While this week was uneventful for me, it’s hard to think about much other than my sister right now. Her and her boyfriend got displaced by a big fire next to their apartment a few days ago. Luckily it was during the day so neither one of them was home, but the place is a disaster and they’ve been in a sort of flux running around trying to find a place to stay and clothes to wear. Apparently the Red Cross was a huge help to them and now Harvard has helped them find a place to live for the next couple of months, so, they aren’t completely lost. But losing your home, not knowing if any of your belongings are salvageable and having to deal with regular life at the same time can not be easy. If Jessica wasn’t ready to leave Boston and come back to NYC, I’m pretty sure she is now. Just a couple of months to go! In case we don’t remember every day, this was yet another reminder to be thankful for so many things in our lives.
On a more positive note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! We celebrated last weekend and Monday I’ll be sharing the amazing birthday cake we ate. If only every day was about eating cake.
Now for this week’s updates:
Most popular product: Black and White Blondies
Current seasonal specials: Pumpkin Pie Coffee (on sale), Atlantic Blend Coffee, Cookie of the Month: Peppermint Patty Stuffed Triple Chocolate Cookies (almost gone!), Matzo Crack
Most popular recipe/blog post: Salted Caramel Oreo Bars
Five favorite things I pinned all week:
Monster Cookie Dough Ice Cream (no machine needed!) from Mom on Timeout
Healthy Cinnamon Roll Scones from Apple of My Eye
Peanut Butter Snack Apple Cake from Crepes of Wrath
Skinny Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispie Cheesecake bars from Food Faith Fitness
French Onion Pizza from Heather Christo
I hope that you all are having a wonderful weekend!
UGH poor Jess!! I read about it on her facebook and am just so glad she’s okay. We had a fire in our building on Sunday that thankfully was contained to the 2nd floor (we’re on the 8th) so nowhere near as disastrous but that was scary enough! Give Jess all my love and if I can do/send anything to help, let me know!!
your poor sister!!! I hope everything will be ok!
Sorry to hear about your sister. My childhood home burned down (father still lived there) and it was really just a horrible experience all around, but thankfully the Red Cross did help out in getting him a hotel in the beginning. Unfortunately it took almost 10 months for insurance to come through to actually get a new home. Wishing her lots of good luck!