Thursday. I’m blessed to have a flexible hybrid schedule at work. AND the ability to work FT because $$$! My on-site days are Tues/Thurs which is incredibly accommodating…
Happy Pumpkin Day with Zari and work bestie and HWMMS and Ian <not pictured but a fierce addition to the festivus>
I’m having flashbacks to two years ago. <Corrupt! Complicit!> the fuckery and cheating and treason isn’t even remotely questionable and our leaders are silent and…just, fuck. WHY AREN’T…
Tis the season! SOUP SEASON! Also, bought two *new* to me soup cookbooks…for inspiration. Potato Leek w/ Back Bacon Broth exceptionally flavorful – stock made from corn on…
I’m not sure I even decorated last year – it too way longer than I hoped this year (end of August my decorating self thinks — reality, mid-October.)…
Behold! The new front stairs – which were not even a little bit as “easy” as they should have been (grrrr – person who built our home) but…
The inaugural “scratch” sourdough loaf. Dill bread. Yummmmmmm. HWMMS: Are you gonna save a piece for Steph? Me: Um, I won’t see her till Thursday and this bread…
Comfort. This is what makes me feel wealthy beyond measure. Homegrown. Homemade. Canned. Ham & Pea Soup. Veggie Soup. Ham & Noodle Soup. Tomato Sauce Tomatoes from the…
I missed the first 20 minutes of the Aaron Gies for Congress debate as most of us probably did “technical difficulties” but I have lots of thoughts about…
Despite working a Friday evening… My job does not suck. Just a few pics from work tonight at The Foundry. #LoveYouBye
It was a good book month. *I track books over at Storygraph.Moon Palace by Paul Auster was such an unexpected surprise. I picked it up on a whim…
Harvest Full Moon you say? Ok. HARVEST ALL THE THINGS and yes, this was from last night and this morning! HWMMS tackled the <not> three sisters plot <WHERE…
You know your from WNY when you SING ALONG TO EVERY WORD OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM! Also – man, I miss the days when OUR national anthem…
View of the front yard garden zinnias from the porch. (Messy but marvelous!) While enjoying a few minutes of porch coffee this morning I saw a hummingbird, monarch…
Best Night Ever! My phone is dead – new one arriving Friday. Internet has been down/spotty — hello crazy thunderstorm! Colonoscopy prep happening for ass-crack in the morning…
Considering I spent most of the last two weeks in bed, I would have expected my audiobook count to have been tripled. But, nope. Anyhow, books completed this…
First coffee in two weeks! So far so…um…going right through me. I’ll count this towards my rescheduled colonoscopy prep for next week. 🤣💩 My lifeline has been Gatorade.
If I am the medicine, no wonder I’m fucked. 🤣 Day 10 of gastro/fever flare and I actually slept last night and woke up without pain. Mind you…
When Lil Brother says we are going to a mini Fredonia High School meetup – we go. Ha. Please note I am representing the Orange/Black. Fellow Hillibillies…whatever happened…
This morning I spent some time with the cool cats at Arts Services Inc. – ASI It. Has. Been. An. Embarrassing. Number. Of. Years. since seeing Jen &…
One thing I wish the public understood about chronic illness/autoimmune fatigue? (add in a dose of perimenopause) —–> It. Is. Relentless. Endless Fatigue. There has not been one…
If you’ve ever been around me — you know my default position is sitting on the floor cross-legged. Despite the myriad of ailments which should completely make this…
Picked a whole lotta lovage and a five pounds of Weber Wonderland grown <not poop> lettuce from the garden today. We might have a retirement plan after all.