What was the best compliment you’ve received?
“You’re like my imaginary friend come to life”.
Category: Down the Rabbit Hole
Of Shamrocks and Sensitivity
14,142 Days Alive
1 Shamrock Shake McFlurry Consumed
I woke up with the beginnings of what I assume was a hormone-triggered migraine so I just went back to bed after I took my meds.
I’ve not done much of anything today, so I’m off to bed with no regrets.
Take your meds, folks.
Of Blankets and Bumbling
14,141 Days Alive
140 Damage Done to a Bad Guy in Pathfinder 2e
37 Repeats Completed on Bernadette’s Blanket
1 Meal Eaten Today
I woke up around five am this morning and just doom scrolled on my phone for an hour and a half before falling back asleep.
Continue reading “Of Blankets and Bumbling”Prompt Answer: Negative Feelings
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?
Draw, crochet, cry, or write.
Of Pork and Pastimes
14,138 Days Alive
31 Repeats into Reffie’s Mama’s Blanket
1 2lb Pork Loin in the Oven
I’m crocheting for the next half hour while the one and done step pork loin cooks for the first half our in our oven.
Continue reading “Of Pork and Pastimes”Of Van Gogh and Vacation Days
14,136 Days Alive
3 Bowls of Nachos Made
1 Accidental Nap
I took today off in advance of my return from visiting J and Charles in Ohio because I knew I was going to be exhausted.
Continue reading “Of Van Gogh and Vacation Days”Prompt Answer: Letter to Self at 100
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self.
Dear Self,
Did you make it to one hundred? If not, did you get planted under a tree? How’s the afterlife?
Prompt Answer: Middle Name
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?
Again with the narc-like questions? Why are you trying to harvest data on us??? What’s next; our childhood pet’s name or the street we grew up on?
That being said, my middle name is for my stepfather’s mother. It also apparently seems to be the patron saint of the blind and means “light”.
Prompt Answer: Last Thing I Learned
What is the last thing you learned?
That my partner detests Hollandaise Sauce. Lol
Of Beef and (No) Barley
14,130 Days Alive
$33.33 Spent on Dinner
6 Cups of Stock Used
2.05 Pounds of Stew Beef Cooked
1 New to Me Soup Recipe
So I used this recipe, sans barley, as the basis for dinner tonight. Mellon is sick and requested soup. So soup I made!
Continue reading “Of Beef and (No) Barley”Of Rest and Recovery
14,127 Days Alive
2 Accidental Naps Taken
1 Load of Laundry Done
Well, I’m feeling mostly better. But I did absolutely fall asleep in my knitting earlier today.
Continue reading “Of Rest and Recovery”Answer Prompt: Saying Goodbye
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.
I have to honestly say, leaving Florida this last time was difficult. Leaving behind friends and family was hard.
I’m glad I’ve made the move, even if I didn’t end up staying in Chicago. I’ve met my partner, made a scant handful of new friends.
Of Soup and Sickness
14,123 Days Alive
2 Pieces of Garlic Bread Eaten
1.5 Hours Spent Cooking, Masked Up
1 Massive Pot of Zuppa Toscana Made
I have bronchitis. It sucks. The antibiotics are tearing up my stomach, but I’m taking them with food.
I’m exhausted and it’s supposed to snow overnight so I have to get up early. I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
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