Sunday Happy

It has definitely been one of those weeks that just blew on through. I feel like we just got home from our weekend away in Maine but it’s been almost a week. It’s that mid summer vibe I guess.

So yeah, we started the week off in Maine. We drove up (or over?) the few hours and pitched the tent on Megan and the fams campsite, right behind her camper and next to the trees. It wasn’t our usual jam but not a bad place. And it really didn't matter because we were barely there. We spent most of our time exploring light houses, state parks, eating Dairy Queen (them, not me) and playing on the ocean beach. It was a fast, super fun trip. Best part was probably when the mr brought So into a giant candy store and she came out with bubbles gum tape. (remember that shit? Freaking loved it!) . Once she starting chewing it, her face lit up and she said it was the best tasting gum she had ever had AND it felt like a blanket on her tongue. And now tongue blankets are a thing.

Once we were home (we drove through the night due to heavy rains. (We didn't feel like waking up soaking wet in tent.) Once home we both kind of crashed, although the mr went on right to work. He spent the rest of the week finishing up a custom shelving job at a local pizza place. Me, I spent a good chunk of time in the studio woking on more mugs, feeding Megans cat, harvesting all the zucchini, electrocuting myself(yikes!) and thinking about back to school supplies. We also had the boys over for an evening of spaghetti eating and volley ball playing in the rain. Nothing better then playing in the rain.

Today is going to be good, if not a bit wet. The mr and I are packed and ready to go. Camping season has begun! Which state park? Well it will be the one that we can get a site in because it seems that a lot of the campgrounds are damn near full. I am not going to complain about it yet, but I really hope that we find a good spot away from all the people. I just want to in the trees, alone and quite. Is that to much to ask for? Maybe but thats ok, I’ll ask anyway. Plus its raining so hopefully that drives some people away. (I am an asshole.) Wish us luck!

Internet from the week.

-I think this is where I should live now. A Young Couple’s DIY, Totally Off-the-Grid Cabin in the New Hampshire Woods

-Why do we buy what we buy? I am just glad that buy nothing. Expect food, but I buy that to eat.

-The Complicated Future of the Handshake. I am not a fan of shaking hands or anybody touching me ever, special occasion of not.

-The bizarre botany that makes corn a fruit, a grain, and also (kind of) a vegetable

-This drives me nuts! An Explosion In Visitors Is Threatening The Very Things National Parks Try To Protect.

-The lie of “expired” food and the disastrous truth of America’s food waste problem. Haven't people learned yet that “expired” is bullshit?

-Do Different Colors of the Same Vegetable Have the Same Nutrients?

-I have noticed, have you? Luckily I don’t really buy much that comes packaged. Beware Of 'Shrinkflation,' Inflation's Devious Cousin

-Here’s Why Every Apartment You’ve Ever Rented Is Painted in “Landlord Off-White”. Ours is a semi gloss mocha white that we do floor to ceiling. but we paint well!. And doing all the apartments one color really helps not go crazy when walls need touch up. No miss matching and I think it looks good!

-The world is crazy so why not? We Regret to Inform You That Van Leeuwen’s Kraft Mac and Cheese Ice Cream Is Very Good

Pictures from the week.

Monday Happy

The mr and I just got home form camping in Maine and I am tired as fuck. After 2 days of running around with Megan, Justin, and the kids we got no sleep then left late last night (to avoid the flash flood warnings) and got home at like 2am. The drive home sucks ass. We were both exhausted, it was raining, the GPS took us to an imaginary road so we got lost. But we made it home and I assed out for a few hours but I still have barely slept so I am not really that interested in anything other then cleaning the car out of camping stuff, starting the laundry, getting some food into my face, and taking a freaking nap.

These are pictures from last week. A good week with lots of outdoors and littles and yeah. I have all the pictures form Maine to go through but this is all I got in me for now.

Sunday Happy

Happy July 4th. If you are those people that have been lighting off very loud fireworks all night and keeping me up all night, well thanks “friends “. Hope your need for small explosives was worth keeping up your very nice neighbor who might not be so nice anymore. 😁

I do not like the 4th of July.

The past week. It is hard to remember it much other then I was so freaking stupid hot. The heat wave got me heat sick towards the end and left me miserable are really really bitchy, as any hot day will do. But I did do stuff. We went kayaking on the windiest pond and then hit up a baby shower. I spent a almost blissful day driving Megan around (AC cranked) doing chores. I threw a bunch of pots. (Sometimes I hate having my studio in the basement. But on hot summer days, it is so nice and I actually get a lot of work done!) I laid on the kitchen floor near naked (its the coolest place in the house besides the basement) doing bills and paper work and when I wasn't doing that I just read a lot. And when the heat finally did break I celebrated by running around in all the rain that cooled me to my very soul.

Today. Well because it is the 4th and everyone and their mom is out and about, taking up all the campsites, being all over, the mr and I are just going to try and find a not crowded place for a nice hike but not go camping like we originally thought we would. First off, I don’t want to be near a bunch of people in general, but secondly, everything is booked so we couldn’t go even if we wanted too. Yeah I’m a little bummed but by next weekend there well be a lot less people camping so it will be on. Plus we might set the tent up in the back yard and sleep out there tonight. I just hope that are not more jack asses setting fireworks off all night again. It won’t be good for anyone if they do.

Internet from the week..

-Fire scientists are urging people in the West to skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July. I think we ALL should skip them, maybe forever!

-Why Surrounding Yourself With Art Matters — And How To Do It

-The pandemic has made small talk even more painful. I don’t know how it can possibly be any more painful then it already is.

-I do not buy into the busier is better. The Cult of Busyness

-The Humble Minivan Is Due for a Rebrand. The mr has wanted a mini van for years and I have been so hesitant up unit a year or two ago, for traveling in that is. Now they are cool so there that goes.

-EATING WELL WHILE CAMPING IS HARD WORK. IT’S ALSO GENUINELY WORTH IT. I genuinely love camp food. Always a huge pot of soup with all the veggies! Soup is my favorite but eaten in the trees by a camp fire. Best food ever.

-This is a nice house. “The Maine House”

-Will Emojis Really Save Venmo Sellers Money? Yeah, as soon who uses Venmo for my very small business, I am not really excited for the transaction fee.

-I was close to taking a 3am run this past week. I just couldn’t find a flashlight. But I am all about it. Can't Sleep? Go for a Run

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

It is summer for real now and I am trying to be positive about it, enjoy all the good stuff like food, bike riding, and limited amounts of clothing, but it is freaking hard when it gets so hot that all I want to do it rip my skin off. It’s an up and down thing. As long as the temperatures are below 80 and not humid, I am ok. Any hotter and I am like a gremlin fed after midnight. It is not good so watch out.

The week came and went and it was good. I gave Mark a haircut (My first fade, and it looked good!). Barb and I went strawberry picking and stained our hands red. I painted my wheel platform, trimmed and handled a ton of mugs, and managed to NOT buy clay once again. (I need to drive south 2 hours to pick it up…annoying)

We also had the littles over and we drew the sidewalks awesome (Judah drew a fast food meal and Coco drew cave pantings. Miley sat on her phone and ignored us) and then we blew all the bubbles. It was the best fun I has all week! Oh and farm share. SO MANY GREENS! My fridge is stocked to the brim with all sorts of goodies. Chard, kale, lettuce, collards. If you haven’t figured it out by now, greens are my love language. Want to make me happy, just give me a head of lettuce or a bunch of chard. I’ll like you forever.

Today he mr and I are trying to get in a quick kayak before heading to our friends baby shower. Not going to lie and say I am looking forward to being around people, but I am really excited for these guys and their baby to come so I’ll go. I am going. And to treat myself for going, I am gonna come home after and drink all the coffee and start in on my new stack of books. And hopefully not melt into a to mess. Stupid hot and humid weather. Ugh.

Some internet from the week.

-Do I want my brain to be more productive or just less crazy? Try these 9 easy exercises to train your brain to be more productive

-I am super excites to do this. Spice up your art with turmeric, sunlight, and a 19th century photography technique

-UFO Report: No Sign Of Aliens, But 143 Mystery Objects Defy Explanation. So???

-I don’t care where people wonder in my house EXCEPT my bedroom. There is nothing in there besides a bed and clothes but still. Stay out! The myth of bedroom privacy

-I am not going out at all but I have had a BBQ and that kicked my ass. Going Out a Lot These Days? Beware the ‘Social Hangover’

-Liking the new packaging. Very trendy. A Brief Journey Through the Many Faces of England’s Fanciest Salt

-We are getting up on tomato season! What's the Difference Between All the Types of Tomatoes?

-Might be time to remodel a bathroom. VIVA THE PINK BATHROOM.

-In love. 50 Shades of Weathered White in Hudson, NY, from Zio & Sons. And this house too. Hannah Ware Fuses Past and Present in Her Historic Beachwood Canyon

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

Happy first day of Summer!

What a classy week we had. Not hot, some good morning thunderstorms and a few good sunsets. The flowers are coming in and the zucchini are producing. Summer like it should be. I like this.

The doings of the week. All the stuff with some other stuff. Started off with a kayak adventure (first of the year). Didn’t go too crazy, just tossed the kayaks into a pond and paddled around for a while. It was calm and nice and a good way to start off the kayak season. Then I had to go to the eye doctors. I biked into town, did the appointment (got yelled at for not wearing my glasses) and then had to bike home blind which was kinda scary because I had my eyes dilated. I was blind as a bat and the bike ride home was not the most fun I have ever had to say the least. But I made it home alive and now I need to get a new pair of glasses.

And the school year is over! Cameron graduated from high school!!!! Miley is officially in high school (barf), Judah in middle school (barf again), Alex is in like 11th, and little So is in 3rd. Everyone is getting so freaking big and old and I can’t even. So to celebrate we had a graduation/end of school BBQ at the house. Th mr grilled, almost everyone came and ate food, the kids all played nice with each other, (Well kinda. They were running around the yard shooting each other with nerf guns.), and then everyone ate their weight ice cream sundaes and then left. It was fantastic. The first big family get together we have had in over a year. No one fought, my house didn’t get trashed (we stayed outside) and we got to see almost everyone in the family all at once. But wow did that much interaction kick my ass. Took me a full few days to recover from all the stimulation. HA!

Other then that, the mr and I have been going about the usual. Went for a rainy umbrella walk with Barb, Almost ran over a turtle on my morning run, picked up pounds of greens from the farm, and spent a fair amount of time in the garden weeding. Good times there.

Back to Sunday. The mr is doing some work (We start camping soon so this Sunday work shit has to stop.) so I am going to spend some time at the studio glazing today. I’m also going to attempt my first fade haircut. I have been shaving Mark’s head every other week and I decided it is time to give it a go. Worst case is I fuck it up and just have to shave again so biggy. Other than that, I am going to make a pot of coffee and sit by butt on the porch and read away. Summer style.

Oh and also I need to call my dad. It’s Fathers Day so Happy Fathers Day to the dads out there!

Internet links form the week.

-This is my life. The mr is a harder and I want to get rid of everything. Clutter Wars

-The trend that’s shaking up the food industry. Local is where its at!

-What All Those Knives in a Knife Block Are Actually For

-cool ass trees. A Magical Series Captures the Gnarled Branches of Socotra’s Dragon Blood Trees

-After a night or two sleeping on the ground any cup of coffee is gonna be a great cup of coffee. With that said, I got my camping coffee on point. The Barista’s Guide to Troubleshooting Your Camp Coffee

-More on coffee. HOW THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BECAME A COFFEE PARADISE

-You Need a Cast-Iron Skillet for Nearly Everything. I sign off on this too.

-Are bidets really better for the planet than toilet paper?. Those “flushable wipes”. So BAD!

-I did not become a better person during lockdown or do anything spectacular. Lockdown was not a sabbatical.

Pictures from the week.