Have a Cozy Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you as much as this weekend? The boys and I are driving to Guilford, Connecticut, to hang around with our mates Rob and Sharon of Disaster jean skirts fame. Additionally, we made it by January, guys!!!! Congrats to us all. Hope you have got a great one, and listed below are a number of hyperlinks from across the internet…

At present’s Massive Salad problem options my long-time good friend Abbey Nova’s backyard makeover (it’s magical), plus her favourite horny books, her therapist’s finest recommendation, and a marriage-saving rest room product. Learn it right here, in the event you’d like.

Crispy potatoes with mushrooms, yum.

Omg this bumper sticker.

The TV sequence Mr. and Mrs. Smith — starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine — comes out in the present day.

Additionally, the Aussie comedy Offspring appears good. (“LOVED OFFSPRING,” wrote Laura, a Massive Salad reader. “Named my daughter Zara, wormed into my mind whereas watching that present.”)

Channeling the French ladies I noticed in Paris.

What it’s wish to be a therapist for the ultra-rich. “It’s been a very long time since I’ve been, ‘Whoa. You probably did what? With what? And also you crashed what sort of Ferrari?’ If I’m ever shocked, I don’t have an excellent poker face. In some methods, I’m a actuality test for my purchasers, and I feel they like that.” (NYMag)

This subscription makes my life a lot simpler. (Plus, a reduction!)

My good friend Lina made brownie shortbread for my birthday and it was INCREDIBLE. (NYTimes reward hyperlink)

What’s your favourite airport amenity? I just like the rocking chairs in Portland, Maine, however wow this indoor forest!

Ought to we carry again the Seventies dialog pit?

What a lovely ebook cowl.

Be like a choir. xo

Plus three reader feedback…

Says Olivia on my #1 parenting aim: “I’ve two youngsters and one preteen. What I’ve discovered has a huge impact on them is being constructive about teenagers typically. I’ve realized that adolescents are surrounded by damaging feedback about themselves: ‘Youngsters,’ adults will say, ‘what a nightmare.’ ‘Youngsters are terrible.’ ‘You’ve youngsters in the home? Poor you!’ I’m satisfied it makes them begin to imagine that they’re unloveable. So, I make sure that to say to them, and round them, each time I can: ‘I like youngsters, you’re all so fascinating and humorous, your brains are increasing in all these completely different instructions, you introduce me to new issues, you retain my finger on the heartbeat, you present me all these new reveals/songs/vocab, you’ve taught me learn how to do nice eyeliner, I LOVE TEENAGERS.’”

Says Mary on my #1 parenting aim: “As a mother of two tweens, I’m attempting actually exhausting not take something personally. It helps to vent to my spouse and say, ‘Our child is being a turd proper now. A wonderfully regular, developmentally acceptable turd.’”

Says Lauren O. on 12 Valentine’s Day items: “Should you actually need to say, ‘My emotions for you’ll outlast nearly all the pieces else on the planet,’ would possibly I counsel naming a cockroach on the Bronx Zoo after your particular somebody? They used to supply this with a roach-shaped fancy chocolate to accompany the certificates, however lately it’s both an opulent roach or roach-print socks. I’ve performed this for my husband and he…reacted like most individuals would, however I nonetheless assume it’s a good suggestion.”

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