I think it's clear that my new weaving from Sarah (@sarahecozart.bsky.social) is the nicest thing in my room! This one is titled Éowyn.

Signs of spring.

Threadz is my main place, but it's having some issues (or my phone update caused issues), so I'm here I guess. (Until threads calls me at 2am.)

I got glasses!

Update: I started with Northanger Abbey last night, as, word has it, it was written first. First impressions: Sentences: long. Chapters: short. Humor: wry. Question: does anyone actually go IN the baths in Bath? 🤔

Jane Austen question: With which book should I start? I have never read a Jane Austen novel. My inclination would be to start with Emma and work my way right. Pls help.

The optometrist wants me to pick out a handful of glasses before my appointment on Friday. How do I pick out glasses?? I feel like my whole personality is at stake. Help.

Age verification? Sry, can't; Charlie bit my finger.

Age verification? Can't; I'm just a Beanie Baby™ with a tag protector.

My kids found my old Beanie Baby™ bins in the garage. Torn between enriching the next generation and NO! DON'T TOUCH THE TAG!

Step Up 6 :

Princess Diaries 3 :

"Mom, is Santa real?"

Someone tell me why the opportunity to practice the new skills I learned at the parenting conference is happening while I have multiple dinner items on the stove, in the oven, and in the toaster oven??

David writing the Psalms.

What should I make for dinner?

"Hey kiddo, did you learn any more words that start with L today?" Larb. Larbule.

I may have signed up for a writers group at my church and maybe workshopped a poem about Renee Good.

The Game of Life: Doomsday Expansion Pack.

Me, putting in my fancy earrings.

I am four eels.

I loaded the boombox with a Sister Hazel CD, and my spouse asked, "Who's this?" 😱😱😱 WHO'S THIS??? Oh honey, today you're gonna LEARN and maybe CRY.

Hi Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov and Maria Cantwell @cantwell.senate.gov , Washington State resident and voter here. What are you doing to stop the federal government from running rampant against its people?? Please list at least one thing you are currently, actively doing.

So you're telling me that Chicago-style deep dish pizza has the sauce OUTSIDE the cheese? What in the Vecna are we doing here, guys??

First and last selfies of 2025.

NSYNC intro be like:

I put on the NSYNC Christmas album to expose my kids to some culture, and it's like a sleeper cell of song lyrics just awoke in my body.

I made Scandinavian stars with the kids today. Some people cried about it, but mine turned out pretty cute.

What a Baptist swear jar is called.

For those of you on the worship team, what special Christmas songs are you guys performing this week? I want to know!

We have a whole house, so why do my kids need to fight over the same 2 ft³ of space?

My family is NOT appreciating the Point of Grace Christmas album 😤

Me, c. 2012, clocking out of the coffee shop.

The hardest part about social media is remembering what my friends post on which platform, because I want to preserve the vibes.

You will be visited by three ghosts.

Ok, I am HOOKED on Agatha Christie movie adaptations.

I'm extremely embarrassed to say that I'm the one who cries at the preschool Christmas concerts. These songs aren't even theologically sound 😭

We just got another family gathering added to our calendar, and it involves bringing an app or side dish, cookies or dessert, and a $10 white elephant gift per participant 😵‍💫🎄🫠🎁

I think a date with my spouse at the Eastern European grocery store would heal me.

I did not know all these wonderful things about Rob Reiner. What a loss.

I watched Death on the Nile (2022) instead.

I have heard it say that The Family Stone is a must-see Christmas movie. I'm starting it now. 1/

'Tis the season for my kids to make a train tunnel out of a Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA six pack box.

Rorschach test: what do you see in the cinnamon and nutmeg on my holiday nog?

I told my kids tonight that they're acting rude and mean and not very 6-7. Am I doing it right?

"Shake well before use," says Joe, but then it's in a top like this.

A friend showed me a handful of AI videos that one of the grandparents makes from still photos of the grandkids. Cute stuff, like just toddling along or flying like superman, but I am weirded out. I am so weirded out.

One holiday lesson I've learned over the years is to make sure to feed my kids a lunch before going over to the holiday event. BIG LUNCH. It's a game-changer.

Task Rabbit but for someone to even out my eyebrows while I'm doing my makeup.

Balk: Gerrymandering Walk: Gerry meandering