This walnut nativity in a closed store window is sending me! I told Mr. K that it’s now the only reason we came to Lake George. Also his birthday is yesterday’s news. It’s over!

Misty morning. Supposed to be sunny and in 70s today. Yay!

Absolute Fact!

This man is fifty years old! And he can kick!

Another keychain. This one spins.

For the hoard

Happening! Lake George dinner cruise! Also it’s still winter. Mr. K is peeing. As one does. Diabetes.

Using Ai tools to update kitchen. I long for butcher block counters tops. They feel so warm and inviting.

I’m not sure what is going on with this post. I meant to use this picture?

The good news is that living like I’m Little House on the Prairie and keeping my heat at 68 over the last few months has reduced my rolling average kilowatts used from around 1050 to 960. The bad news is that my bill still continues to climb like a monkey on crack.

It’s the smallest, teensy, tiniest sip of mango margarita ever! #SippySip

This morning, I was thinking about that time I spent a high school summer with my TRS80 computer writing basic program code to generate random vocabulary stems for a conlang. I had different probabilities set for word length, consonant vs. vowel selection, monophthong vs. diphthong, etc. based on parts of speech and frequency of usage. I created a textbook / study guide of sorts for the language that I had bound into a book. This was 1,000 years ago before people had printers, copiers, or book binding equipment at home – as one does now. I did all this by bouncing around town to different places, getting all the pieces and parts stitched together. It was an adventure that lasted many months, and I felt so proud. This morning, I was pondering that one could probably ask an Ai to instantly do all of this with the wave of a hand. I wonder if there are any weird kids like me using Ai to do whacky fun things. I would have been like a kid in a candy store if I were growing up now. Who knows what magic I might have whipped up?

I am still so beyond thrilled learning about adding new libraries to my #LibbyApp. The number of available ebooks in my to-read list has jumped from 17 out of 89 to 80 out of 89! I counted because I wanted to see what all the hoo-hah was about. I almost fell out of my chair! Given that I read about a book a week, this is putting my library tax dollars to good use! I’m going to save a ton of money on book shopping.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Right after it stops raining.

Can’t touch this

A strange meeting has appeared on my calendar with #BrownBakery #BigWigs which is suspiciously close to the end of the fiscal year on June 30. I’m not sure if I’m getting fired or if they are throwing more money at me. #WellSeeLinda

I’m letting my mustache grow in a bit. To give Mr. K the thrill of a lifetime. I’m a giver.

Is Mr. K gonna be able to handle his 50th birthday secret adventure? We’re gonna have so much fun. I have to go to the office three days in a row this week. Which is making me grumpy. I can’t do anything but work and sleep. There is no other existence until Friday when we hit the road for our trip.

Rough draft project. I’ll paint the base black. I set it in my bathroom to get a good pic of what it looks like illuminated.

I bought a cheapie tacky-as-heck yard-art solar light thingy with which I’m going to make an art project for my windowsill. It’s fun and very pretty. The lights oscillate different colors. I tried to take a picture of it lit up, but it didn’t come out well. It’ll be more of a mood piece. I’m excited!

Morning cackle!

A few more days until Mr. K’s super secret 50th birthday adventure!

I’m having a lean cuisine for dinner. With a side of tater tots. As one does.

Hair done did.