Hiya, strangers!
Reading: Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Dr. Jeff Meldrum. He is a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University, and he’s an expert on footprint morphology in primates. You may or may not know this about me, but I’m a HUGE Bigfoot nerd. I have been for years. At this point in my “research” (if you can call it that), I’m pretty much fully convinced that Sasquatch exists as a flesh and blood animal. So, I’ve watched quite a few documentaries where Dr. Meldrum makes an appearance, and now I’ve finally gotten around to reading his book. I’m only a couple chapters in, but it’s fascinating.
Watching: I just finished Mare of Easttown, and now I’m an episode into The Undoing. We subscribed to HBO Max for a month, and I’m trying to take advantage of it. Side note: I didn’t realize Philly folks had a specific accent. I’ve heard it before, and just thought that person talked a little differently. Apparently it’s a whole thing, and apparently Kate Winslet is some sort of magician because she went back and forth between her Philadelphia accent and her British accent in between takes, while the rest of the cast kept the accent because they were worried they’d lose it during filming.
Baking: Not exactly baking, but I’ve been making a lot of caramels lately. I’m trying to perfect them but I may have to give it up til fall, because the heat we are having combined with no air conditioning means they don’t set up correctly. On a related note, it is supposed to be 100/108/108 on Friday/Saturday/Sunday and WHAT THE HECK. Pacific Northwesterners do rain and snow. We do not do extreme heat.
Wanting: Central A/C. *sob*
Drinking: Tazo Passion Tea Lemonades a’la Starbucks, but made at home for a fraction of the cost and calories. Get some Tazo iced passion tea bags and a jug of low cal/light lemonade and go to town. Trust me on this.
Eating: PEACHES. I can’t get enough of them lately. Ive been having one for a mid-morning snack almost every day lately and I’m still not sick of them.
Making: Soooooo many DIY birthday party decorations. Imogen has requested a jungle-themed birthday party and even though it’s hard to be motivated to really go crazy for a party where exactly one person is invited (my mom), I know she’d be disappointed if I didn’t do something. So, who wants to come help me cut 20 Monstera leaves out of construction paper and blow up 150 balloons for a balloon garland?
Mad at: The housing market. Holy crap, guys. A modest 3 bedroom, 2 bath fixer-upper should NOT even come close to costing a half a million dollars and yet, here we are.
Thankful for: The grace and ability to keep two kids alive for the last 4 and 2 years, respectively.
Laughing at: Kilian and the way he pronounces certain words. “My turn” is “why turn”, every single time. It doesn’t matter how many times I make him say “my” correctly, the minute that word is combined with “turn”, it comes out “WHY TURN!!” I’ll be sad when he stops saying it incorrectly because it’s just so funny.
He also had a piece of cheese the other day, took it to the living room and ran it over with a toy tractor, then came running and told me “Tractor take it from me!” when I asked why the cheese was stuck to the tractor’s wheels.
