Happy Fourth of July weekend! Hope you are enjoying yourself somewhere sunny but not too hot, with lots of watermelon and rose.
My Latest Snag: My New Office Chair.
We are finally close enough to the move to order my new office chair for my new Magpie writing nook! I know many of you purchased and loved this chair and I cannot wait for it to arrive!
We have actually not yet ordered anything else (!) for the house. The last few weeks have been unbelievably busy — mainly with fun things, like completing final NYC bucket list items, celebrating my birthday, visiting our friends in East Hampton, etc., but also with so much admin. (Just the process of finding a new pediatrician, pediatric dentist, and pediatric ophthalmologist; transferring medical records; and lining up appointments to get the required school forms filled out by a certain date consumed an unbelievable amount of time. Yikes! Thanks to all my D.C. Magpies for referrals!) On top of it all (as is always the case), both of my children came down with a cold that turned into an ear infection for mini, and so there were a few days spent with my feverish children laying on top of me. (Side note: the pediatrician mentioned that there has been a huge influx in common colds and viruses since things have opened up again!)
We have found an interior decorator to help us with some aspects of outfitting the home and are going to get started after the move, once we’re in the space and things have settled down just a little. (There will still be so much — new nanny, buy a car, get new license, etc. — but at least we will be in the house.) Anyway, here’s to living in a vastly under-furnished home for the next six months…! Eh well. A small chapter in the grand scheme, and I want to take the time to make measured decisions for this house we hope to live in for a long time.
But. I did want a new desk chair! So that’s one lovely find to look forward to immediately!
P.S. Chic desk finds.
You’re Soooo Popular: A Perfect Wedding Guest Dress.
The most popular items on le blog this week:
+Gorgeous wedding dress guest option.
+The $65 blouse that has sold out about ten times this season.
+The best sippy cups for littles transitioning from bottles.
+Floral ballerina mules (on sale for $54!)
+Pearl and straw bag. More great woven bags here!
+Well-priced indoor/outdoor rug.
+Q by Quincy Mae loungewear for littles.
+Hill’s Sesame Street alphabet toy.
+My favorite Etsy boutique for personalized stationery. More cute stationery picks here.
+Chic scooter for a little one.
+My favorite sunscreen for the entire family.
+Tailored-looking outdoor cushions!
Weekend Musings: The Juggle.
I have a theory: I am only capable of successfully, attentively juggling three parts of my life at a time. The first two categories are nearly always reserved for family and writing. The third category typically rotates between fitness, social life, and reading. At the moment, however, that third category has been co-opted by this unwieldy move and all its moving parts. I am straining to accommodate that reality. It pains me to say, for example, that I have only gone on a handful of runs since the week we closed in early June after working so hard to make it a non-negotiable part of my weekly routine for the many months prior. I can feel my body changing — runs are harder, even after only a few weeks of easing up! However. If there is anything I learned from reflecting on my son’s birth, it’s that I want myself to lean into these brief periods absent of “normalcy.” I simply do not have the time to run at the moment. That hour is now handily consumed by the million other more pressing to-dos related to the move, and (this week) by my sick children to boot! I must remind myself: That’s OK. I will get back into it. Life will resume its patterns. This is temporary. I know that it is extremely challenging for me to be operating well in more than three categories, and I’m not doing anyone a favor (least of all myself) by shoe-horning an extra into the mix. For now, I’m going to let myself enjoy the fact that I don’t need to scaffold the time to run and shower into my day, and I don’t need to give myself an informal pep talk when I’m not in the mood to run in 85 degree heat. I’m instead going to continue to make small, determined progress on this transition.
The other day, I posted the words: “Enjoy the now” on my Instastories. That’s it! This is my life at the moment, and I’m doing my best and attempting to enjoy the reprieve from running in this suffocating heat and the opportunity to get my family settled in our new home.
More to come!
P.S. I am never moving again.
Post-Scripts: Dresses + Mules.
+If I were going to a wedding this summer, this would be my top pick for a dress at the moment.
+These $25 pointed denim mules are so fun. I’m imagining them with a white midi or maxi dress.
+This is not usually my style, but I so love this knit pencil skirt and matching peplum top.
+Another top and skirt set I love, this one from SIR and on sale: this yellow top and this matching skirt.
+Ancient Greek vibes for under $50.
+Great acrylic and brass side table.
+Only a few sizes left in this darling Rhode dress!
+Discovered these adorable heart jammies ($24!) for littles after sharing this post on cute under-$30 finds for little ones.
+FUN gingham statement dress. This one is also super fun.
+These scalloped wicker chairs are really just so chic.
+This clear bookstand would be such a chic way to display a favorite coffee table book.