Hi Darling Ones, In the middle of my many and varied pandemic depressions, I ordered a tradescantia nanouk named Travis. I’ve mentioned him before. What I don’t think I told you is that the first…
Posts tagged The Tibbles
The COVID Diaries: Some of the Ways a Heart Can Break
Hi Darling Ones, I did not intend to take a three-day hiatus from the COVID Diaries, but Sister #4 came up from South Dakota for work-related reasons and that took up all my time. I…
On Ghostbusters, Getting Hit On & Fat-Shaming (or lack thereof)
Tuesday, the two youngest Tibbles and I went out to lunch and to see “Ghostbusters”. Since my teenage nephews are dabbling in sexism and misogyny (please, please let this be a rebellious phase, please), they…
Old People Music
Tuesdays are Restaurant Day during Tibble Summer. Each Tuesday one of us gets to choose the restaurant we lunch at — nobody gets to complain. If you don’t want to go you don’t have to….
A Little Close to Whole Again
Max has been talking about how excited he was to go to Mr. Pig Stuff for the past three weeks. It’s his favorite restaurant in all of Shakopee and he was downright giddy as we…
All Offense Meant to You
Liam & Nolan are spending the night at Supergenius HQ. Earlier we had a waffle party which involved ridiculous amounts of whipped cream (for them) and peanut butter (for me). After that they chose to…
And He Wasn’t Even Making Fun of Me
Sister #3 & The Tibbles came over tonight to get some stuff. The Tibbs came to collect their electronics abandoned here yesterday because they don’t bring them to their dad’s house. Sister #3 came to…
It’s Thursday & I’m Boring: Celebrating Freedom Edition
Since I forgot to make this morning’s coffee last night, I decided to indulge Liam, the youngest Tibble with his most favorite breakfast in all the land: a sausage burrito from Taco Bell. I pulled…
That’s Not How April Fool’s Day Works
It’s Spring Break here in Shakopee which means it’s Tibblesitting time for me. Our days start ridiculously early now that Sister #3 has a fancy (yet still depressing) job in downtown Minneapolis. So yeah, 6:45…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The Robots & Burgers Edition
Sleep and I are not on speaking terms lately. The rat bastard had mostly abandoned me for the past two weeks due to lack-of-work anxiety and when it finally came back for a visit, bam…