Quarantine Life

How is everyone holding up? We just finished week five of quarantine life. Maggie has been keeping busy at the condo.

She has been trying lots of new cookie recipes, including this one for buckwheat chocolate cookies from Bon Appetit.

She has also been reading books. Dear Girls is the last book we got from the library before it shut down because of COVID-19.

Every now and then she watches movies on Netflix. Shout out to Chris for adding us to your account!

She waters our plants.

And she takes afternoon naps with B.

Stay happy and healthy!

Bedtime Reading

The Quatchis are big on reading and this has rubbed off on Spencer. We recently finished The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda. Spencer is currently reading Nudge by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler. Let us know of any other books we should add to our roster!

Summer Reading

I wrote a big exam earlier on this month. It was a doozy so I'm happy to read something that's not a textbook! Q thought I should start off with Bossypants. I hear it's hilarious so bring on the hearty laughs!

On an aside, what do you think of the new blog layout? It's definitely an upgrade from before. We hope you like it!

Reading recommendations, s.v.p.

Q and I are currently reading If We Can Put A Man On The Moon, Dreams of Joy, and Freedom. We're already scoping out other books to read next. Any suggestions?

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Library Date

Q joined my dad and I on a library date. We usually go every three weeks (when books are due), grab a coffee at Starbucks, and run some errands for my mum. Here's Q perusing the cookbook section. We're seriously behind in our monthly baking endeavours. We need to get back into the game!

After selecting a few books and some CDs, Q picked up the latest issue of The New Yorker.

Indoor Camping

Q reading Robert Munsch in his new sleeping bag from my Mum.

TGIF!

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Reading and Cupcakes

Whew! That's a lot of reading, Q!

I think this calls for a cupcake break!

The Reader

Q has been quite the reader these days. He likes to sit with my mum in the morning when she reads the paper. He also likes to hang out with my dad when he reads novels. Today, he decided to read solo.

 

What the Dag Saw

He also wanted to show me the books he's going to read next. I think he has an excellent line up!

 

L to R: Shoptimism, The Audacity to Win, and The Book of Negroes.