Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: December 2024

  • Christmas Ornaments of 2024

    Well, I did put up the tree. Goldie the Cat of the Dead is memorialized … … as is the loooong-delayed sale of Dave’s house. That plus Gary’s rash made for a pretty grim year. Next year should be better. Right?

  • Old, as proven by the blog

    Back in 2009, in the early days of this blog, I wrote a post expressing my frustrations with how things change and I am not told. “You know what? It’s probably broadcast in that frequency only young people can hear, except no, I just clicked that link and that is a really obnoxious noise. Don’t…

  • Wrap up Paint Progress FINALLY: 12/19

    Oh I am so sick of this painting! Freaking tilt! I realized the tilt on the head is conflicting with the tilt on the canvas, so I took tape and made an artificial boundary for the tilt so I would stop looking at the edges of the canvas as reference points. Was! Is! Supposed to…

  • Mouse Detective: Case closed

    Last week the mouse detective returned and determined that the mouse threat was gone. The cobweb in the basement was still, the steel wool was not moved, and none of the snap traps loaded with marshmallow fluff had been sprung. The mouse caught in the trap early on was probably the first and only mouse,…

  • Concern 2024

    Last week I got a package from Amazon. I was walking toward the door, when I heard her repeatedly ring the doorbell. DING DING DINGDINGDING. “Yeesh, fine,” I said, as I opened the door. “Are you okay?” the Amazon driver said, as she put up her hands as if to protect herself. “Yes. Yes I…

  • Review: Actual Knix bra!

    So I bought two bras (from the actual Knix store this time). One is the Ultra Soft front closure bra. (When I read the description closely later I saw it was so soft because it was made for women recovering from breast surgery.) It is very comfy, yet it has a built-in breastplate type of…

  • TWIL: How to remove an avocado pit

    Years ago I saw someone — maybe Martha Stewart –remove an avocado pit by thwacking a knife blade into it and twisting. For, say, 35 years, that is how I’ve removed avocado pits. Tonight I thought, “This avocado is sliced in half. I learned at the cooking class I went to that you can take…

  • Joy, mitigated

    Things are not at all comfort and joy here at the house. Spirit Christmas is coming but there is no spirit. I do have one of the illuminated reindeer out, and he is wearing the mailbox wreath around his neck because frankly, I am doing the minimum this year. Really good chance I won’t put…

  • I have a new favorite thing

    The Christmas work party was at the zoo this year, at night, in the cold. The zoo celebrates the holidays by putting out quite a display of lights, and it leaves some exhibits open (like the penguins and seals) and they keep the other exhibits closed. There were no lines. No crowds. Five other people…

  • Possibly posthumous weekly paint progress: 12/12

    I am getting the damn tilt if it kills me. What it was … What it is…