Friday Finds
Source We are a “please take off your shoes” home. These infographic maps fascinated me. Which Mrs. Maisel character are you? Do you agree? (I’m Zelda, and I do.)Wow.How everyone got so lonely. Are...
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You know when you have so many words that you have no words? Is that just me? Either way, I have lots things, but too many words for words* so let’s just talk things.Reading: I found out about Libby...
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Stay cigarette free. (Two years+ and counting!!)Finish Chicago embroidery project. Frame & hang embroidered cities.Knit a sweater.Knit the sheep pillow.Continue to practice unapologetic...
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It’s Wednesday. It’s cold and rainy. Yesterday, this happened. Today, I will place an order for pick up at Target. I will do laundry. I will send my children to school. I will worry about whether they...
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I turned 44. We saw Moulin Rouge to celebrate. It felt so good to be at a live performance. Abram turned 13. V started driver’s ed (the classroom portion. They have to wait until they’re 15 to get the...
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It’s summer. The days are an endless string of sunny and hot. Both of my children are the kind of brown I used to spend my days being (before we knew better). The Sun Bum I toss in their bag and my...
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.” It’s been more than a few years...
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When things get overwhelming, I take walks and I make lists. This is a doozy. But the painters are supposed to start this week, which means they’ll be done next week, and the remodel will be...
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Every time I sit down to write you, I start trying to explain what life looks like here and I can’t, so I stop. And then try again later. This has happened multiple times over the course of multiple...
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Freshman Junior I see these two (and all the versions they were before) on their first days of school. I feel pride in the people they are becoming, worried at the challenges they will face, tender...
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