So, I’m trying Noom, the weight loss app thing, and here’s my honest review after the first week. Warning: I’m going to whine about it! First, let me explain a bit about why I’m trying Noom. The last time I dieted was in the 7th grade and I’m not kidding. I’ve always been able to [Read More]
Gen X Greetings to Use While Social Distancing
Some days during the pandemic I felt like Ally Sheedy’s character, Allison Reynolds, in The Breakfast Club. I buried my head, refused to talk, and felt scared and skittish. Yet there were days during quarantine when I felt like a totally different John Hughes’ character, Ferris Bueller. I looked for small sources of joy in [Read More]
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10 Things I Learned in Quarantine
As things begin to open back up for us here in Michigan (a little slower than most other places), I am feeling a sense of joy and relief. I know we’re not out of the woods, but if I can just go out and about more freely to buy an ice cream cone or a [Read More]
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Living My Okay-est Quarantine Life
I don’t know about you, but I’m not baking bread from scratch or learning a new language during this quarantine. No, I’m having my okay-est quarantine life here in Michigan, where we’ve been under a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order since March 15. Here’s what I’ve “accomplished”: I finished Tiger King on Netflix. Very entertaining. [Read More]
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Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Here’s a collection of random thoughts I’ve been having lately. Why am I sharing these things that make me go hmm? Just for fun, of course! Mattresses for sale In my neck of the woods, there are often signs by the side of the road advertising Queen pillow top mattresses for sale. Why? Who buys [Read More]
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What 25 Years of Marriage Looks Like
My husband and I celebrated 25 years of marriage this summer. Yes, I was a child bride. Ha ha! I attribute the quarter century mark to a lot of things: faith, luck, some work, some compromise, lots of fun, and an eye-on-the-prize mentality. Which means don’t start looking around for something else, if you know [Read More]
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A Tail of Two Bad Kitties
My two kitties are rounding the corner and heading towards their first birthdays in July. However, there is a distinct possiblity that they won’t make it. Why? Because they are so bad. Here are all the ways they are destroying my house and cementing their reputations as bad kitties: 1. They wake me up at [Read More]
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Of Pedicures, the 80s, and Midlife
My daughter, 11, and I went to get pedicures the other day. It’s a little luxury that I splurge on in the summer when people actually see my feet. The nail salon we go to is very nice–nothing scary or dirty, and the nail “stylists” are professional. (Is that what they are? What is their [Read More]
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SNL Sayings to Annoy Your Kids
My daughter helped me chop broccoli recently. I was trying out a new recipe, she was bored, and I put her to work. You know what comes next. “She’s chopping broccoli!” I sang with glee. “She’s chopping bro-cco-li”. My daughter looked at my like I was crazy (I am) and asked me to stop. But [Read More]
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5 Things I Like That Are Obsolete
“Insert Reward Card.” Insert. “Swipe card.” Swipe. “Pay here or inside?” Here. “Debit or credit?” Credit. “Enter zip code.” Enters zip code. “Scan your retina and sacrifice a pigeon at the gas pump.” Wait…WHAT? Okay, so the gas station pump at which I was filling up my car didn’t ask me to lay a sacrifice [Read More]
