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Just a Little Stitious...

I almost wrote about this yesterday but I didn't want to jinx anything. See last time Michigan had a really talented team in the Frozen Four they played Denver in the semifinals and lost in OT. They played Denver in the semifinals again last night. I'm

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Charm Offensive...

JD Vance went to Hungary to campaign for Orban this past week. It was so effective that Orban's low polling numbers went even lower after Vance spoke. I guess Vicktor hadn't paid enough attention to JD before to realize that he is a charisma black hole.

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Two Weeks...

Berry. That's the shade of lipstick I'm after right now. I had my perfect reds phase and my deep burgundy period, now I'm after berry. A little less deep than the burgundy but not into pink territory. Monday I hoped that I would be

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Space Talk...

Okay, so I was never a space kid. I didn't learn the constellations. I don't know what Apollo mission did what. I have no idea who the first astronauts (aside from the ones everyone knows) were. And I don't know who did what first.

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Good God, Y'all...

So until and unless he decides to back down and move it again we are just a little over 24 hours away from Trump following through on his threat of totally wiping out Iran. Which a lot of people are interpreting as dropping a nuclear bomb. Which is insane. Which

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Spring Cleaning Time...

Beautiful weather this weekend so we are taking advantage of it and doing some Spring cleaning. I tackled the catio while Brent is doing the first round of pressure washing and weeding. He's still working on that while I begged off to write. I know, I'm

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Now Make it Rhyme...

Writing is really personal. That seems super obvious but sometimes I think it's easy to forget. When I write something, that's me. On the paper. Or the screen as the case may be. But it's something that didn't exist before and now

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Time Marches On...

Can you believe we are already at the end of March? And conversely... Can you believe it's only March? Depends on if you are talking about your personal life or the slog through the current Trump presidency. But this is MY March recap so we're going

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Bonus!

When I went gluten free I was posting about how many options were out there now vs. when we went low carb doing Atkins years and years ago. A friend of mine who has two daughters with celiac replied that he was THRILLED that gluten free became a fad for

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No Kings III...

Today is the third No Kings rally. It's the first one we won't be attending. We already had something on the calendar when the date was announced. I actually weighed noping out of our plans and going to the rally and then realized that would go

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It's A Metaphor!

A friend of mine took her first trip to Hawaii this past week. She did not have the same luck that we did with the weather. She got there during the second of the Kona storms. The first one was so bad that even with a little less (little less)

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Save Us From the Discourse...

There is a new version of Harry Potter hitting HBO soon. The first trailer was released today. Which means another round of The Discourse. Normally I stay away from it all. If you don't know by now that JK Rowling is a transphobic terf monster I cannot help

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Long Distance Dedication...

I have a friend who does an online radio program. Mainly he does it for friends and family and to relive his misspent youth as a DJ. (Okay, I added the misspent part, but it just flows better) It's basically because he really likes music, likes talking about

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Great Unknown Women...

As news of Cesar Chavez's crimes came to light this week I was reminded of something I read about Isaac Asimov. Let me backup, I meant to say crimes. Newspaper stories will say misdeeds or sexual scandals, but what he did was a crime. Multiple crimes. He raped

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Work It Out...

Look, I know that part of it is genetics. I know that part of it is it's her job to look like that. I know that part of it is that she never had a baby. I know all of that, but...when Jennifer Aniston at 55 years

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Pale Imitation of Tan...

The backs of my hands are peeling. Before we left for Hawaii Katie said something about coming back tanned and refreshed. I told her that if I do it right it would just be refreshed. When Brent and I were walking to dinner Monday night he asked if I was

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Time Out...

One of the best things about being on vacation is the vacation part. You wouldn't think that we would have disconnected all that much from the news considering we carry it in our pockets now. But at least I did. I read the HCR newsletter each day and

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Pictures...

Okay, one more quick one about Hawaii. I told you about making the decision on photos. While we were there I got a little reminder about why it's a good idea. There was a couple staying at the resort. Young, gorgeous, photogenic. Or at least I assume photogenic

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Aloha Again...

So how was the trip? Did we see anything except each other? I mean that's what the pictures look like right? Like I mentioned, I noticed that over the years the pictures are all really similar. Now, that's not to say that it's boring

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Mahalo...

About a dozen. That's the number of photos I took this trip. Right about a dozen. Because we've gone a few times, because we stay at the same resort, because we go at the same time of year, most of the pictures I take every year

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Vacation Realizations...

Or ramifications? Justifications? A little of all of it. We were last in Maui in 2024. It was kind of a wacky trip. The resort was full of conventioneers, the weather was super windy so the water was too choppy for snorkeling off the resort, I was still recovering from

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Quick Quick...

Not really a long post just a check in post. We're back but between the red eye on Friday, the time change overnight on Saturday and inconsiderate cats last night I'm beat. But I did want to say we're back safe and sound and

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February Recap...

So last month I talked about how January had been even more horrific than the horrors that had come before but we still have to live our lives and then rolled into the recap. Today before I roll into the recap I have to at least mention that apparently we

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Oh My Brain...

I've been having trouble sleeping this week. I'm not sure if it's pre vacation brain or the fact that I told Brent that I don't have much problem with insomnia anymore I'll show her brain or have you forgotten about

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The Corona Chronicles Revisited...

Six years ago we were in Walt Disney World. It was a big vacation. Katie planned it all out and we had schedules and maps and plans and... And if it were a movie it would be the time before the horror happens. Those pre-moments where you hear little clips