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Waiting...

I'm waiting for the storm to come. Not in a weird Q Anon "the storm is coming" sort of way, but in an actual there is a storm coming and I'm waiting for it. The weekend has been really lovely. Sunshiney, warm, but with

It's Got a Good Beat...

...but can you dance to it? Brent and I are keeping a list of the worst songs. To make the list we both have to agree that it's just the worst. These are the songs that you can't change the station quick enough when they come

The Dawning of a New Age...

Having coffee with my friend Raquel yesterday and we were talking about aging. How there is a total disconnect between how old we really are and how old we feel. Mentally. Like she said she still feels around 35 in her head. I am probably somewhere around there as well.

More Clothes...

Brent reorganized his part of the closet over the weekend which freed up a whole section I could use. At first I didn't think I would. My clothes all fit into the space I already had and the bar in his section was really high (he is about

Dress Code...

Portland is a very casual city. I say this having grown up in Albuquerque where we all had our regular jeans and our dress jeans. Portland is even more casual than that. No dress jeans needed. I bet nobody here has ever even ironed a crease into their Levis. Super

Reputation Calls...

A few weeks ago I made a comment to Brent that he took in a completely different way than what I meant. In fact I meant nothing at all by it, but I didn't push back because I could see exactly why he had taken it the way

Riddle Me This...

I like riddles. I like word puzzles. I like word play. I like all of that stuff. Brent...does not. He feels like riddles are trying to trick you and that makes them and the people who write them dicks. I also think they are trying to trick you but

And That's Why...

Working on chores this morning and the cats are being very helpful by staying out of my way. One is asleep in the office on my desk chair and one is crashed out on the bed. Great. Finish my chores, my workout, my shower, my language, my Masterclass and what&

Fluff Pieces...

My Google news feed is full of nonsense. Now that's mostly my fault. I've told it not to show me so many things that now it fills the space with nonsense stuff. And it's also my fault because often I look at the picture

Fit about Fit...

Okay, not a full on fit, but I was thinking this morning when I was getting ready to workout that I have done literally thousands of workouts in my life. I've done aerobics and weightlifting. I've done calisthenics and callanetics. I've done low reps

Blue Cars...

I've talked before about how I think the Universe talks to all of us. The reality of it is that it's our own subconscious telling us to pay attention but I like feeling more important than that so I say the Universe is talking to me.

Busy Bodying...

I think the neighbor who lives across the street from us, their son and his wife and kids are moving out. They've lived with the neighbor for a couple of years, had two kids while there so maybe three years actually? Anyway...they have a smaller house than

Catch Up...

So I have only written one day this month. Clearly not a "write more days than not" number. Which means I'll have to play a little catch up here and there. Write on days I normally don't, maybe write twice a day for a

Favorites...

Okay, full disclosure before I start, I do have a favorite child. I know a lot of you would call me out on it, I've not been subtle about it after all. Anyway... My mother's parents had a favorite child. They never tried to hide it

It's Gonna Be May (2026)...

I had to add the year because I'm pretty sure I use that title every year. I am nothing if not consistent in my annoying jokes. The world continues to be a raging shit show with new versions of shit showiness every day. This past month we added

Here We Go Again...

So there was another assassination attempt on Saturday. The fact that it's now Tuesday and I'm writing about it lets you know where we are as a country, right? I mean, after it happened and he was calling for his ballroom right afterwards I was like.

And There's More...

This is a companion piece to yesterday's post. My friend Terri commented/commiserated on yesterday's post about how much is sucks to be stuck. To just feel like you cannot budge that scale, can't change those numbers. And as I was writing out a

(Dys)Functional Fitness...

This is going to be an extended version of the end of month fitness check in box so if things like this either trigger you or bore you to tears this is your bow out now. OH WAIT! Before you go...there is a new feature that Ghost added to

Ay ya yI...

Okay, not that anyone has been waiting for it but I guess it's my turn to write about AI. I'm a creative. You all know that from my grammar choices. Very creative. As such I view AI through that lense. And the AI we are generally

Oh Well...

We bought this house during the pandemic in a planned neighborhood. Those two things meant that you had limited choices. We could see the area where the neighborhood would eventually expand into and really wished they'd sell us a lot that backed on the woods. No go. So

Basket Case...

We have two hooks out front for hanging baskets. Last spring the flowers we put out end up lasting until we replaced them with Christmas baskets. And even then we put them in the backyard and though they didn't bloom at all over the winter they stayed pretty

Bad Mood...

I'm in a bad mood. It's been building for a few days. Finally gave in to it yesterday and just admitted I was in a foul mood. Figured that it would lift by today once it was acknowledged. Don't we all just want to

Wife Guy...

I was talking to Katie this weekend about her grandparents. She had some questions about them and their relationships to their families. As we were talking about my dad Katie said, "He'd be what we call a 'wife guy' now." And yes, yes he

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

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.