My new watch didn’t really help me use my phone less, because I love it so much I became briefly obsessed with finding out everything there is to know about Casio digital watches. I might have to find out more about watches in general now.

Step 1: Set the kids up in front of the TV so I can organize the toys in their room

Step 2: Become increasingly irate they have ever spent one single second watching TV when they have this many toys

Bonsai show today 🌱 Courtesy of the American Bonsai Association

A Blast from the Past: “Looks just aren’t as Important Online as IRL”. This blog post really took me back to the old Internet days, because this was totally true! One rarely shared personal photos in the olden days of say, LiveJournal. It was kind of hard to upload them. How times change

Ugh why is chess.com premium so expensive (this is whining I actually expect it’s reasonable for the server costs etc I just can’t justify such an expensive subscription to just one game)

The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick A Novel by Ariel Lawhon 📚

Historical fiction, pretty anachronistic (our protagonists all have very modern values) but I didn’t mind that. Near the end there was a description of several young kids dying of disease that kept me up late last night though.

Happy Hanamatsuri! 🌺

My children will know analog time

My baby is an excellent walker for 12 months but has suddenly realized that’s not always to his benefit. This morning he’s dramatically staggering around, bent over, looking like he’s been shot (he’s fine, if you pick him up he’s fine)

Took the family out to #NoKings Sacramento this morning