{"id":17959,"date":"2020-11-12T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T15:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=17959"},"modified":"2020-11-12T10:55:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T15:55:23","slug":"rainy-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/12\/rainy-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been raining pretty heavily for the last couple days. We needed it as it has been a while since we have had rain but it&#8217;s making us a little stir crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am thankful that no one had anywhere to be and we can all just snuggle in for school, work, and some reading. I ordered our groceries online to pick up tomorrow but in the meantime I had to figure out what to make for dinner. It really feels like a soup kind of day but I could eat soup everyday. I really like this really <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"yummy tomato soup  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/24\/tomato-soup\/\" target=\"_blank\">yummy tomato soup <\/a>that I made from scratch but today I decided to try this <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Red Pepper and Tomato Soup (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UkUzOP\" target=\"_blank\">Red Pepper and Tomato Soup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-650x650.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-80x80.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/657c6968-e003-4502-a103-af58eac3c155-205x205.jpeg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We going to pair it with yummy grilled cheese sandwiches. I can&#8217;t wait. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime we are snacking. I love air popped popcorn and recently got Eva hooked on it as well. She has always loved popcorn but her go to was the microwave kind. I realized we didn&#8217;t have a popper for the beach house so I ordered <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this cute little one (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/35mKXJy\" target=\"_blank\">this cute little one<\/a> so we would have one there. Funny our one at home in Chapel Hill is older than Austin lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61Wj41kD8DL._AC_SX522_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61Wj41kD8DL._AC_SX522_.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61Wj41kD8DL._AC_SX522_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61Wj41kD8DL._AC_SX522_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61Wj41kD8DL._AC_SX522_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61Wj41kD8DL._AC_SX522_-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61Wj41kD8DL._AC_SX522_-205x205.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cole loves cheddar sprinkle topping so I ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lroqAW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this kind (opens in a new tab)\">this kind<\/a> because it seemed a little healthier than the usual one we buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394-80x80.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/b6793c92-22ab-48ca-aa6e-d5653b0a8a0c.4fa816961796e79a857bc00d8398b394-205x205.jpeg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They are all really good but I am now OBSESSED with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3pnC1Mg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"sriracha one (opens in a new tab)\">sriracha one<\/a>. It is SO good. I just ordered three more of just that kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0572_2048x@2x-205x205.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Covid and being stuck at home has us snacking a lot so at least this is somewhat healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What else is keeping you sane during this pandemic? Eva doesn&#8217;t like playing most of the games the older kids like to play and I got rid of a lot of our old ones when we moved. Yesterday she asked me to order another <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Apples to Apples (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38J5j1E\" target=\"_blank\">Apples to Apples<\/a> game because we couldn&#8217;t find our old one. It arrives today so she will be happy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5a5de0dc-5be3-4041-b786-c03e7d492fca.1a7fc462ab9e1862d95dd6c42e250541.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5a5de0dc-5be3-4041-b786-c03e7d492fca.1a7fc462ab9e1862d95dd6c42e250541.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5a5de0dc-5be3-4041-b786-c03e7d492fca.1a7fc462ab9e1862d95dd6c42e250541-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5a5de0dc-5be3-4041-b786-c03e7d492fca.1a7fc462ab9e1862d95dd6c42e250541-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5a5de0dc-5be3-4041-b786-c03e7d492fca.1a7fc462ab9e1862d95dd6c42e250541-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5a5de0dc-5be3-4041-b786-c03e7d492fca.1a7fc462ab9e1862d95dd6c42e250541-80x80.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5a5de0dc-5be3-4041-b786-c03e7d492fca.1a7fc462ab9e1862d95dd6c42e250541-205x205.jpeg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone reading any good books? I am currently reading <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The other Mrs. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/35p7jKH\" target=\"_blank\">The other Mrs.<\/a> and so far I really like it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/41pOueobEUL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/41pOueobEUL.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/41pOueobEUL-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently finished <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The guest list (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3nfRQTe\" target=\"_blank\">The guest list<\/a> which I also like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/51HNh-eI7CL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/51HNh-eI7CL.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/51HNh-eI7CL-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you like a lighter story I also just finished <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32UELan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"My favorite half-night stand (opens in a new tab)\">My favorite half-night stand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/51loE3G9wjL._SX322_BO1204203200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/51loE3G9wjL._SX322_BO1204203200_.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/51loE3G9wjL._SX322_BO1204203200_-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So that&#8217;s what is happening around here on this rainy Thursday. Hope you all are hanging in there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been raining pretty heavily for the last couple days. We needed it as it has been a while since we have had rain but it&#8217;s making us a little stir crazy. I am thankful that no one had anywhere to be and we can all just snuggle in for school, work, and some reading. I ordered our groceries online to pick up tomorrow but in the meantime I had to figure out what to make for dinner. It really feels like a soup kind of day but I could eat soup everyday. I really like this really yummy tomato soup that I made from scratch but today I decided to try this Red Pepper and Tomato Soup. We going to pair it with yummy grilled cheese sandwiches. I can&#8217;t wait. \ud83d\ude42 In the meantime we are snacking. I love air popped popcorn and recently got Eva hooked on it as well. She has always loved popcorn but her go to was the microwave kind. I realized we didn&#8217;t have a popper for the beach house so I ordered this cute little one so we would have one there. Funny our one at home in Chapel Hill is older than Austin lol. Cole loves cheddar sprinkle topping so I ordered this kind because it seemed a little healthier than the usual one we buy. They are all really good but I am now OBSESSED with the sriracha one. It is SO good. I just ordered three more of just that kind. Covid and being stuck at home has us snacking a lot so at least this is somewhat healthy. What else is keeping you sane during this pandemic? Eva doesn&#8217;t like playing most of the games the older kids like to play and I got rid of a lot of our old ones when we moved. Yesterday she asked me to order another Apples to Apples game because we couldn&#8217;t find our old one. It arrives today so she will be happy! Anyone reading any good books? I am currently reading The other Mrs. and so far I really like it. I recently finished The guest list which I also like. And if you like a lighter story I also just finished My favorite half-night stand So that&#8217;s what is happening around here on this rainy Thursday. Hope you all are hanging in there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[914,118,913],"class_list":["post-17959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amazon","tag-books","tag-covid"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7E505DCA-DBB3-4E5F-8797-97DDA86DF821.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17973,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17959\/revisions\/17973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}