Originally published October 17th on the Royal Caribbean Blog message boards Monday, October 16. Woke at 4:30, picked up mom at 4:47 to head to the airport. The rain was falling at a steady clip. Things I hate: > Driving…
Archives for 2017
Currently, slacking edition
SLACKING on this blog. Seriously, Kim, get over your post-vacation funk and get it together. Painting my future craft room. Finally. I went to Lowes with the sunbeam paint swatch in hand. Dumped painting supplies in the cart. Wheeled it…
Currently, post-cruise edition
Moping: Because this time last week I was getting ready for a cruise and now it’s OVER and where is my free food? Where are my palm trees? Where are the views like this? Aching: Because I left my anti-inflammatories…
Friday 5: Dear Old Golden Rule Days
Happy Friday! This was my last day of work before a week off, so I’m suitably chill. I’m a bit tired tonight so I’m going to hop right to this week’s Friday 5. The theme is Dear Old Golden Rule…
Kimberussell.com reader questions
Sometimes your thoughtful blog comments get flagged as spam. I feel badly about that, so from time to time I take a few out and answer them personally. Here are three comments that really stood out. The first is from…
Show us your books: October 2017
Up to 32/50 books read this year and now I’m only 6 books behind where I should be. This month’s drop in reading volume was due to the fact that I got a new PC and that messed with how…
Currently
Watching: WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. Only one of my guys won so far – Bobby Roode. Boo, hiss. Eating: Banana bread, baked tonight. Reading: What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky. Come back Tuesday for…
Friday 5: Nonstrosity
Happy Saturday! I was feeling under the weather for most of the week so I didn’t get to blogging when I wanted. But no more guilt about that. My blog, no advertisers, no rules! This morning I came downstairs and…
Reclaiming my shelves
Back in 2006, when I was a single lady with 2 cats and a cozy, girly apartment, I was given this lovely piece. (from this post) Long story short, the apartment was all white and I decided to get a…
Currently
Rabbit rabbit! I can’t believe it’s October already. I’m sure the pumpkin spice cabal is pleased. I’ve been wearing sweats all weekend, because I’m … Freezing!: It starts dropping into the 50s and it’s like my body gives up. Sniffling:…
Friday 5: Payday
Hooray hooray for Friday! This week’s Friday 5 theme is Payday, and it is payday for both Russells today so huzzah for bill paying! 1. From whom did you receive your first real paycheck? After a lot of cash-only jobs…
Murphy’s path of destruction, a photo post
Ollie spoiled us. He was a very, VERY good puppy. He was just good, with very little training necessary. He wasn’t destructive. He was a good sleeper. He was happy to just listen to us and play with his toys….