Weekly wrap-up: Scrap wood + Easter Bunny + obsessing
It’s been a busy week, so here’s a quick look at what I’ve been up to on the ol’ interweb …
MONDAY
I shared the FREE cutlery divider I built for our kitchen drawer out of scrap wood. It’s still a novelty to open up that drawer, as I do fifty-million times a day, and see the pretty blue paint and neat lines of everything having its own spot.
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| Easy-to-build cutlery divider from scrap wood |
TUESDAY
I lamented how I used to love shopping for birthday parties and now I hate it — partially because our beloved locally-owned toystore closed, but also because I’m just sick of trying to figure out what these children (whom I don’t usually know very well) would like to receive.
We actually attended a couple of birthdays the weekend after I wrote that column, and I gave one of the kids a Cineplex giftcard and candy — woohoo! I had looked and looked for a toy I wanted to get him (he’s a neighbour and I really wanted to get him something he’d like) but couldn’t find anything that felt right. So movie money + candy it was, and — wow — what an easy gift to buy.
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| Buying presents sucks and here’s why |
Over on Instagram, I shared my awesome new smartphone photo printer that I WON at our East Coast Moms blogging workshop on Sunday: the Fujifilm Instax Share Smartphone Printer SP2.
It’s the coolest thing ever to select a photo on my phone, click print, and see a photo pop out of the printer sitting next to it — all via the magic of wifi.
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WEDNESDAY
Just a quick post about my favourite sewing pattern (for adults, that is — not including the zillions of patterns for children’s clothing I have hoarded) and how I made a new top in less than 20 minutes. It’s seriously comfy and probably going to wear it again this weekend.
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| Easiest shirt ever + so comfortable |
THURSDAY
I’d never heard of baking hamburgers in the oven, but according to the comments + tweets that have been rolling in, a lot of you HAVE heard of it. How did I make it 33 years without knowing this trick? Anyway, I’m glad I know it now, because those were the best burgers I’ve ever made.
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| How to bake hamburgers in the oven |
FRIDAY
We took the kids to our local mall last night to see the Easter Bunny, so I shared the hilarious photo over on Instagram this morning. The kids are almost-five and almost-seven now (*sobs*) so they are fully aware that it’s “a person in a costume,” but they happily humour me because they know I love adding a new photo to my collection.
We’ve gone to Santa and the Easter Bunny every single year since D was a baby, and although there have been years where one of them was melting down, we always got at least ONE of them in the photo.
I really hope they’ll still do this when their teenagers. I think that would be epic. Maybe I can bribe them with the digital tokens we’ll be using as currency by then?
It’s a rainy day here, and the kids and I are heading into Halifax later today. I’m taking my mom to opening night of ONCE at Neptune Theatre and I can’t WAIT to see it.
I’ve been obsessing over it since I first saw the ad. It’s won a zillion awards (Tonys, a Grammy, an Oscar) and I’ve been listening to the soundtrack on repeat for weeks.
Listen to this song and TELL ME you don’t get chills! SERIOUSLY!
C is also scheduled for a hearing test + check-up with the ENT because her hearing is still an issue, so I’ll report back once we know more about that.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
xo
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Heather's Handmade Life 
My parents are going to see Once this weekend – that song is SO gorgeous and I'm sure it is incredible!!! Love this round up – we make burgers in the oven pretty frequently in the winter but I like the tips you shared! I've never heated up the pan first so I'm going to try that next time!
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