Sunday Scroll #78

2 recipes we made our sick kids, 10 winter reads for cold nights, the perfect haircut for your face, + why fixing your glutes can fix your life

Hello, and Happy Sunday! Hope you guys are staying warm and well. I am writing to you as the Last Healthy Person Standing in the Ley home. 4/5 of us got taken down hard by a flu-like virus this week (on winter break, no less). Thank goodness my mom lives close by, because when she texted that she was bringing this chicken and rice casserole over (a family favorite I included in The Simplified Cookbook), I nearly wept with exhausted joy.

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Tbh this week I’m feeling 42 (which is how old I’ll be on Friday!). Honestly I’d love nothing more for my birthday than for everyone to be on the mend and doing something quiet, like takeout and a movie, before I hit the road for The Simplified Cookbook tour. Because when your book birthday and actual birthday are only days apart, and then you get to hug precious readers on tour? It feels like you get to celebrate over and over again! That means I get to (need to??) budget my energy for all of these celebrations. 🤣

Ready for some scrolling? Me too!

1. How to choose the best haircut for your face shape. I don’t know what it is—maybe because we’re close to spring and I’m just ready for something different?—but I always wonder to myself this time of year, Should I change up my hair?? This is helpful advice! (I probably won’t change a thing, hahaha).

2. Ten winter reads for cold nights. Listen, I know we’re all ~*over*~ winter. But maybe leaning into the hygge and cozy of it all is what we need right now?? These books might be a place to start.

3. Everyone Says I Throw the Best Parties Because I Always Serve This One $5 Thing. Speaking of feeling 42!! Honestly this is brilliant.

4. Five signs you’ve outgrown a friendship, according to therapists. A hard topic, but a good article to tuck into your back pocket.