Some Days

Some mornings, getting out of bed doesn’t want to happen. I slowly walk to the coffee maker on autopilot, feeling half dead. I make coffee, and heat up shoulder/neck warmer. As the coffee in my mug slowly disappears, my body begins to feel things. Pain and nausea try to take over all the space inContinue

Things I can (still) do

Key  to reading the list:* Almost means something like 9 times out of 10* Nearly means for sure more than 95% of the time.* Immense is bigger than hugeThese things are HUGE:I can work. With good pay and benefits, evenI’m very lucky that my employer lets me work from home every work day. They alsoContinue

Crusty

Not perfect yet. But this is the most recent iteration of quiche crust, and it’s pretty good. 2 cups almond flour 2 medium garlic cloves, finely minced ½ teaspoon dried thyme (or ½ teasp dried thyme leaves, or 1 teasp fresh thyme) ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper ¼ cup olive oil 2 tbsp clarifiedContinue

Red hats… or something.

I haven’t the slightest idea what made me start thinking about the “Red Hat Society”. Is that still a thing? I bet it is. I always thought it was so odd. There seems to be a theme based on Jenny Joseph’s poem. Which, as I understood it, was about how great it was going to beContinue

Why do people put such stupid (mis)information all over the web?

Yeah, I think it’s time for a rant. I’ve been having a conversation with myself about even though it’s great that you can find so much wonderful information on the web, it’s even more amazing how much truly bad stuff there is out there. It takes some skill to know what you should believe, and it’sContinue

Pro tip (about Sharpie ink)

Well, okay, it’s actually an amateur tip. There’s no way anyone’s ever going to pay me to use Sharpies. So here it is. How to clean Sharpie ink off your plastic sign: Cheap Bicycle Tire Glue Learning this was a happy accident. Kind of like penicillin. (Except for the miracle-drug-that-saved-millions-of-lives part. But other than that, it wasContinue

Four down, 26 to go…

Or, maybe it’s going to be more than that. Now that I’ve put the four together and looked at them… of course there are things I want to change. Now here’s the boring part. Don’t bother to read. It really will be boring. Just look at the picture and be awed by my talent. OrContinue

When a crafter decides to make a sign (clean version)

Very clean. I know, because I spent a half hour cleaning it last night before taking this photo. I looked at the clock, and weirdly, it was time to go to bed, and I wasn’t anywhere near finished yet. (Huh? What? For sure I was going to have this done and cleaned up before bedContinue

Today it’s crochet.

This thing happened to me. I saw a crochet pattern on facebook. It was lovely. But expensive. They kept showing it to me. Over and over. Because that’s how FB ads are. So guess what? I caved. (What a surprise.) And here’s what I mean by expensive: It’s an “of the month” club. Yes, IContinue

The journey begins…

Hah! I like the default picture and title for the first post. Who would have guessed? So… this is really just my journal. I’m not going to pick a subject. I’m not going to try to make money off of it. (That sounds like it would be stressful, which is the opposite of what I’m goingContinue