Nauseous optimism is the phrase making its way around my blue side of the internet about today’s election. I was hopeful with only a tiny amount of dread in 2016, thinking there’s be NO WAY this country would vote for…
Friday 5: Look who decided to show up
Rabbit rabbit! Happy Friday, which is also National Cinnamon Day (I like) and National Calzone Day (I also like). It’s also the day after Halloween. We had fewer kids visit this year; about 57 total. In prior years we used…
If Adam Picked the Apple
A poem by Danielle Coffyn There would be a parade, a celebration, a holiday to commemorate the day he sought enlightenment. We would not speak of temptation by the devil, rather, we would laud Adam’s curiosity, his desire for adventure…
Wordless Wednesday 2024: Week 44
This vase is half my age
I remember going to Color Me Mine on my 26th birthday and painting this vase. I thoughr the spirals and suns reflected the new-agey girl I thought I was (they do) and that the color choices were very late-90s (they…
Friday 5: I’ve got a bad feeling about this
Happy Friday, which is also National Greasy Foods Day (why even? why are we like this) and Sourest Day, which was created to follow Sweetest Day. Sweetest Day is a holiday WM and I have been trying to add to…
Wordless Wednesday 2024: Week 43
Friday 5: Yuputka 2
Happy Friday, which is also International Leggings Day (which is half of the days for this work from home crone) and National Chocolate Cupcake Day, which I wish was the other half of the days. But, alas, I am dieting…
Thursday randomness
For my birthday, the always-lovely Kristen, Nephews A&B, and my brother who doesn’t read my blog and likely had nothing to do with choosing the gift gave me gifts to get me started on latte art, including a milk frother…
Wordless Wednesday 2024: Week 42
I watch movies now!
Remember when I didn’t watch movies? That isn’t the case anymore! Here are some more I watched over the summer. The Fall Guy: A lot of people loved this movie and I was looking forward to it because I was…
Friday 5: Crib
Happy Friday, which is also National Coming Out Day (you are loved!) and National Sausage Pizza Day. I’m not really a fan of meat on pizza anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll eat it and be happy, but I prefer…