I don’t know where I purchased this seasonal beauty but the Merry AF message sealed the deal. We used this mug for coffee on Christmas Eve, and when inquiring nephews asked what the “AF” stood for, we had to improvise….
Friday 5: A fresh start
Happy Friday! Today is National Cream Puff Day (they’re not bad) and National Buffet Day. Let’s talk about this. I LOVE a buffet and we really don’t have a lot of good buffets around. Or even middling buffets. Years ago…
Fifty-three Wednesdays in 2025, with words
Happy New Year! Let’s hope 2026 is gentle and kind to us all. Once again, I present to you the captions for my 2025 Wordless Wednesday posts. Four of them were actually published on Thursday with a sneaky backdate to…
Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 53
(53 Wednesdays!)
Revisiting my 2025 Vision Board
Back in January, I succumbed to the woo that is vision boarding and … it mostly worked? Here’s a look at what happened and what didn’t. Photos of a new shower, an organized garage, and a bedroom with warm accents:…
Friday 5: Superlatives, Part 3
Hey! While the Friday 5 questions were still posted while it was still Friday in their timezone, on East Coast USA it was past my bedtime. I wrote the first half of this yesterday (Friday) and am answering the questions…
Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 52
Advent 2025 Week 4: Love
“To love another person is to see the face of God.”— Victor Hugo
Friday 5: Superlatives, part 2
Happy Friday! Today is National Oatmeal Muffin Day (I prefer blueberry and corn muffins over oatmeal) and National Hard Candy Day. (“Lord, it’s like a hard candy Christmas, I’m barely getting throooooooooooooooooooough tomorrow…”) It was a pretty good week. Yesterday…
Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 51
Advent 2025 Week 3: Joy
“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Friday 5: Superlatives Part 1
Happy Friday, Friends! Today is the Friday after TNP’s holiday party, National Ambrosia Day (yum!) and National Ding-a-Ling Day (hey John!). It’s also the final workday of a really nice workweek! On Tuesday I went to yoga class and we…
