The weekend, briefly

First of all, thank you all so much for the sweet words last week. I was literally shaking as I clicked publish on that post, terrifying of sending quite so much of myself into the world. But somehow getting the words shaped in my head and seeing them out there and hearing back from you made the week much easier. Thank you for your comments and emails and thoughts, truly. Dealing with a brain injury can be lonely for everyone involved, and I so appreciate you giving me a chance to share my experience, and for those of you who chose to share yours in return.

Lots going on this weekend, which seems to be the default lately. We had a couple birthdays to celebrate, terriers to cuddle, things to be made.

{tags, square}

{carrot cake, crumb coat prep}

{circe, nose}

{pizza, shared}

{sunday night light}

 
Not pictured: a massive fall cleaning. I'm sure you'll be thrilled to hear that all the baseboards in my house are now dust free and that I scrubbed all the wooden furniture and we spent almost 3 hours at the laundromat. I know - fascinating. I even took all the cloth cushion covers off our furniture and washed them. Turns out they aren't machine washable and getting the cushions back inside required a feat of superhuman strength and they are now clean but oddly warped. Guess what? I'm still happier with them this way. And I always meant to get new covers for those cushions anyways.