thursday tidbits

this has been a crazy week here at the worldwide hq.  we're working from a little teeny square in the middle of our office with a bunch of pushed together furniture and inventory so rbb could paint the walls and then, this weekend, install the built-ins with his dad.  i am so stoked!  between regular workload, working on the website updates and pulling together a super exciting development that i can share with you next week, oh yeah and taking care of those two kids that live here, i am wiped out.  i even fell asleep during the prayer at last night's bible study - true story.  who does that??

i just consulted my iphone to see about this week's thursday tidbits, and here's what i got.

rinne learned how to drive.  i taught her to ALWAYS look over her right shoulder when lane changing.  no blind spots for this gal.

so proud of rbb - he found out on tuesday that he passed level 1 of the CFA!!!  yea!!!  the CFA is super hard (38% pass rate, whaaat), and you have to study for five months to prepare for it.  omg, can you even imagine.  there are 3 levels until you can put the designation behind your name.  1 down, 2 to go.  we all celebrated in our house when we found out, pants or not!

i just realized i never showed y'all the planters i got from antiques & beyond a couple of weeks ago.  i put some teeny boxwoods in them and attempted to prune them into a ball (not so much)...

i think they give the back doorstep a little more panache!  (i had just watered the plants; excuse the dampness)

best (easy) paleo dinner entree - ina's roasted lemon chicken.  SO good and i guarantee you have all of the ingredients right now in your kitchen.  all you need is olive oil, garlic, white wine, lemons, a couple of dried herbs and chicken.  i throw this together earlier in the day, toss it into the oven with some asparagus roasting, make a salad and you're done.  it's a good thing everyone here likes it because it's on the weekly rotation now.

and just on the subject of lemons, i used to have to run out of the house to get like, one lemon all the time.  but then, i didn't want to buy more than i needed because it would go bad and i hate wasting food.  but i found at the dekalb farmer's market, they sell either 2 or 3 lb. (can't remember) bags of lemons for $1.99.  it's highway robbery!  i grab one of those and put them in a pretty bowl in my dining room - so if they go bad, i'm ok with it because they did at least serve a purpose in their life of beautifying my dining room and also, they were super cheap.  best part, i never have to run out for lemons!

have a wonderful thursday!!
xoxo