Category: Lifestyle
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What I Rented From Rent the Runway in July 2026
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If you’d like to try it out, you can use my link to get 50% off your first month. Here’s what came in my shipment this month. (It was a little smaller this time, because I held onto two of the pieces from last month.) (Please note: This post contains…
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What I Rented from Rent the Runway in June 2026
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If you’d like to try it out, you can use my link to get 50% off your first month. Here’s what came in my shipment this month. (Please note: This post contains affiliate links to items you can purchase from Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.…
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The West Germany Match
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Our free Pluto app started playing soccer while I was preoccupied with a project. Husband said, “Look, it’s the Federal Republic of Germany! ‘F-R-G.’” “Mm-hmm,” I said, glancing up just long enough to register that they apparently wear very short shorts in the Federal Republic of Germany, but this did…
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What I Rented from Rent the Runway in May 2026
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I’d been giving some thought to joining Rent the Runway for quite some time now, and finally decided to take the plunge. If you don’t know about Rent the Runway (or RTR), it’s a monthly subscription service that allows you to rent clothing and ship it back, so your closet…
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Executive Dysfunction
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Husband: “The weather looks kind of like it wants to give me a nice day. But it also kind of looks like it wants to give us that rain we’ve been needing. And now it’s just stuck somewhere in the middle and not giving us either of those things.” Me:…
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My van + veronica Haircare Review
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My stylist recently received a visit from van + veronica, who left her a full set of their products to sample. Since their focus is on fragrance-free products (which are extremely difficult to come by) and I have a recently-discovered fragrance allergy, she immediately thought of me and asked if…
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Introducing Cordial Curios: My New Etsy Shop for Vintage Art & Literary T-Shirts
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I met one of my creative goals early this year and finally opened my Etsy shop, Cordial Curios! Last year, after buying a couple of t-shirts as Christmas gifts, I started thinking…why not just make my own t-shirts and other products with exactly what I want on them? So I…
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How to Find Your Core Values: The Principles That Quietly Guide Your Life
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Please note: This post contains affiliate links to items that you can purchase from Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you. “For everything in your life, answer one question: If I could never tell anyone I did it, and no one would ever know that…
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The Ozempic Jingle
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Husband: “Whoever wrote the Ozempic jingle must be pretty proud to have written such a catchy jingle.” Me: “It was definitely clever to pair those lyrics with that melody, but I mean…you know it was an actual song before Ozempic, right?” He did not know, so I’m just here to…
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Hotel Nonsense
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We’re starting to scope out hotels for our honeymoon. After our stays in Strasbourg and Whitefish, we learned our lesson about finding photos of the restroom BEFORE renting the room, because too many designers are now doing…whatever this absolute nonsense is.