#TongueOutTuesday 📸: Wee Little Paws Inn

My friend Rosie wrote the most amazing children’s book, and it’s available for pre-order! #Booksky 💙📚 📚💙

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

Only one of my local grocery stores had any kind of Hanukkah display. Bless them for trying.

Hey! That’s my cookie jar!

It’s the last night of Hanukkah, so I figured I should finally make some cookies.

Happy Eighth Night of Hanukkah!

My plans for today:

Happy Seventh Night of Hanukkah!

Spent my morning getting snuggles from this cutie pie. Summer is available for adoption from @youngatheartpets.bsky.social in Woodstock, IL. adoptaseniorpet.com/adopt/availa...

Happy Sixth Night of Hanukkah!

My company is officially closed for the holidays, which means I now have two whole weeks off. I’m going to fill that time with as much nothing as possible.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Happy National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! Let’s see those sweaters! I don’t have any Christmas sweaters, ugly or otherwise, but I do have a sassy Hanukkah sweatshirt.

I am cross-eyed tired, so I will need to finish this scarf tomorrow night instead. 🥱

I will finish this scarf tonight. I will finish this scarf tonight. I will finish this scarf tonight. I will finish this scarf tonight. I will finish this scarf tonight. #crochet

Happy Fifth Night of Hanukkah!

Okay, I’m in. 🐑🐏

To everyone watching the Mad Hatter’s speech: I salute you. 🫡 I’m watching hockey.

ICE/CBP: Breaks the law to kidnap people off the streets of Chicagoland; threatens bystanders with high-powered rifles BYSTANDERS: blow whistles; record ICE/CBP actions on their phones; verbally scold ICE/CBP NBC5 “JOURNALIST”: Both sides are getting out of hand.

Ozzie would totally do this. He already tried once with the pizza delivery guy!

Night 4

NOOO. Another childhood icon gone.

I need a picture book about this friendship. Someone get on that.

Dreidel, anyone?

Night 3

Oh, fuck. Time to find a new browser.

I need a Destroy button for me.

Happy Hanukkah to me!

Another night shining light into the darkness. Happy Hanukkah!

It was finally far enough above 0°F that we could venture out for a (very) short walk. This view of the sunset between buildings was our reward.

You will be visited by three spirits

For GREEKS BEARING GIFTS: magnets of Deces’s business card For OUTLAWS: Chicken Shack hats and tees; small wooden toys like the ones Much carved for the kids in the shelter

It’s a Hanukkah miracle! After being worryingly high six months ago, my BP and A1C were back on target. I was so sure they wouldn’t be, my BP especially, given the weekend’s news. I have rarely been so happy to be wrong. 🎉

I’m struggling too. It’s too much.

Ozzie’s first night Hanukkah gift: a crinkle toy Chanukiah with two squeaky toy candles.

Chag Hanukkah Sameach!

Another day of sub-zero Feels Like temps, another day with the snuffle mat.

When I adopted Duncan almost 10 years ago, he came with this yellow dog-shaped bed. He’s the only one who ever used it. It’s always been in my office, but it’s been empty since Duncan died a year and a half ago. Tonight, I turned around to find this. And now I’m a little verklempt.

OMG, @abetterjulie.bsky.social! I love this month’s postcard. My boy Eeyore looks almost happy! 😍 Folks, if you want fun postcards like this, sign up for Julie’s Patreon.

When it’s too cold for walkies,** we snuffle mat. **The Feels Like temp is -9°F.

Among my editor’s feedback on OUTLAWS: “YOU MONSTER.”

I’ll just leave this here: www.coreknowledge.org/product/fede...

Happy Release Day, @anotherindiewriter.com!

A gift for all my writer and editor friends. Enjoy! www.instagram.com/reel/DR032CT...

I love that the cats at Young at Heart can literally climb the walls.

Her hat is bigger than she is! 😍

@brunettewreck.bsky.social Thinking of you today! Hope everything went well and you have a smooth recovery.

OOF. I don’t think I could find a jar big enough for that.