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What kept me from al anon
My husband celebrated two months of sobriety. I'm proud of him!
This also means that I've been in al anon for two months. You readers should all be happy about that because it gives me things to talk about, rather than trying to speak for marc, I can write about what's in MY head, which I'm much better qualified to write about! I really did not ( Read more... ) -
Charities 2022
My monthly automatic donation list is up to six charities now. Auto-donate is the way to go. I love the Bible's 10% goal, but the idea of giving intentionally and thoughtfully as soon as you're paid just doesn't work for me. set it and forget it.
That said, I am not AT the 10% goal, nor will I be this year, but that's okay I can increase a little ( Read more... ) -
Sunny days
It’s Kansas so it’s 60 degrees one day, 10 the next. Luckily we had the 60 degree days on the weekend, which meant Olive finished painting our window trim. At least, the bottom edges.
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2/2/22 questions for 3/3/33
Today is a date that's a fun number, so I saw this idea going around to make yourself a time capsule for the next time this happens. I think my whole lj is a time capsule, but I do think it'd be fun to write a few notes to myself with questions and some optimistic projections about 2033.
Dear future Spacefem, here are things that are important to ( Read more... ) -
women, STEM, and stereotypes
lookfar asked: "You are a woman in STEM. How do the stereotypes of scientist women affect your work life and your self-concept? Do you feel a need to fight them, internally or externally?"
Great question, but are there stereotypes about scientist women? It seems like there are stereotypes about women, and stereotypes about scientists, and the biggest ( Read more... ) -
Rugs dot com sale!
Before Christmas I was in the market to buy a carpet for the kid room. I browsed around and bookmarked some things and found one I liked on rugs dot com. It was the weekend of thanksgiving and they had their Black Friday sale and I was worried… buy the Black Friday deal or miss out? I hate the idea of Black Friday! I hate buying new things, hate ( Read more... ) -
Still home
I got myself a rapid COVID test yesterday. It was positive. Marc and the kids tested positive Sunday so we'd been quarantined up at home, but I thought maybe we were on the end of it, so if I got a negative test then it'd be a good sign? No good sign. Oh well.
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lottery
ironphoenix asked this birthday question: "what would you be most tempted to do if you won a large lottery prize (say, $10M), but probably wouldn't actually do?"
I like the frugalwoods definition of financial independence... "if we won the lottery, our life really won't change." it's a nice balance. half that battle is finding that life that does not require ( Read more... ) -
still omicron, and thoughts on testing
On Sunday, after Marc took our one COVID home test and got a positive, he found a place testing on Sundays to get the kids tested. not a rapid test but at least a test. We thought maybe the kids gave this to us, since Josie was coughing last week for one day? So if that was true, they might be OVER it and could go back to school... just prove that ( Read more... )
