December 30, 2022
Good Things Friday (201) and Link Love
1. Did you know that Gouda cheese also comes in sticks? I did not. And it was on sale!
Challenges this week: Very tired. Feel terrible.
December 23, 2022
Good Things Friday (200) and Link Love
1. I hate having to ask for help but the kids were both sick and we needed to know we had enough medication for them both. I had to put out a call to some friends to see if they could get a line on more meds. We were so lucky they happened to have extra!
Challenges this week: everyone is so sick and tired.
December 16, 2022
Good Things Friday (199) and Link Love
1. You’d think I could come up with at least one good thing this week, eh? But it’s been a hell of a week and the best thing I can say is I was able to work from bed a few days this week (and I should have done all week) which has given me more than the bare illusion of rest that I was faking when I called sitting at my desk and working “rest”. Here’s to a better next week.
December 9, 2022
Good Things Friday (198) and Link Love
1. $76 saved! I trimmed JB’s hair, cut Smol Acrobat’s hair, and cleaned up PiC’s self haircut and saved us the cost of two cuts and a trim.
2. My last purchase at CVS before cancelling Carepass: three toothbrushes ($16.77) – $3 off $10 Colgate purchase – $10 off max single item (no idea why they applied the full $10 to three items but I am not objecting) + tax = $4.66 with free shipping. Pretty good considering how pricy the extra soft toothbrushes are!
3. One of the TMobile Tuesday rewards came in handy: the BOGO on Jamba Juice. The kids love it, and we adults appreciate it too, but it’s too rich for our blood to have on the treat rotation. BOGO works, though!
Challenges this week: Smol’s on their third virus in a row in less than three weeks. I am very tired.
Finding ibuprofen and acetaminophen (I usually buy generic) took over an hour to find a store that had both in stock at a close enough location that would be feasible for pick up. Nearly everything was unavailable for shipping from Target, CVS, and Walgreens. Considering how many times Smol has caught something, we’re going to need this.
December 2, 2022
Good Things Friday (197) and Link Love
I’m all about direct aid and mutual aid:
1. Saddle Up and Read is a 501(c)(3) non-profit literacy program that encourages children to read using equine related activities run by Gooch, @theblackcowgirl. Gooch is opening a free bookstore for kids on the farm and their fundraising goal is $8,000 to pay off the renovations. If you can support this awesome initiative: https://www.paypal.com/US/fundraiser/charity/3706821.
2. Child and Family Relief Round 2: @jelenawoehr‘s story about the first campaign.
3. We sneak-shopped for Penny’s students. So many of them are hungry and it’s not right. Our last shipment of snacks was really brightening the days of a lot of students so with the holidays coming up, I thought maybe they’d need something to take home or even just a big last day snack binge. I took up a lightning quick collection among friends and I sent the order off.
Challenges this week: Smol is still sick, JB has come down with a Thing, and I have too. Booo.
November 25, 2022
Good Things Friday (196) and Link Love
1. Thanksgiving dinner was really tasty but two hours behind schedule. I was really looking forward to a 3 pm seating and a 6 pm follow up.
November 18, 2022
Good Things Friday (195) and Link Love
1. We’re surviving. It’s been a hard week.
Please share: former-blogger friend Kelly Whalen’s friend Rachee needs a kidney
Challenges this week: Twitter being in an apparent death spiral is incredibly depressing. It’s provided me real time support and community in so many ways that were impossible for me to obtain offline and I hate that it’s being destroyed by a billionaire egomaniac for no other reason than he’s a giant baby in an adult body. Please check out Celeste Pewter’s action items.