My Free Birthday – Birthday Freebies Year #2

Last year, I posted about all the free items I got on my birthday. Last year, I went through a lot of effort to get my freebies. This year, it’s been more challenging. I’m not gallivanting around, going to every ice cream shop or restaurant on my list. Also, I feel guilty taking advantage of…

McDonald’s, I’m Liking It, But I’m Not Loving It

My partner and I have been watching this show called Trinkets on Netflix. An episode in Season II had an excellent product placement for McDelivery, so I decided to attempt it for myself! My goal was to replicate the food in this image. I went to the McDonald’s website, where I learned that I had…

Talking ’bout my country generation

REPOST! REPOST! The generational breakdowns that the media has created are very arbitrary — Silent Generation, Boomers, Gen-X, Millennials, Gen-Z. These divisions only fit a certain segment of liberals, while leaving out much of America. The goal of this post is to rewrite the American generations, using popular tastes in country music as the defining…

The 24 Elder Futhark Runes

JoeJoe has created a blog post for each of the 24 runes. He has created these over the course of a little over 2 years, with around one month to focus on each. Here they are: Fehu The First Rune Uruz the Second Rune Thurisaz the Third Rune Ansuz – the fourth rune Raido –…

Splitting Hairs

I don’t want to get a haircut. I stopped getting haircuts during the pandemic, and now my usually shoulder-length hair is about three inches longer than normal. I love having an excuse not to cut it! My hair seems pretty healthy. I don’t think I even have split ends. However, I haven’t gone to the…

The Memoir Project

A letter to my 14-year-old self: Don’t buy too many clothes for your freshman year of high school. You are about to gain about 40 pounds and none of the clothes will fit. No, you won’t be fat, but you will go from a skinny, leggy girl to a normal-sized woman. Eat fewer nachos and…

Hand Dryers can Kill You

There are two types of people in the world, those evil people who like the loud hand dryers in bathrooms, and the rest of us. The noise of hand dryers is so painful to my ears that I can barely take it! I hate hand dryers, especially the Xcelerator, which sounds like a rocket ship…

Clothes from the Dark Side of the Closet

A year ago, I was inspired by Marie Kondo to get rid of much of my clothing. To see what I wore, I turned around every hanger “the wrong way” in my closet, flipping it the “correct” way (facing away from me) only after I wore an item. Before the project even began, I’d purged…

My Old School Blogs

I have these old blogs and website sitting out there on the interwebs. I used to write things! http://climatekeepers.wix.com/conserveconversation http://shellielempert.weebly.com/