Author Archives: Sheryl

What do you do when you are in the middle of a public health pandemic and you won’t be able to see your family and friends for the holidays? Well, in my house, we decided that the only way to get through the holidays during this really awkward year was to laugh. And yesterday, weContinue reading “Day 256 — Friday, November 27, 2020 or we spent yesterday laughing”

Sure Thanksgiving is going to look different tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still make an excellent meal! Our Thanksgiving turkey never seems to fit in our refrigerator — we learned years ago to not even bother trying, we now stick our brining bird in an extra large Ziploc bag, then put the bagContinue reading “Day 254 — Wednesday, November 25, 2020 or Thanksgiving Eve preparations”

Thanksgiving is this week and it’s so obvious that the holidays are going to look really different this year. My husband’s parents aren’t comfortable flying up here for the holidays, and my parents have pretty much bunkered down at their house for the next 3 weeks. My my dad stocked up at the grocery storeContinue reading “Day 253 — Tuesday, November 24, 2020 or it’s the holiday season…during a pandemic”

My husband has been complaining about a glare on his computer screen in his home office, which is in fact my kitchen/dining room area. I guess clients have commented that there’s a bright light coming in through the window behind him. Duh, that would be the sun folks! I have sheer blue curtains over thatContinue reading “Day 246 — Tuesday, November 17, 2020 or curtains to you!”

I follow a book promoter on Facebook — back in normal times she used to do in person events and I’d always try to go when the events were in my area. Once COVID-19 happened and the world literally shut down, she moved all of her events online. And that means that she can hostContinue reading “Day 245 — Monday, November 16, 2020 or I spent all weekend adding books to my TBR list…”

This morning I went to my typical Sunday morning yoga class at a local studio. I’m sitting at the traffic light waiting to turn into the parking lot, singing loudly along to the radio. I heard this weird snap, like I’d stepped on a piece of plastic. Nothing looked out of the ordinary, so whenContinue reading “Day 244 — Sunday, November 15, 2020 or the things that happen to me while driving”

Last Friday, we had a snow storm. This Friday, it’s almost 70 degrees, the sky is bright blue and there’s not a cloud in the sky. It’s beautiful out there, and believe me, I’m not complaining, but this weather is just damn odd. It’s the beginning of November and the 7-day forecast shows sunny andContinue reading “Day 235 — Friday, November 6, 2020 or today was a lovely spring day — in November!”

Last week’s snowstorm really bummed me out — it was way too early in the season for snow and I lost the last of my tomato crop. I’d been hopeful that if I left those little green tomatoes out for just a little bit longer, they’d grow bigger. Now my poor little green tomatoes lookContinue reading “Day 234 — Thursday, November 5, 2020 or thankfully it was warm today!”

Sure, that title sounds a little kinky, but don’t worry, this post isn’t at all. What really happened is that I walked into our bedroom this afternoon and found this: What is that? you ask. Well, that would be all my husband’s workout t-shirts and gym shorts on our bedroom floor. I guess he couldn’tContinue reading “Day 233 — Wednesday, November 4, 2020 or there might have been an explosion of clothes in our bedroom”

OK, I actually did this project on Saturday, because who has the time to do craft projects during the week — I’m supposed to be working! And then after work I’m just too tired to do anything really creative…I’m sure that I’m not alone in feeling this way! But check out my finished project: It’sContinue reading “Day 232 — Tuesday, November 3, 2020 or I did another craft!”