Getting Ready for the Holidays and Remembering What Matters
Getting Organized for Christmas and Remembering What Matters
I got so many nice notes from people after discovering Tiny Chef here last week that I felt like I did something really good for the planet. Like it made up for all the Kcups I used every day.
I'm finding it hard to believe that here we are at Friday again and am looking forward to a quiet weekend at home after my tour of Long Island last weekend (get the tea below). I'm excited for my Baby Girl to come home for a week after months toiling in the bowels of a super fancy hotel in DC and thinking about how to set our Thanksgiving table because that brings us joy.
In the meantime, here are some things that caught my eye this week:
It is well documented that I LOVE Hoda Kotb. Like, who doesn't? And I was iffy about Jenna Bush as her new sidekick on TODAY, but damn, Hoda not only makes Savannah Guthrie tolerable, but her chemistry with Jenna makes me LOVE the former president's daughter. Who would have thought? I fell even harder for the duo this week when they weighed themselves on national television. That is crazy courage, since I can barely look at what the scale says in the comfort of my own bathroom, nevermind with millions of viewers looking on.
Did you see Ellen DeGeneres and Michelle Obama singing a duet this week in honor of the former first lady's new journal? I didn't think I could love either of them more but now, I do.
Happy Friday!
xoAmy
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I had a lovely time last weekend driving around Long Island and catching up with old friends. I spent time going on a long walk along the sound, drinking gin and tonics and laughing about things we did way back when.
On Saturday night, I stayed with my friend Hope -- with whom I worked at a fashion magazine many moons ago and kind of fell out of touch for a number of years. But Hope is the kind of friend who makes an effort to stay connected with the people she cares about. In fact, we had lunch that day with her childhood friend, Abby, and even though I'd never actually met her, I felt like I knew Abby because Hope had mentioned her so often in conversation over the years.
"You're such a good keeper-in-toucher," I said to her later as we sat in her living room and caught up on each other's lives. We finally looked at our watches and realized it was well after midnight and freaked out and went to bed. The next day we agreed we were not only thoroughly up to date on each other's lives but we'd probably fulfilled our talking quotas for the rest of 2019.
I thought of Hope this week when I read about this new book, "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying," written by a woman who has spent many years as a palliative caregiver tending to those who are at the end of their lives. Of course, I had to immediately Google what those regrets were and at the top of the list was, "I wish I'd stayed in touch with my friends."
So, be like Hope and stay in touch with the ones you care about. The ones with whom you've shared hopes, dreams and maybe some fun adventures.
You won't regret it.