I feel like I have no time to get stuff done at the moment. I have multiple things to play catch-up on; the soonest I can get to any of that is tomorrow. I have a rule that I have to write about one band before I write about the other band, and preferably before I have my next rehearsal, but I'm having to forgo that at the moment. Part of me had ( Read more... )

Today was pretty low-key, which was totally fine with us. It was a typical Sunday, meaning laundry, the grandma phone call, and I practiced, but mixed in with that was a modified holiday meal. Dad made a ham, mashed potatoes, and corn; I made stuffing, the salad, and cracked open the cans of cranberry sauce. Still plenty of food that we'll eat for ( Read more... )

It's that time ( Read more... )

Had this conversation with my mom the other day. I think I was writing something on the calendar and I noticed she'd written "Fat Tuesday" on yesterday's date ( Read more... )

One recent article I read made me wonder if the Crazy Lenten Diet did me some good this year--more so than just putting myself on pause from eating a bunch of crap. It was titled "It's not all in your head: Your hair is falling out," by Jessica Schiffer. Her byline read The New York Times, but it was published in the Trib. Basically, pandemic ( Read more... )

Happy Easter ( Read more... )

Once again, the Lenten season is starting. For anyone new around here, I grew up Catholic, and while my family wasn't really a practicing family--and, well, I gave up God last year--I enjoy participating in the austerity of Lent. For me, it's like a reset of sorts. I cut out certain things in order to focus on other things for a time. In some ( Read more... )

Lent this year has taken a slight turn ( Read more... )

It's almost time for Lent, meaning it's almost time for the Crazy Lenten Diet (TM). I know in the past I've thought about switching it up a bit, but considering today was the last shopping day before Lent started, I realized I wasn't prepared for that. I'd considered trying the low FODMAP diet, something I'd read about to help with digestive ( Read more... )

I should have written this up a month ago...I'm just that behind. (There was this old steno book at work somebody left once upon a time; in cleaning things up, I decided to grab it. This is what I've been using to take notes for the past couple of months. This topic was a note on the first page of the notebook; I'm now basically done with the ( Read more... )