The Marci Rating System

My mom recommended I check out last Sunday’s ‘Arlo and Janis’ comic strip, and it did not disappoint! Arlo and Janis, July 15, 2018, by Jimmy Johnson 100% accurate cat representation!

1. I found the card! Last night, in (yes, of course) a box of other cards. And with still over a week left to go in February — truly a success story for the ages. 2. I also found a key. It is a key with a sticker on it with my apartment number, which […]

After a day full of merry and bright, here’s to a night full of peace and calm. <3

We did not go to the Kennedy Space Center, but we did go to the Kennedy Space Center gift shop in the airport. A thoroughly enjoyable experience! They had Mars Curiosity Rover commemorative coins, which made me tear up because the internet made me love a robot rover, and this is why: 1. that tumblr […]

Okay, so there are hundreds of awesome photos from our trip, but I really love this one — check out our not-even-on-purpose matching game! Socks, shoes, backpacks — all color coordinated. (Also of note: extra leg room in the emergency exit row!)

I get worried about the cat being bored in the winter. There’s just not as much that’s fun for him to do. (Not that he’s running marathons in the summer or anything, but looking out the window is more exciting when there’s a bunch of baby skunks out there than when it’s just a frost-covered […]

Time for a little Christmas cheer — it’s fair day! (Fair is perhaps overselling it a little. But it’s Christmas-themed!) Traditionally, this is the point in my nanowrimo novels when my characters also attend some sort of event. (In at least one case, an actual identical Christmas fair. This year: a barbecue. (It’s summer.)

Fun fact from our day at Epcot: I got all the way into the Mission Space building without realizing it was *that* Mission Space — the scary puking ride I’d been warned about! But, you know, we were already there. And so I cheerfully departed for the “Green Team” experience (*Andrea, being far braver than […]

So it turns out I’ve fallen a few days behind on both posting and nano-novel-ing. One of those seems far easier to get caught up on than the other. In that spirit, here are some fun Florida vacation notes! 1. I love penguins. If you didn’t know me as a small child, you might not […]

Headed to Epcot. Florida v. fun. Currently ignoring my nano novel.