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Player Piano

At work there’s an old piano in the hallway. (Which is awesome.) Someone is currently playing “Ode to Joy” (with two hands!) And it took me RIGHT back…

Things I (Now) Know, That I Do Know

2018 has been a long line of freelance jobs and 1099’s. And every one has twisty turvy led me to where I am today. Exhausted. No, wait. That’s…

Snowday #1 Update

Things I accomplished on my LIST OF SNOW DAY ACTIVITIES I COULD BE DOING BUT INSTEAD I SIT ON THE COUCH STARING AT THE INTERNET NEXT TO A…

My Three Words: 2019

My Three Words by Chris Brogan. Pick any three words that you can use to guide you forward to success in the coming year. What are the words that came to me for 2019? Stability, Balance and No. Ha. Ha. Ha. I…

New Year Musings

Months ago the battery of our generator died. Didn’t think about the fact that we didn’t get another right away, after all we’ve lived at Weber Wonderland for…

Penguins 2018

I HAVE AN ENTIRE ROOM DEDICATED TO PENGUINS AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH. (Including those two trees in the background, all penguins.) Someone asked me this year…

Laughing All The Way

Merry Merry from our home to yours.

Gma Baker: 10 Years?

That moment when you have a line of a hymn stuck in your head all afternoon and the second you google it to listen you realize it was…

Be kind to each other.

Be kind to each other. I post this with trepidation, I’m NOT looking for comments or encouragement. 1. I feel better when I release these thoughts from inside…

Fancy Penguin Purse

Wedding Celebration & 40th Birthday Celebration means fancy penguin purse time! Which quite literally has nothing in it but tissues, the awkward shape can’t fit my phone. It’s…

Thursday Theater Thoughts

I’ve always loved theater and secretly imagined…what if… but never *really* thought I would find myself immersed head over heels with the stage. I’ve never committed this many…

(Painful)

This week has been painful. And it’s stripping me to the bone to see SO MANY people I love deal with this pain, from their own experiences. This…

Coffeeeeeeee

Monday. Need coffee. HWMMS now gets free coffee at work so he kindly filled up his thermos for me and sent me on my way. I could tell…

Meeting John Cusack

Watching Say Anything. Chillin’ with John Cusack afterwards. NBD. So that happened.

Current Mood

Bring on September!

Bring on September! We ALL know I’m not a SUMMER kind of gal. I look forward to September and all things FALL as soon as June is over….

Afternoon Anxiety Attack: A Play in One Pathetic Act

Afternoon Anxiety Attack: A Play in One Pathetic Act Scene: Driving home from work in the City at 3pm on a Monday afternoon. Spent a bit of time…

Hair Color Achievement Unlocked!

Every single time I color my hair I think, why did it take me so long to color my hair? Every single time. Also, awesome houndstooth dress in…

Random Dragonfly

While waiting to pick up HWMMS yesterday at the Ford Plant parking lot, a huge, very random dragonfly decided to dive bomb the hood of the car and…

Gut Punch

This man was my hometown parish priest. He did my first communion. He buried my grandpa, my grandma and my dad and YEARS later he spoke at my…

All The Pretty Dresses!

All The Pretty Dresses! I can’t get enough of pretty dresses. Seriously. Ya’all know me. When’s the last time you saw me not wearing a dress or skirt?…

Memories

HWMMS is currently working on an IT contract at the Ford plant. I drop him off in the morning then drive into the city for work then drive…

Rural Internet Woes

Rural Internet Woes. Don’t tell me Mercury in Retrograde isn’t real. We quite literally have had zero reception at Weber Wonderland almost all day. Best part is, we…

Fourth of July? Meh.

Hmpf. Happy Fourth of July Weekend(s). As an adult, I’ve never really fallen in love with the Fourth of July holiday. Since meeting HWMMS and spending that weekend…

First Reading!

Today, I had my first reading of “Spirits of Aging” Staged Short play at Springville Center for the Arts. Also, my first role, all be it a small one,…

Dorky Jenny

My cousin recently posted a whole bunch of photos from our childhood. Which made me throw this one up today. Oh I loved that hat, those red glasses that…

Allegheny Selfies

Red House 3P Baldwin ADPi Suite with Alphie Brooks Hall