One word, many weeks, a whole lot of wire-brushing: WHEELBARROW. Friends, the before and after of this gem is astounding. Found this wheelbarrow in my great-grandpa’s homestead, and spent a lot of hours soaking, spraying, rubbing, wirebrushing the steel to restore it to its pre-rusty shape; didn’t really touch the wood other than to seal…
As a native Texan, I had some reservations about an overnight to Fredericksburg. But! I now wholly endorse the place because this was an amazing 24 hours filled with surprises. The intention was a holy-grail visit to French Connection Wines, a winery I’ve been stalking since they opened last September. The place is every bit…
Skipped last week, and don’t know how much longer I will keep on with these checklists … at this point, we all know that I’m just over here hip-hop dancing (poorly), riding my pelo, watching bad TV, and buying all the wine online. Nonetheless, we shall persist! For this week anyway. No covid convo, though.…
I didn’t Checklist yesterday. I didn’t have much to say, and I was very busy celebrating! But here’s one big rec for Austinites: Looking forward to Outdoor Yoga this Saturday with Shelby! And then because I published last week’s FGF on Monday, we’re only working with a few days to talk about here … but…
Welp, alongside accidentally ghosting a really important email opportunity (it’s FINE), I also ghosted myself apparently in not publishing my feel good friday. Suffice it to say, the beach was fun… Remember when I lived at the beach? Sigh. Now I drive to it. But in the most hilarious Spirit-airlines inspired back seat, squished between…
I thought about adding a category called “Things I Am Learning” to this week’s checklist, but so many of the things that are in other categories fall under that descriptor that I’m not sure it makes sense. It feels like I’ve tried to keep my mind sharp during covid by learning new things, not limited…
Surprise! How’s that for a sensational headline? Did it bait you to click? There’s an obituary for a 79-year-old man who died of COVID-19 going viral. Here’s a link to the most balanced coverage I’ve seen of it, from BuzzFeed of all places. The man’s wife channels all her grief over losing her loved one…
There are things I have never wanted before that I suddenly MUST HAVE—and I’m not even talking sourdough starter, because I’m realistic enough to know I’ll never keep that shizz alive and it’s hard enough to tend to my plants. No, I’m talking everything tie-dye (please let me escape this pandemic sans tie-dye), yoga ritual…
As 2020 continues, so the Summa Uv Paddleboards continues… with a Friday night float turned hilarious 3am dance/bumble party wherein two single girls alternately dance it up and swipe on bumble while veeeeeery tipsy on (skinny) margaritas, a great new exploration of the other end of the lake followed by garage beers and Indian food,…
Or, at least a place I never thought we’d be. I wasn’t going to convo today, but then I did, and it’s here. Let’s move on to covidtainment, because I’ve got some standup paddleboarding to get to. Workouts My California bestie sending me Peloton workouts to break 400 kj or whatever the hell “output” they’re…