An artist inspired by an artist www.instagram.com/reel/DPus1z_...

Please, work.

I have until the end of the month to lodge my Aussie taxes. I’ve been procrastinating since July 1. Don’t feel bad for me. I don’t deserve it.

We looked at a house over the weekend (to buy) and I jokingly said "do you think they'd throw in the paintings on the walls?". Little does our realtor know, I'm more than half serious... The house has been vacant for months with only the paintings & odds & ends. I want the paintings.

Tell me there’s a Nor’easter without telling me there’s a Nor’easter…

My toxic trait is reading Goodreads reviews just before I start reading a new novel 🤷🏻‍♀️

it's coming...

I would let Quill make my coffee www.instagram.com/reel/DPn2ek1...

The 8yo stuffie pile. Found them like this when I walked into his room this morning.

Brava! 👏🏼 www.instagram.com/reel/DPhtpSp...

The algo sent me this. Don’t @ me. www.instagram.com/reel/DKmzcz8...

Anchorage street art

Tell me you had a layover at Chicago O'Hare without telling me you had a layover at Chicago O'Hare.

As I sit here listening to my husband go through the 8yo's Math homework, I'm really thankful I married a scientist who loves Mathematics ❤️

The 8yo misses AK because “he could watch Sunday/Monday night football at 4pm” without being told to go to bed at halftime 😜 He was so happy to hear that the Pats beat the Bills last night, when he woke up this morning.

Proof that Stringer made it to Alaska. I was just terrible at taking him out of my purse 😂

Back in New England. Missing Alaska.

I really want to win this www.instagram.com/reel/DPUSB0z...

If you don't want to believe that Earth is warming up, just listen to any Alaskan whose first comments are about how mild their winters have been over the past few years.

Aurora tonight from Flattop Mountain

I’ve listened to Taylor’s new album. Now heading out to search for Aurora Borealis 🤞🏽

This is Ruby. She likes to pet the other dogs at daycare. 14/10 extremely relatable (TT: alanahlorraine)

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Working 4hrs behind my colleagues is...a challenge. Still woke up at 4am today. Went for a swim with the 8yo by 7:30am. Had a mirco nap during the baseball game. Had dinner by 5:30pm. I'm sure my body clock will be in sync just in time as we head back home to the East Coast. Ugh.

We watched the Red Sox* game. What a thriller! Don’t even like them. I just don’t like the Yankees 😜

This is Cruiser. He's trained as a Community Resource Dog in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Last week he helped locate a missing elderly resident with dementia who had wandered away from home. For a job well done, Cruiser was rewarded with a hamburger. 14/10 (IG: officer_cruiser)

The locals are just walking around in shirt and shorts. I’ve got my puffy jacket on 🤷🏻‍♀️

Took my breath away…

😍

So strange to be watching Sunday Night Football at 5.15pm AK time.

Thanks, United 😜

Made it to Chicago. Tight connection to Anchorage after sitting on the tarmac for an hour waiting for a gate.

There is a great candidate for Hot Dudes Reading at our terminal in Logan Airport 😜

🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 two chances while we’re there 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

Dearest, loveliest Elizabeth 🥰 www.instagram.com/reel/DO_-ms6...

They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦‍♂️

Salem in September. Not as mad as in October, but still bananas.

True friends message you and demand you change your flights home from Alaska so you can go see the Taylor Swift release party at the movies 😄

This is Finny. He doesn’t go chasing waterfalls. He carefully studies their timing and arrives in advance. 14/10 very impressive (TT: jordancain70)

This game!

It has begun… 8am flag game today.

Happy for them www.instagram.com/reel/DOb0-Dh...

I don’t necessarily root for the Red Sox (Go Cards!), but as a resident of New England, I’ve just been conditioned to go against the Yankees. I never make the rules.

I gave up 3 things after I gave birth to the 8yo: 1) wearing my wedding ring 24/7 (I kept grazing him) 2) wearing mascara (went cold turkey) 3) wearing perfume (I was afraid it was irritating him) I only just took up wearing perfume again. Don't think I'll reintroduce the first two.

I only follow one TSITP influencer because she’s the right level of excited without being OTP. Plus she’s level headed. And has critical thinking skills. A must. Even in silly little fandoms. I don’t normally interact with influencers I follow, but last night, I sent her this:

My new STEAM MOP is the real winner this week.

Did I buy a $7 rose* at Trader Joe's simply for the bottle? Yes. Did I buy a perfume dupe for one that TS supposedly wears? Yes. Did I buy ingredients for open faced wontons after seeing it on IG? Yes. Am I excited for the steam mop I just bought? YES. *was also carded at TJs.

Who has a tried and tested (and loved) peach cobbler recipe? Late bloomers over here on a peach binge so late in the season.

Open House at the 8yo's school today. He's so excited. But he also told us he was moved seats TWICE yesterday because he talked too much. But that he also was rewarded 2 Lift Up charms (because he "lifted up"/helped a classmate). Is this what we would call balance?