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Before: After: I’m sure there is some philosophy about how workplace reorgs are a great thing. I’m not sure what those great things are but you can bet they were made up by a bunch of extroverts. I never liked that kind of reorg at work but i do like to endlessly reorganize cabinets for [...]

I think I am a pretty normal/average grocery shopper. I tend to spend a bit too much on food, I buy meat, I don’t always buy organic, I buy cookies/popsicles/treats sometimes. That all sounds normal, right? Things have been slowly changing over the past however many years and i have been enjoying reading about nutrition [...]

HERE: Which was great and all but the scene utterly lacked all my classmates and teacher and since I was supposed to be meeting them I was on the verge of a panic attack. I finally got cell reception nd left my teacher a tearful message and then ran into a few other class mates [...]

I like a pre review. All my hopes and dreams are now pinned on this new fridge that is being delivered today. Before we moved in to this house i had convinced myself that keeping a giant house clean would be easier than our smaller open floor plan loft apartment. *queue fake laugh and then [...]

Or as I like to call it – the UUCD. That’s where I’m at right now. I feel stuck here behind a desk at a dead end job listening to my own brain give a crap about things that may or may not matter. 1. I continue to be upset about the gender balance of [...]

Man, Halloween this year was a whole week of festivities. Last week Jack and I carved pumpkins: We grew those cute little white pumpkins ourselves! I like the white with the contrast of the orange insides. Then I made Jack’s costume: I was a little nervous about it since he was being sort of bossy [...]

I hate crafts and blogging. And bloggers who craft and crafters who blog about crafting and bloggers in general and anyone crafty at all. My black soul and shriveled up heart wants them all to die a fiery death. The extroverts have won and blogging and crafting is all about painting some rosy picture of [...]

My sense of time is all out of whack because I’ve been playing plants vs zombies to the exclusion of all else. In this pic Jack is pretending to be a pogo zombie. This game is killing me. fortunately, now a few weeks later, the obsession is waning. But for a week there all I [...]

I stopped shampooing my hair. It’s a little shocking since I am a fancy salon shampoo sort of person and can’t stand using cheap shampoo. The idea of spending 100+ dollars on expensive shampoo every few months had started to pall and grate on me. Not only is it a pointless expense but I hate [...]

One of Vim’s friends has agreed to do some work for us in exchange for money. I love how that works. Right now he is off in his studio building us a larger chicken coop and a matching outdoor (v. small) shed. Vim made very nice mock ups of both of those in Sketch Up. [...]

Just so we’re clear

I was engaging in a little Recreational Anger with that last post about people commenting on shyness. I mean, it’s a real thing that sucks to have it repeated to you a million times when you are young that you are shy. I just can’t see it as a good thing. But i’m not actually [...]

I am so mad and i have had it up to HERE with these fucking thoughtless bitches. i swear to god if one more bitch says that to my little kid i will rip her fucking head off. Here’s how it goes: disgusting grown up bitch gets in my sons face and says, “HI HOW [...]

Me or Jack?

I found this picture of me when I was 3 to be strangely shocking, like it’s odd that Jack looks like me. Now where are the baby photos Vim’s mom sent me.

Hanging out at home

tomato plants are ALL coming out today. It’s hard to say goodbye sometimes. Today I will plan our very very late fall garden and I’ll go get some starts at Annie’s tomorrow. Please lord let Jack not be sick tomorrow!!

I have already started buying christmas presents. I am unsure if this is good or bad. One, it spreads around the money so maybe you get a couple of higher bills instead of one huge one. This doesn’t help us any since we pay off our credit card completely every month so it is a [...]

Having taken one million photo courses in past lives I have a it engrained in me that one must not digitally alter ones photos after processing. It’s bullshit of course. The zone system can bite me. I plan on altering the shit out of any photos I take if that is what suits me and [...]

Every morning I wake up to a strange assortment of things in and around my bed. All night long as I sleep my fierce and mighty hunters are on the prowl for me, ready to kill. Yesterday they killed an entire green onion from the kitchen counter and left it next to my bed. Other [...]

We did not miss the tomato harvest in our backyard and I am so happy about that! I have picked many many bowls full of cherry tomatoes, the funky shaped heirlooms are just ripening and the regular I can’t remember what kind of tomatoes are juuust getting ready to ripen. So far I have made [...]

Out garden is totally insane. Cats and chickens are so happy to see us! The warm sunny humid Maui seems like a dream I can barely remember. Here it is a gorgeous and beautiful Fall day. I harvested about 10 baskets of cherry tomatoes this morning. My goals for the day: – UNPACK and do [...]

I am a non routine sort of person and therefore I desperately wish I WAS one. I imagine that my life would be so much easier if only I could stick to a routine. Laundry would all be done on Thursday, like clockwork. The dishwasher would be unloaded by 7am everyday and the counter would [...]