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Hi December! in These Foolish Things
I re-posted a little quote on Instagram that said, “Hi December! You’re the last one, so be the best one.” So far it’s been a good December. The Diary Researchers have come and gone and have ...
Nov. 30: Last Day of NoJoMo 2024 in These Foolish Things
NoJoMo 2024 Recap! November started with the Girls Halloween Weekend, which was super fun and so good to have my friends here for a few days. We did a lot of touristy and girlfriend-y thing...
Nov. 29: Black Friday in These Foolish Things
I bought exactly THREE Christmas Gifts for others, and then I bought myself three gifts! Here’s what I gifted myself today: A Med Spa gift certificate so I can Botox my crazy wrinkled fore...
Nov. 28: Eat and Run in These Foolish Things
Hi. Back from Mom and Dad’s. It was a true eat and run scenario, so there’s not much to write about. The weather has finally cooled down so it truly felt like Thanksgiving today. The 3-hour ...
Nov. 27: Twas The Night Before... in These Foolish Things
…Thanksgiving and Mercury is in Retrograde! You know what that means, folks? That’s RIGHT! Your exes come out of the woodwork and ask if they can come stay with you over the weekend. Did I ...
Nov. 26: In My Holiday Era + The Diary Researchers in These Foolish Things
Today the Holidays feel like they are about to take over the rest of my days until the end of the year…because they ARE! And I guess that’s just fine. I’m going to embrace it. Nobody’s head is...
Nov. 25: Dress Form Tree in These Foolish Things
Almost forgot to type out an entry. All of a sudden my life feels super busy. Duh. That’s what Holidays do. My apartment is still a shambles, but I’m getting there step by step. Tonight, I t...
Nov. 24: I Fixed It! in These Foolish Things
Remember my flower brooch Pinterest Fail? Well, I got a lot of suggestions on what to do with that disaster (namely, start all over again!), but someone asked if maybe I could somehow take a bu...
Nov. 23: Inflammatory Response in These Foolish Things
Did you know that I’m a No-vid? I’m one of those humans on this earth who hasn’t contracted Covid (fingers crossed, knock wood!). And I hope to remain that way forever! I got a Covid vaccine ye...
Nov. 22: Pinterest Fail! in These Foolish Things
I started work this morning at 6am, so I decided to call quitting time at about 2:30 so that I could work on the floral brooch that I wanted to use to accessorize for the infamous Black and Whit...
Nov. 21: So Much To Do! in These Foolish Things
I just spent the last hour and a half cutting out fabric circles for a craft I am trying to do. It’s going to be a floral brooch I want to wear as an accessory at the Black and White Holiday Par...
Nov. 20: The Lady is a Mini-Tramp in These Foolish Things
As you know, I started a physical and mental fitness journey on January 1 of this year. It started with the 75 Hard program, in which I thought I’d give myself a challenge since I was struggling...
Nov. 19: The Skinny on My Skin in These Foolish Things
Today I went to the dermatologist. I really like this guy a lot because he’s catching all the crap going on with my skin. But just LOOK at all the crap going on with my skin!! This is a list o...
Nov. 18: 75 Hard Style Challenge in These Foolish Things
You may or may not know this about me: I LOVE a good challenge! I started 2024 by doing something called 75 Hard, which is a “mental toughness” challenge (that includes a lot of diet and physica...
Nov 15, 16, 17: The Last Supermoon in These Foolish Things
Gosh, I don’t know if I’ve ever missed two days in a row while trying to do a NoJoMo, but I appear to have done it. Here’s the thing - apparently, we just had the most transformative Supermoon...
Nov 14: The Golden Bachelorette in These Foolish Things
[Athena] and I watched The Golden Bachelorette finale last night via FaceTime. And it did NOT disappoint! If you don’t know about the Golden Bachelor or Golden Bachelorette, they are spinoffs...
Nov. 13: The Golden Bachelorette Finale Tonight! in These Foolish Things
And here we go again. Another day. A much more logical day since I got up early and did my morning routine the way I like to do it, but still another day at home. Maybe I’ll go out into the worl...
Nov. 12: Discombobulated in These Foolish Things
I woke up late and it started my day off weird. I asked to cancel my weekly call to a vendor in China, and he was ok with that, but then I wasn’t productive at all. I need to fix that tomorrow...
Nov. 11: 11/11 in These Foolish Things
It’s Monday, but I had the day off work because it is Veteran’s Day. Thank you, Veterans, for your service. It’s also 1111, which is supposed to be a very high-vibrational day of new beginning...
Nov. 10: A Sunday That Feels Like a Saturday. in These Foolish Things
I have tomorrow off for Veteran’s Day, so today has felt a lot like another Saturday, so I treated it like one. I went downtown with Martini to walk the city trail and made my way down to the ...
Nov. 9: A Saturday. in These Foolish Things
Woke up chilly, so I put a few layers on and a sweater on the dog and we ran out and met my friend Diane at the farmers market. It warmed up some while we were there. We walked and talked and ...
Nov. 8 - Everything On Fire! in These Foolish Things
Ugh. Today has been one of those work days where every. little. thing. is ON FIRE! And it started with frantic texting last night, which meant I knew today was going to be one of those days, but...
Nov. 7: Taking Down Halloween in These Foolish Things
I’m not into work today. Yeah, I did a bunch of urgent things today, but then I decided to finally take down all of my Halloween decorations so that I can move on to decorating for Christmas. ...
Nov. 6: Okay, So Now What? in These Foolish Things
Texts flying in my friend group this morning. Notes in PB. I didn’t sleep much at all last night. It’s one of those situations where you wake up in the morning and wonder if it’s all a dream? ...
Nov. 5: Election Day! in These Foolish Things
I’m nervous over here. It’s Election Day and it feels like we are at a fever pitch. We’re on edge. It feels like a dream. How did we even get here? How is it that people don’t remember what an a...