Real Life

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

The Cuteness

So there’s a puppy. Apparently some dumbass was giving away puppies outside a grocery store. Puppies, I will note, who should not have been away from their mothers yet. Kid’s friend accepted a puppy, got her home, and realized she was in over her head. Puppy was only four weeks old. My kid and I […]

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Feelin’ Grinchy

Feelin' Grinchy

Sometimes I’ve got the Christmas spirit. It comes and goes. Most of the time, I really just don’t. I think I need a few days off before I have to do something else, but I don’t get to do that. Whine, whine…it bites when the spirit abandons you when you’ve barely wrapped any presents. But

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Another Round of #3GoodThings

Another Round of #3GoodThings

It’s not been a great day. I don’t want to wallow in the negative, though. The more I do that, the worse things seem, and who needs that? So I’m gonna do #3GoodThings. So. I’m grateful for my house. I love my house. It is not big, but it is big enough. It’s cute. It’s

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I’m That Geek

I'm That Geek

Well, yeah, I did spend last night (a Friday night, for those keeping track) planning out my next year of budgeting. I’ve been using YNAB for a couple years now. I think we’re heading atโ€ฆyear three? Maybe. Anywhoo. I got YNAB because I wanted to get my sh!t together and buy a house, and then

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Tomorrow They Come

Hey, look, it hasn’t been a month since my last post! Can’t believe it’s really truly back to school already, but yesterday we had a Meet the Teacher event. Tomorrow the students come back. But I’m holding it together. I’m actually doing better than I’ve done in a long time at existing outside of work

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Today the Oops

Today the Oops

List-tackling today did not go well. As my friend Debbie pointed out, growing a list too much makes it overwhelming. Also, the things I was trying hardest to do today–drain and flush the water heater, and fix the hole in the wall–did not really want to be done. I hurt my arm trying to make

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Slow Is Fine (LoDOOM#4)

Today’s is not a long list of accomplishments, but some jobs just take longer. This is the fence in my back yard. The back wall and the west wall are 6 foot cement block walls, but this one has only a chain link fence between us and our (perfectly nice) neighbors. I didn’t care for

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