a table for 10

we have a table for 4... we can always get a couple more around it if needed, but on this past friday we needed a table for our first, big dinner party in our new space. with a little combining of table + desk it turned out. i even pulled out my recently inherited silverware for the event! (we did have to borrow a chair, however, finding 10 of those around our space was tricky).

on the coast

i'm not quite sure where january went.
but now that february is here... we are enjoying a weekend at the coast. cannon beach is where we find ourselves for a couple days. it's good to stop and feel renewed. we're at a coffee shop for a bit of studying and grading and then will need to take a long walk on the overcast beach. i'm bracing myself, just a little, for the next few weeks... really until spring break. it just seems this will be a busy time for me in teaching. one day at a time feels about right. lately i've been planning two weeks worth of meals at a time, accompanied by two weeks worth of grocery shopping at a time. i feel like this may just have revolutionized the domestic side of my life... it works so much better than i thought it would. maybe it's easier in the winter with a slower cooker to rely on?

well... now to that walk on the beach.