Random Notes from the Sandwich Life

1.  Can I just say that there may be nothing better in life than lying on your bed trying to watch Top Chef with two boys and their various plushes (Lobby, Sir Crabalot, Mario, Luigi, etc.)?  NOTHING.  Owen usually likes to be in the middle but he graciously told me that I could be since I don't get a chance to snuggle with Leo as much.  Leo even smilingly agreed.  Yes, they were up too late and no, I didn't follow the show very well....but pretty damn great nonetheless.

2.  I made pizza last night with dough I'd picked up.  Just sauce and cheese for Owen but with Italian sausage and fresh basil on ours.  Two results:  I wondered why the hell I don't do this more often and as always when I make pizza myself I'm horrified by how much cheese most places must use.  I put too much sausage on but the fresh basil just killed!

3.  Lovely video of a lovely song by the lovely David Olney.  Do watch.

4.  I hate buying all the cheap plastic forks etc. when we have parties.  We'll try to save some and wash them but most end up thrown out and they're not cheap apart from the waste.  So I thought maybe I'd just buy a bunch of the cheapest flatware from Ikea or someplace like that.  After poking around online though I realized that it's still not that cheap and it's damn ugly!  So I hit eBay instead and found this set far cheaper than anything I could get at Ikea.  I'm quite tickled.

5.  I had planned for us all to go to the opening night at Krannert.  I was looking forward to it but turns out Leo has his heart set on having a friend over for a sleepover.  He hasn't had a friend over in eons and it's a REALLY big deal to him so I caved (and then there's the whole big brown eyes begging silently factor).  A good time for Leo is far more important than one for us.  And Owen even joined in saying, "please let him come over, I like being pelted with Nerf bullets by them."  Can't really fight that, now can I?  Oh well.

6.  Cool nights and warm days....this is how September should be!

7.  Fall is coming....  The way the trees rustle in the wind already sounds different....