A new year. A new administration. Let’s kick off the newness with a glorious song to bask in with lyrics that match our fresh start. I found this song a few days after I entered menopause. I was watering my plants in the kitchen when this song came on my Spotify. I took notice of… Continue reading Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Episode 22 (Looks Like We Made It, Barry Manilow)
I find that as I age, some of our favorite family members are those who aren't even related, to begin with. I mean we have lots of relatives we love that are blood, but my children have called some of my friends "auntie" and "uncle" for years and none of those people have blood running… Continue reading Some of our Favorite Members Aren’t Family To Begin With
July was full of Universal things, lots of crazy happenings, and just things I can't explain, honestly. If you had foretold me that my July would have involved my bird going missing and one of the members of The Breakfast Club emailing me, I would have said YOU ARE SHITTING ME. I bought this book… Continue reading Thirty-One Universal Things
Yesterday afternoon, our bird Joy flew out of our patio door window. It was a fluke really. My husband was cleaning up the patio, I had her out of the cage watching a video and talking to her and I walked into the kitchen to get something and she followed me. I am her "person".… Continue reading The Year that Joy Went Out the Window
I am doing better than I thought I would do during this pandemic. I have days that aren't so good but nothing near to what I thought I would be before this all began playing out and I honestly think our home is a huge part of why. I appreciate all that my… Continue reading Nesting and Routines
I have a secret hoarding issue. I keep old calendars. I have kept a day planner on my kitchen counter (and now one for blogging on my desk) for so many years, I don't even remember when I started. But I end up keeping the planners long after they have been used and… Continue reading Keeping Calendars is My Hoarding Cats
