yup. another recap of an entire month in one post. because it’s easier, and because not every little bit needs its own post, and also because why not?
we kicked off the month of may with a quickie weekend getaway for me and the hub. it was work-related for him, and also marked the first time we left the bean home alone for more than a few hours. the destination was a familiar one - the lodge at torrey pines in la jolla. yes, the very place where we had another fun weekend almost 20 years ago…when we got engaged. awwwww.
because we stalled so much, we didn’t get down there till well after midnight.
and then later that evening, we got dressed up and joined the work group for dinner.
the next morning, we checked out and headed into solana beach for some brunch.
one weekend, the kids and i headed to the fairplex in pomona for the l.a. county fair.
this year, they had a category in the culinary competitions for “working professionals” which i technically qualified for since i sell my cookies for profit. but i wasn’t really feeling it, and instead submitted a few of my crocheted creations and a couple of bags for consideration. i was pretty stoked to find that all four of my pieces won ribbons:
and then even more so to find that the hot dog on a stick kiosks had brought back the deep-fried cream cheese on a stick:
as afternoon turned into evening, it cooled off pretty nicely and i ended up snagging a new sweatshirt from one of the official fair merchandise booths.
as always, the bean hit up cathy’s cookies for a bucket of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.
and then we stopped to see the farm animals. there weren’t as many animals this year, i’m not sure why.
and then we went home to our own animals. they’re always happy to see us (despite teddy’s side eye in this photo).
we celebrated the old lady’s birthday with the traditional “shitty cake mix” strawberry cake:
and presented her with a super fun gift basket full of a bunch of her favorite things.
on mother’s day, the bean set me up with this sweet snacklebox full of all my favorite sweet and savory treats.
and the hub hooked us up with some delicious steaks on the grill.
the old lady and i hit up the ‘land for a fun morning together:
while i struggled with conflicting feelings on him (and the old lady and the bean refused to go see him with me), i went to see justin timberlake on his current tour with one of my barre besties and her husband (more on that later).
the annual l.a. yarn crawl weekend snuck up on me, and i only had time to visit one shop this year.
the bean and i had heard of this “fried chicken ice cream” months ago, but never could bring ourselves to pull the trigger on it. being in california, the only way we knew of to get our hands on some was by ordering it from goldbelly - and you would get ten pieces shipped directly to your door packed carefully with dry ice to keep it frozen to the tune of $150. eek. and so when i came across an instagram post from yama seafood in san gabriel that said they were going to have it in stock on a limited basis, i decided to make the drive out and grab some.
no, it isn’t actually chicken, or even chicken flavored in any way. this is made of waffle-flavored ice cream with a chocolate pretzel “bone” in the middle, dipped in caramelized white chocolate and rolled in crunchy cornflakes. and while that all sounds like a lot - it’s amazing. i loved every bite of it.
the bean and i headed to the wiltern theater to see the “good mythical morning” tour (more on that later too).
and then to close out the month, as crazy as it sounds…the bean finished their sophomore year of high school.
i cannot believe that my child is now a junior. like…they’re halfway through high school now. and we’re looking at SAT prep courses and planning college tours and discussing different majors and omg. i cannot.
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