I'll start by saying it feels so good to have everyone feeling well! I've had some sick kiddos and honestly have not been feeling too well myself. So hallelujah we are all well!!!
This morning dawned early.....well early-ish....It wasn't workweek early, which is 5:15, but it was Saturday early, which is 7:00. Lydia had to be out the door headed to Greensboro by 7:30. She and her friend Elenore are part of the team representing Eno River Academy in the Science Olympiad. They are the, "Road Scholars". So they have put many hours of study and training into preparing for todays competition and I'm hoping that they have a great time and do their best at the competition today! Randy and Ellie's dad accompanied the girls! I can't wait to hear about how it goes!
Sophia also had to be out relatively early....8:00....to get to DRIVER'S ED!!?!?!! Class didn't start until 9:00, but I wanted to check out a bakery.....so we left at 8:00.
Durham has a lot of bakeries.....and I've only been to a few....so I made a list of ones I need to check out or check out again....I included a few in Hillsborough too since that is my new home away from home.....
If you guys know of any I need to add to my list please let me know!
Here is my list:
The French Corner Bakery
Ninth Street Bakery (have not been here but have had a lot of their products.....yummmm!)
Scratch
Guglhupf (been here)
Loaf
Mad Hatter Cafe (been here)
Rise (been here)
Rose's Meat and Sweet Shop
All Day Cafe
Cup-A-Joe (been here)
Weaver Street (been here)
Today Sophia, Audrey, and I went to Loaf. Jackson was still asleep, but I did bring home a little coffee cake for him to try.
Sophia got some fancy french named pastry that I can't pronounce and Maple View Farm chocolate milk. That girl LOVES their chocolate milk. She honestly did not love the pastry she chose. She thought it would have a sweet glaze, but it was more of a honey glaze, and she is not a honey fan, so she just had a couple bites. Audrey and I shared ours with her though!
Audrey got a classic chocolate croissant. She devoured it before I could get a picture. She also had the chocolate milk and she was very happy with her choice!
I got a raspberry chocolate pastry and coffee. If I'm being honest, and I am, the coffee was ehhh. It wasn't bad, but I also wouldn't go for the coffee. In fact, I may bring my own next time. However, the pastry was wonderful. I would definitely go again for the pastry. It was light and fluffy with a crispy crust. Just a hint of chocolate, lemon, and raspberry. It was sooooo good! Yum, yum, yum!
The atmosphere was bustling. It is literally a hole in the wall. In fact, we almost missed it. I'm fairly certain they do not have seating, just counter service. But so much was going on that it is possible I missed it! Nonetheless, they are very close to the Parlor in Downtown Durham, and they do have outdoor seating there which would be lovely on a temperate day. Loaf opened at 8:00 and we arrived at 8:00 there was already a line and we had to park a few streets away. The staff was very helpful and friendly. Perhaps the best part of the experience was the smell. Oh. my. word. They make their pastries right there in the shop and it smells wonderful. Warm and doughy. Perfect. It was all in all a fabulous experience and I definitely would go again.
So......anyway......Sophia is taking drivers ed. That is scary and awesome! I do miss having a driver in the house! Unfortunately, because our life is so crazy she has to take it privately and that means Saturday and Sunday all day for 2 weeks and then an additional Saturday. Which also means she will miss the family trip to DC to see Andrew. Boooo! I may take her up another weekend because she really misses him and he's not coming home for spring break or this summer! What am I going to do with that boy! He just keeps right on growing up and heading out! He did land a summer internship with The US House Financial Services Committee. He is super siked about that and he is still working about 20 hours a week at Nike and got to talk to Kyrie Irving when he came into the store a few weeks ago so that was cool. So this summer he plans to work, because he needs money and do his internship, so he should stay pretty busy! He's also swimming for his schools intramural swim team and enjoying that. He took time off all his events last week. His relay team came in first. So YAY!
Today feels like a gift. February has been so full. We've had birthday parties,
and super bowl parties,
and valentines, which at my house means a scavenger hunt. I didn't do a scavenger hunt a couple years ago thinking the kids had probably outgrown it....they hadn't. Talk about disappointment.
We've had 6th grade dances,
basketball, oh how I love basketball
and more birthday parties
and it has just been so busy!
Today feels lazy and slow and wonderful. I do need to clean and I do have to run kids here and there and I have a couple gifts to buy and I have already picked up groceries....and gone to Goodwill to drop off things that have been riding around in the trunk of my car for about a month......but it just feels like a much more restful day. I've already gotten to eat pastries, drink coffee, and blog.....Ahhhh
I may get a tattoo today.....maybe.
I might wait until summer....so I can wear flip flops while it heals. My foot is already pretty jacked up so I don't have many shoe options that will work this time of year and I'm afraid tennis shoes would be too uncomfortable.....but I'm pretty sure this is happening sometime soonish. My Mama is a tattoo artist. Who knew! She wrote it. That way when I don't have her I will still have her handwriting......I have all these letters from my grandparents and I love them. They are one of my very favorite things.....Its like a part of them left behind.
OH..... and speaking of goals.....another one of my goals was to read more books. So far this year I've read two:
Unoffendable by Brant Henson......and that one was a game changer for me.....I should probably get that tattooed on my other foot.....or maybe my forehead....
and
Love Idol by Jennifer Dukes Lee.....which is about letting go of your need for approval and seeing yourself through God's eyes. It was a book I had started about a year ago, and never finished. I picked it up again and this time buzzed through it. It was excellent!
Well....I think this qualifies as rambling......
Until next time,
Kim
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