Friday night date

It'd be super if vampires didn't have a more rigid set of rules to bust into your life than our government.

The porch raccoon knocks on the door every night for a warm bowl of water like it's trick or treating.

They pay less attention to symptoms for female patients? I'm so surprised.

Beef stew sort of night

14 asked me what Kid Rock was famous for, so I played him that song. 14: wait so he is famous for being an old guy who yelled his own nickname a lot? Me: ayup 14: what has he done since then? me: pretended to be poor to get poor people to give him money 14: why would anyone give him money? 🤣🤣🤣

Someone told me that Zohran loves NYC the way I love Maine and not only do I agree, but I think it makes me much more tolerant of when I don't agree with him on something. It's easy to extend grace to people who genuinely love something the way you love something and want to make it even better.

I thought Hogan's Heroes had implausibly stupid nazis when I was a kid. We've learned that the bad guys in original show were: 1. Too bright 2. Too funny 3. Too coordinated 4. Not cruel enough Can we at least get the old school Hogan's Heroes nazis if we can't have a functional government?

Now is an excellent time to get a 10 year IUD.

It feels like we should get to TP some people's houses and egg their cars again. I know we haven't been able to get away with that stuff since the last millennium, but if they can try to make everyone being fat no matter how skinny they are come back, then unbridled, campy rage should get a moment.

New office plant corner.

I'm at the stage of #SkiMom where I am getting sent videos. www.instagram.com/reel/DUOxDQ5...

I have to be in Portland tomorrow morning so I came down tonight. It's not particularly cold. I'm in a hoodie and birks. Folks are bundled up like they are from Florida. 🤣🤣🤣

It's #SundayCheckIn for 2/1. How was your week? How are you holding up? What do you need? What are you struggling with? What has helped? What kindness would help you? Remember to wash your sheets.

The house is definitely better with a heat pump, but the heat pump does seem less fond of doing its job when it's less than -10°F.

Husband had a nice conversation with me this morning when I was half asleep about the lawn ducks coming back this spring after migration. I did get a little confused when he started talking about where we could put them upstairs. Friends, he was talking about return ducts for the heating system.

On a lighter note, there is a rocking chair in my bathroom. I don't know why. Any guesses?

So....is there going to an agreement between political factions that people who rape children are very bad and should not be president or the richest men alive? If you are one of those folks maybe we take all your things away and send you to an uninhabited island to be eaten alive by feral crabs?

I got up after 3.5 hours of sleep, left my house to journey to Portland, had a full day trial, returned home approximately 15 hours later only to discover... ...WE HAVE A WORKING WHOLE HOUSE HEATER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE DECEMBER 3. I can close my office door when working again. 🍾

Palate cleanse. Sound ⬆️

Picnic table measure from yesterday

You all should really be nicer to federal law enforcement. Why are you gatekeeping that the logging roads are finally frozen enough to drive over? They should know they now have access to the camps those pesky liberals have hidden the illegals in, but only for a few weeks!

Husband came home with mushroom tea. I don't know what to do with this information.

Good night, friends. Good work. Sleep well. The government will most likely kill us in the morning.

It's 10 pm and 14 is still up. He's reaaaalllly banking on tomorrow being a snow day.

"We have earth here for tyrants, but no air." Rev. Joseph C. Lovejoy, 1843, a message to slave catchers coming to Maine to kidnap asylum seekers. Updated to 2026: GTFO or remain at your peril if you are here to kidnap our neighbors.

This has to feel a lot better than shooting your neighbor in the face.

I see flakes starting to come down ❤️ ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

We're going to need a really, really big bathtub to drown this version of federal government.

It's interesting to watch the tone shift to include local authorities...you know, the level of government with the most accountability to and knowledge of the residents of an area, and the folks in government most likely to choose their neighbors/community.

It's #SundayCheckIn for 1/25. How was your week? How are you holding up? What do you need? What are you struggling with? What has helped? What kindness would help you? Remember to wash your sheets.

Shortly after I posted this I unintentionally watched another(!) snuff film made courtesy of US Federal government attacking and murdering a US citizen.

I'm pleased to say that my kitchen looks exactly the same, but the hole for the fridge is 3 inches wider. 🍾

Cabinet surgery is happening! I can order a standard sized fridge ❤️❤️❤️

The real problem is the folks in charge are willing to do things while being livestreamed in broad daylight that make the Epstein files look comparatively quaint.

Our teenager just told us he wants to go skiing in a few minutes.

It's cold enough that we closed our second door for the first time since 2023.

We're going to become one of those exceptionally dangerous window countries.

"We can’t stop ICE from coming" I don't know, bub. There aren't a whole lot of roads in and out of Maine. Sounds like something we could conquer if so inclined. #mepolitics

I ordered a fancy pot from Europe. If it shows up, it will probably be the last thing for a very long time I am able to order from the continent. That's a heck of a thing to realize.

I'm really over petty little man-babies who choose not to stay in their play enclosure making my life needlessly stressful.

You all... I don't have to set an alarm for tomorrow for the first time for weeks (and the last time for a few weeks forward). I'm so excited and just have to make it through the middle of the night existential dread to get a full night of sleep!

You don't need to gas people en masses to have a death camp. You only need to treat people with indifference and provide insufficient resources until they die.

Fascism is weird. I'm looking online for things I won't be able to get if we start a world war, seeing if bulletproof glass is an option in cars...and then still remembering I have to make sure sheets get washed today.

It's #SundayCheckIn for 1/18. How was your week? How are you holding up? What do you need? What are you struggling with? What has helped? What kindness would help you? Remember to wash your sheets.

I was having a conversation where I mentioned that the part of me that was furious with GOP right now is the part that has beliefs from growing up Libertarian-leaning Republican. The person suggested that I should run as a Republican against LePage to remind the GOP to be who they think they are.

The Narrow Gauge restaurant at Sugarloaf just asked me if I wanted "the usual", which feels like an accomplishment for someone who doesn't ski.

After 2 weeks of go-go-GO, I just got back to my house after having woken up at 2am and left by 5am for a trial in Portland. Divorce season is EXHAUSTING.

As someone who religiously kept my grocery budget to $100/week for YEARS preceding the pandemic...do people not know that $3/meal is still over $1,000/mo for a family of four? It's been ages since my coupon-clipping self got my groceries under $1,000 for a month.

Having to triage repairs based on what might no longer be available if my country starts a rando war with Greenland is not a reasonable way to maintain a home.