Around the Interwebs Why making friends in midlife is so hard. The kids are right about email, too. Ignoring a Text Message or Email Isn’t Always Rude. Sometimes It’s Necessary. The most ergonomic way of setting up your desk. Good tips! What to do when the tips of plant leaves...
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Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. Hi friends. Excuse the unannounced absence. If you follow me on IG, you know by now that I spent the last 10 days in Germany and finally...
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photo credit: Taisiia Stupak via Unsplash I’ve seen a few other people do this kind of post. A quick Google search revealed that the original idea came from the blog Modern Mrs Darcy, who got the idea from Barbara Brown Taylor’s memoir Leaving Church (which I haven’t read, but now want...
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It recently dawned on me that I hadn’t shared my planner for 2022, and it’s quite possible that you haven’t noticed or don’t even care. But I always like to see the planners that other people use (if only to swoon over some pretty stationary!). Not that I have anything...
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If you’ve been around these parts a little longer (or have carefully read my short bio in the sidebar), you might know that I hold dual citizenship. It’s a privilege that I don’t take for granted. My citizenship interview and naturalization ceremony were on April 3, 2012, which means yesterday...
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It’s no secret that I’ve lamented about our spending on food here in California. Everything feels so very expensive (even more so recently with the inflation. I feel like I am adjusting our price sheet every other week). Even if we go to the store for “just a few things”,...
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I have to admit I was not in a very celebratory mood in the days leading up to my birthday, which was on March, 10. I wish I had felt a little bit more excited about the fact that I am alive and well, and lucky to turn another year...
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Around the Interwebs This explains a lot. Why your pandemic fatigue is at an all-time high. Why we use “LOL” so much. Guilty as charged. LOL I never truly lived by myself. 6 lessons from women who shared what they learned when they lived alone for the first time. A...
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