a bit late to the game, but jumping in on #Blogtober14, here! i’m considering committing to a big writing project for November, so it seems like trying to post here every day is a good way to start flexing those muscles and get into the habit of writing every single day. luckily, The Daily Tay […]
MoreSpy is 6 hours ahead. i have a lot of weekend unfinished business and a business trip i’m missing. Miss Girl has an epic upcoming “Fall Break” (aka four-fucking-count-them-i-dare-you weekdays off). things are about to get cray-cray around here. or not. we can all have a panic attack. (my go to reaction, of course . […]
Morewe woke to a gorgeous, crisp autumn day today that seemed perfect for baking one of my favorite fall treats — also one of the recipes i’ve really been wanting to make with the apples we still have from our apple picking trip a few weekends ago. my grandmother’s apple cake is one of the […]
Morejust a few funsies this week. looking forward to beautiful fall weather and a productive weekend with the whole family at home before Spy runs off to Europe for a bit. TGIF! perfect passtime over the past couple weeks, i at least started the process of cleaning out and organizing my closet for fall. not fun. unfortunately/fortunately, i […]
Morei am completely the eat-lunch-at-my-desk girl. leftovers or a fast salad from downstairs, bring it. because i am busy and important. though not important enough to have lots of fancy lunches out like Spy . . . and actually, i’m probably just more time management challenged and diet obsessed than important. but whatevs. point is, […]
Moreit has been a long week since last Wednesday. i’m decidely in some kind of prolonged funk that was totally unfazed by our weekend catch-up with old friends and family in Richmond. i’ve been so funked i couldn’t even write about the weekend, which i’d sincerely planned on doing. my brain just literally locked up […]
Moregaaaaahh. you know how when you look forward to something for so long and you just know it’s gonna be awesome? and then it actually happens and you’re like completely on pins and needles about the whole thing for like the first 10 minutes just waiting for the awesome to descend? and then you’re like […]
Morehappy Monday, y’all! after a couple stupidly over-scheduled weeks at work, i’m definitely hoping for a little less intensity and a little more productivity this week. i was not at all pleased when Apple recently announced one more way to make sure you’re constantly connected and now literally physically attached. no thank you. i mean, […]
Moreso love this weekend every year. when the season officially changes on the calendar and, despite, the still-summer weather, our home starts to reflect changing leaves and cooler weather. this year, Spy and Miss Girl have gone camping for the weekend, leaving me on my own for 2 full nights and nearly 2 full days. […]
Moreokay, actually, i totally kind of care. it’s really adorbs, but like 2 inches shorter than i intended when i was thinking of going shorter last week. oops! Spy is gonna freak out when he gets home from camping. i will never be allowed to spend a weekend on my own again, pretty much. but […]
Moreoh yes, i did. that’s right. go ahead. judge me. i couldn’t care less. so my literary tastes are shallow and vapid. so i have a penchant for stories that include gloriously gratuitous excess of money, drugs and sex. i don’t care. i can’t think of anything i’m more excited about right now than snuggling […]
Moreso excited that another case arrived from Naked Wines arrived last week! not excited about the hideous black and blue marks on my arms from hauling the hulking box from office to car on Friday, determined that come hell or high water, i would have it for the weekend. i look like an NFL girlfriend. […]
MoreFollow my blog with Bloglovin what a fun way to spend an almost-autumn Saturday! we met a bunch of Miss Girl’s old schoolmates for a play date at B.J. Reece Orchards near Ellijay. an hour and a half drive for normal people. us, maybe 2 hours? nonetheless, neither Spy nor i had been up there […]
Moreyesterday, we spent an amazing day at B.J. Reece Orchards near Ellijay. in addition to the apples we picked (more on that, as well as what the heck i’m doing with all those apples soon!), we also brought home nearly an entire crate full of preserves, pickles and sauces all made right there. or nearby. […]
Morewow. it has been an insane week. well, couple of weeks. maybe it was the full moon, but everything has just seemed to be running at a completely heightened pace and there’s hardly a minute to breathe. i’m very much looking forward to a quiet-ish weekend that includes a Saturday drive in the countryside and […]
Morelast fall, this Forbes article about the mismatch between female consumers and agency CDs caught my attention. and shocked me. did you know that women drive over 80% of purchasing decisions, yet the number of female creative directors at agencies hovers sadly around 3%? i don’t often write about work stuff here, but obviously, this […]
Morei thought it would be fun to kick off the season with a game themed late lunch. i know what i said yesterday about diving off the edge of my cleanse into a vat of pub grub, but pizza and wings just seemed appropriate for the occasion, so that’s what was on the menu for […]
More(photo: lovemeow.com / Giane Portal) fist-in-air moment, indeed. 5 days, y’all. it’s not that impressive, but it’s all i can take. and thank god, i think it’s all i need. just for good measure, though, i actually did a salt water flush (i know, super-gross, right?) this morning and took one last dose of my […]
Morei hate my morning run, but am thankful i have 2 strong legs to carry me on it. i hate my morning run, but feel lucky to see the sun rise again today. i hate my morning run, but love watching my neighborhood wake up from darkness. i hate my morning run, but savor the […]
Morethat was yesterday. it was dark, y’all. like bona fide horror movie, topped with a slice of ancient-curse-style, to-the-bone wickedness dark. i was not myself. it’s pretty much a straight-up miracle i survived to write about it all. truth. i mean, what on earth? i did this thing last year at about the same time […]
MoreEarth Wind & Fire were so such a true moment in my (20 years later, yes) early 90s retro life. this jam could have described so much in any given month. but still just always makes me wanna dance! most of us traditionally think of of January as a time for fresh starts and new […]
Morewhile doing a little research for another post, i came across a charming little article/infographic on Lifehack (via The Savory) detailing how long your open bottle of wine will last if you put a cork in it, based on what type it is. um . . . how cute. i don’t know what they were thinking, but […]
Morei know. i’ve totally been slackin’ on these posts — and on actually doing anything interesting or different for Sunday supper, for that matter. so, inspired by the August Real Simple, which i just finally got a chance to thumb through this weekend (downtime, wut?), i put on my big girl pants and actually followed […]
Morei am so. effing. serious, you guys. i am dying. it is the start of week 4 — of the rest of my life. and i am dying. sure. this whole real school thing starts off beyond cute. it’s all sweet uniforms and dinosaur backpacks, your first packed lunches, sparkly new shoes, new teachers, new […]
Moreso sad to say i have finally reached the bottom of the box! finished up all my Naked Wines this week and definitely ended on a high note. like i said last week, i was down to “the sweet ones.” and just like last week, the last lonely bottle was an incredibly nice surprise. the Jacqueline […]
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