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 Joes. I don't know what I'm supposed to buy there. I do have a few favorites (keep reading to find out what they are),… Continue reading I’m Not Doing Trader Joe Correctly
In searching for another "love language," I stumbled onto this article, and it turns out I missed one: Japanese! In researching the Japanese language a bit for this post, I saw this and felt it necessary to add it in: ""I love you" in Japanese: Aishiteru （愛してる), although it is important to note that, due… Continue reading Sore o nejikomu, watashi wa teitātottsu o tabete iru – pāto 10 (Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Part Ten)
I had no idea that January 1st marked a brand new decade until three weeks ago and only because I read it on a friend's blog and was like, well shit. Although, according to my friend up there, "well, some will argue that the decade doesn’t officially end until December 31, 2020, because there was… Continue reading It’s The End of the Decade? Sounds Like an R.E.M. Song to Me
This month's post is partially in Italian to honor the tradition of my Dad's "famous" Christmas Eve meatballs that go along with our annual Christmas Eve spaghetti dinner. I asked my dad to tell me again the story of how the Christmas Eve spaghetti and meatballs began, and here it is paraphrased: My Dad's foster… Continue reading Vite it, Sto mangiando Tater Tots- Parte Otto (Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Part Eight)
It all started back in 2012 when I was tired of looking at this: Our "master" bath AND this: The girl's bath The above is a kid's bathroom for two girls, ages 12 and 4 at the time (SOB). But we wanted to update it a bit. Here are the afters: Pretty awesome, if I… Continue reading Why I Can’t Have Nice Things- Bathroom Floors Edition
This month's Tater Tot post is in French to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the first time I took French. I still do not know how in the hell I got through three years of a foreign language and can only say "hello" and "pencil." *edited to add- thanks to the comment by Suz, I… Continue reading Visser, Je Mange Tater Tots- Partie Six (Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Part Six)
A Grace Full Life 