(Lucy is saving my spot.)
I've had the same bedding forever. And there's just nothing like new sheets and pillows, especially when it's freezing outside and your bed is really the only place you'd like to be.
And you know how I love kate spade home stuff?
Every year.
It's the best.
Click here to read more about my experiences with Operation Santa Claus, and here for the Operation Santa Claus site.
One note: If you’re hand-delivering the gifts rather than mailing them (and it really is so fun and exciting to see the recipients’ reactions), I recommend traveling in pairs. No wandering around unfamiliar apartment buildings and ringing strangers’ doorbells alone, please!
OK, it's time: Mama needs some help over here.
I'm looking for a Mother's Helper to start immediately and work flexible hours. This will likely mean two afternoons a week, with additional last-minute assistance needed on a day-by-day basis (an hour here, two hours there). While the baby is very small, this will mean either watching him at my place in the presence of myself or other family members, or accompanying me on-set and to work events to help out with the baby.
The position will become more time-intensive in early-to-mid January, when we start shooting JITH, and full days (though not every day) and some travel will be required.
Requirements: A flexible schedule, previous childcare experience with very young children, strong references. Residence on the Upper East Side (or thereabouts) and infant/child CPR certification are pluses.
Speaking of holiday gifts...
This year, I'm participating in American Living's Made For 12 Days of Giving program: myself and a few other bloggers were asked to choose our top holiday pick from their selection of gifts for everyone on your list, from clothing to accessories to pieces for the home (and even baby stuff - I love these coveralls).
Check back on December 12th to see what I chose! (Hint: you will be thoroughly unsurprised; it's something that I can't stop myself from picking up whenever I see one...and that I find especially irresistible in holiday colors. Any guesses?)
Fact: one should always keep eggs in the house for emergency meals - they can be mixed up with whatever else you find in your refrigerator (in this case, goat cheese and baby spinach leaves) and be quite delicious.
In other news, I am feeling extremely healthy and virtuous at the moment, being as my diet these days consists mostly of whatever I can locate and ingest with one hand and zero thought. Which usually means Pop Tarts. (I recommend the Brown Sugar and Cinnamon flavor.)
