Happy Friday and St. Patrick's Day, which is also very coincidentally National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day. It's the perfect day to check on my 23andMe account to see how Irish I actually am. I grew up believing I was a 50/50 Irish/Italian split. As I got older, that Irish became a quarter, split with French and German. So, 50% Italian, 25% Irish, 12.5% German, 12.5% French. A few Christmases ago I received a 23andMe DNA test. I spit in the tube, shipped it off, and it turns out we ...
Monday, Monday
It was a pretty good weekend! On Saturday I spent some time with Nephews A & B. A is 8 now (whaaaat?) and very much into Youtube and video games. B is 4 now (whaaaaaaaat?) and is very much into imaginative play. I am very much into A&B, even though I don't have a Youtube channel. And I baked another loaf of no-knead bread. Sunday found me digging in the garden beds so I could send a soil sample out to be tested. I've been using the same soil for years now and I'm pretty sure ...
Catching up!
Social June is in full swing and it is ruining the airtight routine I have built over the previous 15 months. We had the memorial for my cousin on June 13 and it was just as military minded as it needed to be. The speakers were lovely and talked about his personality and his passions like diving and karaoke and cooking for his family, but the whole shebang was surrounded by SOME GAVE ALL and bikers with flags and a three-volley salute and I wish it wasn't. (gestures ...
