Real Life

Things related to that reality thing people are always going on about.

Time to Poke The House Some More

One thing that slows my blogging is that when it’s been a while, I sit here and think I should apologize for not blogging. And then I sit here and try to think of a new and interesting way to do it. But you know what? It is what it is. I’m trying to find […]

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Catching Up. Dammit.

It’s not the work. It’s the roadblocks. I would have my house in order, if things would stop going wrong! It’s not particularly big things, but just…argh. Okay. I went camping last weekend. Hell, yeah, I was going. The last time I was supposed to go, I ended up stressed out moving back into my

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Still Waiting

It’s been probably a week since I wrote the blog post I just published (oops.) My desk and treadmill are here. The shelves arrived and got put up and put in use, but the desk and the treadmill are still in their boxes. Look, it’s not because I don’t want to set them up! I

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Rude Noises On My Face

I make rude noises at my life. It doesn’t get to make rude noises at me. Usually. So I mentioned last time (ooh, two posts in August!) that I might talk about why I’m feeling better. Then August kind of fell on me like a wall or maybe a small moon dropped on my head

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Me Cook Good Vol II

I forgot to even say what I do with the spaghetti squash, and it is honest to Betsy SO EASY– just scrape it into a bowl, dump in a TB or two of pesto and same of parmesan, and maybe if you really want, some chicken nuggets you made in the air fryer. It is

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How to Cook Good

Aaaaaand then I didn’t blog for weeks, whoops. Friends, I have discovered a thing. Are you like me, where you go find a recipe and it looks so tasty and yummy, and the recipe writer is like “It’s so easy!” and then you read a step like “beat all the chicken to the same thickness”

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Maybe Just a Few Too Many Vegetables

Look, it was a miscommunication, okay? The email from Value Veggies said they had eggplant for the early birds, “just ask!” So when I arrived, I asked if they still had eggplant. The lady said, “yes! How many?” “Two, please!” And that’s how I accidentally got two big boxes of vegetables (and two eggplant!) On

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