I am very seriously on the quest to find a bathing suit.  Last summer I was having a baby and although this summer I am not quite feeling my best self yet, I am getting there.  I am a believer that a good fitting suit will make a big difference.  It needs to make your stomach feel flat, it needs to have defined cups, or at least a shape that does not look like a sports bra.  I have been bookmarking cute suite for months.  When will I take the plunge and actually buy one?  I'm not quite sure of that.

this one is cute.

I like this one but my hubby says no way.

Current fav!

And I also like this one.

Call me crazy, but I know everyone says how great Lands End bathing suits are, but I don't.  I feel like a grandma in them.  My current rule of thumb is, if my mother and mother in law are wearing something from a certain brand line, then I probably shouldn't be.

Mid thirties is waaay too young for that kind of nonsense.

However, I admit I did google various versions of bathing suits for postpartum multiple times.  How long do you get to say you're postpartum for, nine months one, nine months off... right?  I am teetering at the edge of not being postpartum.

I love this time of year when it is getting warmer, I love envisioning lazy days on the beach with me and my family.  Everyone is just so much happier when we can spend the days outside.

This Chef's Wife is much more than a Chef's wife lately.  Since I last decided to post, a while year ago!, a lot has happened.  We have another baby!  We have moved!  We are innkeepers!  We are currently in the middle of the crazy stressfulness of running another business.  It has been hugely expensive and we are trying to renovate.  Renovating is supposed to be fun but guess what?  It isn't.  I actually absolutely hate it.  I hate spending money and I really hate spending money when I feel like there are less expensive options out there.

Things have been stressful lately.  I feel like I never do enough.  There is always so much to do.  It can be exhausting.  At some point you just need to accept that you can't do it all.

I need to find help.  It's hard to decide how much help I should have with the kids.  I certainly need help so that I can work but I also don't want to miss too much.  We moved from the city so that I wouldn't miss all this.  I need to find the balance, which as always, can be a bit of a struggle.