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October 3, 2025

Friday 5: It’s their birthday

Happy Friday! Today is National Techies Day (I love techy people!) and National Boyfriend Day (no thanks, I’m already busy with a husband and a dog. I’m at my lifetime man quota.). It’s also the last day of a work week where I truly put my snoot to the grindstone and powered through a bursting-at-the-seams task list.

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I have nothing left to say so let’s barrel right into the Friday 5! This week’s theme is It’s their birthday.

  1. (Eddie Cochran, 1938) What caused your summertime blues this year?
    I only saw the ocean once, in June. I didn’t feel like making the drive. And it’s not even a long drive, but I had a lot going on this spring/summer and I wanted my downtime to be my downtime. I didn’t want to have to drive 90 minutes each way for downtime.
  2. (Chubby Checker, 1941) Recently, what caused you to twist yourself?
    I am loving my Tuesday night yoga class. I’m so much better at it than I ever thought I’d be.
  3. (Lindsey Buckingham, 1949) This weekend, how will you go your own way?
    Hopefully my 0-4 fantasy team will become a 1-4 fantasy team. I am aiming for mediocrity.
  4. (Gwen Stefani, 1969) What part of your personal or professional life these days is B-A-N-A-N-A-S?
    Nothing, thank goodness. I’m trying to institute an evening routine to fill up the increasing darkness and stave off the fall/winter gloom. I won’t go so far as to make a curriculum for myself but having a little schedule of things to do will help greatly.
  5. (Ashlee Simpson, 1984) Which pieces of you are you feeling pretty good about?
    I am the strongest and the most flexible version of me than I’ve been in years. Years! All of the exercise propaganda is true, and I hate that it works.

And that’s all for me. This weekend I’m apple picking, making October cards, and decorating the outdoors for Halloween. I still hate autumn.

Monday’s post will be how Saturday night sleep is the best sleep. Have a great weekend!

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I've been blogging for over twenty (2 decades! 2-0!) years and I'm apparently one of the few over-50 female bloggers who haven't sold out to THE MAN yet; hence this blog remains quirky, homespun, and unprofitable. No big. However, if you're from Disney, Doritos, or Dave Matthews Band, I'm open to talk about selling out.

I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband WM, and our dog Murphy. I'm an adult who likes Disney but not a Disney Adult. I used to work a fun (really!) office job in Philadelphia, but since March of 2020 I'm a work from home hermit. So if you're looking for a childless, slightly round, marginally boring GenX woman's blog to follow, you've come to the right place! :)

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