I think my mother regretted giving me a diminutive name but was too stubborn to admit it. She apologized occasionally for that. After she died I started calling myself something else.

They are on separate shelves for that very reason! And if you bring sparkly wine we can have it in sparkly glasses!

Augh that is horrible. Glad you are out of there.

Every time I see painting and renovation on my block I cheer, “Gentrify!” I was gentrified out of every zip code in Austin, just FYI. It’s my turn here, not sorry.

I always get apprehensive about the plane crashing, so I tell myself that if I still feel that way when I get to the airport I don’t have to get on. So far I have gotten on, and off, every flight.

The perfect china cabinet came to me at last! Slowly unpacking boxes and filling it with beauty. So much grown-up I am.

I did! Followed at last!

Looking forward to all the sweaters, and boots! Jeans are kind of scary because I tend to late summer depression featuring very little activity and way too much eating of inappropriate foodstuffs.

That looks a lot like a pile driver.

Clearly, he will need to move.

Alabama is awesome, I moved here earlier this year. I love the tall trees and the water, everyone is friendly and polite, and that accent just knocks me out. It's not any crazier than Texas.

Birmingham has some amazing food, who woulda thunk it?

Sayonara Austin! It was the crowds that drove me out but I don’t miss that heat either. It will break around Halloween.

Trader Joe’s has some really good gluten-free bread over by the regular bread, not frozen. I feel you, I loved bread. Sometimes I browse my grocery store’so bakery just for the smells - and I stopped gluten nearly 4 years ago.

all the stars!

She looks great. Don’t slutshame, wtf is the matter with any of this?

There is a cat calming spray called Nature’s Miracle made from plant extracts. We drove 2 dogs and 2 cats 3 states over, and the cats were quiet for 14 hours. Not always sleeping but calm. When we got here they had a snack and a poop and explored the house instead of hiding. It costs like $8 on Amazon, so worth it.

I have also heard it as a substitute for “bullshit.”

He just looks really stoned to me.

White would be a very good choice. It was the color of the women’s suffrage movement.