When the entitled, customer service related “Karen” memes started, I immediately recognized “her,” and thought it was funny. Most of my working life has been within customer service and restaurant work. Actually, all of it because so much of my time as an Army medic was in an aid station which mirrored customer service. IContinue reading “There are 2 distinctly different “Karens,” can we re-name one?”
Category Archives: Journaling
Crochet Kismet (boy I’ve missed creating)
I love arts and crafts. All of them. If I had the money, I’d be handmaking anything and everything. I daydream about having a booth at the renaissance faire with all the handmade costume and décor pieces I can think of. Buuuut, I don’t have the time or money to devote ALL my time toContinue reading “Crochet Kismet (boy I’ve missed creating)”
The Evil Genius of Children’s Programming
So I started a post with one show in mind and realized that I could crank out a whole series of blogs about what my Deedee watches basically forever since what I let her watch and what she wants to watch evolves over time. Whether that series happens or not, I’m definitely capable of lump-summingContinue reading “The Evil Genius of Children’s Programming”
Baby #2 Due This Fall
Oops, I never announced my pregnancy! In my first few posts I know I mentioned trying to conceive, then recently I just casually mentioned I was pregnant, so here’s that story. Ok, well, everyone reading this knows how babies are made sooo not that part… My Deedee (my actual nick name for her, I thinkContinue reading “Baby #2 Due This Fall”
My Version of Nosy Neighbor Entertainment (keeping tabs on the strays)
If you recall from an earlier post, my trailer is located in a relatively private spot of the neighborhood. I couldn’t sneakily spy on my neighbors if I wanted to, so it’s a good thing I don’t want to. The stray/outdoor cats that roam around are enough of a distraction for this stay at homeContinue reading “My Version of Nosy Neighbor Entertainment (keeping tabs on the strays)”
This Mom is Not Okay (a venting session about 2020-induced stress)
So yeah, doubt and guilt are part and parcel of being a parent, but man, 2020 just keeps making everything worse! Being a stay at home mom has its unique challenges anyway, and I’d be lying if I said I never missed the scheduled distraction a job could give me right now… not to mentionContinue reading “This Mom is Not Okay (a venting session about 2020-induced stress)”
With Immense Gratitude for the GI Bill
I enlisted in the Army at 24. The main motivation for doing so was because I felt intellectually starved and emotionally stuck where I was – too smart to keep playing the paycheck to paycheck game, but not disciplined enough (nor financed) to make the necessary life changes myself. What in high school would haveContinue reading “With Immense Gratitude for the GI Bill”
What a Weird Place in Time
So this post is a bit of a motivational exercise to force me to do something that I can call productive… I should be doing schoolwork… or renovations… or tackling a parenting milestone like potty training… or exercising my overweight self… Anyway… I didn’t really want to do a virus post but it’s the newContinue reading “What a Weird Place in Time”
Cats in the Trailer Park
Pulling into my neighborhood just before midnight last night, I slowed for the first speed bump and two cats ran into the street. One changed course and doubled back right away, the other, a mottled grey, black, and brown, hunched down in the middle of the street unconcerned by my presence. Turns out, it hadContinue reading “Cats in the Trailer Park”
I Miss Having a Dishwasher
But Almost Don’t… I didn’t have a dishwasher growing up. According to my dad we actually had 2: me and my sister. Ha ha haaa… Like many technology related goods and services, this tail-end Gen-Xer or first of the Millennials (I was born in 1980, so depending on the source defining it, I could belongContinue reading “I Miss Having a Dishwasher”
Random SAHM Thoughts 