I figured if I'm going to be making more tiny art I should invest in a magnifying glass. I've been using one, but it's a somewhat crappy plastic magnifier on the end of a letter opener, it was a freebie Phil got at a medical conference years ago. I bought one on Amazon that has adjustable magnification and lights up (it takes batteries in the ( Read more... )

The half-off essential oil at Aromatic Infusions this week was eucalyptus, which I have but use often so it makes sense to have a back-up on hand. I asked how many points I had, thinking I had enough for maybe a $10 discount and I'd get a lime oil, which I'm running low on. Turns out I had enough for $30, so I got both essential oils and another ( Read more... )

When I went on Aromatic Infusions' Facebook page this morning to see what the half-price essential oil was for this week, I saw this ad:


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I went to Walmart and got some cute sleepwear. I don't really like to shop at Walmart, but I also don't like to spend a lot of money or time on things like sleepwear (which I will wear until it turns into holey cheesecloth), underwear, or leggings. I know I can go into Walmart and find something in my size that I don't hate and that I can afford ( Read more... )

Mom found another farm fresh egg connection, one of Phil's home healthcare nurses from last year/earlier this year. She comes by now and then on her own time (possibly more to see Penny than any human member of the family). And the sourdough was piling up in the freezer a bit, so breakfast was farm fresh fried eggs and sourdough toast ( Read more... )

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Aromatic Infusions' 50% essential oil this week is bergamot; I have an almost new bottle, but that's one I use a lot. When I got there, I found out they were having a buy 2/get 1 free soap sale, which was great timing as I'm down to my last sliver of the last bar I bought there. After much smelling, I decided on spearmint/eucalyptus (my favorite), ( Read more... )

I went back to Aromatic Infusions; they had petitgrain as the half-off oil of the week and it's never a bad idea to have extra of any citrus essential oils. And I must have been in the mood for lime, because I also bought lime-rosemary and key lime soaps.

I went to Michael's for more of those little framed aida canvases, but instead I bought this ( Read more... )

I started the audio version of Will Sommer's Trust the Plan and decided to re-read Rosemary's Baby.

Of the former, Sommer is The Daily Beast's reporter who covers rightwing scammers and grifters, and Trust the Plan is his long-awaited book about QAnon. I have to say though, it's somewhat distracting that he didn't read it himself, because a lot of ( Read more... )

There's a new cannabis dispensary on Verot School Road that's on my commute. I went in to see if they had any Delta 8 gummies and they did, but they were charging $50 for 15 25mg gummies. I'd already priced them at Binoid (the website I buy my THC-P tincture and vape cartridges from), and they had 20 50mg gummies for $34.99. And I had enough points ( Read more... )