Sunday Happy

I have this weird anticipation for the day. It is suppose to reach near 60 degrees and then get a little cooler tomorrow, but not really cold. It’s like after today it is going to be spring and then summer and I am over here all like “what is going on? Am I excited? Bummed? I don’t quite know. I just know that today is that weather turning point and I am here for it..I think?

Another not really interesting week. We went snow shoeing which was A+ but then the rest of the week was whatever.. I spent a lot of time with the calculator doing tax stuff which sucked ass It is still hovering over my being, and will, until they are done which hopefully will be soon.. And then the usual stuff with clay, with people, with the food. But yeah, I got nothing to exciting to tell ya. I was boring as all hell.

Today, as I said already, is suppose to be a warm one, albeit a rainy one as well so the mr and I didn’t make any real plans. No wait, that is not true, we are going seed shopping!!! I hate shopping, especially when other people are around but I love seeds so you know, it will be interesting. As for playing outside, that’s probably not going to happen. Warm and rainy means ice and I have fallen on my ass enough this year, thank you very much.

Internet from the week

-If You're Overwhelmed and Exhausted Right Now, It Could Be Worry Burnout. Yup, this be me. And really, who isn’t right now.

-Um why haven’t I been doing this? It’s Zucchini Season! How You’ve Been Growing Them All Wrong.

-Hotel Staffers Tell Us the Weirdest Things They Have Seen Rich People Do. Why? Like really, why?

-What science still doesn’t know about the five senses Interesting.

-This makes me sad! I listen to “Its Been a Minute” every Saturday. Sam Sanders signs off from NPR’s ‘It’s Been a Minute’ I love Sam!

-Street Photography by Juri Nesterov Documents Ukrainian Life Across Decades♥️♥️♥️

-I got parks on the mind. Everything You Need to Know About National Park Entrance Fees

-The oven preheat is important. How Long Does It Really Take to Preheat an Oven?.

-Missing an ingredient from your recipe? Food substitutions are your friend. Food subs are part everyday life. Recipes are not GOD.

-Have you used sumac? It is delicious although it is hard to find. Even her in VT with all the coops, I have only been able to get it from one place. But I guess the internet con hook you up.. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sumac

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

And we made it through another week. Good on us!

The past week was alright. Nothing to exciting other then the mr getting his stitches out the other day. I can’t think of much else that went on. Oh Barb came over for dinner one night and I stuffed her full of beans and heard all about it. HA! And you know how I said last week I was getting rid of the tree? Well I did but it took me until Friday to actually get myself to let it go. (I was one of those people. And I think if it wasn’t dead I would have kept it up longer.) I also spent time doing clay stuff, going though a pile of paperwork (how the fuck is it tax season again?) and frost burnt my legs and face with all the subzero running. (I was going out in -25 degrees. I am stupid) It has been cold. Like really freaking cold. And cold I am good with but man we need a snow storm. I would really like a good foot or two of big fluffy snow please and thank you.

And back to Sunday. It is still super cold so I know I am not going to be able to convince the mr to do anything involving outdoor activity (I am fine with that, I will just run in the woods like usual) so I am not sure what we will do. Maybe after my run I will do the grocery shopping and then just spend the afternoon reading and drinking all the coffee on the couch. He did suggest that we instate a daily reading time together (I am so down with this) but the only problem with it is that when we sit down to read, he starts to talk. I don’t know about you but I can’t read and talk at the same time and there in lies the problem.

Oh and one more thing. I am trying to make room for new stuff so all the pottery I have left on the site, stem+node, is on sale, like $10-$20 off. Do me a favor and give it a new home!

Internet from the week.

-After the Beanie Baby bubble burst. I always wonder about collectables and how there are some people who collect just for to make money. Seems strange and risky but what do I know.

-I could look at these drawings all day. Dig Into an Enormous Archive of Drawings Unveiling the Complex Root Systems of 1,180 Plants

-Snoop Dogg May Be Releasing His Own Food Line Soon — And It’s Probably Exactly What You’re Thinking. What are you thinking? I was thinking junk food for stoners.

-The State of Grocery Shopping in 2022. Seriously with the rising cost. I can’t deal.

-An all natural pest control. But then you have lady bugs. Um, Why Are People Releasing Ladybugs Inside Their Homes?

-4 Organizing Habits to Ditch in 2022 (and 4 to Start), According to Pro Organizers. I know a few folks that have an addiction to buying organizational things only to buy more organizational things to organize those organizational things. It drives me MAD!

-Super in love with this one. An A-Frame Cabin in Minnesota

-Would you buy a flat of amazon returns? I sure the hell wouldn’t. The (not-so) secret second life of your Amazon returns

-Rare Footage Captures the Luminous Tentacles of the Psychedelic Jellyfish as It Floats Through the Pacific Ocean. Whoa. Jellyfish are so cool.

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

I am ready, ready for summer to be over. It was so nice for a few days. Not hot, cool nights, but then it started to get hot again and I started to get real bitchy again so yeah, done with it. Plus I am really craving apples. 🍎🍏🍎

We had a good start to the week with a great camp adventure. Sure it rained a whole bunch but we knew that going in so we were prepared. Rain jackets, a canopy to put over the picnic tables, extra clothes. And really, most of the day it wasn’t pouring to badly and hiking around in the woods, the rain doesn’t get you ad bad. We did decide not to bring the kayaks because I wasn’t feeling lightning and water, but hey, that is just me. And we were able to have a nice big warm fire after dinner thanks to the mr been smart and good with flames and wood. It was great and perfect timing too because once we crawled into the tent for the night, well that was when the rain really started to come down. But again, no worries, we started dry.

And we woke up, still a little rain coming down, made coffee, tossed everything into the car and headed back to the rest of the week.

What did we do? Nothing much different then all the rest if the weeks. Hung with Barb, Had the littles over for food and play and then had a girls afternoon where Barb, Miley, and I made cookies and cakes for the upcoming weekend. I have been harvesting lots of goodies from the garden, pickling and freezing all the zucchini, and watching my pumpkin rapidly grow bigger and bigger. I thew some pots, but things have been drying really slow so that means studio stuff slows down too. And thats about sums it up I guess.

Today is the annual Stem family get together. (We didi’t do it last year cause, well you know.) After I spend the morning doing some chores we are heading up to Belvedere to the cabin and hanging with my people. Camping there too. I am really excited to see my family, see the Dad, and also see them in the comforts of the woods in the middle of nowhere so I can run away if need be. And its great that we have camping built in to the day. It is one of my favorite places to camp so it will be good, even if it is suppose to thunderstorm all afternoon. We are getting use to camping in the rain.

Internet from the week

-August 8 Is One Of The Luckiest Days Of The Year. And it’s today! So should I play the lottery?

-Summertime And Vacationing Isn't Easy. Blame It On Climate Change. And blame that on humans.

-Basically the only time I wear a bra is when I am running and that is only because I don’t have pockets in my shorts to shove my phone into it (in the winter I have pockets so no need for the bra). It acts more like a pocket than anything else. HA! Why So Many Women Are Turning Their Backs On The Bra

-Yes to all of these. Designers on Holiday: Modern, Minimalist Tents, Cabins, Guest Houses, and More

-We Tried 9 Ways to Shuck Corn (and Really Get the Silk Off!) and Found a Clear Winner. How do you shuck corn? And does the silk really bother you? I don’t care if there is a few strands but that is me.

-I take a lot of pictures but I also don’t take a lot of pictures. Sometime I just don’t want to it is going to interferes with me being present. To Remember The Moment, Try Taking Fewer Photos

-Homeownership can bring out the worst in you. There is a lot to think about when owning a home.

-Just like antibacterial shit, hand sanitizer kits the bad and the good. You might be overusing hand sanitizer

--A Serendipitous Photo Captures an Acrobatic Goose Contorting Its Body to Fly Upside Down

Pictures from the week

Sunday Happy

This week was crazy. Everyday seemed to fly by but when I look back to even a few days ago, it seems like so long ago. And the weird thing is that it seems almost normal, kind of like how time passed in the before times. Does that make sense? Forgive me if don’t make complete sense, I am dead ass tired.

So the week. It started off on Easter (he always seems to work the holidays) with the mr doing a 14 hour work day. And that was the being becase it didn’t stop all week. He has been leaving the house when I do in the morning (7am) and getting home when I am already asleep (like 10ish). And for the first few days I was doing my own thing, I went for a birthday hike with Megan, threw some pots, did the taxes (not done) and brought food, food to both the mr and Barb cause Barb was doing the tile job with the mr too. Toward the end of the week, after they got all the tile down, I also joined in to the brew haha and helped grout the bitch (the bitch being the tiled floor). All three of use on our hands and knees for hours. We busted ass and even after a few blips (grout shortage and a chemical burn or two) and near nervous break downs due to lack of sleep (the mr) we got the job done. Literally just last night. I was lucky and got to go home late yesterday afternoon but the mr, well he had to do all the finish work and clean the tile and also some pluming stuff and blah blah blah and I am pretty sure he just got home a few hours ago at like 1am. That guy, he really is something. And the floor. Both the mr and Barb did such a good job laying it. It looked fucking fantastic!

And that was the week.

Sunday again. The mr better sleep his ass in. And he better not have planned any work today. I want today to be a chill day. I would say go for a hike but first off, everyone and there mother is out because of the weather (which I will say is nice sure, but scary) and I am not ready to see so many people, even from a distance. People scare me but that is not a pandemic thing, that is just my normal reaction. HA. And secondly I don’t think the mr is going to be up for anything involving rigorous physical activity. He is trashed from the week. So after I go for my run and do some house cleaning this morning, I’ll probably just spend the afternoon doing yard work. And drinking coffee, and maybe take a nap because I am pretty trashed too.

Some internet stuff.

-Your Weather Forecast Update: Warmer Climate Will Be The New 'Normal' This sucks ass big time and makes me pissed.

-I really want it to rain. We need it and raining spring days are my favorite. The smell of spring rain is magic. Why Does Rain Smell So Good?

-It really does seem like I am seeing mushrooms everywhere. How mushrooms took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs

-Why we shouldn’t be afraid of nightmares. I don’t think I am ever afraid of nightmares but also I don’t think I have to many. I mostly just have really strange dreams.

I miss my gold ceiling.Who Says You Can't Decorate a Ceiling? Ideas This Way.

-Massive Curved Vaults Mimicking Traditional Kilns House a Jingdezhen Museum Dedicated to Porcelain Production. Very cool

-Ketchup shortage hits restaurants across the United States. Do I dare say that this might not be a bad thing? How often do people just have a ton of extra ketchup packets the either get tossed in the trash or hidden in a drawer? And I just really hate ketchup packets so yeah.

-Ravens Accused Of Stealing Groceries From Alaska Costco Customers. Hey if they are that good, well bravo to them.

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Pictures from the week

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Sunday Happy

I went from wearing sandals to winter boots, back to sandals within a matter of a few days. The snow we got was oh so lovely but I think I am ok if it doesn’t snow anymore this season. My feet, and my need to dig into the dirt are not feeling it anymore.

A lot went on this week and and it was a mixed bag of feelings. Monday was Seans death day and that always puts me in a mood, and not a particularly good one. Then my mom had to put her dog down on the same day. Not the best way to start the week but thats the way it stared. A day of loss. It was really hard for my mom especially because of the day but the puppy was super old and it was her time. 😥

After a shit start, the week got a little better. It was my moms birthday so I made her a big dinner and cake and spent some time with her because I am the best daughter ever! Then Barb, the Mr, and I made Easter cookies with Sophia and I got to watch an 8 year old girl but those too buts in their place. HAHA! An I managed to get some glazing done. And I worked, I completely avoided all tax stuff, and I finished up a mug order that needed to finished. I accomplished this week.

Today The mr and I are both going to be working. I know it’s Easter but he is starting a big job under a time crunch and we actually don’t really care about Easter so whatever. I do wish we could go for a hike but whatever. I might try to drag his ass camping once this job is done so there is that to look forward too. And since he is working all day, I figured I would too so I am going to the studio for the day to try and get some more shit done. It should be good though cause I will be all by myself! and can open the big garage doors and get some fresh air. I listen to music, drink all the hot coffee, and I will be good.

Some stiff from the internet from the week.

-Bike Thieves Are On A Roll During The Pandemic. Here's How To Protect Your Ride. I am a victim of pandemic bike theft.. Still hurt about it.

-It is really pretty simple. How to Turn Nearly Any Baking Recipe Into a Vegan Baking Recipe

-I have so much respect for college cleaning crews. I remember the cleaning lady in our dorm. She was the nicest, sweetest lady and I felt terrible for her because the kids that lived on the floor were nasty. I think this is true not only during a pandemic, but all the time. Cleaning A College In A Pandemic: 'Without Us This Campus Shuts Down'

-Who doesn’t love a good meteor shower? Here's When You Can See the Lyrid Meteor Shower in 2021

-INSTAGRAM WORTHY: @KAWA_HEART_STUDIO.The windows, the doors, and that circle archway…

-I think I am going to try and knit this sweater.

-Why Stealing Legos May Be the Perfect Crime. And also the perfect weapon. Just lay of a few of those bad boys on the floor ans watch someone step on them…

-The things we learn about food. Craving a radioactive snack? Grab a banana.

And some pictures form the week