Perpetually Megnificent

Category: Stuff I do

  • Some of This Week’s To Do’s

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    Buy eclairs. It’s a new month. It’s time for a new dozen of eclairs. Don’t buy vegetable seeds. I don’t have a place set up to start seedlings and I don’t have a garden. Or a yard. Not buying seeds has been a real struggle. I will likely fail. If not this week, another week. Yes.…

  • Summer Bucket List

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    I’ve been thinking more about the idea of a summer bucket list. I’m still not ready to commit to one. Particularly since I will spend a large portion of this summer in upstate New York. But, if I were to have a summer bucket list, it would look something like list: pack the perfect picnic…

  • Weekend Things

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    Last night, just before dinner, I took my nephew out to play in the sun. I sat him in the baby swing, sat myself on the grass in front of him, and sang him silly songs as he swung back and forth. My Pa came out and started kicking around a soccer ball. Little Man…

  • Current Obsessions

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    There’s one thing I have in common with each of my siblings. We are always moving on to the next big idea. It’s impossible to know what’s going to strike our fancy next, but we love exploring and learning and trying out new things. While this is true of all of us, I’m the worst…

  • Star Trek

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    Ma and I have successfully navigated our way through the entire Star Trek original series. I was sure there would be oodles of them based on the following Star Trek has garnered over the past decades. There aren’t. I’m going to miss it. It was refreshing to watch entertainment that also spoke to the political…

  • Vingts Regards

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    Ma often offers to drop me at the library when we are out running errands. She’ll ask if I need to pick up something without my having said anything about it. The answer, more often than not, is yes. (Remember that one time when I tried to limit myself to two books from the library…

  • Today I Am Sore

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    Yesterday was my first outdoor run of the season. I went barely three miles and ran most of the way. Like a fool, I thought I’d be able to do the same run today. I need a day, maybe two, to recover. My recovery strategy: go up and down the stairs as few times as…

  • What I Did in 2013

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    I read 65 books. I completed Nanowrimo. I wrote halves of two other books. I drastically reduced the size of my wardrobe. I still have too many clothes. I distributed clothes I didn’t wear anymore among my sisters. The clothes I gave away look much better on them than they ever did on me. I…

  • My Life (which apparently consists of nothing but food and books)

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    Brown butter pear upside down cake for breakfast. Two slices. I love my life. Ma used this recipe to make it. It’s delicious but not amazing. We will be playing with it to make it amazing because I know this cake can be incredible. Sunday Ma and I used six heads of romaine lettuce and…

  • Halfway There

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    I’m participating in Nanowrimo again. I took a break last year so I could focus on getting my master’s degree finished up. I’ve participated a few times before that but I have yet to win. Nanowrimo win = writing 50,000 novel words during the month of November This year, I’m going to be a winner.…