Brrrains

I'm Ali. *waves awkwardly*

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Hey, tumblies, it's been a while.

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Don't be a cunt.

Is it really that difficult?

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12 y/o goes to take a drink and pours water all over herself.

Her: Ugh, I forgot to open my mouth.

Me: ...

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I woke up thinking about pork chops.

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The aloe in the middle of the first pic is the same monstrosity in the second pic, one year later. I pulled it all apart and repotted the pups and I have officially run out of things to put plants in. As of this afternoon I'm at 109 houseplants.

Oh, and look at the little succulent babies starting in the middle row on the plate 😍

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Sex wins for me hands down, but this made me laugh because same.

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I appreciate anyone who took a second to comment on that series of pictures I posted and if I come across as short or tall.

In reality I'm 5'4".

I didn't think that was so short, but I'm told regularly (honestly, so often) that it is.

I actually thought @halcyonsynthesis and I were the same height forever until one day she was basically like, "We are NOT the same height, dumbass, stand up," and I did and we stood beside each other and she's like 3 or 4" taller but I never noticed somehow?

ANYway, I was curious about the height vibe I was giving off because ever time I've met someone in person after they'd seen pictures of me first (and sometimes after we've just talked on the phone) they're surprised I'm not taller. When we met up with people in Vegas when we got married, two of them said they thought I was going to be about 5'10".

For some reason a lot of people think I should be about 5'8".

After I had to meet a general contractor at a jobsite who told me that after talking to me over the phone and then seeing my LinkedIn in picture (a black and white headshot), he was surprised I was a "shorty," I decided I'd just ask what people thought.

So weird.

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If you don't know how tall I am, looking at these (and yes, I know I've always got a hip kicked out and my favourite weekend jeans on), how tall would you think I am?

Like, do I give off a tall vibe or a short vibe?

This is for science.

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Found this whale planter for 2 bucks when I was thrifting a couple weeks ago, so I bought a Chinese money plant for it so it would look like the whale was blowing it out of his blow hole, because that's how my imagination works.

I shall name him Kyle.

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A few minutes ago I had Bri zip up the back of a dress that hasn't fit me for several years.

Little victories.

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I had to send an email earlier and the email address started with "p.sherman@" and I read that and instinctively said, "P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney," without even thinking about it.

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Feeling myself today. It's a nice change and I'll take it 💕

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This made me straight up witch-cackle.

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March 29, 2021

The first day my 12 y/o asked to wear makeup besides on Halloween.

Now she's rocking a winged liner that makes her look 14 and I'm having just the teeniest of moments about it all.

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So my package left Hebron, Kentucky this morning and arrived BACK in Hebron 12 hours later?

Amazon, you're dumb as shit.

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As of today I have 101 plants in the house. And by plants, I mean I have 101 separate pots with things growing in them, plus I have two jars of cuttings and about 10 succulent babies growing on a plate.

It sounds like a lot, but it really doesn't look like I have that many.

Anyway, depression doesn't really lend itself to being the best plant caretaker. Sometimes I'm a perfect little plant witch, then one day I'll notice that a bunch are drooping and realize it's been a long time since I paid attention to them.

Because while they may not LOOK like a lot, they are a lot of work. Especially because I really like the propagation process, so I'm always making new plants, so there's that care on top of regular care.

I'm thinking about making myself a schedule of what days to water which plants, check what needs to be cut back, what needs repotting or to be fed, what needs to be moved along in the propagation process, etc.

I really do love them. Plants are magic.

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Anybody have any idea what this is? My daughter thinks it's a crystal but can't find a match for it anywhere, and I'm thinking it may be something synthetic. But it kind of feels like glass?

It has striations of the same green throughout, and I just realized it has a few knicks. Hmm, probably not crystal then.

Anyway, I don't fucking know and she asked if I'd ask.