Not long after the glass broke and I ordered its replacement, my Apple Watch died completely before I was able to properly unpair it from my phone. The new watch has been failing at crediting my exercise minutes to my…
Off the Wagon
Many of you know that I played World of Warcraft (WoW) for MANY years. I left the game for good* about 4 years ago because houses are WORK and keeping a WoW character current is also WORK. World of Warcraft…
Ollie, Summer 2020
After about a month and a half of trying to manage Ollie’s cough, it turns out he has seasonal allergies. One Zyrtec (actual, human Zyrtec) with his dinner each night is enough to bring the cough mostly into check AND…
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
I’m not a competitive person when it comes to physical activity. I’ve always been clumsy and short of breath – team sports other than bowling were never my jam. Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail….
Friday Movie Night
I am not a fan of movies. In fact, I used to have a blog category called I hate movies. I only went a handful of times as a child, and as I got older, I’d only go if it…
Murphy, Summer 2020
I was trying to take a photo for Murphy for the Boop My Nose Instagram account* but he was not having it. WM, walking by: You should submit this to that Boop Nose account you love.**Me: See, this is definitely…
Back to the (Home) Office
I was on ‘vacation’ last week which basically means I was not online for work. I *was* online for an annual conference of a professional organization that *I’m* a member of. Background: I work for TNP, an association for medical…
What I Learned during the Pandemic (So far)
How to make refrigerator bread and butter pickles How to keep a sourdough starter alive and bake bread with it What Rt means with regards to an infectious disease How to make 14 common cocktails How to identify the birdcalls…
Show Us Your Books SPRING/SUMMER 2020
You see what I did there with the title? Friends, I’m having a reading problem. It’s really really hard for me to read right now. Even the fun, summer, beachy books that I love are a slog, because every time…
Sunshine, Sadness, and Social Distancing
2020 continues to be a gigantic mirror maze. When we’re finally comfortable enough to move forward a few steps we run right into a pane of glass. New Jersey is slowly ‘opening back up’ because our transmission rate has fallen…
The One with the Unfriending
We’ve known each other for a long time but we’re from an era where when you lost touch, you truly lost touch. Because of that I was initially delighted to get back in touch via social media. And for years…
Black Lives Matter
I can’t write anything about the state of racial affairs in the USA right now that hasn’t been written better by many other people. I’m not a paragon of enlightenment or a scholar on civil rights history. I’ve moved through…
