I consider it a “treat” but it’s not really a “treat” like delicious sweets. My cold weather go to is soup. I’m super picky so my soups are limited but I love chicken and wild rice and baked potato soup. So they’re my cold weather comforts.
I used to enjoy hot chocolate but my body is against that these days. 😉
Mmm, soup! I love wild rice, I really don't use it enough. And onesies sound very comfy. I bought the kids some very comfy clothing but not any for me. Maybe one day! Are the feet just socklike? The makers don't care if adults slip and fall? 🤣
Oh and I forgot my footed onesies! Lol. I actually hated them as a kid but remember they had those plastic coated footies?! The ones I have don’t have that and it’s also got a zipper at the bum so you dont have to take it all the way off like you do with rompers and jumpsuits. At first I hated that idea but I’ve grown to appreciate it.
Favorite cold weather treat: My trusty little space heater. Once I quench the ghosts of my inner critics who keep screaming"YOU DON'T DESERVE WARMTH! YOU'RE WASTING POWER AND BURNING CARBOOOOONNNN!!!!!!!" - the moment I turn it on and my body defrosts, everything in life feels about 1000% easier.
"I should never be underestimated, even by myself." <3 <3 <3
I resonate so much with the rampant self-blame, and I have to remind myself (before I blame myself for blaming myself, sheesh) that it's a symptom of the system we're living in, which provides such inadequate support for human safety and flourishing and yet pretends so very loudly that individual outcomes are the result of individual choices.
In this stage of life, it's so hard to not think everything must be my fault or my consequences. I appreciate that I'm not alone in the self-blame... or the need to remind myself that, truly, it's the systems that fail us.
I am a dedicated hot chocolate enthusiast, and I also LOVE my electric blanket. I used it last night!
I know you've got this...and I also know it's not fair that it's all on you to have it. You have always made the best decisions you could at the time you made them given the information you had at the time, the energy and support and health you had, the options you had... I know it's hard not to second-guess yourself, but I also know that you would never, ever do less than the best you could do in any moment for your kiddos.
The kids have had me making hot chocolate this week, so tasty! I sincerely appreciate your kind words. I think I'm doing my best but I can't help but wonder.
Oooh, cozy. I have really been missing good sheets lately. The heater sounds nice, too. I am finally trying out an electric blanket and I don't know how or why I didn't have one before!
I consider it a “treat” but it’s not really a “treat” like delicious sweets. My cold weather go to is soup. I’m super picky so my soups are limited but I love chicken and wild rice and baked potato soup. So they’re my cold weather comforts.
I used to enjoy hot chocolate but my body is against that these days. 😉
Mmm, soup! I love wild rice, I really don't use it enough. And onesies sound very comfy. I bought the kids some very comfy clothing but not any for me. Maybe one day! Are the feet just socklike? The makers don't care if adults slip and fall? 🤣
Oh and I forgot my footed onesies! Lol. I actually hated them as a kid but remember they had those plastic coated footies?! The ones I have don’t have that and it’s also got a zipper at the bum so you dont have to take it all the way off like you do with rompers and jumpsuits. At first I hated that idea but I’ve grown to appreciate it.
Favorite cold weather treat: My trusty little space heater. Once I quench the ghosts of my inner critics who keep screaming"YOU DON'T DESERVE WARMTH! YOU'RE WASTING POWER AND BURNING CARBOOOOONNNN!!!!!!!" - the moment I turn it on and my body defrosts, everything in life feels about 1000% easier.
Heating sources might be the only thing I rarely feel guilty about because the cold is my one true nemesis.
"I should never be underestimated, even by myself." <3 <3 <3
I resonate so much with the rampant self-blame, and I have to remind myself (before I blame myself for blaming myself, sheesh) that it's a symptom of the system we're living in, which provides such inadequate support for human safety and flourishing and yet pretends so very loudly that individual outcomes are the result of individual choices.
Shine on, Bellamy. <3
In this stage of life, it's so hard to not think everything must be my fault or my consequences. I appreciate that I'm not alone in the self-blame... or the need to remind myself that, truly, it's the systems that fail us.
I am a dedicated hot chocolate enthusiast, and I also LOVE my electric blanket. I used it last night!
I know you've got this...and I also know it's not fair that it's all on you to have it. You have always made the best decisions you could at the time you made them given the information you had at the time, the energy and support and health you had, the options you had... I know it's hard not to second-guess yourself, but I also know that you would never, ever do less than the best you could do in any moment for your kiddos.
The kids have had me making hot chocolate this week, so tasty! I sincerely appreciate your kind words. I think I'm doing my best but I can't help but wonder.
My cold weather treat is flannel sheets! And a space heater that follows me wherever I go. Lol! And a BIG YES to powerful you!
Oooh, cozy. I have really been missing good sheets lately. The heater sounds nice, too. I am finally trying out an electric blanket and I don't know how or why I didn't have one before!