For documentation purposes, the start of my gardening journey: May 10, 2020 (Mother’s Day) Jordan gifted me a few pots of Spanish lavender and the rest is history. I’ve been building raised beds, sowing seeds, propagating cuttings, buying new hedges…

Ethan had a roarin’ good time at his 2nd virtual birthday party! He loaded up on sugar that day and lots of extra playtime!!! Big thank you’s to our family & friends that sent him gifts and contributed to his…

We’ve been eating some damn good food during quarantine these past few months. With Jordan’s cooking skills, my amateur baking skills, and Ethan’s eating skills, we’ve become one happy hefty family! I’ve know I’ve been lacking on the blogging front…

You guys. You guyyyyyysssssss. I baked my FIRST cake. From scratch. I did it. By myself. WHATTTTTT?!?!? I have never baked a cake from scratch before nor have I ever tried to whip a decadent cream cheese frosting together…in my…

What the FUUUUCK happened, 2020??!??!!! What the fuck!???????? We were enjoying some amazing strides in the economy — a beautiful bull market that shit on us and turned into a bear. WHAMMMMMBAMMMM…Coronafuckinvirus!!!! Scary death tolls, bare store shelves, hoarders, hospitals…

Ethan absolutely loved the sugar star cookies that I made for him! He tries to pick off the morsels and eat them separately, and then he eats the edges of off the stars. It’s a great sugar cookie recipe that…

Yet another recipe post! More cooking and eating and cooking and eating . . . well, cause #socialdistancing! Ethan is enjoying a lot of humble, home-cooked meals. Gordan Ramsay, watch out. The Lunas are coming for you. 🙂

We’ve been cooking a lot the past 2 weeks because of #homequarantine and #socialdistancing. And I’m absolutely loving it! I found this particular albondigas recipe online and it is comfort food x 39761935712. The meatballs are so tasty and the…

It only took me 5 months to find the perfect chococlate chip cookie recipe. One that Jordan actually likes — thin, chewy, and a bit crispy. A cookie with character. I admit, I can eat 3-4 in one sitting. Adapted…

Finished Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng yesterday. I really struggled with this book. It wasn’t intriguing enough. Even though I know it turned into a Hulu show. I still couldn’t wrap myself around the middle-class melodrama playing out. Actually…

As a mother, this book moved me to tears in numerous chapters, specifically towards the end. The way the author expresses the internal dialogue of different characters in various POVs is beautiful, bewitching and emotionally captivating. I will probably read…

Boy oh boy. This kid has been babbling nonstop! He goes on and on about random non-coherent things, all a bit hard to understand. The few words that he can clearly enunciate: Mama Dada Car Yeah (he uses this word…

Ethan harvested the lemons. I baked them. And Jordan ate them. Might need to start a family business. 🙂 These lemon bars were super easy to make and it was a hit with the fam! Who knew that lemon bars…

Where the Crawdads Sing is the first book I finished in 2020. Elated to be able to cross a book off of my 2020 Book Challenge (12 books for the year). It was a stirring, satisfying read. Beautiful and haunting.…