Some photos and thoughts from March that were thin for their own blog posts... This is the phone game of the moment and was my PC game of choice in the early 2000s back when Flash games were a thing. I had to pay $19.99 to shoo the ads away so I can play as much as I want. I enjoy hard boiled eggs right at the spot when they are completely firm inside but before they get the green tinge around the yolk. I have legendarily been terrible at boiling eggs which is weird, right? Because it's ...
February 2022
Here are some things we did in February that didn't warrant their own post because I wasn't posting much in February! Mom had a birthday and I bought her a ticket to go see Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. I bought myself the other ticket but I always wonder about how to present gifts like that. Do I give her both tickets and wait for her to ask me, even though I believe part of the gift is getting her there and that's usually my job and she really ...
October 2021 Extras
Boo, hiss, here comes November. Second-worst month of the year. Dead, wet leaves. Cold, damp air. People throwing hissy fits if you Holiday it up too early. Here are some thoughts and photos from October that were a little thin for their own posts. CAE studying is kicking into high gear. I'm doing 90 minute study sessions on weekdays now. The exam is NEXT MONTH and this week I should be able to choose my exam date. Halloween was fantastic and just about back to normal. We had about ...
September 2021 Extras
Holy crap, September's gone? It's Libra season now? What even? Where did it go? I would normally post this tomorrow but that's the Friday Five day and posting multiple times in one day is so 2003. Here are some thoughts and photos from September that were a little thin for their own posts. Murphy's ACL continues to heal slowly. We're still keeping him on anxiety meds in order to keep him from being ... him and reinjuring it by being ... him. Throughout September, my dental implant ...
August 2021 Extras
Here are some thoughts and photos from August that were a little thin for their own posts. New hair, new glasses. I'll get a kickier pair from Zenni as my backup, and find a Lion's Club bin for my older pairs. I've had a hummingbird feeder for two years and saw no hummingbirds. It is glass and came with white plastic flowers on its red plastic base. Like this (not a referral link). A few weeks ago, inspired by a hummingbird aficionado on TikTok (that is a heck of a phrase there) I ...
July Extras
HI! I AM STILL HERE! I AM CLENCHING MY JAW AND BUTT EXTRA HARD TO GET THROUGH THINGS RIGHT NOW. Ooof oof oof there is so much of everything going on. THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON:> My left boob and the impending biopsies. Benign x 3? Doom x 3? A mix of benign and doom? Who knows? And I have days and days and days left until I get an answer. Thank you, all, for the sweet comments and emails. You're all tops. I really hope the local anesthesia works.> The results will likely come while I'm at ...
June 2021 Extras
Rabbit rabbit and Happy July! I was supposed to be hanging with Nephews A&B (and their entourage) at the Ocean City boardwalk but it's raining. Maybe next week! Normally I'd be sad about June, THE BEST MONTH, being over, but instead I'm going to look ahead for some other really great months. Here are some photos and thoughts from June that were a little thin for their own post. I survived my social month and I wore the same dress to the memorial service, happy hour, and baptism. ...
April 2021 extras
Here are some photos and thoughts from April that were a little thin for their own posts. Nephew A turned 7 and is predictably into Minecraft. Look at this creation! It even lights up and the pick is removable. I ended up buying him a slime kit which he seemed to like, and two graphic novels, which weren't received as well but a kid's gotta read, like it or not. And then I mangled myself in the bounce house. My cousin's body was brought home from the Marshall Islands, and his ...
March 2021 Extras
Here are some photos and thoughts from March that were a little thin for their own posts. Like others, I watched the saga of the Ever Given, the giant cargo ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal. After a year of tragedy, it's a little bit of a relief to watch a national news story that is mostly victimless. The memes have been on point, too. I entered my brother's annual NCAA March Madness Pool and was destroyed in the first round. I should have set the $20 on fire. We discovered a ...
February 2021 Extras
Rabbit rabbit and happy March! Here are some photos and thoughts from February that were a little thin for their own posts. The only side effects I had from the first COVID vaccine were a minor headache, a sore arm, and a bit of tiredness. The tiredness could have been regular Friday tiredness but I still managed to stay up until midnight. I bought a Dr. Fauci mask from Etsy. I did some much needed brow maintenance after this photo. We spent some time with Nephews A and B. Nephew ...
January Extras 2021
Photos and thoughts from January that were a little thin for their own posts. Time is both dragging and flying. I'm still fortunate to be working from home, officially until April but unofficially it's still a 'who knows?' WM is home until May, but really...why reopen in May if school's over in June? In the Before Times, I used to purchase my Girl Scout cookies from the troops set up at the train station. This year not only do I not have that, I don't have any local Girl Scouts that I ...
December Extras 2020
Photos and thoughts from December that were a little thin for their own posts. With the absence of almost everything that defines the holidays for me, I tried to bring more ritual into my home. I observed Winter Solstice for the first time. I left a lit (flameless) candle in the window all night. I made a list of everything I wished to leave behind me and burned it. Unfortunately, there seems to be a 50/50 split on whether or not burning the list of leave-behinds destroys them or releases ...
