Happy Friday, which is also National Gardening Day and National Ex-Spouse Day. Both of which I have. 🙂 I took off yesterday and today to bum around the house which turned into cleaning the yard, spraying weeds, and spontaneously painting…
Read in 2023: Two Self Help Books
I do love a good self-help book. SARK’s Succulent Wild Woman came out the year I turned 25 and although I outgrew SARK (lady, I need a job and can’t spend my days in a nap hut) never stopped reading…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 Wk 15
Easter Baking
Despite my griping on Friday the Easter baking went well. Three ham pies and three Easter breads were baked and (hopefully) will be enjoyed this week. The Easter breads I did at home, with an assist from my beloved Kitchen-Aid…
Friday 5: Assimilasian
Happy Friday, which is also Good Friday, National Coffee Cake Day, and National Beer Day. It’s been a pretty good week all told. The New Jersey Devils are going to the NHL playoffs and if they win on Saturday they’ll…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 Wk 14
March Goals – how did I do?
On New Year’s Eve I decided not to make resolutions, but instead to make some personal goals for the year. Nothing unattainable, just some goals that I can take smaller concrete steps toward each month. Here are my goals for…
TNP’s Austin Conference
I’m back from Austin! Well, I’ve been back since Thursday but I’m finally recovered and went through the process of resizing photos. I’d blog a lot more often if I didn’t feel compelled to include a photo with each post….
Wordless Wednesday 2023 wk 13
Friday 5: C1IN9E8M6A
Happy Friday, which is also National Cocktail Day, National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, and most notably, National Cheesesteak Day. It’s also the day before I travel to Austin, TX for TNP’s Big!Annual!Conference which kicks off on Sunday. I’m my usual…
Read in 2023: Two Magical Realism books
I try to read all genres of books but I do have my preferences. I enjoy nonfiction, summery beach books, some fantasy, some romance, scant YA. Not deep fantasy, not murder/torture, not dystopian. But a genre that’s caught my eye…
