Some things I’m loving this week are…
Indy’s days off
putting up a new calendar for February
pretty snow
all of the critters nestled around us while we write and work
the cure a good sleep offers
dates with Indy, especially when they play so many of our songs
the last few days at home before the chaos of a new co-op semester begins!
What are you enjoying this week?
Or simply cold day fun, depending on where you live.
That 80s Blog
80s First Five Notes
Cat Talk
Cat Parasite May Lead to Schizophrenia
Dessert Report
Wedding Cake in Winter
eShopper Forum
Rescue Box On Sale For A Dollar
Grateful Dead Music
Nancy Pelosi is a Big Fan of the Grateful Dead
I’m currently…
managing a bunch of changes and blips like it’s nothing, on Day 2, because that’s what we do. This week’s too full for a full Currents List. More next week! ❤
Happy anniversary, Indy!
It’s an important distinction to make.
Party Games
Teen vs. Adult Games
Frog Source
Frog Sounds in Wireless Sensor Networks
Family Guy Talk
To Kill a Character
Northwest Specialties
Saint Cupcake
Good Drinking
Brewery Tours
Grateful Dead Music
Weekly Grateful Dead Thursdays
These animal eyes are out of this world!
Weird Animal Report
Incredible Animal Pupils
Politics Report
FGM Now Criminalized In Ohio
Medicine Report
Eye Analysis Reveals Stress Level
Freaky Phenomena
The Weirdest Planets
Garden Report
Seeds Sprout to the Far Side of the Moon
Where do you shop for them?
EShopper
Young Explorers Sale
Female Talk
Facebook “Subreddits”
Poetry Talk
We’ll Miss You, Mary Oliver
Craft World
On Leatherworking
Hungry Blogger
One-Pan Chicken
Some things I’m loving this week include…
winning First Five Notes, pretty much every time
laser light time with the cats–and the dogs, who shake the house and prefer chasing the light to eating
clearing out the clutter (no, I haven’t watched the Kondo show yet)
stealing Indy’s flannels when he’s not home and wearing them
knowing my books will be loved as they’re passed on to my niece
being surprised by past holiday purchases made during 50% Target clearance sales (hello, adorable Valentine lights)
new lotion
Binti! OMG, what in incredible book. I’ve got the next one on hold; meanwhile I’m reading Akata Witch next.
Wood Sprite’s humor, which delights me more every day as she gets older. I had no idea my 13-year-old would make me laugh even more than my five-year-old.
Me: When we were kids, you would tell people, “My mom said I couldn’t get wet!” if you didn’t want them to squirt you.
WS: So they just didn’t spray you then?
Me: Of course not, only if you had a scary mom.
WS: Don’t spray Tom, his mom is the worst. I hear her eyes shoot lasers.
Me: I heard she has a shark for a tongue.
WS: I heard she has razors for teeth and when she talks it sounds like a pterodactyl screaming.
Me: I heard that one time the mailman missed her house and she ate a live squirrel right in front of him.
WS: He retired that very day and she didn’t even blink. She just blew down all of the three little pigs’ houses after that.
Me: But can we squirt Jimmy?
WS: Oh yeah, his mom will just give us Popsicles.
understanding the difference between snakes and venomous snakes and loving those who can do the same
my mom brain, which I just have to lovingly make space for now that I know going into the living room to get the supplies I need to dust an office shelf will only keep me in said living room as I dust, re-arrange and gut (I love the word gut so much better than “clear” or “de-clutter!”) everything and completely forget the original shelf until four hours later
What are you loving this week?
It’s just as interesting as life in deep space.
Animal Report
Lots of Life Inside the Planet
Cat Talk
Cat and Dog Snuggling Cams
That 80s Blog
Modern Songs with an 80s Vibe
Poison of Choice
Tea Sources Revealed
Real Book
Startling Harry Potter Revelations
I’m currently…
celebrating Dr. King with Wood Sprite and recalling all the work we have to do
rat-sitting adorable fur babies for my BFF while she’s traveling!
saving All The Things on my nifty new flash drive (last one is full!)
helping Wood Sprite teen-ify her room, which included a new comforter, sheets and window shades this week
researching leather workshops, Wood Sprite’s latest interest (she still wants to do blacksmithing but local classes won’t accept her for another year, and I don’t want to make a forge unless she’s certain it’s a long-time interest!)
catching Wood Sprite up on a Mapping the World with Art class she’s taking this semester (she received permission to do the second semester without doing the first, so we’re doing the lessons she missed together!)
writing writing writing
perusing the latest Scouts Inspire Discovery issue and activities
drinking Southern Breeze raspberry tea
playing games with the family (Sushi Go, Apples to Apples)
greeting new co-op members at a fun “park day” at the library
trying out a Starz subscription (BFF says I MUST watch Outlander and I have to see the series adaptation of one of my favorite books ever, American Gods; what do you watch on Starz?)
getting all the good spice deals at Penzey’s
watching The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Once Upon a Deadpool
getting giddy thinking about watching Star Trek: Discovery, which is on hold and waiting for me to pick it up at the library!
listening to the current YouTube playlist (Florence & the Machine, Scissor Sisters, Bishop Briggs, etc.)
reading Crown of Midnight, Behind You, Drawing Calm, The Nature Fix, Binti, The Gifts of Imperfection (again), Akata Witch, Moon Mother Moon Daughter
what are you up to this week?
Sara J. Schmidt 