Author Archives: Sheryl

I went to our local library after work this evening. I’d put a new book on hold months ago in anticipation of it’s release date at the beginning of this month. And it was finally ready for me to pick up! OK, so it was ready almost a week ago, but I already have aContinue reading “Day 346 — Thursday, February 25, 2021 or why do I keep going to the library??”

I told him that he’d better be careful, that I might just have to see about his untimely demise. And I’m not sure I was kidding… My husband is a border-line hoarder in the best of times. Now add in a health pandemic that has trapped us all indoors for 10 months and he isContinue reading “Day 293 — Sunday, January, 3, 2021 or if my husband comes home with another jar of pickles…”

We actually made it to the end of this shit show of a year! I’m honestly a bit surprised…maybe I’m just still waiting for the murder hornets. Or the locusts. Maybe this asshat of a year will produce a swarm of vomit-inducing ticks. That seems about right. So for our last night of this crazyContinue reading “Day 290 — Thursday, December 31, 2020 or we actually made it!”

We had our first major snow storm of the season today — we probably got about 12 inches of snow. It started last night, continued while we were sleeping and went through most of the morning. Now in normal times, this type of storm would shut down schools and offices and create delays in publicContinue reading “Day 276 — Thursday, December 17, 2020 or a snow day, but I’m already stuck home”

That is totally unheard of for me — usually on December 24 I am surrounded by unwrapped presents and crying ugly tears. But today I took all those wrapped presents to the post office! I even boxed them up correctly before leaving the house! With packing tape! And addressed them properly! Now it’s up toContinue reading “Day 275 — Wednesday, December 16, 2020 or I actually wrapped gifts early!”

We got a Christmas tree today. This is pretty early for us — usually we’d get it around December 15 or whatever the date that Saturday would be. But this year it seems like everyone is getting their tree early and tree lots in our area were selling out. And you can’t have a COVID-19Continue reading “Day 268 — Wednesday, December 9, 2020 or we are trying to get into the holiday spirit”

This afternoon my husband admitted that he was bored. I’m sure that he has plenty of work to do, but I think we are all just a little bored sitting in our homes all day. Yes, we are busy working in our home “offices”, but it’s just odd that we spend each and every dayContinue reading “Day 267 — Tuesday, December 8, 2020 or we are officially bored in my house”

Now just how much will my husband hate the new Christmas decorations that I bought from Target yesterday? There’s a good chance he’ll really dislike them. He already thinks that I buy way too many stuffed or ceramic bird figurines. But how can you not like these guys? They’re wearing puffy coats, hats and scarves!Continue reading “Day 266 — Monday, December 7, 2020 or I bought some new Christmas decorations yesterday”

OMG — you guys, I actually won something! And I never win anything. Never. Zip. Nada. Nothing. During this pandemic, I find myself entering any contest I find — raffling off a gift basket? Giving away a free book? A gift card that I will probably just stick in my wallet and then forget allContinue reading “Day 263 — Friday, December 4, 2020 or I finally won something!”

I can’t be, right? Has everyone else tossed their leftover turkey in the trash? Or am I just gross because I made myself a turkey sandwich for lunch today… Sure it’s been 8 days since Thanksgiving, but the turkey was so good and there’s only the dark meat left, which is my favorite. I toastedContinue reading “Day 262 — Thursday, December 3, 2020 or am I the only person still eating Thanksgiving leftovers??”