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Happy Monday! I hope you’re starting well into the day and the week! Let’s focus on the positive – well, and lots and lots of coffee. And then a few other great things.
The perfect muffin
I made these stick bun banana muffins and highly recommend them. We loved them so much! The recipe works exactly as described, even though I had my doubts upon reading it initially. But I really stuck to each instruction. Well, except that I replaced the pecans with almonds. Make these muffins! You will not regret it! Find the recipe here.
If you want an even easier and far less sweet recipe, try my Pistachio Banana Bread, which is also full of nuts and banana.
The perfect sweater
Merrier with a martini! Oh yes! But since I can’t drink alcohol constantly (or shouldn’t), this oversized sweater will do. It is so comfortable and warm and really just perfect. It gives me so much joy wearing it, esp. combined with very bright pink jeans.
I managed to buy it on sale, but unfortunately could only find it for the full price now: Show Me Your Mumu oversized Merrier with a martini sweater.
The perfect carpet
We recently swapped rooms with the girls. We moved out of our bedroom and to our loft area, where Josephine used to sleep. She now sleeps in the children’s room where also all the girls’ toys are. This is a much better use of space we have quickly realized. Plus it is safer as there now isn’t any danger for Josephine to fall down our quite slippery stairs. (Yes, we’ve wanted to renovate for almost two years – I’ll keep you posted). Since Ophelia doesn’t yet sleep through all nights – although she’s finally making significant progress – her crib is still in our living room.
Anyway, the big final piece to complete the girls’ room was a fluffy rainbow carpet, which they love dearly. Actually, our cats love it just as much and sit on a lot, too.
Bluesky
Since I want to keep these Monday Morning Mood positive, let’s just say that living in the U.S. this past week was a lot. I ended up taking a full break from Instagram and even uninstalled the app from my phone. I mean, you might be able to see how much time I thus had to update my blog 😉 . I changed a few colors and modernized my header, which I hadn’t since 2015!
Like many others, I recently opened a Bluesky account and really enjoy the app. It’s a bit like the old Twitter, like many many years ago. I love how I can determine to a high degree what I read on the app. While I consume news and opinions on Bluesky, I also follow the cat picture and book feed a lot. Feel free to follow me.
The books I read last week
I’m still reading a lot. This year I’m really trying to read more of my paper books, which take up quite a lot of space. That part is going semi well. But luckily, there is still a lot of year left to improve. Last week, I only read feel good novels:
Jasmine Webb: Kihei Kidnapping (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries Book 12)
And now, it’s definitely time for another cup of coffee, don’t you think?