Last November, I taught a homeschool creative writing class and within the class "syllabus" I decided that we were going to create something called "happiness jars". I don't remember where I got the idea but I just know it wasn't my original idea. The gist was to get a jar with a lid and add… Continue reading The Happiness Jar
A few years ago, I wrote a post titled I Hate Painting Furniture. It was a good post, actually one of my favorites which is why I reblogged it this past Friday. If you didn't get a chance to read it, maybe go read it first then come back and read this post. Like demented… Continue reading I Don’t Hate Painting Furniture Anymore
This month's title is in Gaelic to honor St. Patrick's Day, my husband's Irish heritage, and my oldest daughter Annie's 20th birthday, which falls just four days before St. Patrick's Day. Happy Birthday, sweet Annie! We love you! Cad é a fhéachaim (What I'm watching) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isOGD_7hNIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhXRx_lva18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40RsbcFRwNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m36QeKOJ2Fc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDv6PRi1SgQ I am in love with… Continue reading Scriú air, Tá mé ag ithe Tater Tots – Cuid a hAon Déag (Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Part Eleven)
We had last painted our bedroom about ten years ago. We painted it a taupe color that I loved. Interestingly, it was the same paint color that was in my ex in-laws' condo. I had texted my former mother-in-law a few weeks before to ask her what the name of the color was. I can’t… Continue reading On Painting Bedrooms and Dying Hamsters
I hope that doesn't make a bunch of new people want to read my blog. To be clear, I'm not "doing" Joe. But for real, I'm doing something wrong at Trader Joe's. I don't know what I'm supposed to buy there. I do have a few favorites. But when I walk into a Trader Joe's,… Continue reading I’m Not Doing Trader Joe Correctly
Menopause cry journal, courtesy of Mary Ruefle.I have something very similar—except mine is a migraine journal filled with big black M’s instead of C’s. Two weeks ago, a friend texted me a link to an article by Mary Ruefle titled Pause. Mary Ruefle wrote her essay Pause in 2015 about her experience with menopause. That… Continue reading Understood
