I’ve been trying to figure out a way include my kids' grandparents in my POSSE adventures since I will never pry Facebook from their hands. Every time I leave the site, I invariably get complaints about them wanting updates. This is pretty much the only reason I wish Threads would federate.

Our silly girl

Did I mention we went sledding yesterday?

Word of caution: if you show up at my house unannounced on a holiday weekend, you may find me still in my underwear before 10.

I was 9 years old the last time the Lions won a playoff game. 🏈

One of my favorite accounts on Instagram is Zillow Gone Wild. It’s a great study in the American mind.

After a 25 year hiatus, I’m thinking about getting back into hacky sack.

Learning about custom routing and collections in Ghost. I’m thinking this might be the key to hosting two blogs at one address (micro and otherwise) while keeping their content separate.

Got our wish

Offloaded my new planning blog from a subdomain to its own domain. Hoping I didn’t break too much in the process.

I need to research easy-to-use (and free/affordable) data visualization tools for web publications, particularly map data. Looking like maybe Leaflet with Mapbox.

Today is my daughter’s 2nd birthday. It’s been a fun-filled year, and a joy watching her grow and explore the world! Happy birthday, little one!

Had some fast food for lunch today and the sesame seeds reminded me of this bit by Mitch Hedberg:

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Tech companies who use two-factor e-mail verifications where the numbers are visible directly from mobile banner notifications are doing god’s work. Few things are as unnecessarily annoying as having to click over to open the email to copy/paste.

Couldn’t stand the guy or his cult, but I’ll concede Reagan got one thing right:

~If you’re explaining, you’re losing.

Currently experiencing the complete meltdown of the Fred Meyer curbside grocery pickup system. Been here almost 2 hours waiting on a pickup that was already an hour delayed.

My boss signed me up for this leadership development program over the next 3 months, and although I appreciate the content, it has filled my plate beyond capacity. Crazy week and I’m ready for a snow day.

I let the floor go while I was trying to keep the ship running the last few days. Cooking, laundry, dishes, homework, regular work, walking the dog, keeping the kids entertained, baths, etc. The floor is always the thing that gets so gross so fast, especially in the winter. I think I’m ready to hire a cleaner again. Even once a week would be glorious.

Lego has become fun now that he can do so much more himself.

We had some wind last night and it knocked out our electricity at around 1 a.m. My son was already sleeping in our bed, but my daughter woke up screaming bloody murder and wouldn’t go back to sleep, so I had to bring her into our bed as well.

The worst part about power outages is that I can’t sleep without my CPAP machine anymore. I have a battery for it to get me by, but I must not have charged it after camping last summer. I got another hour out of it before I was awakened again not being able to breathe.

I had to get creative because I needed sleep. I had an early morning meeting today …

Raising kids on the U.S. west coast sure has a way of making even a so-called ‘comfortable’ household’s budget feel pinched. I look around and wonder how others seem to be living so much better.

Veggie chili tonight, accompanied by Chelsea, Michigan’s finest.

#jiffy #michigan