journal

2021 wasn’t a giant home DIY year, mostly due to the focus being more on my husband’s double shoulder surgery recoveries, but I was still able to get some things done. Relevant blog posts will be added here that go…

October 14th was my 37th birthday. It’s a strange feeling to realize you’re most likely halfway done with life. Like, I’m most-likely on the downward roll now. And that is such a bizarre realization to have (and, like all profound…

Last month on Instagram I decided to test my budgetary discipline and go a month without buying anything extraneous.  This started due to the fact that I had noticed I was on the Amazon app more often and had begun…

Lately I’ve been on what I call a “goth plant” kick; it’s crazy to me to find these beautiful black plants that are actually flourishing (and their black leaves are NOT a sign that they’re long dead).  I know this…

Jeter has been gone for more than a month, and it’s still such a fresh wound. I still haven’t gotten rid of his ottoman house and I really don’t know when I’ll be able to do so. But rather than…

This is a difficult post to write, but it’s one I feel that has to be written, if for only cathartic reasons.  On Monday, May 11th, my beloved Jeter (or “Bub”‘ as I called him) was put to sleep.’ as…