Happy Friday! I'm posting much later than I normally would today because we were in Greenville, South Carolina last night having the best dinner ever and seeing Wicked for the first time in about three years! We got home around midnight (Ender stayed at Rob's parents house and had a great time with their golden retriever, Daisy), so this day has been a little slower than usual.

Here are some links I've been collecting for the past few weeks--hope you enjoy!

To Read:

• Sponsored by my husband: Why it's a problem that writers never talk about where their money comes from. This really spoke to me. While I'm proud of what I earn for what I do, the truth is that I would never be able to do it without Rob's support.
• What do you guys think about this? I think there are some really valid points in this piece: We're clean eating our way to new eating disorders.
• Godless Parents Are Doing a Better Job. Rob and I aren't religious people, but I grew up in a church and sometimes wonder how we're going to raise our children. This piece gave me a lot of hope (and also made me laugh a little).
• Speaking of culture and religion, I found this piece really refreshing: "Christian Cleavage" Probably Isn't the Problem.

To Watch: 

• I've watched this trailer for The Theory of Everything approximately 4836 times. We're finally seeing it tonight and I can't wait. I love Eddie Redmayne.
• Another beautiful Equinox video: Why I Train Pregnant. Also I'm jealous of this woman's garage gym setup.

Wish List:

• This sweater.
• These shorts.
• This swimsuit.
• These sunglasses.

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Wishing you a lovely holiday weekend! Happy Valentine's Day!

"I just feel sad today," I said on Tuesday afternoon, and he replied with an uplifting "Oh, you know what we should do? Celebrate Valentine's Day early! Let's go on a little date somewhere close."

So I got off the couch and put on a dress and curled my hair, thinking about how far we had come as our new dog napped on the floor of our bedroom. And we went to dinner and sat at a high top in the bar of our favorite neighborhood restaurant and drank martinis and ate goat cheese and I looked at him in the fading sunlight, wondering how in the world I ever got so lucky.

I don't know if Rob ever imagined that anxiety and overwhelm would make its way into my life at age 22, but it did and sometimes I just feel too swamped to think straight. And on days like those, he finds a way to make things better--like coming home Tuesday after work with dinner plans, a bar of fancy chocolate, and the microwave popcorn I had been fantasizing about for days.

Maybe he didn't mean or plan to be cut out for this, but he certainly is everything I never even knew I needed.

Six years ago my husband asked me to be his valentine, and since then I have encountered new things to be grateful for every single day.

A few weeks ago, my friend Jamie and I went to brunch at a sweet little place in Plaza Midwood called Zada Jane's, where I got an awesome dish called the Booker T.S. East Side Hasher, which was sweet potato hash browns underneath a sausage and egg frittata and topped with cheddar cheese. It was so good that I decided to make it a little Paleo-er at home over the weekend.

Ingredients: 

• About a cup of chopped sweet potatoes
• Two tablespoons of ghee
• One to two cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped onions
• 1/4 cup chopped green peppers
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Four eggs
• One package of your favorite breakfast sausage
• Chopped green onions for garnish

Instructions: 

1. In a large pan, cook the sausage. Once both sides are thoroughly browned, remove from heat and set aside.
2. Saute garlic, onions, and green peppers in the ghee. Cook sweet potatoes according to this recipe. Once they're finished, remove from heat and set aside with the sausage.
3. Cook the eggs--we had them scrambled but they would be really great over medium or even poached. It's up to you!
4. To serve, layer sweet potatos, eggs, and (chopped) sausage. Top with green onions and enjoy!