Sunday Happy

Have you noticed all the things popping out of the ground? This time every year I get hyper aware of what is stating to grow and then get all sorts of exited when I see a new flower or weed for that matter, emerge from the brownish still thawing ground. And then my brain and body knows it’s only just a few weeks away that there will be green everywhere and all of a sudden it will be summer. Excited as hell for the green. Not so much summer. I just really don’t want to be hot.

So have you filed your taxes yet? This past week was the week we had an appointment with the accountant but I ended up canceling it. It’s not that I haven’t thought a lot about them, even attempted to maybe get them finished but you know what, I decided that I am filing an extension and so yeah. They are not done and sure I feel a little relief that I am not rushing but also a little annoyed that I have extended the dread for longer. My new goal date is May 15. I’ll get my shit together by then.

Other then not finishing our taxes, the week was alright. I basically spent most of my time making and or glazing pots and taking pictures to update the shop. The mr has started back to working like a crazy guy again so he has been gone all day every day doing some big restaurant kitchen remodel so I haven’t seen much of him. I did get to see Megan and commiserate with her on her 40th birthday.HA! I also started repotting some of the plants around the house (I ran out of soil) and I went for my first real bike ride of the season! Oh does my bike need a tune up!

Sunday! The mr and I are hoping to do a little something outside today. Its been raining a lot so all the trails are pretty muddy (it’s actually bad for the trails to walk on them in mud season), but I think we will be able to find a nice outdoor something to do. I am feeling a little stir crazy, feeling the call of the woods hard. I need to be outside!

-Stuff from the internet this week.

-Oh yuk. If you buy it, wash that shit well! 2022's "Dirty Dozen" List Reveals the Most Pesticide-Laden Produce at the Store

-Here's why most of us love the smell of vanilla and peaches and not sweaty feet. I know a guy who likes the smell of sweaty feet….. Just saying.

-How Do We Get People to Compost? Seriously, who isn’t composting? You really must if you haven’t already started. Just do it.

-I am one of those people that have a hard time finding pleasure in too much pleasure. I need balance. I need to be a little uncomfortable sometimes or else pleasure is boring. So I guess I am not addicted so that is good. Too much pleasure can lead to addiction. How to break the cycle and find balance.

-This A-Frame is siimple and lovely. Reading net nook is awesome.

-Different Types of Paprika, Explained.

-I Get Paid to Go on Fake Dates With People to Prepare Them for Real Ones. You know, this sounds like hard work. I wouldn’t want to do it.

-I am still grieving Washer but slowly am thinking about another dog. Very very slowly. What I’ve Learned from Loving a New Dog While Grieving Another

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

I have this weird anticipation for the day. It is suppose to reach near 60 degrees and then get a little cooler tomorrow, but not really cold. It’s like after today it is going to be spring and then summer and I am over here all like “what is going on? Am I excited? Bummed? I don’t quite know. I just know that today is that weather turning point and I am here for it..I think?

Another not really interesting week. We went snow shoeing which was A+ but then the rest of the week was whatever.. I spent a lot of time with the calculator doing tax stuff which sucked ass It is still hovering over my being, and will, until they are done which hopefully will be soon.. And then the usual stuff with clay, with people, with the food. But yeah, I got nothing to exciting to tell ya. I was boring as all hell.

Today, as I said already, is suppose to be a warm one, albeit a rainy one as well so the mr and I didn’t make any real plans. No wait, that is not true, we are going seed shopping!!! I hate shopping, especially when other people are around but I love seeds so you know, it will be interesting. As for playing outside, that’s probably not going to happen. Warm and rainy means ice and I have fallen on my ass enough this year, thank you very much.

Internet from the week

-If You're Overwhelmed and Exhausted Right Now, It Could Be Worry Burnout. Yup, this be me. And really, who isn’t right now.

-Um why haven’t I been doing this? It’s Zucchini Season! How You’ve Been Growing Them All Wrong.

-Hotel Staffers Tell Us the Weirdest Things They Have Seen Rich People Do. Why? Like really, why?

-What science still doesn’t know about the five senses Interesting.

-This makes me sad! I listen to “Its Been a Minute” every Saturday. Sam Sanders signs off from NPR’s ‘It’s Been a Minute’ I love Sam!

-Street Photography by Juri Nesterov Documents Ukrainian Life Across Decades♥️♥️♥️

-I got parks on the mind. Everything You Need to Know About National Park Entrance Fees

-The oven preheat is important. How Long Does It Really Take to Preheat an Oven?.

-Missing an ingredient from your recipe? Food substitutions are your friend. Food subs are part everyday life. Recipes are not GOD.

-Have you used sumac? It is delicious although it is hard to find. Even her in VT with all the coops, I have only been able to get it from one place. But I guess the internet con hook you up.. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sumac

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

It is the last week of February and I am trying to let that sink in. How is it possible that we are this far into the year already? It makes me feel like I am falling behind in life, like I should have a lot more figured out by now. Yikes! And then I think I realized I need to start thinking about the garden. That got me excited!

This past week I have definitely felt like a bear that is suppose to be hibernating. Sure I have done the things that I needed to like work a bit, pick up food from the farm, go for morning runs. Monday the mr and I did have a nice Valentines day, but other then that, I have had zero energy and actually felt and still feel like I could give two fucks about anything. All I really want to do is hide in a pile of blankets and books and nod off all day. The thing is if I actually were to do that I would loose my freaking mind. I don’t do well with longs pouts of unproductiveness. It makes me feel wrong. So basically I have been doing things but dragging ass all week and really don’t have much more to say about that.

Now were are back to Sunday. What to do, what to do. I am hoping to go for a little hike in the woods now that the trails are not completely iced over (the little snow we got helped with that). And I need to go get groceries so I will probably do that. And the studio. I might bop in for a hot minute to glaze a few pieces.. I don’t know. Maybe today will be the day where I actually say screw it and do spend the day in hiding. But probably not. I really do need to go to the grocery store. I’m dangerously low on carrots.

Some stuff on the internet that I read this week.

-The surprising benefits of eating together. I don’t remember much as a kid but I do remember the times we ate together. Still to this day the mr and I eat dinner together every single day.

-A kind of how it is made. How Good Design Promotes Good Health.

-People are waaaay to quick to toss food that they “think” is bad. Are Those Weird Sprouts On Your Potatoes Safe to Eat?

-An Arizona priest used one wrong word in baptisms for decades. They're all invalid. Well that is some shit and it actually pissed me off a little when I read about it. Organized religion and all the ceremonial stuff is whatever, you do you, but to invalidate peoples baptisms because of a single word? That seems kinda of ridiculous, but that is me.

-What’s the Difference Between Cacao and Cocoa? know this when you buy that chocolate for the cookies.

-A 5-Year-Old Called the Design Shots on Her All-Yellow London Bedroom. I love this room. And the reading nook. I need a reading nook.

--Fortune Cookies Come With Almost Every Chinese Delivery Order in America. Here’s Why.

-I need to get out of here soon. The travel itch is intense. I am thinking Norway. Where Can Americans Travel Right Now? A Country-by-country Guide

And a few pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

And we made it through another week. Good on us!

The past week was alright. Nothing to exciting other then the mr getting his stitches out the other day. I can’t think of much else that went on. Oh Barb came over for dinner one night and I stuffed her full of beans and heard all about it. HA! And you know how I said last week I was getting rid of the tree? Well I did but it took me until Friday to actually get myself to let it go. (I was one of those people. And I think if it wasn’t dead I would have kept it up longer.) I also spent time doing clay stuff, going though a pile of paperwork (how the fuck is it tax season again?) and frost burnt my legs and face with all the subzero running. (I was going out in -25 degrees. I am stupid) It has been cold. Like really freaking cold. And cold I am good with but man we need a snow storm. I would really like a good foot or two of big fluffy snow please and thank you.

And back to Sunday. It is still super cold so I know I am not going to be able to convince the mr to do anything involving outdoor activity (I am fine with that, I will just run in the woods like usual) so I am not sure what we will do. Maybe after my run I will do the grocery shopping and then just spend the afternoon reading and drinking all the coffee on the couch. He did suggest that we instate a daily reading time together (I am so down with this) but the only problem with it is that when we sit down to read, he starts to talk. I don’t know about you but I can’t read and talk at the same time and there in lies the problem.

Oh and one more thing. I am trying to make room for new stuff so all the pottery I have left on the site, stem+node, is on sale, like $10-$20 off. Do me a favor and give it a new home!

Internet from the week.

-After the Beanie Baby bubble burst. I always wonder about collectables and how there are some people who collect just for to make money. Seems strange and risky but what do I know.

-I could look at these drawings all day. Dig Into an Enormous Archive of Drawings Unveiling the Complex Root Systems of 1,180 Plants

-Snoop Dogg May Be Releasing His Own Food Line Soon — And It’s Probably Exactly What You’re Thinking. What are you thinking? I was thinking junk food for stoners.

-The State of Grocery Shopping in 2022. Seriously with the rising cost. I can’t deal.

-An all natural pest control. But then you have lady bugs. Um, Why Are People Releasing Ladybugs Inside Their Homes?

-4 Organizing Habits to Ditch in 2022 (and 4 to Start), According to Pro Organizers. I know a few folks that have an addiction to buying organizational things only to buy more organizational things to organize those organizational things. It drives me MAD!

-Super in love with this one. An A-Frame Cabin in Minnesota

-Would you buy a flat of amazon returns? I sure the hell wouldn’t. The (not-so) secret second life of your Amazon returns

-Rare Footage Captures the Luminous Tentacles of the Psychedelic Jellyfish as It Floats Through the Pacific Ocean. Whoa. Jellyfish are so cool.

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

What a week. It started off with crazy shit (stray bullet through house) and then it just stayed kind of hectic feeling. Tuesday the mr had his hand surgery which went well so that was good. Then the next day I went to the dentist which also went well but with recent events there has been a lot of hospital/ doctors and I am feeling burnt out with all the visits. One more this week for the mr to get his stitches out and a new cast but hopefully that will be it for a little while Or until the next week when he will have to go back again. 😬.

Other then all the doctors, I went into the studio and cleaned a deep clean, I riffled through so much paperwork just to realize that I need to riffle through a bunch more, and I picked up the first farm share or the year.

Friday my dad came to town and brought his new dog. I was excited to see my dad but realized after seeing the dog that I am in love, want to keep him for myself, and that I might just have to off my dad to make that happen HA!. Anyways…I spent time with the old man while he was in town, went for freezing cold runs and froze my face, and yesterday I finally packed up all of Christmas. Well almost all. I kept the tree up with just the lights for one last day. The mr and I are going to take in out of the house today and I am sad about it. If it wasn’t starting to drop all its needles I would probably keep it up for a while longer. Maybe even be that weirdo that keeps the tree up unit spring, (If you do that then yes, weirdo but also I am here for it.)

So yeah, today we are taking the tree out (maybe… Maybe a few more days? I really love the tree)t and I am going to try and drag the mr outside somewhere (he can’t deal with the cold) but not much else is planned. Probably hit up the grocery store, maybe the library. Keep it a low key day. Maybe I’ll back something. I don’t know. I’ll let the day be what it will.

Internet from the week.

-Go on and eat! Is it safe to eat snow? Scientists say yes — with these caveats.

-A New California Law Will Help Prevent Food Waste by Requiring It to Be Donated Instead of Thrown Away. I think this should be law everywhere. I mean really, why isn’t it?

-If you keep only one room clean, make it the kitchen. 21 Smart Ways to Keep Your Kitchen Clean, at All Times

-I have been going through a lot of ginger lately. Our Go-To Methods for Storing Fresh Ginger

-Who Is Responsible for Dessert Hummus? So dessert humus… I don’t know if I actually consider it hummus all. When you start adding a bunch of sugar to chick peas it turns into a whole new thing.

-Pretty sweet A frame situation here.

-Is your dog bilingual? A new study suggests their brains can tell languages apart. Dogs are smarter then we think.

-What Is Podi & How Do You Use It?

Pictures from the week.