Author: rambling slytherpuff

  • Reflecting on Twenty-Twenty

    2020 was an utterly unique year. So many things and yet nothing happened and yet soooo many things happened. The year started with my husband going back to work after parental leave. He struggled with the return after spending the prior two months at home. It was a struggle for me as well, now having…

  • Spilt Tea – A Poem

    There is that moment You hold your breath and wait Will this ruin everything or can it all be saved Then a rush of movement The adrenaline surges Another pause before you panic You wait and wait and hold your breath and wait The light is back You breathe a sigh of relief No damage…

  • Thanksgiving and your Leftovers

    Hello and Happy Holidays! What a crazy time of year in a crazier year. Traditionally, for Thanksgiving, my husband and I are driving 3 hours east to split time between his and mine families. Usually it is something like dinner and hanging out from noon-5 with his family and then drive to visit my family…

  • Raise the budget – A Poem

    Money doesn’t grow on trees. Money doesn’t grow on trees, she says again. Money doesn’t grow on trees, so where will the money come from? We can’t just increase the budget. It’s gotta come from somewhere. Money doesn’t grow on trees. So, what are you going to do?

  • Do me a favor – A Poem

    I’m exhuasted. You’re exhausted. We are all exhausted. I know. But I am so exhausted. This year was already set up to be a major year of change. I was scared going into it and I haven’t stopped being scared. But this fear is for reasons altogether different. I feel such rage all the time.…

  • Weekend Round Up

    Weekend Round Up

    Life is a journey. Sometimes it is hard and sometimes it is fun but it’s always an adventure. Here’s a list of things that got me through last week’s adventures. ember mug. I have the original model (the newest version is linked here) and I LOVE it. This is the way to drink tea or…

  • Mom Life Moves Fast

    Mom Life Moves Fast

    In November of 2019 I became a mom. River is 8 months now and she is such a joy to watch as she navigates life. Watching her figure out how to grab a thing or move to a place or watch me watch her is fascinating. Last month she was working on crawling. She would…

  • 4 Ways to Relax/De-Stress

    4 Ways to Relax/De-Stress

    What a world we live in. These last few months have been a doozy and 2020 doesn’t seem likely to slow down the curveballs. Between lockdown leaving so many people cooped up or unemployed, BLM making obvious the brutality and injustices that have always been there, and the social media onslaught of too much information…

  • COVID-19

    COVID-19

    These are unprecedented times. I was going to start this blog back in February but was delayed 2 weeks because work got hectic. Then, Seattle shut down due to coronavirus. Then my company was trying to figure out what our future meant. Then police brutality was brought to the forefront of the minds in the…