How you know your mom was an RN: she had sutures as a part of her sewing kit. Just in case she needed to sew up a person instead of a hem.

Oklahoma wind is not to be trifled with. That is a filing cabinet full of tools and VW parts keeled over on my 1968 Karmann Ghia.
It should be noted that I have begged my husband to find a better storage system. *sigh* hindsight.

Don’t slip on them!

We have too many remotes. I have made labels for them

I recall buying each of these tickets but at no time do I recall thinking, “This concert is going to be so awesome I’ll remember it even after I’m 50,” and yet: here we are.

I just miss my pool

From a news brief on my local npr affiliate.

You know how sometimes you find things at your parents’ house and then you get sad because your old high school band isn’t called that any more

Friends, this is not a valid parking spot.

When your incredible daughter is dear friends with your dear friends, you get to have an incredible night out with all of them.

On snow days our foster dog Lincoln and I wear matching sweaters. Chilli is less than thrilled about this but she got chin scritches so it seems okay.

So happy to share a pleasant hour with my friend who recently moved from Houston to this little town in rural OK. This is the first snow person she’s made since 1993. Had some leftover supplies so we shared them with two little girls across the street who were making a snowman with their grandpa.