Sunday: I’m glad I live in a heated home because it’s never going to get warm again, is it? Monday: Work from home day on another day with a wintry commute! Tuesday: My half birthday. I’m still here and still…
A little struggle
This week I am struggling a little. In this season I’m in, my peers are dying young and the adults I grew up with are dying, well, as scheduled. The week in bleak: Luke Perry died at only 52. I…
Tooting my own horn
Because if I can’t do it on my own blog, where can I do it? This is the first week that I used reusable bags for my entire grocery shopping journey. (Because I am becoming An Old, grocery shopping means…
Angry Man Farm 2019
I had a really good experience with my herb garden last year. I stuck with it and watered it every morning and weeded it every night and it worked. This year, Angry Man Farm is going BIGGER. You can tell…
Gratitude: 2019wk9
Sunday: I baked banana bread. It’s really tasty! Monday: TNP handed out the Summer Friday information at work. Spring is just around the corner! Tuesday: I, uh. Breathing. I’m grateful that I can breathe. (one of those days you have…
Life with Dogs, the sequel
Previously… I need to start closing the door all the way.
Gratitude: 2019wk8
Sunday: I try a new bread recipe for the second time. It comes out of the oven with the perfect color. It crackles as it cools and makes the best toast I have ever tasted. Monday: Mom’s dog, Chip, has…
Love Your Pet day?
Yes, it’s a real-ish holiday. Like, shouldn’t that be every day? But, any excuse for pet pics I suppose. Ollie is 11 years old now and after a pretty crummy year medically, has rallied quite well. Lately, Murphy goes outside…
Life with Dogs
I’m pretty sure anyone with a dog or cat has been here… It took Ollie 10 years to learn to nudge a door open so I’ll let him have his victory.
Show us your Books: February 2019
Happy Show Us Your Books day! I’m off today so I get to actually write this on the day it’s due rather than be smart and cobble it together as I finish each book. Someday I’ll be smart. Today ……
The home office staff
I have the privilege of working from home one day a week, and being a former gamer with a former gamer’s large monitor makes it easy. But I couldn’t do it at all without my home office staff. This is…
I mean, Julie & Julia was a thing, right?
One of the books I read in January was Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1933 book “It’s Up to the Women” which was meant to rally the spirits of women during the Depression. One of the chapters featured a healthy yet frugal weekly…
