Lyssrose

A photo of a shopping card loaded with food and household goods, like bread, milk, frozen breakfast sandwiches, cheese, danishes, crackers, toilet paper, tissues,water, and cat litter.

Costco, I love you, but I think I may have a problem... 😅

In my defense, I AM restocking our house for the first time, after spending the past TWO MONTHS temporarily living on the other side of the state!

(But really, though, I can't be trusted there unsupervised!)

A copy of Molly Harper's book "A Proposal to Die For" sits next to a resealable plastic bag with an Evidence label on it.

@mollyharperauth.bsky.social brought the best on-theme swag to her book signing tonight - waiting to see how @tirzahprice.bsky.social escalates, at the next event!

(Although the cross stitch pattern last time was pretty impressive!)

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Cory Booker breaking Strom Thurmond's record was exactly the moment of joy I needed today.

@booker.senate.gov - thank you!

With autism, self diagnosis is valid, because even just shifting how you approach *yourself* can make a huge difference.

Plus, diagnosis is expensive, and used as a way of limiting rights and exerting control over people, which is just yet another delightful part of the hellscape we live in.

100% fact, right here!

A homemade mango cream pie, with whipped cream on half of it, in front of a propped up cookbook page, showing a professional photo of a mango cream pie with whipped cream on half of the pie.

Mango Cream Pie, from Jam Bake by Camilla Wynne - it's not often that I end up with something that looks like the photo on the recipe!

*Immediately after taking this photo, I proceeded to dump the rest of the whipped cream on the pie, because seriously, who's gonna want a piece without it?!?

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Me to Partner: Do you need the GPS?

Partner: Nah, I know where I'm going!

He then proceeds to ask me to confirm a turn, misses a turn, and needs me to reroute him back on the path he supposedly knows.

Sir, this is why I asked you about the GPS when we left! Directions are its job, not mine! 🙄

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White was brutal, but so, so, good. A book with a trans AND autistic main character, in a gothic horror setting, that I simply couldn't put down!

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Choosing a favorite is nevvvvvvver gonna happen! I probably read memoirs the most, because I find other people fascinating! That's probably my autism showing; I read about other people, because how else will I figure out how they work?!

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I go through my TBR often, but very rarely do I take anything
off the list for reasons other than actually reading it. I am an unrepentant mood reader, so I figure, if something goes on the list and hangs out for awhile, I'll be in the mood for it again eventually!

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Yes! I follow booksky, foodsky, and craftsky, as my comfort feeds!

In the foreground is a hand holding a paper coffee cup, with a stylized drawing of a church window on it. In the background is the actual brick church, which houses a coffee shop and wine bar inside.

I don't know what wizardry they used to make this carrot cake chai at The Congregation, but I'll be damned - it really does taste like carrot cake!

#detroit 🍽️

Set in the 1990s, Kate & Frida by Kim Fay is told as the letters between a bookseller/aspiring novelist and a fledgling war correspondent. It is so very timely and relevant now, as it touches on war and refugees, as well as family, food, and the struggle of finding yourself in your twenties.

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I'll be back once when the next prescription is ready! 🤣

My son read them a few years ago, and really enjoyed them, too, so they seem to have held up over the years!

Copies of Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green, Evocation by S.T. Gibson, I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming, Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaabe, Home Grown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos, and The Power of Knitting by Loretta Napoleoni. The books are laid out in two rows of three books each.

Made a quick trip to the other side of the state today, to pick up some prescriptions, and stopped into my favorite bookstore for some self care.

I always find the best books at @bettiespages.bsky.social !

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I am sorely out of date on current middle grade series, but a favorite from my own childhood were the Bunnicula books!

Could be, that was the start of my love of both vampire books AND terrible puns!

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I went to Tirzah's last book launch, where Molly was the moderator - can't wait for round two, where it's Molly's book and Tirzah gets to quiz her!

Black cat paws reaching under a white door, and a wooden floor.

I think it's universal!

A black cat, sitting on top of the hanging rod in a closet, surrounded by colorful clothing.

It's from a few months ago, but this monster is why I can't have nice things!

A slice of toast spread with creamy peanut butter, with a heart shape scratched into the layer of peanut butter.

The surgeon said I have to increase my husband's protein intake, to speed up wound healing - I just took it upon myself to also increase his daily intake of schmoop, at the same time!

Best decision ever, was firing Audible and switching to Libro.fm - and I signed up through my favorite indie bookstore, who gets credit for everything I buy. Win-win!

A metal thermos, surrounded by a package of flour tortillas, a bag of shredded lettuce, paper plates, a plastic container of taco meat with a metal spoon, and a bag of shredded cheddar jack cheese. In front of this is a paper plate with a taco sitting on it.

When it's your 21st anniversary, and your spouse is stuck in the hospital, you make do, and instead of going out for your traditional celebratory tacos, you just bring a thermos full of meat and bags of ingredients, and have a taco picnic in their room.

I love you more than queso!

I am in this post, and do not like it! 😅

Excellent Banana Bread - Rose Latz, Steve and Sue Latz Ingredients: 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup shortening, 2 eggs, pinch of salt, 3 bananas, 1 and 3/4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Combine sugar and shortening. Beat in eggs. Add mashed bananas. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and pinch of salt together. Grease load container and fill. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Apologies for falling off the face of the earth, apparently. The world was already a shit show, but then my personal world imploded, too.

As penance, I give you my family's recipe for banana bread - Rose Latz was my Gramma Rose.

The ability to add alt text to images was one of the first things I noticed when I added a photo yesterday, and I was thrilled to see it!

Black cat looks up at camera from inside a red, grey, and black tote bag.

This is why I can't have nice things.