I was planning a long post about my mother’s house being sold, but the contract fell due to some repairs needed and the buyer’s tight timeline. I’m now working through the punch list I got from the home inspection. Unfortunately, I seem to be doing this at night when I should be sleeping. Sleep has been elusive lately. I go to bed between 10:30-11:00 and wake around 12-12:30 only to sit in the…
But this is ridiculous!
If you’ve been following along, you know that I am the executor of my late mother’s estate. I willingly took this ‘job’ at her request because that’s what you do, right? Little did I know that this project would consume all my free time for 6 months or more. Much of the administrative work was done right after her death…memorial, finding (and meeting) a lawyer, and…
Whenever I get a wild hair to tidy up my office it goes terribly wrong. I let the room get so bad (like hoarder bad) that when I clean it up it gets so much worse before it gets better. It’s overwhelming. I get hot. I get sweaty. I get distracted. I get bored. Then I take a break (far longer than it should be) and lose my motivation. I’m at it again. I want to chuck my computer desk in favor of…
My car, after training, Monday morning at 11am.
Summer has arrived…with a vengeance. The humidity is high, are hitting the 80s every day and I’m already melting. Suffice it to say, I am not a fan of this season. Like some friends, it arrives too early and stays too late. I don’t want to wish my life away but September can’t get here soon enough (for many reasons). I’m currently sitting on a huge…
My mom, c.2017, wearing a beautiful vest she knit (and I now own).
Our last family gathering, her 93rd birthday, Oct 2022
Now that my mother’s memorial and celebration of life have passed, my new normal has begun. I spend my days working (remotely, thank GOD) and cleaning out my mother’s house. She was quite the shopper, my mom. I am finding multiple of many items, some of which have never been…
Life has been throwing me curveballs and I’m trying to center myself through deep breaths and meditation. I am trying to communicate clearly, to those around me, exactly what I need from them. This is an extremely overwhelming time for me. My mother passed away recently. My siblings and I have tried to make the transition from this life to the next as easy for her as possible. Hospice care was a…
Primrose Yarn Company Onesie in DK
Like many places, winter in Tennessee is unpredictable. Wait 10 minutes and the season may change. Last week’s freezing (and below freezing) temps and then high 60s. It was 32 when I woke up this morning. Yesterday’s high was in the 70’s, and this morning we have snow flurries. It’s the perfect weather for my shawls and cowls. Easy to wear and easy to…
As a technology professional, I am sympathetic to, and a bit terrified by, the recent mass layoffs at Amazon (18,000), Microsoft (10,000), Meta (11,000), Alphabet (12,000), and other tech companies – approximately 70,000 in total. This reminds me of the dot.com bubble that burst around 2001. Maybe it’s a cycle that is bound to repeat itself, maybe there was a tendency to overhire during the…
I try to set goals each year, not resolutions. My goals for this year are 12 books (one per month), 12 knitting projects, earning an ACT1 and ACT2 with Speck, redoing my entire bedroom top to bottom, and clearing out my ‘office’.
Step one is already underway. We are completely gutting our bedroom. All our clothes are in boxes. We’re tearing up the carpet and, later this spring will have a new…
Who do you want to be in 2023?
A new year always invokes new beginnings. Fresh, clean calendars and planners; everything resets; not quite a do-over but definitely a chance to start anew. Last year, my mantra was “Learn Something New in 2022”. And learn new things, I did. I started training Rally Obedience with Jack, started a new job that I love, and began training Barn Hunt with Speckman. Could I have done more? Sure. Did I…
