Thursday Thoughts - I think you're sweet like rock candy

Essie Expressie, recommend. I hate the brush, but cannot deny the love I have for the punchy colors and the way it wears. This is my second time wearing the pink and it is perfection. Sometimes you need a quick dry polish, and this wears better than Sally's, which was my top standard for a quick dry. I have it in Trick Clique and just got it in the red this week, so I'm excited to try that. 

Don't you forget about me. 

End of dogs on the regular beach season tomorrow. We are sad. Dog Beach is only 10 min away, but in season we will go less because it's more of a pain to lose a parking spot, and the insane crowds over there mean it's like a 6 am or 7 am trip which I am not as keen on these days. If Ben didn't really love to run I wouldn't take them nearly as much.

Spackled several spots that I've been meaning to spackle for three years. Victory. I'm not great, but I'm passable, and I'll slap a coat of paint on it this weekend. I'm also an absolute fucking mess with things like this because I do not cover anything or remove anything I just start things and leave myself with a lot of cleanup.

Ben is happy for a laundry basket ride. Only when it's dirty.

PA Voters, Monday is your last day to register to vote in the primary. The primary is May 17. Only registered democrats or republicans can vote in it, not independents, because PA is a closed primary. Fart noise. If you are a registered democrat or republican, please make a plan to vote in the primary on Tuesday, May 17 - we have an open Senatorial seat and both parties have an array of candidates up. Make sure to vote for that and all other races - local politics impact your life more than a presidential election any day. Vote twice a year, every year. Believe me, I know that it feels like no one is listening to jack shit but less engaged voters is not the way to address that. For more info on elections and what is on your ballot, visit the League of Women Voters Education Fund site vote411.org - anyone can do this, not just PA voters - you input your address

Yesterday was packed AF and I did it all on five hours of sleep from the night before. I was up by 6, on the train, OPC, set up at my office, dentist appointment at 8, picked up a bagel, work, pick up salad for lunch, work, lyft to acupuncture appointment, killer painful but necessary appointment to address arm nerve issues and numbness, lyft back to work, finish up at office, train, home, eat, more work, return things to two stores, hair appointment, home at 9. Whew. Art outside of Salon Harmony below. Always a fun night with Kristi & Maria even if I am dog ass tired and delirious.

I've missed train reading.

Forever a fan of Philly street photos. 

Looking good, Philly. The news shows so much bad shit, but on the streets to me it feels like a comeback. 

Yesterday's out of home food. A bagel after my dentist appt from Philly Bagels. A chimichurri salad from sweetgreen. 

Home food of the week. Grilled cheese on rye, always a little burnt please. Breakfast burritos to freeze. If you eat bone in chicken thighs and are not making them in the air fryer, what are you even doing? Pre-heat air fryer. Season well. Cook skin side down for 12 min on 380. Skin side up for 11 or 12 on 380. My basket fits four perfectly. Serve with salad, boom and done

Billy Hicks turns 1 next week. I feel like securing a tiny cat hat. He would loathe it.

Testing Password keepers. So far I like LastPass best. It feels the most intuitive. 

For your perusal. The New York Times continues to whitewash right-wing extremism in Chris Rufo profile,  Mainstream coverage adopts Elon Musk's "free speech" framing - despite his anti-union, anti-speech, anti-worker history. 

What else...save public ed. Biden is republican lite. Defending Elon Musk's billions as if you might one day have them is a fucking joke. Close the racial wealth gap. Drink your water and stretch today. If you are woman of a certain age consider taking Magnesium/k Aspartate supplements. Peace. 

What appears beyond the hyphen in Thursday Thoughts titles is what I'm listening to when I'm starting this - this week is Watercolor Eyes by Lana Del Rey

Thursday Thoughts - I can cut the lawn, cut my hair, cut out my cholesterol

Scored a dresser for the shore house on Freecycle. Freecycle is king at the shore as we ramp up to rental season. I probably will not paint it (this year at least), but may change the hardware. I'm pumped, this was one of my few remaining want to dos before the season.

Forgotten annoyance. It's been a while, since 2019 or 2018, that I had someone cancel a week at the shore for no reason after they booked. I have one house and an 11 week season. If you sit on one of my weeks as claimed for six months and cancel, it is absolutely not the same as cancelling at a hotel. It re-booked but come on, dudes. 

Put lipstick on a pig bathroom almost finished. We just need a bar for the back wall that I'll put baskets on. This is how it looked when we bought the house and as we were taking down the top wall covering in 2020:

In 2021 MFD changed the top half of the walls.

This year we had the wall tiles and ceiling painted, I painted the floor, and we replaced the toilet and the light fixture. I just need to find a replacement bar that I can hang baskets from for TP, etc

Bay walks are back. I usually avoid them in the winter, for no reason.

Radishes in the air fryer. Olive oil, garlic powder, onion salt, salt. Preheat for 5, cook for 15. Radishes are too much for me raw but I love them like this. It changes the taste completely.

Flex time on nice days. Good times with Melissa and her crew this week, I grabbed a few hours out with them in the afternoon Tuesday before they left and worked at night since I was solo. I appreciate having the ability to work when it is best for me if there are no meetings. 

Unexpected work by the water company. I was out front at 7 yesterday on no coffee pushing down my White Ladies Wilding Out as the workers are not the ones responsible for not telling me this was happening. They will have to come back at some point and restore curbs and cement so we're not finished. 

New coworker. Billy is into my shore setup now.

Cute Easter bag from Carol. Cracked into her homemade candy eggs too - coconut creme for MFD, buttercream for me, PB for both. 

Mom and Rich arrive today, family weekend down this way. Hope you enjoy yours! Happy Passover and Happy Easter and if neither applies, happy weekend!

What appears beyond the hyphen in Thursday Thoughts titles is what I'm listening to when I'm starting this - this week is Enid by Bare Naked Ladies

Thursday Thoughts - And what's the future, who will choose it? Politics of love and music

Basking in the sun when it's out. Looking good this week, Philly.

Sharing as I always do that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The statistics are shocking. If you have been sexually assaulted,  you can call 1-800-656-HOPE to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. It is confidential and free, they don't even get your complete phone number when you are routed in. Visit RAINN to learn more. I believe you, I support you, I respect your privacy, and it is not your fault.

Winning shit. I won a produce box from Mischief Markets (thanks Kelly for sharing about them) and a $50 gift card to Saxby's in an Instagram giveaway. Holler.

Making shore chore lists. I'm hoping to finish redoing the bathroom vanity this weekend and get some spray painting done as well. A lot of what I'm doing this year is cosmetic upgrades. For a vacation rental, you have to keep it fresh and then update your photos or people get bored and continue to pass by your listing.

Applauding the first black woman mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot. Lightfoot is a lesbian, as is Madison, WI’s new mayor Satya Rodews-Conway, that city’s second female mayor and first openly LGBTQ mayor. It’s nice to see all the first female/native/black/gay/transgender/Muslim/etc getting elected over the past few years. It’s about damn time and thank you, I will keep mentioning the firsts because it’s been mostly white men in positions like these for so long the change is exciting and overdue. Representation matters. 

Cooking air fryer stuff. Chicken tenderloins seasoned with Penzey's Northwoods seasoning. 10 minutes and they're perfect. I have yet to make anything with any breading on it to imitate actual fried things, but all in due time. I also found this handy time sheet.

Laughing at this, spotted in South Philly. 

Keeping up with the 40/40: 40 minutes of exercise a day for 40 days during lent, which basically comes to a day off a week. Most of mine is walking with light weights. I am not a person who loves dedicated exercise. Let me run around with the dogs on the beach for an hour and I'm happy. If I'm moving consistently, feeling strong, have energy, and am doing enough arm weights so I can lift myself off the toilet at 80, I'm good with it. 

Marveling at the destruction of Bruce and Bender, and also at how cute they are together.

Listening to Are You Out There by Dar Williams - what comes after the hyphen in the Thursday Thoughts title is always a lyric from a song that was on when I started the post

Reading: library books and ignoring my Netgalley advance copies. Show Us Your Books is Tuesday. Philly friends, new spaces are opening in the main branch of the library soon.

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