I had a little bit of lunchtime fun last week and filmed a few Instagram story posts about how I feel about fall. The highlight is here, and here is a shot of me trying to make sure I'd be in frame. I filmed the entire thing in less than 8 minutes and I'm just happy the neighbors weren't at home. Fingers crossed nobody has a video doorbell... ...
Horrifying The 16yo Version of Myself
Me, 2021: And, you know, since I was awake at 6:30 in the morning and didn't have to start work for another two hours, I decided what better time to Weed & Feed the front lawn?Me, 16: OH MY GOD who are you, DAD?Me, 2021: Shush. And since I already bought a spreader a few years back I knew it would be in the garage under the garden table. Me, 16: We are SUPPOSED to be in NEW YORK!!!!!!! Me, 2021: And the weather app said it wasn't going to rain for the next few days. Me, 16: Weather ...
Kwatch
Not long after the glass broke and I ordered its replacement, my Apple Watch died completely before I was able to properly unpair it from my phone. The new watch has been failing at crediting my exercise minutes to my health profile (the last thing I want to see after a 34 minute walk is my watch showing a total of 9 minutes of exercise) and after trying to calibrate it on Saturday and failing (20 minutes of walking resulting in 11 minutes of exercise) I handed it off to WM to look at. Some ...
My curse
The first half of my life I never put anything away and was plagued by wasting time trying to find things in every single room. Here in the back nine of my life, I put things away, but because I don't think of myself as a person who puts things away, I'm plagued by wasting time trying to find things in every single room when the object is actually where it should be. Typed after I spent 45 minutes looking for a packet of seeds in every single room and finding them in the plastic case ...
A message from the King! A message from the King!
Like most Americans, we received this in the mail on Saturday and it's too good to share. I CACKLED at the image of the White House. He makes parody SO EASY. Also you don't need to tell me I suck at Photoshop. I know. ...
Two dozen dog toys
And Murphy goes wild over my empty yogurt containers. (yes I monitor it, yes I take it away when it starts to splinter, yes it's washed, yes I've had dogs a long time and have this part down, yes you know he eats rabbit poop and tries to chew on rocks on the regular, right?) ...
Life with Dogs, the sequel
Previously... I need to start closing the door all the way. ...
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 meal plan. Now to stock up on prune pudding! The next Show us your Books roundup is coming on Tuesday. ...
Kimberussell.com reader questions
Sometimes your thoughtful blog comments get flagged as spam. I feel badly about that, so from time to time I take a few out and answer them personally. Here are three comments that really stood out. The first is from "Lessydog" from somewhere in Germany. They write: One of the 18 indicators of women empowerment, sex ratio stands out as the 1st and most significant indicator for social. Thanks for the advice. Sex ratio? I have no idea what that is so here's a picture of some boobs. This ...
The one where Kim tries La Croix
After about 2 years of watching every other white woman rave about La Croix, I finally decided to take the leap. The excitement washed over me as I stood in the beverages aisle at Target, contemplating which of the dozens of flavors to try. I was torn between coconut and orange. I settled on orange, because 1) who does not like orange? and 2) I think I'll try coconut water as my next trendy drink. I waited until Monday, my work-from-home day. I positioned the can next to my Moleskine ...
Merry Christmas from the Dee-luxe Apartment in the Sky!
This was taped to the door of the mailroom downstairs. (language, bad spelling) Mind you, I had a fall wreath stolen off of our door last year. While we did patrol the building looking for it, wishing cancer on someone is a bit much. Which is why we'll hopefully be moving soon. ...
What do Ariana Grande and I have in common?
(Besides our killer bods and dumptrucks full of cash) I don't know much about Ariana Grande other than she covered Wham!'s Last Christmas* on the Michael Buble special and I think she did okay with it. But this image came up in a search I was doing** and I nearly died... LOOK AT THE FONT! WE HAVE THE SAME FONT! It's Bounce being sold through Letterhead Fonts. I bought it years ago (pre-2006) for around $40 and swore since I spent that much money, I'd never use another font. It's adorable ...
