Nanny Maggie, Cousin Wixor, and I circa 2007
Tag: Family
Thanksgiving 2021
13,299 Days Alive
400 Years Since the First Thanksgiving
It’s a complicated thing, American history. But this isn’t a soapbox to speak of the slaughter and decimation of native peoples.
Today, for me, is about family.
Continue reading “Thanksgiving 2021”Of Packed Bags and Planes
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T-Minus 30 Hours to Takeoff
19 Holiday Cards Made
2 Days without Writing
I’m going to bed but here’s the thing: tomorrow is gonna be bananas. I’ve got work till noon, then a trip to the airport and a flight at 4:30 EST back home.
Continue reading “Of Packed Bags and Planes”Of Holiday Cards and Horror
28,265 Words Written for NaNoWriMo
13,295 Days Alive
3 Days Till Chicago!
0 Cards Finished
Today did not go as planned.
Continue reading “Of Holiday Cards and Horror”Of Puns and Preparations
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13,293 Days Alive
809 Days Straight on Duolingo
60 Holiday Cards to Make
5 Days Till Chicago
So, we watched some classic Christmas movies tonight! The first Home Alone and then, my favorite: Die Hard.
Continue reading “Of Puns and Preparations”Of Waterdeep and Worry
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13,292 Days Alive
808 Days Straight on Duolingo
Man, I’m so worried something is going to go pear-shaped for my trip home.
Continue reading “Of Waterdeep and Worry”Of Takeout and Tea
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13,291 Days Alive
7 Days Till Chicago!
I am exhausted. But I got to have a cup of tea after work, which was nice.
Continue reading “Of Takeout and Tea”Of Grinches and Giggles
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13,290 Days Alive
806 Days Straight on Duolingo
8 Days Till Chicago!
Fen and I were in a holiday movie mood this evening. We first thought to watch Die Hard. Instead, we settled on another Christmas classic: the live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey.
Continue reading “Of Grinches and Giggles”Of Countdowns and Cluster Headaches
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13,289 Days Alive
9 Days Till Chicago
My fasting sugars have been running stupidly high as of late. I haven’t gotten them back under control yet. But I am working on it.
Continue reading “Of Countdowns and Cluster Headaches”Of Cider and Chili
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13,287 Days Alive
I have a new recipe that Bill6 introduced me to: slow cooker white chicken chili.
Continue reading “Of Cider and Chili”Of Words and Weariness
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13,286 Days Alive
I have to be up early tomorrow to take Spock to the vet. I’m down to a seven on the pain scale, but it still feels like slogging through half-frozen molasses.
I’m for bed. Take your meds, folks.
Of Employees and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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13,118 Words Written for NaNoWriMo
798 Days Straight on Duolingo
1 New Coworker
I’m really hurting today. I’m stiff and sore and only wrung out about five hundred words before I gave up and just turned to yarn.
Continue reading “Of Employees and Elizabeth Barrett Browning”Of Fun and Frying
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I used an air fryer for the first time this evening! Cleo taught me and now I want one. Heh.
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