Childhood Friends
Lorena
Who was your first friend? What did they mean to you as a kid? Do you have a favorite story about them? Are you still in touch? Uh…. I gather…
2023
Let’s talk about Anxiety
I’ve always been anxious. I never wanted to be, I don’t enjoy it, it’s definitely not something I wake up in the morning and think “gosh, I hope I’m anxious…
Too many forks and not enough spoons
CW: death, grief, widowhood, mental health Dear Tim; A couple of weeks after you died, I was putting clean silverware away, and I had a passing thought – “when we…
Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Winner
And the winner is…. The Go Girl Agenda Planner. And by “winner” I mean it had the most I could actually use and the least I’d have to modify. The…
Planner Thunderdome 2023: Legend Planner Pro Weekly
Y’all. Look at this COVER! I so, so, so, SO wanted this to be The One! Did I buy this one just for the cover? Well, no, but the cover…
Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Legend Planner
I really, really, REALLY wanted to like this planner. The cover is gorgeous! But…. it comes with the almost-same too-small-to-read printed “how to use this journal” page. And stickers, which,…
Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Go Girl Undated Weekly & Monthly Planner
Journal #3, another Go Girl Planner; this one the undated weekly and monthly planner. It has a slightly larger “how to use this” page, and a few less stickers. Not…
Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Go Girl Agenda Planner
Journal #2! The Go Girl Agenda planner. I really, really don’t want to use something called the “Go Girl” planner, it sounds way too much like “Girl Boss!” and “Momtrepreneur”…
This week in “I Have Too Many Pets”
I’m about to boot all the studio cats out, fixed or not. Let me show you something absolutely disgusting. See, we are arguing, the studio cats and I, about what…
It was twenty years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play
If you would have asked me twenty years ago what I thought I might be writing, looking back on twenty years of marriage, talking about “my first year-and-change of being…
Favorite foods
Do you have a favorite dish, special dessert, or go-to recipe? Where has this dish made appearances in your life? Is there a common thread? Why do you love it…
Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Clever Fox Planner
I was going to do this as one post with all five planners that I bought to flip through, but I took a lot of pictures and I still can’t…