up in my queue is The Only One Left and I’m suuuuuuuper pumped.

What are you reading?!

I just got Wordle in two tries. That’s my middled aged morning flex for you.

Weekend plans?

Today the high is SIXTY, so I’ll be slapping on a trench coat (<—did you see my reel on trenches yet?) and hitting estate sales for Halloween costume garb and inspo for my living room shelf redo. (you know I always need a project) A happy hour/playdate with a friend after school today, tacos for dinner, early soccer game tomorrow (I’m in charge of snacks!), ten miles to run, Halloween decor to get up out front, chili for dinner, and a fun day in Weston, MO with our friends on Sunday! Gonna stroll through some vendors, hear some live music, eat an apple or 80. You know how we do.

From this week!::: Your October mixtape! It’s all 1950s so just get into that vibe and be swell. Also we have a very simple anytime dinner with Creamy Penne with Spinach and Sundried Tomatoes! Just excellent. Listen while you cook that dinner. Truuuuust.

Should I make a blazer reel next?