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Tub Talk
Hey there. I’m in the bathtub right now. I haven’t posted in ages, and it just hit me that I never post during the big things, the times when I’m sure a couple decades from now I’ll think, “I wonder what I was thinking during that global pandemic.” Well I don’t have any thoughts to share on the pandemic, but I will say that in the midst of everything seemingly changing, a lot feels mostly the same around our house. Sure, we are all schooling and working from home, but my semester just wrapped up, and I’m doing what I usually do this time of year, which is obsessing over…
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DIY Backyard Fish Pond
For years we tossed around the idea of a fish pond in the back yard but shrugged it off figuring it was outside the scope of our abilities and finances. We also couldn’t agree on a location. However, when the birdbath quit holding water, I really missed having a water feature in the veggie garden off the deck. I figured that out of any spot in the yard, that little bed could handle a permanent feature. There was a nice brick path on one side and the water spigot was only a few feet away. There was already power running to the broken birdbath. After browsing the selection of pond…
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Which Bag?
In this month when everyone is KonMari-ing the shiz out of their closets, I’m browsing online end of season sales. I did two rounds of handbag shopping. The two bags I currently have in rotation are a cognac Duluth Women’s Lifetime Leather Messenger Bag and a black Kooba bag I scored at Costco on clearance. The Duluth bag is going strong but needs a cleaning. The Kooba is holding up nicely. Beyond those two, I have a cluster of bags that I’ve been hanging onto since high school and college. One is currently soaking in the tub with a blue pen stain that has been there at least ten years. My favorite…
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Face Care Confessions of a 30-Something
I spend a lot of time outdoors gardening, taking the kids to the park, and watching the chickens, and after 36 years, my age, the sun and hormones are getting the best of me. This isn’t really something sudden. I’ve always been loaded with freckles and have struggled with hormonal acne since college. I remember my freshman year being up at 2 am, really homesick, and watching an infomercial for Proactiv and making my first purchase over the phone. I’ve used cheap scrubs and prescriptions off and on, which was fine for awhile. During pregnancy and following, I used nothing on my face but Palmers Stretch Mark Cream, which was…
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If cats could talk…
“Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. She said, ‘I want to pick something you’ll be able to wear again.’ Hrmph.”
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Reminder
