Y'all have been SO incredibly patient while my life imploded. I wanted to give some updates. My mom has stopped eating, but I've been going through therapy in preparation for her passing, so it's hard but I'm doing better than I was. No, I don't know how long we have left with her, but she's … Continue reading Good News Updates
2024 has been the hardest year of my life... and that's saying a lot. My husband didn't just break, he shattered his leg, leaving me caring for him in home while he was entirely immobile and at the same time scrambling to pick up the pieces at the family business we both work at since … Continue reading Dumpster Fires, All Around
Tundra passed on Thursday. He had a sudden stomach pain in the night when I put him out. By morning he was doing very poorly. Now, he was an OLD boy, and had been struggling for a while, but this was different. I brought him in. They found bleeding in his abdomen and thought it … Continue reading He Was the Bestest Boy 10/10/10 – 06/13/24
I didn't formally sign up for Camp NaNo this time, but I'm doing it all the same. I just didn't want the deadline stress hanging over me while I was juggling everything that needs to get done AND editing. That said I'm editing a scene a day, which is my goal. Captured Pawn is at … Continue reading Some Stress Rambling
I got a vinyl sticker this week of a hedgehog with a note that says 'free hugs!'. I find this hilarious because my husband teases that I'm a hedgehog, and I LOVE hugs. So I left it on his computer keyboard. When I came back to my computer I found this: I cracked up. Hedgehog … Continue reading My Husband Has THE Best Sense of Humor
Last night we built a chicken coop for our little chickies. And by 'we' I mean my husband did most of the work. There is still a run to construct around it, and there's a second coop for the bantams because they're getting picked on. Photo dump because I love this coop and how straightforward … Continue reading We Built a Chicken Coop!
For the last 100 miles back from South Dakota, we got to listen to the dulcet sounds of a wheel bearing failing. So, we brought that in to the shop yesterday. They trusted our assessment of what the problem was enough to order the parts without seeing the car. It was, in fact, a wheel … Continue reading The Dulcet Sounds of a Wheel Bearing
We have a chipping sparrow that has been fighting his reflection in our windows all week, and he was starting to look a bit beat up. So my husband came up with a solution! I found this on my desk when I woke up: Which, not going to lie, I was little confused until I … Continue reading In Case of Chipping Sparrow
I posted a while back that we got a Spärkel carbonator. It's like a Soda Stream, but instead of a million canisters of CO2 that you have to keep replacing, it uses baking soda and citric acid. Anyway, we bought a variety of soda syrups for it, some of which I had shipped from Canada … Continue reading ALL the Soda Syrups!
When we first moved into our house, one of our housewarming gifts was a cookbook from Better Homes and Gardens. Lately my husband has been experimenting and learning new recipes, and he picked out a Teriyaki steak recipe from the cookbook, and it was absolutely amazing on the grill. The official recipe was 'Steak Teriyaki … Continue reading Teriyaki Steak
