Mississippi Gulf Coast Snow Days!
*DUSTING OFF THIS BLOG THAT I STILL PAY FOR…LOL!*
Hear me out. 2024 sucked. For me that is. I hope it was amazing for everyone else.
Watching the narcissist hustle over TikTok, banning it for over 180 million people only to bring it back in less than 24 hours so someone could take credit for it coming back? That was just horrible and playing with so many small business owners livelihood. That was so wrong.
But eh…
That said, I miss having my own space where I can say what I want to say without being interrupted by ads or bots or arguing with foolishness. I miss reading thoughtful comments that aren’t a quick brain rot blurb from doom scrolling.
Speaking of doom scrolling…I am weaning myself off Facebook. I like to keep up with my friends, of course, and I am worried about how that is going to look going forward or even make it possible to wean myself off. Honestly…I enjoy interacting with my friends without having to leave my favorite chair. You can’t tell me that it isn’t meaningful. Sure…not as meaningful as visiting but we mostly live in other states and visiting is difficult to do.
I did wean myself off the news and am pretty glad I did that because it opened up an entirely new morning routine for me that I think benefits me better. I get more done in the morning because by the time I have returned home for the day I am BEAT!
I lost all of my menopause weight using Noom. Then my brother died in October from ALS and I gained it all back by becoming depressed and sedentary. I have NEVER been sedentary before. This depression is so comfortable to me that it’s not a big deal anymore I guess…I would love to shake it forever but it certainly does not work that way.
Still can’t believe it for real snowed on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. We got about 8 inches of snow. Bryson and one of his besties played outside for probably a total of 30 minutes. They weren’t about that life talking about how cold it was.
We are having another snow day today and I had plans to clean my closet, clean out the fridge, and do laundry. I did neither. I put on a kimono and posted up in my favorite chair ALL.DAY.LONG.
One of the meals my mommy used to make for me was Southern Fried Cabbage. I made some recently and BAAAAAAABY…so good. I missed it. It is one of my nephew’s favorite meals now. Life repeats…
I’m currently looking out the window at a palm tree covered with snow and it does not look happy. I wonder if it will become problematic. Losing a palm tree would certainly suck.
“To care for palm trees in the snow, focus on protecting the roots with a thick layer of mulch, wrapping the trunk with burlap or a frost blanket when temperatures drop below freezing, and avoiding excessive watering, as the cold can further stress the plant; if possible, choose a cold-hardy palm variety suited to your climate.”
WE DID NONE OF THAT. *sigh*
I looked in our pantry and freezer today and decided to see how long we can eat without going to the store. Have you ever done that? I mean…I’ll get milk and produce, of course, but that’s it. I want to eat as much of what we already have as we can. This is a part of my quest to shop less this year.
I love The Upshaws on Netflix. Bennie would have been divorced long ago messing around with me tho…
I bought a lot of new pajamas lately. Coping strategy.
I bought a Wooble, Fred the Dinosaur, and then a family member bought Sebastian the Lion for me. New hobby alert.
Are kids lazier lately? Were we super lazy? Did we have blindness when it came to simple stuff? Like if they told us to pick up the stuff on the floor of our room, did we pick up everything but like 80 things?????? 80 things we still don’t see until it is pointed out to you by a bewildered adult?????????
I actually love being home with my family and having nowhere to go but I know it’s a slippery slope so I am trying to be better about it. It’s much easier than it used to be because I have an amazing framily/friend group who takes circling the wagons seriously.
Becoming a hermit might STILL be in my future, however.
Social Media was cool but they ruined it by focusing on the rich getting richer. I miss the REAL connections we had through blogging. Social Media started removing our friends from our feed slowly and it all went to hell after that. My feeds are filled with shopping and random pages I don’t wish to spend time on. I just like who I like and people with good sense that I can get to like based on a common interest or two. I am not someone you can put in a box and know what I want. Shit…I don’t know what I want on any given day. Except pineapple on pizza. I will never want pineapple and cheese together. Fight me.
What’s going on random with you?
