We have a very FAFO approach to our garden. We plant it, kind of take care of it, and see what happens. We had some delicious green beans and tomatoes this year then these little f*ckers showed up. Oh well!
These caterpillars took bites out of most of our tomatoes
Displaying my rocks at work has had the unwanted side effect of people asking me for commissions. I don’t do commissions anymore (my last one was in 2022). They stress me TF out! However. Someone asked me if I could paint simple phrases on three rocks. I explained I typically don’t do commissions, and have limited free time, however, lettering doesn’t take much time and if I could use some rocks I already had ready to go, I would consider it. They were enthusiastically on board, extremely flexible, and let me do whatever I wanted for lettering. It worked out well and they were very happy with how they turned out. I am NOT doing commissions though. Ha.
Not one of the rocks I made them
Ha, also related to rock painting, a different coworker was commenting on how they see my Instagram posts so early every day (right before 5:00 am) and can’t believe I am up posting that early! Ha! I told them I schedule my rock posts out for weeks at a time and have no idea what will post each day. I am up that early but I don’t post manually anymore.
I have some fun travel coming up! San Diego in October with Snis, Tiff, and Val, Denver in November with Snis and her oldest to see Val, and maybe a flying trip to Tennessee at some point.
Snis and I are rolling the dice with Frontier for our trips. We booked them last week and have already had the times on ALL of them change. On all 6 flights. Ha.
Did you know you can figure out the approximate base height of a cumulus cloud (in certain conditions) by calculating the spread between surface temperature and dew point and doing some simple math? I didn’t know until I saw this reel last week. Weather is so interesting.
I also blew my own mind this week by finally grasping the concept of why altimeters read higher than true altitude in cold weather and lower than true altitude in hot weather. Go me.
Yipes on Frontier with the 6/6 change rate. Good luck!
I love your rockstagram, and of course I had fun distributing the rocks that you gave me last year. But yeah, it’s only fun when you’re doing it for you. Otherwise it’s just another job and who wants that on top of the jobs that we already have?
kimhastheruns
on August 24, 2025 at 7:37 am
Thanks! LOL!
EXACTLY! All these people who push you to monetize your hobbies and I already work two jobs. No thanks.
I’m glad you’re still holding firm on not doing any commissions! I know that really burned you out. 🙂
So many fun trips on the horizon – yayyyy. We leave for London 6 weeks from Tuesday and I can’t believe it!! We booked it so far in advance that I haven’t had time to get excited, lol. But I just submitted time off for TWO WEEKS and I am SO EXCITED for a long break from work!
kimhastheruns
on August 24, 2025 at 7:37 am
It did! It was exciting then I quickly realized it was not for me. The funny thing is I am more talented now and they’d turn out better. Oh well.
Oh my gosh! So soon!!! And now it’s like… 4 weeks! I am super excited for you two!
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and work in an account management role. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂
Yipes on Frontier with the 6/6 change rate. Good luck!
I love your rockstagram, and of course I had fun distributing the rocks that you gave me last year. But yeah, it’s only fun when you’re doing it for you. Otherwise it’s just another job and who wants that on top of the jobs that we already have?
Thanks! LOL!
EXACTLY! All these people who push you to monetize your hobbies and I already work two jobs. No thanks.
I’m glad you’re still holding firm on not doing any commissions! I know that really burned you out. 🙂
So many fun trips on the horizon – yayyyy. We leave for London 6 weeks from Tuesday and I can’t believe it!! We booked it so far in advance that I haven’t had time to get excited, lol. But I just submitted time off for TWO WEEKS and I am SO EXCITED for a long break from work!
It did! It was exciting then I quickly realized it was not for me. The funny thing is I am more talented now and they’d turn out better. Oh well.
Oh my gosh! So soon!!! And now it’s like… 4 weeks! I am super excited for you two!