On Saturday Max and I headed into the city (his first trip ever!) to check out the French Market at the Northwestern train station. 


I used to work directly across the street from the market and have mixed emotions about it - one, WHY wasnt it there when I was working in the city??? and two, SO glad it wasnt there, I'd be 500lbs and poor as heck!

The place is literally a market, though most vendors have food to serve.  My favorite?  Toss up between the crepes and the cheese vendors. 


This is definitely a place we'll go back to.  Maybe next time when we head into the city, we can stay longer, but for the first trip ever together - it was perfect!  Made our Saturday!

Totally and completely stolen from here.  Mine arent as glamorous as hers, nor my house.  But I love the way they turned out, and they add the perfect amount of 'Erin Go Bragh'-ness around here. 

If it werent for Making A Human, I'd partake in a green beer or two this year, along with some corned beef.  Yum!

-Finally able to park the car in the garage after 8+ long months.  Took some work yesterday, but we did it.
-Someone found the sidewalk chalk and asked if he could write on the walls...well technically he didnt ask, just kind of started, and I'm not one to hinder anyone's creative expression.
-He had a blast.

Its super late Saturday night, I cant sleep.  I've had something on my mind pretty much all day.  Instead of accepting it, putting it in God's hands, and letting it be what its meant to be, I let it hang out with Max and I, and it pretty much made itself known it was here.

Or it was something that made itself known.  Because the first event of dropping my iTouch outside the grocery store and shattering the glass cover wasnt enough for me to say, 'Um, okay I get it.  Not. Worth. It.'  (why was I carrying the thing to begin with?  Max was enjoying his new app.)

Nor were the second and third events letting me know to let this thing go.  Second - I had just cleaned up Max's room and sure enough I stepped on the one plastic toy that I specifically/strategically put in a special place.  Third - not a minute later when I was picking up books and putting them away, one dropped out of my hand and right on top of the exact foot that had stepped on the toy. 

Finally I got it.  Unfortunately I was pissed at that point and threw the books I had in my hand across the room.  I walked out.  Max stood there stunned.

This 'thing', this insecurity, whatever it is has finally found its way in to the Ridiculous category.  Because *this* is the only thing that matters:

Our first attempt at yogurt pops.  They were okay.  I think its because the ingredients I used for my made-up recipe weren't all that great. 

-1 cup plain yogurt
-1 cup frozen strawberries
-2 tablespoons honey
Blend, and pour into popsicle molds.

Still, someone ate it.

I know I had said I was in the process of creating a grocery list, but as I started to open Excel and feeling a bit overwhelmed at it had to be perfect, I said 'screw it...why bother creating one when I am sure one of these MOM sites has one if not two or more all ready for me to use'.

And so here's the list of sites I found that were kind enough to share for free, their grocery list templates.

5dollardinners.com

orgjunkie.com

freeprintablegrocerylist.com

I think I will be trying the orgjunkie version this weekend. 



Take a gander, if you need a list, or get one of those sophisticated iPhone apps - which I may do as well!