Sunday Happy

The weeks started off with blue sky, extremely cold weather, and me, going for my morning run, not giving a fuck, and getting what I am self diagnosing but am pretty sure it is, frost bite on the tip of my nose. Yup, I went for an hour long run in what they said was a -10 morning and when I came home I had ice all over my eyelashes, my face cover, my hair, and my nose was numb. And the tip was fire red. I kind of freaked a little but then figured that the worst case scenario would be that I would have to cut the tip of my nose off and after I asked the mr if he would mind if I needed to cut if off (he was cool with it) I calmed down a bit and smacked a salve covered bandaid on the honker and just hoped it would figure it self out. Lucky my nose is still intact but there still is a big red blotch on the tip and I can feel it now, it just hurts a little when I touch it. SO, lesson learned. Go inside when ice forms on your face.

Besides my nose issues, the week has been good. Went for a long city walk with Barb, picked up a bunch of new books at the library, got a few packages of seed!!! and did a lot of glazing. I am really excited to see how the new designed mugs comes out of the kiln but also a little nervous. When things go right in ceramics, well it is the best feeling. When they go wrong, it really freaking sucks.

Also we got a good little snow storm that dumped close to a foot of snow. That made me smile a bunch, even when I was shoveling for the fifth time. (I actually really like shoveling.)

And that’s about it. I think. My brain is shit these days….

Back at Sunday. The mr and I are heading up into the mountains and into the woods today to go for a hike, drop of some mugs, and just get out of town. I am probably more excited then I would normally be but I am feeling a little stir crazy and can’t wait just to get out of town. And good news, it is suppose to be a warm 20 degrees where we are going so I don’t have to worry much about freezing my freaking face off. YAY!

The internet stuff.

-How to build an igloo that’s structurally sound and cozy because it is defiantly a skill, one that I hope to be putting into use. (Got to get the littles to help me of course.)

-How Fast Will Biden Need To Move On Climate? Really, Really Fast. This is truth and also some scary shit. Lets just hope that we can stop being fuckers stop killing our planet! At least we have a president now who give a shit!

-What do you even have to talk about anymore? The Pandemic Has Caused a Gossip Shortage

-Stunning Images of Starlings in Flight. Birds make me believe in bigger things.

-It is not morbid, it is a fact of life. We all gonna die! And now we can be compost! The First U.S. Funeral Home That Turns Bodies Into Compost Is Now Open

-We Asked People Who Lost Their Taste to COVID: What Do You Eat in a Day? I don’t know what I would do and I for sure hope to not have find out. Can you imagine not tasting or having your favorite food taste spoiled?

-Vegan Cheese Is Meltier & Creamier Than Ever. Here are 17 Kinds We Love. Think of all the pizzas and nachos you can eat!

-These brooms remind me of my uncle. He used to collect brooms form other countries. Woven Poetry: Thoughtful and Practical Brooms from Sunhouse Craft in Kentucky

-Ikea makes LEGOS

-Why don’t we have English cottages in the US? We all want one… This 500-Square-Foot English Stone Cottage Is Honestly the Cutest Home Ever

And a few pictures from the week.

-C

Sunday Happy

How is it even really the last day of January? Wow, I mean, really, I have completely lost all concept of time. It is gone and I should just stop looking at calendars and making plans by the moon and the number of setting suns. It just makes more sense now, especially cause I have not plans to make. HA!

Another week and here we are. I was moderately busy doing things. Studio stuff, a few good hikes early in the week with Barb, the mr, and Megan and Alex. I trashed my clean studio to cut up benches and some other shit. We had the littles over for dinner and bebop battles (I know that those things are not called bebops but that is what I keep calling them), and I did all the other work stuff (bills and phone calls) that no one cares to hear about.

Then it was the end of the week and -15 degree outside. Now some might say that is too cold to be outside (the mr and maybe like doctors and shit) but not me. I still went out everyday for my morning runs and oh boy where those just invigorating and exhilarating. Nothing like having ice forming on your face the moment you walk out the door.

And right now I am having a hard time focusing on much other then the pulsing in my toe because yesterday I for sure did drop the vacuum on it and split it open and it sure did gush blood all over the floor all day (it just kept on bleeding!) and it was just a hot mess. Cleaning up blood from a gash that was caused from a cleaning device while I was cleaning… Full circle. HA!

Today I got a list of things to do. I need to go to the studio and glaze. I need to package up orders to ship out tomorrow. I need to clean off the back porch because the past few days it has turned into a dumping ground, and I need to put my studio back together. Other then that, well I know the mr and I are not going for much of a long hike today because, again, he is not into the super cold, but we are planning on having a car lunch picnic, maybe with a water view. That will be nice. (and short cause I am not running the car while we eat).

Internet from the World Wide Web.

-Schoolboy changes name to 'Reconnecting' during Zoom classes to dodge teacher's questions. Kid’s a freaking genius.

-So What Is Short Selling? An Explainer. Not going to lie, still a little confused but I think I get it?

-I love this farm house and I definitely want a raised dinning room off the kitchen. And fish wallpaper in the bathroom.

-What I did not know but now I know. Why Wombats Poop Cubes

-New crystal, new you? Are you into crystals? This is a good read if you are, or not too.

.- Some Forests Are Covered With Lichens That Love to Fuck, Scientists Discover. I need to get the mr to read this. He is obsessed with moss and lichens.

-Have you ever eaten black garlic? Holy crap is it amazing. The mr buys me a container of it every year and sticks it in my stocking at Christmas. Might try my hand at making some soon. This Is the Absolute Best Way to Make Black Garlic at Home 

-Kraft Is Introducing ‘Candy Mac & Cheese’ for Valentine’s Day. Sick joke? I fear it’s not. Gross.

-You don’t have to tell me twice! Keep your brain in shape by reading more books

-Varied Bricks and Ceramic Blocks Comprise the Asymmetric Facade of a Spacious Community Center in Bengal. SO beautiful!

Pictures from the week.

-C

Sunday Happy

We are into it, the deep winter of the north and I cannot be happier about it. Sure it is freaking cold but you know what? I love it. I love the cold, I love the light , I love the snow. This is my time of year. Are you into it too?

The week started off good. I went on a couple of really good super snowy hikes, one with just the mr and another one with Megan, Barb, Alex, and So. Both hikes were just all sorts of amazing with all the snow. One thing that can always make this lady smile is a good hike thorugh a snow covered forest. You can’t beat it.

Besides being outside ad much as I could be, I did a far amount of glazing in the beginning of the week. I also started on some new designs for mugs which I am kind of obsessed with but I should really see how they come out of the kiln before I get too excited.

And then Wednesday things suddenly just felt lighter. You feel it too? After listening to the news all day we had the littles and Barb come over for a good sledding session. Bundles up to the nines we headed over to the park, ran up the hill, and flew out butts down. The snow was just right for some serious speed. Even little Coco was flying down the hill (which scared the shit out of me). Then back to the house for hot chocolate and food and heat cause we were all pretty frozen by then. It was a great first sled of the year!

After that it was my birthday. It came and went which was a day and that was it. I forgot to pick up farm share. I can’t even with myself so now I am back to eating all the frozen green beans and broccoli until next week. ( I still can’t believe I forgot to pick it up.) The week ended with more work at the studio and I don’t know. I feel like more happened that I am forgetting but I guess it wasn’t that exciting if I have already forgot, HA.

Today is up in the air. I am not entirely sure of the plan but I hope to get out of the house for a little while. I know it is suppose to be stupid cold but you know what? I don’t really care. I have all the layers and yesterday I even made myself a fleece face covering so my mouth and cheeks don’t freeze off when I am running. (Good call on me!) So yeah, gonna let the day do it’s thing.

Internet from the week.

-Bernie Sanders And His Mittens Win The Inauguration Day Meme Game. Ah Bernie. If this is not a shinning example of a Vermonter (practical clothing, heavy mittens, and a trip the post office while you are out), well then I don’t know what is.

-There’s a right and wrong way to be bored. Jeez. Now you need two be bored a certain way.

-Don’t ask me why I am looking, I just am. AGA cookers. Maybe someday?

-Don’t get mad at your postal workers, it is not their fault! 'There's No End In Sight': Mail Delivery Delays Continue Across The Country

-The Practical Magic of Vermont’s Witch Windows—and Why Every House Could Use One. Again, Vermont being practical.

-You know you want to know even if you don’t know you want to know. Wait — Kim Owns the Land and Kanye Owns the House? Rich people problems…

-I Get Enough Sleep, but Why Am I Yawning So Much? Experts Explain. Contagious yawns are crazy real. I yawned just thinking about it.

-I just bought a toaster for the mr but I really wish I could have bought THIS TOASTER. I am in love.

-Science Says Camp Sleep Is Good for You. Oh how I miss camp sleep and camping in general. A couple more months and we will be back out there (I would go camping now but the mr would have none of it.)

-I want a room that is all windows! INSTAGRAM WORTHY: @VALDIROSE.

Pictures fro the week.

-C

Sunday Happy

This past week just seemed like one big shit show.

Stupid shit like multiple trips with multiple hours logged at AT&T store (3 mornings of my life and still, STILL, they have not fixed the problem!!!!) Long doctors appointments, crazy people all over the news.. It just was not the best week, you know?

It wasn't all bad. Barb and I got out for a nice hike in the woods, I cleaned up my studio and got a good handle on reclaiming clay. Painted some hearts, read books, drank a lot of coffee, and I finally took the Christmas tree down. I always get a little sad because I love the tree but I alway love how the house feels so big (even though the tree was not that big) once it is down. Oh and the needles… They were EVERYWHERE! I think I vacuumed 5 different times yesterday and still I was finding needles and probably will be finding them until sometime next Christmas.

Then the mr had been on a big remodeling job so he had been gone all day every day so we haven’t seen much of each other which had been kind of sucky. But I think that that job is almost over and we can run away. HAHA, but maybe for real? Anyway…

We are going to start out the week right. Today the only real plan is for the mr and I to spend the day together and go for good hike. Not sure yet where, but it is going to away, like a good while away. We both just need to get out of here, be around some trees, drink lots of coffee, and not deal with anything for a little while.

Stuff from the internet from the week.

-Stressed? Try screaming. Noted.

-This Is How Long You Should Keep Your Holiday Decorations Up, According to Dolly Parton. That is a long time but whatever floats your boat.

-Get out of your head and “Listen to a Random Forest”

-21 Truly Upsetting Vintage Recipes. Why was everything molded?

-Why Is it So Hard to Design a Good Can Opener? I have had few can openers in my day and not all are good. Some really hurt the wrist while others just plan old suck.

-Viennetta, the Fanciest Dessert of the ’90s, Is Back. Like, OMG! I remember these and wanted one so bad but were not a fancy cake family, we were a ice cream sandwich family..

-So awesome. These New LEGO Sets Are Perfect for People Who Can’t Keep Plants Alive

- You're Not Crazy: There IS a Difference Between Morton's and Diamond Crystal. There are so many different salts and it can really screw up a dish if you are not careful.

-The stairs, the arches, the bath tub.. Love this house!

A couple of pictures from the week.

-C

Sunday Happy

I only wash my hair once (if that) a week so I go through a bottle like once every 18 months. This past week when I went to wash my hair I hadn’t really realized that I ran out of shampoo. I ended up having to use some of the mr’s. He uses Herbal Essences, the one in the see through pink bottle (If you know, you know.) So all week I have been getting wiffs of the smell and it keeps brining me back to 1995 which is crazy and weird and makes me feel old and that the world is now a sci fi movie but also is has been comforting in a way. I mean, at least the shampoo hasn't changed in like 25 years so there is that. And as for getting more shampoo I still haven’t refreshed it so it looks like I will be using the Herbal Essence again if I choose to wash my hair, just like when I was 12. HA

Oh the week. Well it came, it went and wow it is now almost Christmas. How? We got snow which thrilled me to no end. Both the mr and I were pretty busy doing the doings. I finished up some last minute special orders and was delivering mugs and the mr, well I am not exactly sure what he was doing, but he sure was out and about all week.

We also did dinners with Barb, finished up Christmas cards, went on a couple of light drives, and had a evening where the little came over for a couple (masked clad) hours and we finally put up some ornaments on the tree and put together cookie houses! Miley and Judah are now old enough where their houses actually look like houses. Coco o the other hand, well he wouldn’t decorate the cookies as a house, he just slathered on frosting and ate them.

Other then that, not much. I picked up last farm share for the year (I have to wait THREE weeks until next pick up. AGH!) Went through the closet and started to plan a way to get rid of EVERYTHING, and gave the mr a hair cut and an eyebrow trim. Gosh, we are just so exciting…..

Today the mr and I are on a mission to hand deliver all of our Christmas cards. We do this every year and it usually takes the day because we stop in a talk to everyone, but this year it probably won’t take too long since we won’t be hanging out with anyone. So we we will do that, then I will come home and make coffee and start a big pot of soup (thinking a good spices split pea). I have a stack of books to get to but I am in the middle of a knitting project so I am thinking I might park my butt on the couch and watch me a Christmas movie (Home Alone or Elf?) and drink all the coffee because I can tell it is going to be one of those day where more coffee is just not enough.

Some stuff from the internet to read if you wish.

-Dear Present Procrastinators: Ship That Holiday Gift, Now. OR another idea, shop local. I have even had people from other states buy pots from me to drop off to family that live locally here. So smart!

-Do you jerk when you are falling asleep? I do ALL THE TIME! Why Your Body Sometimes Jerks As You Fall Asleep. Defiantly because I am a monkey.

-I you live in Vermont, you have heard people talk about the flatlands for sure. Where Do The Terms 'Woodchuck' And 'Flatlander' Come From?

-Yeah I would live here. Yup yup yup.

-Sisters are the best, even when their the worst. The Secret To Success? Having A Big Sister

-Gingerbread House Goals! 14 Architectural Gingerbread Houses That Are Definitely Not Cookie-Cutter. But this one…. SO GOOD! The Prettiest Gingerbread House of 2020

-Take care to season your cast iron. We Seasoned Cast Iron Skillets with 5 Different Oils and Have a New Favorite

-A New way to travel across the US. On bike! Might just be a goal of mine!?!

-I need new running shoes, ones that are good and grippy for running is the woods and in snow. Do I dare These? Are they too bright?

A few pictures from the week, mostly taken with the mr’s or Barbs phone because my phone be broken!