And I can’t tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue. Or my fingers. I’m also not talented and beautiful.

and now you’re wrong.

You guys. Today is my kid’s 2nd birthday and we had a full-on block party with a water slide and corn hole and a whole roast pigs (this was all for the block party, not my kid’s birthday). I made full sugar cupcakes and my boy was naked for the whole day. There were about a billion kids. It all climaxed with the ice…

I paid off all of my unsubsidized school loans this week! Just cut my load in half and I haven't graduate college yet. Feeling really good about that!

I guess this is what we get with the Gawker migration? Cool stuff.

It's not fun when he likes it.

The first. The latter is perfectly fair, provided she’s naturally producing the testosterone.

There is a blog called TayTaysBeard determined to prove it’s true. I loooooove it.

I found a stray dog today and coaxed him inside. My other dogs did not eat him. I had him scanned for a microchip at the shelter and filed a Found Dog report. I put a Found Dog ad on Craigslist. I listed him on NextDoor and on LostMyDoggie.com, which will fax and email a flier to local vets and pet businesses. I made…

This was my kidlings’ entry in a sandcastle competition last week. There was much kerfuffle ahead of time, with artistic differences, and questionable management styles; by Team Fluffy Penguin pulled it together and managed to cooperate, with no outside refereeing needed. So quite proud of them for that.

I went to my first audition in over a year and a half and got called back. Then today at callbacks I was one of maybe a third of the people they brought into another room to sing individual parts for the music director. I’m about to graduate acting school and I’m nervous about not having that safety net, but I’m…

I finished my PhD in Physics!

God, no. Don’t go to Reddit. t’s like that video compilation: “Don’t go into the basement....”

I deleted everything. My massive to do list, the 400 movies in my Netflix queue. I kept my reading list because it’s still mostly reasonable but everything else in my life just got wiped clean. My kids are starting a new school and I’m not joining anything this year, so my calendar is empty too. It feels like a brag…

Oh, you know, got married, went on a honeymoon where we saw a double rainbow and a dolphin calf, started my reading for next semester and fell in love with Evidence, and made a pear cake. The usual!

I had a GREAT interview at a company I really like! Crossing my fingers the rest of the interviews go well this week!

I got my first performance review at work in over a year. It was really great and I got a big raise!

I’m finally on time for SNS and it’s the end of all things! I hope Jezebel doesn’t change too much. I’m a lurker but I have a secret, lurkey love for y’all.

Newest cross stitch is my absolute fave so far: