Good and Meh 2023 wk 40
Good Things: Wednesday: The other Houses of Dowd are slowly on the mend!Friday: WM grilled some excellent burgers for dinnerThe Phillies won their Wild Card series AND the Devils are dominating their preseason. Meh Things: Monday: Started The Southern Book…
Friday 5: Boo!
Happy Friday! I *could* say that it’s also National Orange Wine Day (wha?) or National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day (mmm!) but nope. Today is the birthday of my sister-in-law, the lovely Kristen! She is a bright light and a joy…
Cowboy Cookies
My second baking endeavor from B. Dylan Hollis’s book Baking Yesteryear was the 1960s Cowboy Cookies! It’s an oatmeal cookie recipe but instead of raisins, swap in chocolate chips, pecans, and toasted coconut. The recipe has you toast the pecans,…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 WK 40
Good and Meh 2023 Week 39
The Good Monday: Day off, made little ghosts.Wednesday: THE SUN CAME OUT! Thursday: Received a bunch of bulbs in the mail to plant this weekend for spring, and I watched (part of) the NJ Devils first preseason game!Saturday: Lovely breakfast…
Friday 5: Gang aft agley
Happy Friday, which is National Coffee Day, National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and National VFW Day. (A VFW is a great place to get a cheap beer, if you know someone who can get you in.) I don’t make…
Adorable clay ghosts!
A while back I had pinned a trio of ceramic ghosts that I wanted to buy from Etsy. They were adorable. When I went to find them, instead of going back to Pinterest (to be honest I forgot I had…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 WK 39
Good and Meh 2023 Week 38
Good: Tuesday: Ill effects of the Covid booster were completely gone. Wednesday: It was our monthly in-office day. I went to my Fancy Coffee Friday spot for the first time in years and the coffee was delicious. Twelve of us…
Friday 5: Don’t tip the boat over
Happy Friday, friends! It’s also National Ice Cream Cone Day, Car Free Day (I take public transit at every opportunity, but I also think the car free movement can be unrealistic) and American Business Woman’s Day. I’m observing that day…
Assembling the LEGO succulents
One of my birthday gifts was the LEGO Botanical Collections succulents kit. Plants I can’t kill? Futzy little bricks? Sign me up! And all together! It took me about 2 and a half hours to complete, with breaks for laundry….
