“The best way to complain is to make things.”
- James Murphy LCD Sound System
Read MoreI’m a list maker, I always have been. For a long time I tried to use various To Do list apps to replace pen and paper, but nothing really worked for me. I was searching for something that was seamless between desktop an mobile devices. Someone mentioned TeuxDeux in on the Facebook groups I belong to and I decided to test it out. To be honest, I didn’t have high hopes. But I signed up for the 30-day free trial and here we are almost a year later and I’m still actually using it!
Check it out: https://teuxdeux.com/
I’ve been on a bit of a Smitten Kitchen kick with regards to cooking recently. I’ve been using a bunch of her baking recipes recently. For my son’s birthday I made a cake and cupcakes using the Party Cake Builder recipes from the book Smitten Kitchen Everyday. Everything came out perfectly and so I decided to use the same recipes as a base for making a birthday cake for my husband this past week.
Read MoreI’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Michelle McNamara obsessively tracked the man she dubbed the Golden State Killer for years. She unfortunately passed away before a suspect was arrested last year. The book is fascinating and I had to pace myself so that I didn’t stay up to 4 in the morning trying to finish it.