Happy Friday, friends! Today is National Mail Order Catalog Day (I miss those) and National Fajita Day (I prefer tacos now.) I’ve had a mentally jangly few weeks for no explanation and I finally feel it ebbing. What’s been helping…
Pennies from heaven for you and for me
Alternate blog title #1: Tell me you grew up in a working class family without telling me you grew up in a working class family. Alternate blog title #2: Coinstar can take their 12.5% coin counting fee and shove it…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 WK 33
Friday 5: For argument’s sake
Happy Friday! Today was my summer Friday and I took Mom to the beach for the day. It was a good day; however, I think I have to find a new beach. I’ve been going to Margate for years and…
How I stopped destroying my nails
I have always, always been a nail-biter and cuticle-picker. You can tell from the scant photos of my fingers on the Internet because I have almost always hidden them when showing pictures of me holding something. I have not destroyed…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 WK 32
Wordless Wednesday 2023 WK 31
Friday 5 for July 28: (abbr.)
Happy .. um, Saturday! It’s also National Lipstick Day, International Tiger Day, and National Chicken Wing Day. My workweek was so busy that I switched my Summer Friday with a coworker so I *could* work yesterday. That gave me the…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 WK 30
The Up model house
Even if you’re a gigantic loser like me who bailed out of the movie Up after the first harrowing 10 minutes, you’re probably familiar with the image of Carl and Ellie’s house being lifted from the ground by a bunch…
Friday 5, Saturday edition: Scattergories Part 13
Hello! I’m back from Virginia Beach, where Mom and I had a great time despite a ton of heat and humidity. Even though I slathered myself in sunscreen and stayed under an umbrella most of the time, I still ended…
May & June Goals – how did I do?
Terrible, which is why I’m burying this mid-July. I’m drinking water and taking vitamins and making every excuse ever to avoid the gym, even when I see the charge hit my card. NEXT WEEK. I go back NEXT WEEK or…
