my journey, destination unknown
Maybe there are better lenders now. Maybe my money would be better used elsewhere. Everyone seems to have an opinion these days, and it’s easy to second-guess small choices. But this is something I started at the end of 2012, with my kids. Each year, we added another $25 or so and took time to…
I spent many hours creating a newsletter for the local recycling committee. I do this every month to help people better understand how to reduce and recycle. Our town has a unique system, with guidelines that don’t always apply elsewhere, so clear communication really matters. After sharing the newsletter on Facebook, I received a response…
Empower (verb): to make someone stronger and more confident—especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights. 2025 was my year to get myself back into fighting shape at work.2024 was a shit year. My performance review was the worst I’d ever had, and for a while it honestly wasn’t clear if I’d still have…
A couple of weeks ago, Rob and I went “all the way up” to Wellfleet to learn more about making cheese and wood fired pizzas at the now relocated Two Goats School of Cheesemaking. The class had only four students plus a helper dog. We started by dicing curds that had already been cured and…
In the past year or so, I have had to contact customer service more times than I can count. It started with changing and then canceling all my European travel plans due to COVID. Amazingly, I was able to get refunds without ever having to “put on my NY”. Then I had a Company Store…
One year ago, I left the Cape to return to Atlanta to go to the doctor, dentist, optometrist, and the airport to get my Global Entry. I had plans to see Venice and London with Camille. I got my Global Entry … but the airport was deserted and I have not been on an airplane…
More projects. As I wrote in ideas bigger than bandwidth, I tend to have more ideas than time. I have plans for this house. Plans for work. Plans for myself. But then I create new projects for myself. The latest one? Under construction, but my latest project is going live even before it is ready….
I have so many plans. So many ideas. So many things I want to do. But I seems to always lack the time and energy to do them all. At work, I say “YES!” because I really do want to do all the things. I’m always dreaming up new projects and ways to improve. Unfortunately,…
Maybe it is strange to think about celebrations in these crazy times. I wrote about this five years ago, in celebrate! But maybe it is time to revisit why I continue with this silly project…. Now that I have been doing this for, oh, seven years, I have built up a list of holidays along…
Covid quarantine organization …. I did the spring cleaning. We are working on the yard. What’s next? I’m running out of projects! So now I’m tackling my recipes … For years, I’ve had a running menu. I record what we cook each day, so next year, we have a suggestion. While I have a great…
When I started to realize that I might be stuck in Georgia into the late spring/early summer, even just the thought of the heat made me miserable. I feel ill when I get too hot.I decided that one way I might survive is if we had a pool. Five clicks later, we were pool owners….
Popular amongst many of us sheltering-in-place, Camille has been baking! We ran out of all-purpose flour for a bit, but were able to restock via our farm box delivery service. We have plenty of yeast, bread flour, and whole wheat flour. Camille created and nurtured a sourdough starter. Bread, cookies, biscuits … what’s next?
So what to do when stuck at home for weeks on end? Read, catch-up on tv shows, bake, and, my favorite, spring cleaning! A room a day. Closets sorted, piles filed, spaces decluttered, linens and couch cushion covers washed. Fridge sorted and wiped down.
Senior year! Exams. Prom. Tears. Pomp and Circumstance. Parties. Graduation. Yearbooks. But not for this year’s seniors. Last days of school via Zoom. No gatherings – so no prom, no graduation, no parties. No gifts. Chloe this week did have her senior portraits taken, but only from over 6ft. And she got a big “lockdown”…
Surreal. We are now in week 3 of “shelter-in=place” due to CoVID-19. Camille came home early from Oxford. Chloe is finishing up her senior year of high school via Zoom. Rob is working from home – living room, Camille’s room, garage. So far, we’ve been able to go to the store twice a week, but…
Boy, does that phrase just get under my skin. I won’t rant about it, but please, please, never say it. It’s never true. And it just makes the person who *can’t* do it feel pretty awful… or frustrated that you can’t see the situation from their point of view.
Did you know today is National Vinegar Day? Co-workers and friends tease me all the time for my ceaseless reporting of each day’s holiday. Planet Money has reported on the the origin of these “holidays” in It’s National Garlic Day. Who Is Making Up These Weird Holidays? and Episode 765: The Holiday Industrial Complex: From…
Today I took the dog for a walk at the beach. I worked a full day. And I rearranged my new living room. I sometimes feel like life is stagnant, but then I think of how much has changed in the last year …. A year ago today I was in Atlanta getting ready for…
If I could have, I would have stayed. On the Cape. Summers in Atlanta are brutal, and I don’t enjoy melting. But I had to come home. Doctor appointments, a trip to NYC with our exchange student, seeing two kids off to Brazil, and a chance to see the nephews visiting from Buenos Aires. I…
What is more boring than reading a blog post about blogging?? Nothing. So this one is for me. I want to get back to a daily blog post. It seems like there is no normal day; every day brings a big change. This person comes home, that person leaves. A move, a job change, a…