Author Archives: joey

About joey

Neurotic Bitch, Mother, Wife, Writer, Word Whore, Foodie and General Go-To-Girl

Is this thing on?

Posted on October 14, 2023 by joey

Still hate the block editor, not gonna lie. It keeps me from posting even when I think about posting, which isn’t all too often. I do have over 100 drafts saved. Let’s see, what’s new with me? Ally Bean asked … Continue reading →

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This Year Has Been About Change. Apparently.

Posted on December 1, 2021 by joey

No, I did not die. I did not get divorced. I did not move to a shack in the woods. I last wrote to you in March, before our family took a trip to The ATL because our youngest daughters … Continue reading →

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SoCS – Butter

Posted on March 6, 2021 by joey

When I think of butter, I think of this meme: Being out of butter is a crisis here. We tend to overbuy butter, just in case. If Moo’s going to bake cookies, the butter has to soften. Moo is amenable … Continue reading →

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It’s Been Sunny and So I Am

Posted on February 27, 2021 by joey

I woke up kinda late this morning. My hair and I had a rough night because we dreamt of an invasion of tiny but electric-shooting-and-stinging cephalopods (why doesn’t Google know that word?) all over my house which caused me to … Continue reading →

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It’s a Whole Thing

Posted on February 7, 2021 by joey

Years and years ago I picked up on my mother’s complaint that the “perlo” recipe was lost when my grandmother passed. My grandmother apparently made this dish a lot when my mother and her siblings were growing up. None of … Continue reading →

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Tidings

Posted on December 23, 2020 by joey

Remember when you were little and the anticipation of events would suck up all your attention and you thought you’d burst before the happening? Me, this year, Christmas, dying. I hope our family makes it to our shared time together. … Continue reading →

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Halloween Hello

Posted on October 31, 2020 by joey

First things first, I still hate the block editor and instead I’m coming from edits in my dashboard to avoid it. I forget which clever blogger wrote that option, but thank you. I don’t know how long this will be … Continue reading →

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Mail Fail

Posted on September 1, 2020 by joey

I’m one of those people who uses the USPS. Do I use it as much as I did prior to the internet? No. Y’all, before I got married, I didn’t even own a television. I spent a lot of time … Continue reading →

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Oopsies, It’s August

Posted on August 9, 2020 by joey

Missed July. My best intentions may not have been good enough. Back in January, I wrote, “Life can change in an instant. We seem to forget that now could be the moment before it changes. Those big memory markers in … Continue reading →

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June

Posted on June 28, 2020 by joey

I have picked up my laptop twice in the last month. I ordered new flip flops, because what is summer without shiny new gold flip flops? Last weekend, I started to order new Fiesta bistro bowls, but a nap suddenly … Continue reading →

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