With our coldest temperatures and biggest snowfall of the year, it was the perfect week to hide indoors after a trip to the market to enjoy the flowers and pick up necessary supplies. Easy to forget the cold world when you’re in a paczki and beignet sugar coma. It was also perfect timing for two…
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Song of the day is Feeling Good…Binge-watch of the week was Mrs. America and movie of the week was The Glorias…My Super Bowl teams are still alive and hoping for wins again this weekend by the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills…The turkeys have decided instead of fighting with our truck they now prefer standing on its…
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I’ve developed a mental mood checklist over the course of this year and as someone who likes to enjoy their morning coffee without questions, even if they’re my own, I’m about ready to tear up the list. How’s the energy level? If we’re using Harper as a gauge, she appears a little too peppy for me.…
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With the general feeling for the week best described by the following photo, I wasn’t sure how I was going to come up with any humorous insights or highlights for the week. With all the major issues in our country causing mental and physical fatigue, it almost feels like any new problem or unpleasant topic could…
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It’s been a week of revelations, since childhood I’ve always wanted a super power and was so happy to discover after I voted that I’ve had a super power all along. Discovering new words always makes me smile and this week I learned trumpery is an actual word that means worthless nonsense and derives from…
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I went old school this week listening to albums (ok, vinyl for some generations) on the new turntable, after I recently discovered sometime over the decades the old one gave up hope of ever being played again, and I’m amazed at how much I had forgotten about the experience. It was shocking to discover after…
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So much happening in the world this week and there was so little I actually wanted to talk about, which was a relief for the wildlife. Feel like talking about the cancellation of the Big 10 college football season, the state of college and professional sports and, as a lifelong sports fan, my complete lack of…
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One of those weeks with nothing going on, the minutes slowly inching by and to make the days even longer I decided to tackle the family project of learning how to wipe old computers and remove and destroy hard drives. I will spare you the rambling in-depth description of how someone who knows very little…
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After three years of “The Week In Seven Photos” series, maybe it’s time to switch things up and create a weekly “Welcome To My Rant” series. It was nice this week to not be the only one floating in the middle of the lake ranting about the state of the world or how crowded the…
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With the easing of restrictions across the country coinciding with the holiday weekend, there was a sense on the news that many were on the move again. There were lines for restaurants and bars, the campgrounds and beaches were full in many places and groups showed up at the park with their coolers and fishing…
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