Musing, blogging, reflecting, affirming, complaining, documenting
I’m a good shirt folder. There, I said it. I like to fold the shirts—t-shirts in particular—after doing the laundry. If a customer tries on a shirt in a store, or unfolds it to get a better look at it or to judge how extra large the extra large is, and they just throw it … Read more
Writing prompt: What is your strangest habit? I’ve written about this before—it’s probably making an entry on my Google calendar when I change my razor blades. (A quick search shows that I’m probably not even halfway through this one’s life.) Thinking back on why I started doing this, it was once when I noticed how … Read more
I don’t like Instagram (IG)—never have. There, I said it. The biggest issue I have with IG is that it’s a platform based on images, so a photo is required with every post. I don’t want to post an image most of the time I want to share something. I’m a writer. My product is … Read more
In October of 2014, after learning from a friend and colleague that she kept a “sentence-a-day diary” and loving the idea, I started one myself. These are my one-sentence diary entries for this day for the last 8 years. January 13 2015 Tuesday: While stopped at the light at Blount Street, waiting to turn right … Read more
As soon as my indicator came on, I checked my Google calendar for the last time I changed my oil. Don’t you keep that info on your calendar? I want to make sure it’s been at least 6,000 miles since I last changed it, and it has. And it’s good timing, because I have to … Read more
It was a big medical expense year for us, one for which we’re glad we have good medical insurance. I’m guessing most of this was from my total knee replacement surgery, because the only other expenses we had was the abdominoplasty, collagen injections, dermabrasion, and lipoplasty. Thanks Red Hat and Cigna. Error happened.
In medical parlance, I’m “PO83,” which stands for “post-op 83,” and which means it’s 83 days after I had my total knee replacement (TKR). I haven’t been obsessing over what’s referred to as my extension (how flat I can get my knee) and flexion (how much I can bend my knee), which are two very … Read more