i'm going to be honest here: for the most part, the midwest right now is...not pretty. there's still beauty to be found (thank goodness for evergreens), but it's so brown and sad. :( i frequently have to stop myself from comparing it to california, because let's be real here, nothing compares to california. (ok, some things might, but very few. ( Read more... )

typically, i am quite snarky about those little inspirational quote things that are vomited all over social media. they're generally thoughtless cardboard platitudes posted by people who don't seem to really THINK or LIVE authentically, who use the IQTs to form their weltanschauung. i'm especially snarky about those little inspirational quote ( Read more... )

i may be the only one having this problem, but i'm not getting notifications if anyone responds to my entries. i'll have to go back a bit further to respond to long ago ones.

forgive me. ;)

(those two words INVARIABLY make me think of /this is just to say/):

This is Just to Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
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 * apparently, there was a tornado in southern wisconsin almost two weeks ago. i just found out about this yesterday and promptly told mister we're moving back to california where there are NORMAL things like earthquakes. then, later in the day, i found out northern CA is on a tornado watch. go home, earth, you're drunk.

he said tornadoes don't ( Read more... )

happy valentine's day! even when without a SO, i've absolutely loved valentine's day. :) there's just something about red, pink, candy, and flowers that bring me the happy.

every year, i try and observe lent in some way, shape, or form. this year i'm going to really focus on reflection and peace - and to ease the peace along, i'm going to "give up ( Read more... )

this morning mister and i went to duluth to do a costco/target/grocery run and it was relatively uneventful, which is nice. we did spend far more at costco than we should have BUUUUUUT we really WILL use that 19 lbs of pancake mix. (we really didn't get that)

we DID get a package of seaweed "sandwich" snacks (layers of nori with sesame glaze and ( Read more... )

~ last night i started getting itchy-eye and rubbed it until it got all sorts of worse: red, swollen, squinty. today it's quite a bit better, but i can still tell it wants to get up to its nonsense again. mister gave me an allergy pill and i took it, rubbed some coconut oil on the eyelid and below my eye and am hoping that takes care of everything ( Read more... )

so.

same ol' same ol': mister STILL didn't get the raise, our CA house STILL hasn't sold, and blah blah.

as far as his raise/promotion goes, i'm mostly sure it will happen, but jeez. these people move slowly.

as far as the house goes, we DID get two offers! the LA guy one and one from people in the community there. LA one we sent back a "since ( Read more... )

(from 10 years ago when someone was an asshole to me about something or other....and i got snarked.)


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so i gave you people that focaccia recipe and none of you have made it. :P that's ok, i'm going to make more this week (or next, kid wants cornbread this week, but that could change) and use the triple zero flour and that will satisfy my need to see loaves of focaccia. =D

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one of my favorite movies of all times is "mildred pierce" with she of the ( Read more... )