I picked up an adorable set of heart cookie cutters (all the better to make Mr. Icing some cookies), and found these little treats as well
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sweets for Your Sweetie
Sur La Table is having a really nice Valentine's Day sale. I checked it out on the way to my last general Junior League meeting this year (phew - Baby Icing, you may arrive because mama has fulfilled her obligations this year)!
I picked up an adorable set of heart cookie cutters (all the better to make Mr. Icing some cookies), and found these little treats as well
I picked up an adorable set of heart cookie cutters (all the better to make Mr. Icing some cookies), and found these little treats as well
Hmmmm
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/02/nadya-suleman-t.html
I don't really know what to say. I don't think the government should be involved in deciding how many children people have, but it seems pretty clear that this woman has neither the mental nor financial capacity for 14 children. I guess all I can wonder is why does God allow some good and loving and mature people remain childless, and at the same time allow children to be born in a situation like this, which seems so difficult?
I don't really know what to say. I don't think the government should be involved in deciding how many children people have, but it seems pretty clear that this woman has neither the mental nor financial capacity for 14 children. I guess all I can wonder is why does God allow some good and loving and mature people remain childless, and at the same time allow children to be born in a situation like this, which seems so difficult?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thing One and Thing Two
I love my kitty babies very much - here they are exploring the crib, and sitting in their customary spots on the dining room table. Apparently, it is very important to sit on either side of Maida Heatter's Chocolate Desserts (only the best dessert cookbook known to mankind)! Don't worry - we didn't leave them in the crib long, but they had a good time exploring it (they are too roly poly to jump in on their own)!
Para La Nina
This is a great blog by a designer who is expecting a baby too! I found this post, and wanted to share these darling posters for nurseries! http://gogoabigail.com/blog/2009/01/27/caught-my-eye-for-the-nursery/
It led me to Bold and Noble, where I bought the grey print below for Baby Icing's nursery. This blue ark would look adorable for a little boy, wouldn't it? It also comes in red for the gender neutral nursery!
I loved this grey print. It's about a moonrise, and I thought it was so beautiful and restful. I have yellow walls in our nursery, and although I want to dress my little girl in lots of pink, I'm going for a more calming and neutral look to the nursery. This is for a couple reasons - one my preference (Mr. Icing veers strongly towards lots of pink for Baby Icing - which has thrown me for a loop!), and two, we live in a two bedroom townhouse. When we were doing renovations this fall, our contractor (a father of four) strongly recommended that we keep our nursery so that other buyers could imagine using the room for something else (because most people who live in a townhouse with open staircases do not have small children)!
Plus, I loved these prints for other than nursery use - and their prices were pretty reasonable. I'll do an update when the grey print arrives. I'm thinking of matting in ivory and then using a brushed steel/silvery frame - it will match the curtain rods and hopefully the lamps.
It led me to Bold and Noble, where I bought the grey print below for Baby Icing's nursery. This blue ark would look adorable for a little boy, wouldn't it? It also comes in red for the gender neutral nursery!
I loved this grey print. It's about a moonrise, and I thought it was so beautiful and restful. I have yellow walls in our nursery, and although I want to dress my little girl in lots of pink, I'm going for a more calming and neutral look to the nursery. This is for a couple reasons - one my preference (Mr. Icing veers strongly towards lots of pink for Baby Icing - which has thrown me for a loop!), and two, we live in a two bedroom townhouse. When we were doing renovations this fall, our contractor (a father of four) strongly recommended that we keep our nursery so that other buyers could imagine using the room for something else (because most people who live in a townhouse with open staircases do not have small children)!
Plus, I loved these prints for other than nursery use - and their prices were pretty reasonable. I'll do an update when the grey print arrives. I'm thinking of matting in ivory and then using a brushed steel/silvery frame - it will match the curtain rods and hopefully the lamps. Monday, February 9, 2009
Pregnant People Like Sorbet
I'm feeling better, and I wanted to post about Ciao Bella Gelato! I'm addicted to their chocolate sorbet. It is perfectly chocolatey - bittersweet and delicious. I get it at Whole Foods, but you can also order online - all the flavors (if you're splurging, I highly recommend the chocolate malt flavor - SOOO GOOD). What is your pregnancy craving? I'm not limiting this to food - anything else you have to have to feel better these days?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Weekend Wrap Up
This cold has settled in for the long haul. It's Sunday afternoon, and I still feel terrible. So, I didn't get a whole lot done this weekend. I have some files to review for work, and Mr. Icing has agreed to do the grocery shopping. I can hopefully pull it together to make dinner - a roasted chicken.
So, here are some pictures of what went on this weekend: THAI food. I can't recommend enough ordering some of this spicy coconut soup next time you have a a cold - it's called Tom Ka Kai, and it's sweet, spicy and delicious. It has chicken, ginger, scallions, and all sorts of delicious spices. MMMMM! I'm having it as lunch again today!
Pots and pots of hot tea! I don't know if it's curing me, but I am feeling a little better!
After a few hiccups, the first installment of furniture has arrived. I was a little peeved, because the delivery window provided was from 10-12 - so Mr. Icing skipped basketball, while I went to my Junior League project. I raced home early, so he could get out, only to get a call that the delivery would be running late and would be most likely around 4:00. ARRRGH! But, I was blown away by how nice and helpful the delivery people were. The installation was great - complete with a practice session for us on how to use the crib! (The rest of the room is a DISASTER.) Here is a good photo of big kitty meeting the new furniture. He doesn't know what sort of change is coming!
Last night was a wonderful Italian dinner at Locanda Veneta http://www.opentable.com/rest_profile.aspx?rid=4785 (conveniently right across the street from my doctor's office and the rest of the Cedars complex...I wonder if they do takeout to the labor and delivery ward at Cedars?). If I'm not sick, their fettuccine with black truffles is fantastic, but it's a little too creamy these days. I had a yellow tomato soup, followed by rigatoni alla nonna (tomatoes, eggplant and smoked mozzarella), and we shared dessert - a nutella crepe. It was fun to catch up with my brother in law and his girlfriend - I can't wait for Baby Icing to meet her uncle and aunt! (And we saw James Cromwell - always a plus - it's up there with my Tom Brokaw sighting for highlights of the year)!
So, here are some pictures of what went on this weekend: THAI food. I can't recommend enough ordering some of this spicy coconut soup next time you have a a cold - it's called Tom Ka Kai, and it's sweet, spicy and delicious. It has chicken, ginger, scallions, and all sorts of delicious spices. MMMMM! I'm having it as lunch again today!
Pots and pots of hot tea! I don't know if it's curing me, but I am feeling a little better!
After a few hiccups, the first installment of furniture has arrived. I was a little peeved, because the delivery window provided was from 10-12 - so Mr. Icing skipped basketball, while I went to my Junior League project. I raced home early, so he could get out, only to get a call that the delivery would be running late and would be most likely around 4:00. ARRRGH! But, I was blown away by how nice and helpful the delivery people were. The installation was great - complete with a practice session for us on how to use the crib! (The rest of the room is a DISASTER.) Here is a good photo of big kitty meeting the new furniture. He doesn't know what sort of change is coming!
Last night was a wonderful Italian dinner at Locanda Veneta http://www.opentable.com/rest_profile.aspx?rid=4785 (conveniently right across the street from my doctor's office and the rest of the Cedars complex...I wonder if they do takeout to the labor and delivery ward at Cedars?). If I'm not sick, their fettuccine with black truffles is fantastic, but it's a little too creamy these days. I had a yellow tomato soup, followed by rigatoni alla nonna (tomatoes, eggplant and smoked mozzarella), and we shared dessert - a nutella crepe. It was fun to catch up with my brother in law and his girlfriend - I can't wait for Baby Icing to meet her uncle and aunt! (And we saw James Cromwell - always a plus - it's up there with my Tom Brokaw sighting for highlights of the year)!All in all a good weekend...now I just need to get this cold away!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Happy Friday!
Happy Friday. It's pouring, and I'm still sick, but I had a nice doctor's appointment, and Baby Icing is doing just fine. So is Mama Icing, and I'm going to celebrate with what else...chocolate! Either a brownie sundae, or by making Mr. Icing stop for pastries on the way home! I wanted El Cholo, but I don't know that I have the energy to get up off the couch and get dressed again!
Don't all these brownie sundaes look delicious? YUMMY!
And then, because all this rain is making me homesick for paris, my favorite French treat - the Opera cake - chocolate, coffee and lots of buttercream - that is so cute and tidy! I would love an espresso and an Opera right now please (not to mention a bottle of champagne and to fit into my Agnes B. pants again!)
Don't all these brownie sundaes look delicious? YUMMY!
And then, because all this rain is making me homesick for paris, my favorite French treat - the Opera cake - chocolate, coffee and lots of buttercream - that is so cute and tidy! I would love an espresso and an Opera right now please (not to mention a bottle of champagne and to fit into my Agnes B. pants again!)So, in Baby Icing news, the majority of the nursery furniture is coming tomorrow afternoon! I'll now have no excuse but to start posting photos! Happy weekend - and if anyone is reading in LA, stay dry!
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