stowing away on ships. i have recently found out that ancestors ON BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY came to America by stowing away on a ship. does this explain everything you need to know about myska allen rebelliousness? or is it a story of persecution? or was stowing away on ships just really common back…
This Friday the Thirteenth has not, so far, been lucky. But I am forever grateful for my friends. My incredible, supportive, loving, hilarious friends. They are family, and they are simply the best thing I have ever invested time and energy in. This is related to the Super Bowl Ski Trip IX, but also a…
We head off on Super Bowl Ski Weekend IX tonight! There is no way to adequately express how grateful I am for this group of incredible humans, who have gathered together for almost a decade to ski, watch football, and laugh more than anyone ever thought possible. This week has been intense on all fronts,…
Regular readers know that FGF has been sporadic at best throughout the past year—not because gratitude is less important by any stretch, but perhaps because I’ve been less chronically online. So I think it’s time we move to FGD: Feel Good Day. Whatever day I post. I will still aim for Fridays, but this is…
I wanted to paint the feeling of letting go But when you have a baby, nothing goes according to plan and that’s part of letting go so I asked AI to do it … … and I don’t like it. Which helped me understand that the word of the year isn’t actually letting go (it’s…
… when you’re a stay at home mom not by choice 😉 This “deadweek” feels like my regular life. Because time doesn’t exist, nor do calories. But I am grateful for the time with my baby girl. She is the best thing in the entire world. The cutest, the funniest, the biggest personality, all at…
I love to make healthy-ish cookies (like this long-running recipe), but I rarely take the time. This holiday season I’ve been feeling the fever—we did holiday cards, for, er, Christ’s sake (also because when you have a baby you sign some sort of cosmic Christmas contract that compels you to send Christmas cards even if…
The days are short, the evenings are long. Wait—that’s not the phrase?! But that’s how I feel with a baby … there’s just never enough time to get everything done, and she’s the most important thing, so I just hang out with her and let the rest fall by the wayside. Including my gratitude lists…
Here are a bunch of random things I am grateful for this week. I’m skipping the incredible MCT trip and Halloween, there will never be enough words to express my gratitude for that framily and not even food poisoning could stop us from having an incredible week together. I love y’all. Now onto the usual…
I’m not a routine person – but I am. I am not a scheduled routine person, but I largely do the same things every day. This is changing. I have realized this both because I have very little routine except around the baby’s rhythms, and because within scheduled routine you gain free time, which I…