^^We get such beautiful sunrises here. This is the view from our back yard!
I’ve been waking up earlier lately. I think Thomas has set his alarm up by 30 minutes or so, and getting up at 6:15 is so much easier than 5:45, so I’ve been waking up when he does. I used to sleep through his 5:45 alarm! Guess who else is getting up earlier? Mazen! I swear we have an E.T. and Elliot relationship where his heart can sense mine. I will be lying in bed awake but haven’t made a single noise and he will wake up within 5 minutes of me. If I sleep in to 7:30, he sleeps in. It’s kind of crazy!
Sunrise smoothie with berries, banana, milk, and Vega Chocolate:
Remember when our back yard looked like this? (And before that, it was all dried and dead…)
We now have the greenest yard in our neighborhood!
The fall planting did very well! The erosion nets are still disappearing and there are a few patches that didn’t work on the right that will need extra love in the spring. But, the hill looks 1,000 times better than it did this summer!
The front grass is so green too. Thomas actually vacuums it weekly with the mower to get all the leaves up. LOL!
On the inside of our house, my sister gave us a planter as a wedding gift and it looks so much prettier than the clay pot that the plant is actually housed in.
What else is green? Chopt came to Cville!
Lauren and I went for lunch and had a great time. I got the Spicy Santorini salad, which was good. I would put Chopt slightly behind Mezeh and Roots in terms of flavor and portions, but its location is great. (The tzatziki was delish!)
Karen made a super cute R2D2 beanie for Mazen!! I think she needs an Etsy store, right!?
If any of you are part of the Winc wine club like me, this bottle was SO GOOD. One of my favorites of what they’ve sent! Great sippin’ wine for cocktail hour. I generally love California blends, so this was right on point.
T and I went on a date to Lampo last week. Every time we go we get the same things: rosemary orange olives (the BEST olives I’ve ever had), kale salad (the world’s smallest kale salad, but most delicious), the Hellboy pizza (which is spicy pepperoni with sweet hot honey drizzle), and the Prosciutto pizza, which has arugula and lemon. You gotta go if you come to Cville!
Finally, Gus and I are rooting for Mike on Survivor. I don’t know why I like him so much! I would also like to see Lauren win. All of my Survivor Fantasy team has been voted out. Womp womp. After a few seasons of winner picks, this season has me turned upside down! It’s on tonight at 8 – tune in for the best part of the season!
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
I’ve forgotten that Survivor still exists. I used to love it when I was younger. I think I’ll start watching it again!
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Christina @ montessoriishmom.com says
I was thinking the exact same thing about my son this morning! I am SO quiet when I wake up early, but he often wakes up within a few minutes anway…it is a mystery 🙂
KathEats says
It’s crazy! We have to be connected somehow.
Tonya says
Look at that last pic! 🙂 Remember when someone wasn’t a fan of dogs? ahhh love!
Cool hat, KK!
KathEats says
Hahaha!! Still struggle hard with the fur and drool!
Jessica says
I’m Team Devon! Also, while I don’t want her to win, I really respect Chrissy’s game play. She is a smart cookie. <3 My husband and I have Survivor dates every week!
KathEats says
I like Devon too – he’s smarter than he seems (I mean that in a good way). And Chrissy – I thought she’d be the first to go for being so chatty, but she is SUPER smart!
Jessica says
Oh my gosh YES about Devon. I was so unimpressed with him at the beginning… I sadly just kind of brushed him off as a “surfer type dude” and didn’t think he was going to be a good strategist and he completely proved me wrong.
Haha, my husband is tired of me telling him every week that I’m shocked they haven’t voted Chrissy off yet because she is dangerous.
valerie says
That R2D2 hat is awesome! Karen definitely needs an etsy shop!
Barbara Younger says
I LOVE the hat. Definitely an Etsy shop! And all sizes. Would make a cute grown up gift, too.
Katie says
Would you mind sharing the link again for lady who draw that picture of Mazen?
KathEats says
Here’s the post with a link to her!
Katie says
Thank you SO Much!
Carly says
Someone gave me an almost identical R2D2 hat (white instead of grey) before my daughter was born so she was R2D2 for halloween this year (she is 3 months old)!
KathEats says
maybe there is a pattern out there!
Karen M Monson says
There is a pattern and I bought it on Etsy!
KathEats says
Oh good to know!!
Linda @ The Fitty says
Its great that Mazen is getting into the habit of waking up early. That’s pretty healthy of his body to have that–I still have difficulty doing that with my 9am classes! I must say, that sunrise is marvelous.
Tina says
That hat is adorable – I agree – Karen definitely needs a shop. I think a lot of people would love to buy a hat like that!! I’ve never heard of Chopt, but that salad looked yum and you had me at tzatziki!
Kelli H says
You sold me on Winc. Being from Sonoma County I’ve been apprehensive about signing up because we have such good wine locally but this will be a nice way to broaden my horizons. Plus, I can’t get over how cute the labels are.
KathEats says
You DO have such good wine locally! The prices are so good for Winc though, and yes the labels are great!
Jenna White says
I have never loved a planter more–I am dying to know where it came from!!! I know you said it was a gift, but any chance you know where it’s from? Thank you!
KathEats says
I found it!