Sunday Happy

I am hot and it is only the middle of May. I shouldn’t be this freakin hot. I hope this weather is not a preview of things to come this summer cause if it is then I am in trouble. And probably anyone that comes near me.

The week. It was meh, whatever. I feel like I am falling behind on everything in life so I have been little cranky and annoyed. I can blame some of it on the sudden summer weather but also I think I always feel this way around this time of year. June is a super busy month for us (apartment turn overs and the such) so getting as much shit done now helps the transitions go smoothly and we can never get enough done fast enough. This year nit exception, more so it has been kind of rough start already. The mr smashed out the back windshield of his truck with a 2x4 basically right after he blew out one of his tires. He also had stupid work stuff happen and so he has been stressed and a crank ass all week too. Oh and I got stung on my ass by a yellow jacket because why not?

It wasn't all a wash though. The littles and Barb came over for food and park play. I worked on pots (in my cool basement) and picked up my last winter farm share of the year. (3-4 weeks until summer share starts and I am already rationing out what I have left which is basically beets and onions.) And I went for a small bike ride, worked in the garden some, picked some lilacs. Little good things you know.

It’s Sunday and today the mr and I have plans for a good hike. The temperature should not be stupid and it might even rain so it will be great. And I need it. I need to get out of town (although not to far… gas is DUMB expensive) and hide away in the newly greened up trees. I might hate the heat but I am loving the colors and smell of fresh life. And with what ever time I have left this afternoon I am going to spend it in the garden. I already have a few of the beds planted and am ready to just stick everything in the ground. My tomato plants have been living outside for the past week and are thriving so if they are good, well it is time.

Internet from the week.

-Happening tonight! Here's how to watch the total lunar eclipse on May 15

-Another giant Jesus. A New Statue of Jesus Is the World’s Tallest—for Now

-Beyond the Ivy: What Makes a Celebrity Hot Spot. Now you can stalk all your favorites.

-I remember about 15 years ago the mr almost getting his hand bit off by a snapping turtle he moved from the middle of the road. It was a big one. What to do if you find a turtle in the road

-Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the moon

-Is it weird that I want this broom? Fellow Neat Freaks: This Broom Will Change the Way You Clean Your Kitchen

-Houses inside of greenhouses. So cool. How Sweden Became the Surprising Center of the Greenhouse Home Movement

-We're Rethinking Our Lawn Design (& You Should, Too). Why do people like perectly manuicured lawns so much? Give me all the dafilins and violets and clover!

-Cool art. Memory Functions Welcomes New Starts + Old Memories

Some pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

A week like a good May week should be. Bright color popping all over. Trees with buds and little green things. The smell of dirt and cut grass. Out of control birds up at 4 am singing all the songs for a good day.It is all the good stuff especially when the world seems like a crap shoot. You feel me?

The week. It was a fast moving one in my mind. Lots of outdoor time (even though my allergies have taken the form of a little troll in my skull and are kicking me in my brain, right behind my eyes, constantly). I cleaned up most of the garden beds, layered down cardboard in the paths that I am going over with in woodshchips (hopefully that will help keep the slugs and weeds at bay), and got rid of a shit ton of busted up tree. Seeds are all started, mustard greens are growing everywhere, and I am slowly seeing the perennials pop up. Every year I get better at remembering what and where I planted shit.

Other then all the fun outdoor chores, the week has been pretty basic. The mr spent all day every day working so I didn’t see much of him again. But I was busy too working on some mug preorders and the such. I also stopped in to see So pogo on her stick, tried to clean my studio but instead made an even bigger mess, biked to the library twice and almost cried when I stopped in at the grocery store and everything went up in price again! Ugh. It is so fucked! Other then that just more normal stuff. Not super eventful but I am ok with that.

Seeing as it is Mother’s Day it is only appropriate that I will be going to see my mother. I think the mr and I are going to head over this morning, go for a walk, drink coffee, and cut down a busted up tree in her backyard . You know, do something nice for the lady. She did birth me after all and what kind of a place this world would be without me. HA! The rest of the day? I was suppose to go for a bike ride with Megan but not sure if that is happening anymore so I will probably stop in and see all my sister moms and their hellions and then with any extra time, yard/gsrden work. It’s that time of year when pulling weeds and getting super dirty is all the fun.

Internet fro the week.

-I just cannot with this shit. My blood is boiling. My thought are vicious and I feel like I will become a feral animal that will attack when I hear the shit coming from the mouths of old men.. Liberty No More. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the very definition of what it means to be American will change for women and girls in the United States.

-Once an Escape, Now a Home. How a family steeped in New York and Los Angeles cultures shifted gears to a farmhouse in Vermont. The wardrobe with the handles is everything. An the rest of the house is cute too.

-Phenology: Planting According To Nature. Nature knows and knows best. Plant when the leaves are just so of the butterflies are around you know? Read the article. It will make sense.

-I love some well laced color.COLOR STORY: LILAC SEASON.

-Could cooking therapy help your mental health? Oh hell yeah. Cooking always makes me feel better if I am anxious. Keeps me sane.

-8 Types of Staircases and How to Identify Them. So you know and sound smart in any conversation that you have about staircases.

-Is this allowed? Tropicana Is Releasing a Cereal Designed to Be Eaten with Orange Juice.

-Why Are American Chips So Boring? I don’t eat chips but I even noticed they other countries around the world have way more interesting chip flavors.

-It is pretty freaking cool and I can’t find a single other picture of a toilet like it. A Tiered Tangerine Toilet Is the Best Surprise in This French Apartment.

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

Holy shit it is May.

Its been a pretty uneventful week. We went to Batbs play (she was great but I really don’t like small theater…) I did the switch over from running leggings to running shorts (my legs are so pasty white), did some yard work, and I stared more seeds. The mr has been working like 12 hour days everyday so I have barely seen him. I’ve just been doing my usual but also feeling the brain affects of all the allergies so kind of feel like I am just moving along with the days. But I got to give a shout out about the weather. It has been pretty freaking fantastic and I hope it stays like this all summer long.

So yeah, back to Sunday. The mr is working all day again so I am on my own. I think I am going to do a little studio work for the morning and then take myself on a decent bike ride later in the day. I’ll probably stop by the mr’s work and throw some food at him as well cause I am the nicest girlfriend. Didn’t you know?

internet from the week.

-I remember hearing g about this when I was growing up. It was kind of an urban legend, or so we thought. My city. The Winooski Dome: How this mill town was almost sealed in a bubble

-Your dog is a good boy, but that's not necessarily because of its breed. Washer was a golden retriever and everyone, even his first vet (we never went back to him, he was an asshole.)made assumptions about him because of it. But guess what. He hated toddlers, got into more dog fights then I would like to admit, and would bite your hand off if you went near his food. God I miss him terribly.

-Spring time means greens! How Well Do You Know Your Salad Greens?

-I am in love, especially with the brass cabinet handles in the kitchen. Making History: A Primrose Hill House Brought Back—and Forward—in Time By Mark Lewis Interior Design

-Yes, You've Probably Ingested Microplastics. Now What? This is so gross and makes me mad.

-People being cool and doing a good thing.Too many slices in a full loaf of bread? This program helps find half-loaves for sale

-HAHAHAHA. This world is absurd so this doesn’t seem that far fetched. Elon Musk tweeted that he'd like to buy Coca-Cola to 'put the cocaine back' in the soft drink

-if you haven’t tried it do yourself a favor and do. It is delicious! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Kohlrabi

A few pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

How is spring treating you? I have been loving the weather but man this past week my allergies have kicked in and blah. Itchy eyes and skin, runny nose, and brain fog. I feel like my head is going to float away.

We had a packed past week. There was Easter with the family. Pretty much everyone was there, no one fought, and there was plenty of candy and bubbles.. Good stuff. Then Monday the mr got his truck back from the police station. (Thank god), and now he keeps the doors lock and the key out of the ignition. I also went for a long walk in a t-shirt and sandals that day and and then the next day I went for my morning run hate and mittens in close to half a foot of the wettest snow ever. The power went out for hours and a few of my neighbors trees fell over and crashed into out fence. Also goos stuff. But then the snow bascailly all melted within a day and it’s spring again.

Thruday the mr, Megan, and I brought Alex an So to the Biodome in Montreal. Drove over the boarder (forgot to fill out the online forms and had to pull over and do all that..annoying!) but made it up there without any more issues. We got to the Biodome, walked around the different evornments, saw some animals (made me sad. I don’t like captive animals) and then finished out the Montreal outing by stopping at Ikea. They got hotdogs and shit, I got new toilet brushes!

And as always there was some other stuff, like adulting things, work things, life things, but nothing worth the mention so that was the week.

Sunday. Today I am going into the studio for the better part of the morning to glaze while the mr goes off to work. We have a date this afternoon to go see a play. Not something I usually would do but we actually kind of have to go. It is Barbs play so you know me being all nice and shit…. HA! But I am sure it will be great. And then I am probably going to come home, plant seeds, make soup, and hide for the rest of the day.

Internet from the week.

-I love everything about this. PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their Indigenous roots

-7 ocean mysteries scientists haven’t solved yet. A very mysterious place indeed.

-Oh to get exactly what you want. Weird. What Do You Do Once You’ve Fulfilled Your Life’s Dream?

-I thought everyone was making bread these days or was that a phase? If you are not or stopped, jump back on the wagon, it is for your own good. Why Not Make Your Own Sandwich Bread?

-Scientists Publish Breakthrough Study in Oreo-Splitting Research. This could change peoples lives.

-I use the phrase “junk food” all the time. I guess it is time for me to stop that. There Is No Such Thing as “Junk” Food

-Into this super cool diy backsplash.

-Four hidden reasons food prices are crazy right now. Prices are sooo crazy. I can’t leave a grocery store not pissed off. Good thing farmshare price is seasonal and I already paid for the year!

-Whoa Nelly this is something. A 4-year-old can run errands alone ... and not just on reality TV. I don’t know if my 14 year old niece would be able to do this. 🤣

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

You knw that feeling you get when someone steels your car? Oh don’t worry, my car wasn’t stolen, but the mr’s truck, yeah, that was stolen. While he was working. With a bunch or his really expensive tools in it on top of like a million other things that suck ass to get stolen.

And basically that sums up the week. 😬

Actually the week started off just fine, well maybe kind of blah. We both have been feeling a bit shitty (many tests confirm not covid) but spring allergies are kicking and I always get the foggy brain feels this time of year so whatever. I took feeling like crap in stride and decided that I was going to spend the week spring cleaning (or spring mess making) and throwing a daily 10+pound pot. And for the most part I did (well I made some messes and I missed few days of throwing) which was super duper satisfying. If you throw on a wheel you know that centering a hunk of clay that big is really a full body experience. My core is sore as heck and all my studio clothes are covered in clay. As for the cleaning, well it always starts off messy and I am still in that messy state so now I need to rectify all that which basically means I just need to fill up the recycling, donation box, and trash with everything. I want to get rid of it all.

So back to the truck. Mid day Wednesday I get a prank call form the mr telling me his truck was stolen. I say prank because who the hell gets their car stolen. And if you someone where to steal a car, olden;t it be a nicer one then the mr’s? Turns out someone wanted it. And so it became the thing that pretty much made the rest of the week a shit show. But not all bad. We did have Barb and the littles also came over for puzzles, food, and bear tossing. And of course ragging on the mr about his stolen truck because duh. I also convinced them to come over this coming up week during school break for a day or two of manual labor, paid of course, so I am counting in little hands to help me get my outside looking pristine!

But yah, the truck thing kind of overtook the days. The police said the longer it was gone the less likely we were to get it back and if we did it would probably be in not so great condition. That reality sucked. I spent more time then I ever wanted combing through craigslist and online market places for someone selling a truck like ours and tools. Even time I left the house I was distracted by looking at cars, parked and driving. We had our friends and friend of friends on the lookout. And you know what? A few days after the incident (we call it that now) one of those friends of a friend of a friend, well they spotted it. She texted the mr, called the police and after the mr chased the guy down on his scooter(HAHA no joke) the guy ditched it and now the truck is happily waiting at the police staton until they can process it.

PHEW!!! I was starting to get really mad!

And now it is Sunday, and Easter Sunday to boot. Also it would be Seans 33rd birthday today (fucker). A day to celebrate with the fam so we are going over to the moms house and having a thing with food snd easter egg hunt and all the jazz. And then if I have any time the afternoon, back to that cleaning. Want to get that shit done before it gets really nice out and I never want to come inside again.

Interent from the week.

-2 Seasoned Thrifters Weigh in on the Controversial Ethics of the Resale Economy. What do you think? Personally I think it is what it is and sometimes you get the deal, sometime you don’t and if someone can resell for more money, well good for them. As long as it is not stuff like food and essentials that people need, only stuff that is non essential like brand name clothes or artwork.

-I know very little about Easter. What You Didn't Know About What You Already Know About Easter. And also. The Ancient Origins of the Easter Bunny

-Overwintering Turns Bitter Vegetables Sweet. Could It Do the Same for Me?

-How is your bean cooking game these days? How to Cook Beans: The Epicurious Myth-Busting Guide

-Why do I not live here?The Narrow Kvitfjell Cabin on Top of the Mountains in Norway

-This garden shed kitchen situation is pretty much perfect

-Oh watch out, it could be coming for us! The biggest comet ever found is cruising through our solar system’s far reaches

-Read this and be smart. Everything Everywhere All at Once, explained by a quantum physicist

Pictures fro the week.