Marnie

3 summers in I’m learning to love monsoon season. It’s so exciting when the wind picks up, the sky changes colors, smells change, temperature drops drastically, the lighting and thunder roars…if we’re lucky copious amounts of water fall quickly from the sky and then move on. ❤️ Nature is cool

Cats be like that 😂

There are currently so many streaming services it’s really hard to keep track of where to watch what. This is one of my favorite apps I’ve used for years and I wanted to share it with you! You just type in the show and it will tell you where you can watch it! So handy.

FYI: I rarely post here or anywhere lately. It doesn’t typically feel safe to share much of my life online these days. Even when I do post I often delete later. I will also block anyone who follows me that I don’t personally know since Bluesky doesn’t allow private accounts.

I was hired in Dec in preparation for huge expansion that was due to occur in March. Then…DOGE occurred. I luckily did not get laid off despite working a government contract. Today we’re finally expanding as planned! 👏

*notice that the weather is not on my list! I can handle that!

I’m so thankful that my home now is such a good place to be! It may be rural, it may be dry, it may be isolated and far from an airport but there’s so many perks!

I also somehow managed to spend $60+ at a thrift store.

4. So many places charge for parking your vehicle. I don’t want to pay rent for my vehicle. (I know this is typically common for most big cities anywhere but in towns of <10K people?!)

3. Crowds. Everywhere. Especially in beautiful outdoor areas. Trails you can’t even stay on because there’s too many people to pass each other.

2. The cost of everything is insane. In mid May I saw diesel for $2.81 in southern NM. Here’s is $4.99+. Some protein bars I regularly buy for $13.48 at home are $16.79. (When I started buying these the box was $9.99 😵‍💫)

I love WA. Deep in my soul kind of love. However, even through rose colored glasses I’ve been reminded why I don’t want to live here full time anymore. 1. What should have been a 4 hour drive yesterday took us 6.5 hours.

As I prepare to visit my immediate family-who voted for this shit show-I shall bite my teeth and try not to leave damaged.

We just randomly picked a good time to be away. This has been planned since December.

Safe travels. I hope you find cooler weather without smoke! It’s pretty far but northwest WA is glorious right now.

My company has already announced closing the LA offices for a while

And what can we do to end this constant yo-yo back and forth garbage?

Those green eyes 🥰

We have a huge yellow crosswalk sign with Bigfoot in our backyard and a wooden Bigfoot statue in the field behind the fence (closer to Ursa Major)

You must have walked behind my house. Did you notice the Bigfoot?

I think we have been for a long time, we’ve just been brainwashed our whole lives to think that we are the greatest country in the world! 🙄😏

Wind is a whole new fear of mine now that we have a travel trailer 😣

I’m super curious about those inflatable dome structures that you spray concrete on.

Such an excellent book!

This program could eliminate the national debt! 🧐

Yep. You got it. Anyone with $5million of disposable income may now have access to our country. “A pathway to citizenship”