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a blog by Kim Russell

January 5, 2026

The Mug Life Chose Me #6:

a red mug with a white snowflake on it. It also says MERRY AF.

I don’t know where I purchased this seasonal beauty but the Merry AF message sealed the deal. We used this mug for coffee on Christmas Eve, and when inquiring nephews asked what the “AF” stood for, we had to improvise….

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December 21, 2025

Advent 2025 Week 4: Love

an advent wreath with four candles lit and four little bird decorations

“To love another person is to see the face of God.”— Victor Hugo

December 19, 2025

Friday 5: Superlatives, part 2

friday december 19

Happy Friday! Today is National Oatmeal Muffin Day (I prefer blueberry and corn muffins over oatmeal) and National Hard Candy Day. (“Lord, it’s like a hard candy Christmas, I’m barely getting throooooooooooooooooooough tomorrow…”) It was a pretty good week. Yesterday…

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December 17, 2025

Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 51

a carousel at night

December 14, 2025

Advent 2025 Week 3: Joy

an advent wreath with two purple and one pink candle lit, and three small bird figurines

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

December 8, 2025

Kim’s Favorite Things 2025

a wawa coffee cup with a buffalo check mug cozy wrapped around it, fastened with a button.

Welcome to my third annual “Kim’s Favorite Things!’ This is my own little version of Oprah’s favorite things, but for regular people like us. The first item on Oprah’s list is a pair of high heeled sneakers that cost $595,…

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December 7, 2025

Advent 2025 Week 2: Peace

an advent wreath with 2 candles lit and 2 little bird figurines

December 2, 2025

The Mug Life Chose Me #5: Philly’s Holiday Light Show

Two sides of a red mug with while illustration of the holiday light show in Philadelphia

Behold: we have officially entered festive mug season! The Wanamaker Light Show is one of Philadelphia’s most enduring holiday traditions. I’ve seen the show more times than I can count, stretching all the way back to childhood. This show has…

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November 30, 2025

Advent 2025 Week 1: Hope

a leafy advent wreath with 1 lit purple candle and the other 3 unlit. There is a small fake tree in the middle, and one bird figurine looking on.

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”— Desmond Tutu

November 28, 2025

Friday 5: That time of year

friday nov 28

Happy Friday! It is Black Friday and, while it’s technically Buy Nothing Day, I absolutely did not observe that. Mom and I went out to participate in some of the tomfoolery. We started at Kohl’s, headed to Cherry Hill Mall…

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November 3, 2025

October 2025 cards: Happy Halloween!

A spread of Halloween cards - yellow moon, "happy halloween" stamped in black on an orange strip, a large piece of candy corn and a smaller piece of candy corn, also smiling, dressed as a ghost

Happy November! Here’s a look at the cards I made for October’s Card Club. Of course, I had to go with a Halloween theme. Inspired by my painted pumpkins, I wanted to go retro with these and stick to a…

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July 9, 2025

Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 28

an unaesthetic photo of Smitten Kitchen's Strawberry cake with a dollop of Cool Whip and some blueberries on top. In the background is the entire cake and the tub of cool whip.

(dirty dated to yesterday, even though I forgot to post!)

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About Me

I've been blogging for over twenty (2 decades! 2-0!) years and I'm apparently one of the few over-50 female bloggers who haven't sold out to THE MAN yet; hence this blog remains quirky, homespun, and unprofitable. No big. However, if you're from Disney, Doritos, or Dave Matthews Band, I'm open to talk about selling out.

I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband WM, and our dog Murphy. I'm an adult who likes Disney but not a Disney Adult. I used to work a fun (really!) office job in Philadelphia, but since March of 2020 I'm a work from home hermit. So if you're looking for a childless, slightly round, marginally boring GenX woman's blog to follow, you've come to the right place! :)

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