Don’t talk about it, get over it
My mom, snister, and I are all reading Kristin Hannah’s The Women right now. It’s about a young female nurse, Frankie, who goes to Vietnam in the late 60s as an army nurse, and her experience there and after returning home. I haven’t finished it yet...
TIL
TIL = Today I Learned. And truthfully, it should be FIL because I learned these things Friday. Ha. But I have to share two things I learned for the first time Friday, that probably most people know. First, cake balls are not just cake baked in a ball shape. I had...
Summer send-off
We had such a lovely day yesterday! We took the day off work, flew to Rachel and Kevin’s house in Edgerton, WI, hung out with them on their boat, ate lunch at a restaurant on the water, then flew home! It was such a beautiful (hot!) day – temps in the high...
Reading Update (2024 #58-60)
[58] Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff ZentnerFiction / Southern, heard about from Knox at The Popcast, audio Synopsis: Colton Gentry is a second-rate country music singer who drunkenly spoke out about gun control at a concert and got himself canceled. Now...
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 am employed by the federal government. 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! 🙂