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Flowing into a Red Dress

by Kristi on January 19, 2025 · 0 comments


I was a little out of sorts, off-balanced, uneasy. I knew I was stuck but I wanted to power my way through it in another direction assuming that would get me past my thoughts and into another – better – place. It was a good jolt to be asked to think about it from another […]

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Prompt: Relive

by Kristi on January 12, 2025


Describe something you wish you could relive I was scrolling through journal prompts today wanting to take 15m to write. There were so many prompts that were interesting but this one caught my eye. What popped into my mind immediately was the day we cruised with the dolphins. It was a beautiful February day and […]

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Duolingo 2024

by Kristi on January 4, 2025


I want to save this so I can see it next year! Goal is to do 10% more lessons and learning. 2024 stats: 1,676 lessons in French 83,357 XP – Top 1% of all learners 2,749 minutes learning (or 46 hours) 2,054 mistakes in 2024 – Do I care about making less mistakes? Not really. […]

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Reflections 2024

by Kristi on December 30, 2024


So I obsessively recorded my year. I did mean to only do a few pictures a month but I wanted to get it all down. Maybe a resolution will be to do a monthly post this year. Hmm… I know I will come back to this next year and in 5 years and reread it […]

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2024 Recap: July – Dec

by Kristi on December 29, 2024


Continuation from Jan – June. “A pebble that we picked up last July” A few days after we got back in July it was admission day at SDSU! She was so occupied with checking everything, getting her classes, and it was such a fun day. I met such nice parents and had fun conversations and […]

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2024 Recap: Jan – June

by Kristi on December 28, 2024


I’m doing a two-part recap! And then will have my mini-recap and goals… Starting with January “We could leave the Christmas lights up till January” To be fair, I wanted to do one or two pictures per month when I started this post back in March. But… that didn’t work out and now I’m committed. […]

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HBD T

by Kristi on December 21, 2024


For years, Truck has written everyone very long and (rambling) beautiful birthday notes. It is his “thing” and for years I have told myself to write him notes in return. That’s his love language. He loves writing, he loves being written to. Some years I would. For a long time, I simply had no capacity […]

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Will and Harper

by Kristi on September 15, 2024


I read a write-up in the WaPo that Will Ferrell did a documentary with his best friend that sounded fascinating. I really like Will Ferrell and am always interested in supporting the LBGTQ community. Since I don’t tend to watch a lot of TV at home with a short attention span recently, I wanted to […]

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Rest of TTDP Deep Dive – Part 1

by Kristi on September 8, 2024 · 2 comments


Shoving everything else in Part 1 into this post to figure out my rankings! Is that even possible? Oh well. Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)My Boy Only Breaks his Favorite ToysSo Long, LondonFresh Out the SlammerFlorida!!!I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)I Can Do It With a Broken HeartThe Smallest Man Who Ever LivedClara Bow […]

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My other top highlights on TTPD Part 1 are Guilty as Sin, Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me, and the actual named SONG Tortured Poets Department which I feel is overlooked? Let’s start with the only one I made a note of on my first listen which was Little Old Me and I wrote “that […]

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Down Bad, Alchemy, Daddy – TTPD Deep Dive

by Kristi on August 23, 2024


My next three ear worms from TTPD are Down Bad, Alchemy, and … But Daddy I Love Him. I’m trying to get to the point where I rank the songs in the album but it’s so hard because it depends on the day, time, month of which songs I’m skipping or repeating! I’m trying to […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Being

by Kristi on August 21, 2024


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loml: TTPD deep dive

by Kristi on August 17, 2024


loml is a song that hits so hard. It’s lyrically amazing. No one seems to know if it’s about Joe A, Joe J, Matt, or… anyone else. Does it matter? No. But if it’s about Matt (which I tend to think it may be), she had him on the back burner for years. They continually […]

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44

by Kristi on August 8, 2024


44 is anxiety 44 is uncertainty 44 is heartbreak 44 is clarity 44 is loving myself 44 is exploring 44 is curiosity It’s realizing that life is short and that I don’t want to just stay sane in the current moment. I want to be better. I want to do better and I want to […]

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I’m on my way

by Kristi on August 3, 2024


Downside of watching Olympics… seeing commercials. Upside of watching Olympics? SEEING COMMERCIALS. I’m reminded of why my favorite TV day is Super Bowl Sunday JUST TO WATCH THE COMMERCIALS. Thanks Uber for making me cry…

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