I returned on Sunday from a quick Mother’s Day (me)/Birthday (Kate’s) weekend getaway to Milwaukee & found this:
Be Happy With What You got!
Happy (Grand) Mother’s Day!!
Malina does not mince words! I haven’t had such a great laugh in a while.
I hadn’t been to Milwaukee in… a while! We did a lot of thrift shopping on Friday & Saturday, splurged on a fancy dinner at Sanford on Friday night, and hung out at our cute Airbnb. Seriously, it was one of the cutest & comfiest Airbnbs I’ve stayed at — and in over 10 years, I’ve stayed at about 40! The neighborhood was nice, too, and we walked to breakfast on Saturday morning at a place called Centraal Grand Café & Tappery — inspired by train travel & Centraal Station in Amsterdam. We ordered in (gyoza & ramen) on Saturday & watched some ‘flix. If you haven’t seen Nonnas, I highly recommend, especially if you’re looking for a feel-good almost RomCom but mostly a story about mothers/grandmothers/women & Italian cooking — and it’s based on a true story. I laughed & cried. We followed that with a couple episodes of Chef’s Table: Legends (José Andrés & Jamie Oliver). I guess we had a theme.
I’ve been busy, otherwise, but I can’t tell you what I did last couple of weeks. It’s all a blur! I can tell you what I’ve done the past couple of days.
I put together the girls’ bunkbed! I did it single-handedly — some parts were trickier than others & I have a few bruises to prove it! I had to ask Rusty to help me move it in place after it was assembled… I didn’t want to scratch the floor.
I started another Hitchhiker a while back, using some Olivia & Oliver Fibers yarn that I bought at Stephen & Penelope in Amsterdam last summer. It’s very pretty, but I haven’t taken a photo. I had to rip back a tooth or so due to a dropped stitch & insufficient bandwidth to figure out how to fix it, but I did that on Saturday night & I’m back on track. Maybe I’ll have a photo in time for Unraveled Wednesday next week.
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GO you for putting together those bunk beds! And your trip to Milwaukee sounds wonderful, too.
A whirlwind of good stuff, Vicki! Love the cards and your weekend in Milwaukee sounds delightful. Adding Nonnas to my TBW list (you are the 2nd person to recommend). And finally, the girls’ room is looking good! congrats on the bunk bed assembly and wow does it look great with those purple walls.
I love the cards. Hooray for putting together the bunk beds. The room looks so sweet with those lavender/purple walls.
Your trip to Milwaukee does sound fantastic! And go you for wrangling those bunkbeds together! (I too laughed at Malina’s card!)
I love the cards! Malina could design a line of cards that don’t mince words; I would buy them. The bunkbeds look great and they seem like quite the solo accomplishment. Looking forward to seeing your Hitchhiker!
Oh, Malina! XO What a sweet, sweet card. And WOW! The bunkbeds look terrific, Vicki. I’m so impressed. (I tend not to read directions, so I bow down to your assembly prowess!) I’ve been wanting to watch Nonnas . . . and now I want to watch even more! (My next trick will be convincing Tom that HE wants to watch it, too. . .)
I’m delighted to hear that Nonnas is worth watching — it was recommended it to me, but my watching time is so limited these days that I’d prefer to watch something I know I’ll like. Well done on the bunk beds! I’m super impressed that you did it all on your own, too!