Spiders that parachute stress me out. I looked at the photo on that person’s hand. Seems pretty big to me. BUT. I hate stinkbugs with the passion of a million fiery suns. If these Joro eat them... then they can stay. But please don’t come in our house!!

I’ve got an insulated lunch box that I stuff into my backpack for my walking / trolley commute. My travel time takes about 45 minutes, give or take... and typically I put that lunchbox into the work fridge when I arrive. No issues.

Applebee’s wasn’t the only jarring, inappropriate ad I saw on CNN amidst the Ukraine coverage. I’ve already forgotten what the commercial was for but I know they weren’t the only ones advertising during this.

I’ve never been to a Jollibee and would really like to go. We did a trip to California for our honeymoon a few years ago and we hit In N Out and Jack in the Box. We dream of them both, still.

This is a tough question because Disney on the cheap is never actually cheap. But after returning from a recent stay with my husband where we stayed on property for the first time... here are my takeaways:

I’m from the Pittsburgh area and Primanti’s was the thing we were known for. Big ass sandwiches piled high with your choice of meat (or egg!), french fries and slaw. As for my smaller town, there was literally nothing special to get. I have a fondness for Eat N Park... a chain that was predominantly in SW PA growing…

I unabashedly loved Jada on Cheer this season. I don’t know why Rebel assumed she’d go insane at a children’s meet and greet event. Like, come on.

THERE IT IS. Yes.

I use MyFitnessPal. I’ve deleted it and redownloaded it a MILLION times. I have tried Weight Watchers about 5 times. I considered Noom strongly but decided not to go for it. Here’s my problem: I am bad at the consistency part. One snack tumbles into backsliding tumbles into overeating tumbles into binge eating for me…

I had to take wood shop too in middle school. All the home ec / shop classes were all genders. I was TERRIBLE at shop. There were so many times that my teacher would get so fed up with me that he’d try to finish my project himself. He was terrifying and had this giant ruler yardstick that he’d slap on the table to get…

Here’s what I remember from Home Ec in middle school. Attached to the home ec room was what seemed to me to be a giant kitchen. I’m pretty sure there were multiple ovens (???) and we learned how to make a Dutch Baby. That’s the only part that stuck out to me, food wise. I also vividly remember sewing things and being…

Sometimes I really want that cake from Free Willy.

68! Way too cold for me here in SW Pennsylvania for day time. Our house is brick and isn’t wonderfully insulated. We also have windows that will need replacing so right now, 68 feels a bit frigid. We run ours around 73/74 in daytime. Just bought a space heater for our very cold finished basement and that’s working…

I’m stopping drinking for the next month or so because I totally overdid it in December. I’m also trying to be better about my own health and am trying to get pregnant. Been trying for that since May and never cut out alcohol until now so... we’ll see what happens. Curious if bartenders would be willing to do…

I have been struggling with dieting since I was in my early 20s. I was a VERY active kid who turned into an active teen. I walked a ton in college due to campus being huge so despite whatever I was eating (and that certainly consisted of cheap Chinese food, Little Caesars, hot cookies, lots of alcohol and dorm food),…

I still have all my LJ blogs from high school and college (circa 2003 - 2010) and it is horrifying to read through but I’m also glad I still have those memories written down. One of these days I might print them all and nuke the sites completely.

Today I learned it’s ARSENIC sauce and not PARSNIP sauce.

From Pittsburgh. Can confirm, cookie table is the BEST part of the weddings. We set out little to-go boxes at our wedding and people rushed the table before my husband and I ever had a chance to get a cookie ourselves at our own wedding HA. But for real, cookie table is great. Wedding cake is good, too, but cookie…

Oh how I loathe mint. I wish I liked it, because all the peppermint stuff for Christmas looks SO GOOD but then I try a bite and immediately hate it. The only mint I tolerate comes in the Andes Mints you get at Olive Garden. For some reason, I like those. Only those.

Team Pacey forever and ever. I’m very into “You” and Joe Goldberg’s character is insane. Dawson was a whiny bitch with a Spielberg obsession. I would’ve LOVED if Dawson’s Creek suddenly turned super dark and Dawson became wildly unhinged but I don’t think he would’ve stooped to murder. Not sure.