Lazy Days

Well, not really, but it feels like it compared to what life used to consist of. Welcome! I'm entering blogland, which I've had hesitations about for some time now. But I thought I'd give it a go and see where it takes me.

I'm on maternity leave, so aside from taking care of the little one, I try to fit in all sorts of fun stuff. This week I've started a new scarf. I became inspired to knit this after I saw my friend Sara finishing one at knitting group and was digging through my stash and re-discovered a beautiful skein of handspun/handyed yarn that was sent to me a few years back through a swap. The color looks like heirloom tomatoes (not so much in this pic), so I'm calling it my tomato scarf.

I also have been cooking and made a kale/garbanzo stir fry thanks to my sis and courtesy of 101 Cookbooks, a mexican casserole which hubby will enjoy, and lots of french toast to get me through my mornings when I otherwise would forget to eat breakfast.

And because this is my first post, I have to show off the new addition to our family, Magdalena Josephine (Maggie or Maggie Jo for short) :-)

Maggie and I just spent an overnighter with Auntie Shay and cousin Eden, as both of our hubby's were out of town for work. It's so nice to spend time with someone you love and who knows what it's like to be a new mom.

Neither of us get much "me" time, so once we put the kids to bed, we ate take out from Andy Nguyens (vegetarian vietnamese) and homemade cherry cobbler I threw together (cherries from my local farmers market) while watching the BBC rendition of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Total chick flick and we loved it!