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…
All in
I was at Hershey for a few days with Nephews A&B and their entourage. It’s our fourth year doing this and it’s been a blast seeing the kids’ stamina and bravery grow and change over the years. It was a…
The things that worry me the most
Here I am, still blogging through my malaise. I had my first shingles vaccine yesterday and oh boy this isn’t fun. I woke up today absolutely fine and was a little hopeful I’d be one of the people who skate…
Resetting the Wombsday clock
Women reach menopause when they skip 12 months of periods, I was halfway there and now I am a dewy maiden once more. And by dewy I mean sweaty. It was a very good 6 month run, but time to…
Friday 5: The Lou
Happy Friday, which is also National Almond Day (I like almonds – almond extract in place of vanilla extract in a cake or cookie recipe is amazing unless you’re feeding someone with an allergy), National Tartar Sauce Day (first Friday…
Let’s talk about menopause!
Because I’m in it! And it happens to every ovaried person (albeit differently from case to case) but it’s only recently that people are talking about it more and not just in shadowy phrases like “The Change.” For a long…
Travel tip for achy people
Through the years my physical condition has devolved from “fine!’ to “ugh something always hurts these days” to “man, multiple things hurt these days” and vacations where there is a lot of walking involved seem to exacerbate that. And you…
Good and Meh 2023 Week 42
Good Things: Good food, good adventures, good weather, and even with the attitudes present by many of the guests (I call it “Toxic YOLO”) I had the same magical time I always have. <3 Meh Things: On my last day…
It’s the hope that kills you.
Realistically, realistically, in this world where all fantasy about such things was stripped away years ago, realistically I should know that skipping a month would just be a sign of perimenopause or the result of a stressful month. That and…
Stuff I put on my face: Winter 2020
I am 47 years old (sweet merciful crap I cannot get with this) and my face is, as always, changing. I think I’ve finally found a skin care regimen that works for me and my dry skin that still breaks…
Skelly Saturday
Our Halloween decorations include a plastic skeleton head and hands that we jam into the overgrown ivy in our front yard. The trick-or-treaters love it. WM loves it too and this year asked if we could leave it out and…
The AARP strikes again.
Eleven years ago when I was still in my 30s, I received an AARP card in the mail . Thursday I received a “thank you for joining” email to the account I use for retail receipts. And then yesterday, this……
