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Am I in my 40s? Yes. Do I still love wearing glitter? Yes… Is there a way to reconcile both of these things without 1) trying too hard or 2) looking like I’m trying too hard? Let’s find out, haha! 🙂 Last weekend I went to a Sunday lunch at a fancy brunch place in town with the new members of the moms group I belong to, and I was really excited to go because when do I ever dress up anymore and enjoy a meal that doesn’t involve me getting food on myself as I feed or pet a...

Good mornin’ and happy Caturday 😺 to ya. Quick question: Have you ever wished that you could crochet for the sole purpose of being able to make a handmade sweater for your cat? If yes, then you will totally get why I want this book I saw at Barnes and Noble! I wonder how long the cats on the cover actually had those sweaters on…because Tabs would have slipped out quicker than a cheetah chasing dinner. Anywho…if you’re looking for a gift for your favorite crazy cat lady, I think this would be purr-fect. I’m taking it easy today because,...

Good morning! Deep breath in… Deep breath out… STRETCH. It’s early here so I’m still waking up. I’ve been literally tossing myself out of bed at the crack of dawn on Saturdays and Sundays for a couple weeks, which I’ve never done willingly in my life. My body loves to sleep in if given the chance, but when I get up early, it makes it easier to squeeze in a workout and some reading. Do I miss the extra REM cycles? Yeah, a little… I’m still not a morning person AT ALL, but I can masquerade as one. It’s like...

I don’t want you to think I’ve been neglecting my pumpkin spice devotion, seeing as how it’s now October, and therefore officially pumpkin season. SO MANY PUMPKINS EVERYWHERE. One can’t even whip her high pony without bumping into one, and I still have mad love for pumpkin spice, as demonstrated by this look, which I call “Pumpkin Spice Jewels.” A few things I learned in the process of doing my makeup… 1. This Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino will shake you to the core Or, should I say, “shake your core”? Because when I’d finished about half of it my body literally...

It’s very easy, just rehearse these phrases… and try use them with confidence in every conversation. Use “canonical” when you mean “usual” or “standard.” As in, “the canonical example of talking like a physicist is to use the word ‘canonical’.” Use “orthogonal” to refer to things that are mutually-exclusive or can’t coincide. “We keep playing phone tag — I think our schedules must be orthogonal”. “About” becomes “to a first-order approximation”. Things are not difficult, they are “non-trivial”. Large discrepancies are “orders of magnitude apart”. You’re not being lazy, you are in your “ground state”. A tiny amount is “vanishingly...