Watched: The Roses ๐ฟ
This was fun, but perhaps a little too serious for my liking at times.
Microposts
Watched: The Outfit ๐ฟ
My neighbor recommended this and I’m glad she did. I’ll gladly watch it again.
A short video of the river near Clarkston.
It was a lovely day to drive home today. My drive was a little longer than expected taking my daughter to the airport for an unexpected adventure that was planned just today! I’ll post more about that and share some pictures from my trip after I sleep.
The sun is shining. Nice day for a drive.
It’s still dark when I log into work in the morning currently so I’ve been turning on these white Christmas lights. Calcifer came to visit this morning and he looked cute in the soft light.
I’ve seen various posts joking (or not) about the decision to deploy ALL the software with a single company.
I just got an email from a local sewing company that they are closing for the day because their registers and credit card systems aren’t working.
So much for separation of concerns.
Ally recently joined the woodworking guild and today she’s volunteering with her grandfather (Matt’s dad) at the guild for the first time. They are building toys to be donated to families in need closer to the winter holidays. ๐ฅฐ
Watched: The Godfather ๐ฟ This movie gets better every time I watch it.
This text from my introverted friend that works at the same large company as my introverted husband made me laugh.
You know when you see a mom or a dad first thing in the morning on TV? They’re fully dressed and look ready to conquer the world? Why doesn’t anyone show the person tiptoeing around in the dark trying not to wake their family while they get dressed and make coffee?
Good morning.
Watched: One Battle After Another ๐ฟ
Others have said that going into this movie not knowing anything is the way to go. I’ll agree with that. It’s great though.
Finished reading: Abundance by Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein ๐
Reading any book related to politics now feels like it MUST be out of date, given how quickly things have/are changing in the US. This book though is about how some democratic policies have led to a lot of the struggles we’re having with things like homelessness. It’s a good read.
My daughter recently started watching The X-Files for the first time. ๐บ I haven’t watched it since it first aired and I didn’t watch all of it so I’m rewatching it now. Every episode has a moment of “Whoa, it’s that person!” or “Wait, who is that?” immediately followed by “Wow, they are so young!”
The cat takes advantage of the recliner every time I try to work there. He’s pretty cute, but then every once in a while he tries to lick his neck hairs which get stuck in his mouth because they’re too long. :laughing: Am I supposed to trim them??
Does he look annoyed or bored to you?
I forgot about the “new job, new laptop” excitement! My new computer arrived yesterday. Hehe!
I’m looking forward to next week. (Fully expecting to need extra sleep as well.)
It’s been five years since my best friend passed away. I think she would hate for her digital legacy to be stuck on Facebook at this point, but that’s where it is. I can’t bring myself to log in over there to see if anyone else noted this anniversary so I hate that it’s there too.
This afternoon, my son and I went to watch the Hamilton recording that’s in movie theaters for a limited time. There were some scenes I hadn’t noticed, before which was surprising.
After all this time, the talent involved is still awe-inspiring.
Going to the movies on a Tuesday afternoon is a rare treat I don’t know that I’ve ever gotten to experience either.
My son sent a text saying that his new apartment has reached “the pile stage of organization” and asked for some help moving beyond that. ๐ฅฐ I’m looking forward to spending the day with him.
Last night I was thinking about Joseph, Oregon which made me think of fresh tomatoes which made me think of BLTs which reminded me that this is the perfect time to get a BLT from my favorite local bakery. This may be all I want to eat between now and October 1st. Heaven!
Late summer in Portland translates to spiders. Lots of them! Orbweavers specifically, I think.
This wouldn’t bother me so much, except for the fact that I keep running into spider webs every time I walk outside. I’m fairly confident last week I had a huge spider dangling from my hair after walking through a web with my forehead and today I had a web stretch across my eyeballs. My eyeballs!!!
I didn’t know there was a Guinness World Record for walking on Lego bricks and I’m also not planning to attempt it. I was reminded how painful it is just yesterday! Bringing visibility to the struggles veterans face is a worthwhile goal, however.
Besides the obvious struggle of being laid off, the most difficult part of this is missing people. I’ve had 4 years to get to know and care about these people, many of them I spoke to just about every weekday. It’s weird to suddenly not have that!
Heather Cox Richardson’s short history of the Nineteenth Amendment is just as good as you’d expect.