My Anchor

Monday, May 14, 2012


This weekend was all about catching up–on sleep, beautiful blogs, and with each other. Every once in a while, especially after the two weeks we had, you just need some time in your pajamas–especially if you steal your sweetheart's! 

I spent the end of last week nursing a cold, so Friday night's Indian food was most welcome, and just the thing to clear out my sinuses. John and I giggled over Horrible Bosses and fell asleep just as the credits started to roll. John was off early Saturday morning to visit a friend in the East Bay, so I spent the morning putting things in order, from my email to my closet. John got back just as I was finishing my late breakfast, and we crawled back into bed for the better part of the afternoon, watching weeks worth of 30 Rock without worrying about what else we could be doing. 

We finally pulled ourselves out of bed for a stroll to the local coop for crème fraîche and eggs–the well-ripened bananas on our counter were just dying to be turned into Flour's delicious quick bread with a touch of bourbon! As that heavenly loaf baked, we decided to make homemade pizzas for supper–there's nothing better than a little melted mozzarella and goat cheese with a glass of prosecco, and it was a sure sign I was feeling better! We must have been in the mood to laugh this weekend because we rented The Hangover Part II from iTunes, but following it up with Into the Abyss, a documentary about two teenagers who committed a triple homicide for a red Camaro, was ill-advised and gave us both nightmares!

I woke up Sunday morning to a gorgeous breakfast, delivered by John–he tells me I should stop bragging about these breakfasts in bed before he starts getting propositioned, but I can't help but gush about my guy! After French omelettes, roasted rosemary potatoes, chicken apple sausage and our favorite caffeinated beverages, coffee for him and black tea for me, we got down to work. With school finished, John started preparing for his "summer semester" with to-do lists and repertoire plans, while I dove into some seriously lovely inspiration, thank you notes and my editorial calendar. Later that afternoon while John cleaned out every drawer of his desk, I spent an hour twisting myself into my favorite yoga poses, then spent some time with my Mama, and while I wished the phone hadn't been between us, it was wonderful to rehash last weekend and make plans for the future. We had a Thai feast for dinner (since we usually forget to each lunch on the weekends), and headed to bed early, feeling ready to take on this new week!


Tell me, what were you up to this weekend? Did you play catch up like we did, or were you out having all sorts of fabulous adventures?


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24 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing this so I can live vicariously through you. The best cure for colds is definitely spicy food ;) We had a mellow weekend. Lots of reading and rest :)

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  2. Oh I love this wedding so much!! Thanks for linking to me! :) Your weekend (especially that homemade pizza) sounds wonderful! My weekend was super relaxing--spoiling my mom yesterday was especially fun :)

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  3. Haha you are such a lucky lady to get breakfast in bed so often! I'm going to have to start leaving these posts open on Husband's computer :-)

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  4. Oh Lena, this sounds like a marvelous weekend! I had the pleasure of my parents visiting us here in Michigan but unfortunately came down with a violent flu; luckily I have a very sweet and caring Mother who nursed me back to health. I owe you a huge phone call, I know I know :) xoxo

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  5. sounds like the most perfect weekend EVER!!!! :)

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  6. I think what I'm learning from your weekend updates, is that I need to come stay with you and have John cook breakfast for me. Haha. Happy new week, Lena!

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  7. How lovely. Not gonna lie...Mother's Day was just perfect. No big hoopla but I did sleep in until 7am, miracle upon miracles followed by french toast breakfast. Super big treat!

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  8. Oh John. Such a sweetie. We saw a movie, grocery shopped, cooked, pulled some weeds and hugged each other every time we could. I hadn't seen David in three weeks and I MISSED THAT MAN. Love your weekend posts, Lena. xo

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  9. Your life sounds it deserves to be catalogued and a feature film should be made out of your weekend "rituals." Swear.

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  10. It was a busy weekend around here, but a fun one! Your weekend recaps are always so fun to read :)

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  11. Glad to hear you are feeling better. My husband and I tend to skip lunch on weekends too. I think its cause we eat breakfast so much later...that and I'm too lazy to cook anything.

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  12. wishing you a well rested week ahead. :)

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  13. I love that you said supper. I always say supper and people look at me like I'm speaking French.

    Anyway--this was a wonderful weekend: good food, time spent with family and the start to a massive purge of my closet. I'm determined to get rid of half, so if I manage to cut down by 35% that still counts, right?

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  14. I live through your amazing breakfast every week :)

    My hubby wants to see the Hangover 2...I'm not so sure...what did you think of it?

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  15. Oh my, Lena... I am absolutely CRAVING banana bread now. Everything sounds just delicious!

    We spent the weekend preparing to head out of town. :)

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  16. Popped in to say hi! It was my sister's graduation so things were nuts!

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  17. I'm going to give my husband a little hint after reading about your amazing breakfasts :) I love weekends like that where you can lounge in bed and catch up mentally after the week.

    Stay in the Lines

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  18. Sounds like a fabulous weekend! French omelettes, roasted rosemary potatoes, chicken apple sausage AND caffeine? Your man is a tiny bit perfect. xo style, she wrote

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  19. super duper awesome! xx

    natalieoffduty.blogspot.com

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  20. Ach! My boyfriend got really sick & started throwing up in the middle of Horribld Bosses. We don't know what happened or why, but he totally blames the movie & won't finish it! Hahaha which I understand... Kind of.

    I had a lovely weekend full of motivating myself to kick my own ass & work Out more this week. If I just set out a plan, it's super easy to do, right? Riiiight?

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  21. Hahah, I love you and your weekly Indian food! Never fails!

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  22. What a perfect summer invite combo and a very lovely weekend you had:)

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  23. LOVE that card...anchors are VERY important!!

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  24. Guh, the Hangover Part II gave me nightmares. The whole movie was too intense for me. I don't laugh at life-threatening situations!! haha

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