Kelly Cannon-O’Day

If you’re looking for transition from journalism writing to grad school writing, just know that you will always, always be short of your word count minimum.

I finally watched “My Cousin Vinny” last night. Mona Lisa is who I want to be when I grow up.

Man, there are SO MANY places I have to update my legal name. Good thing being married is worth it.

Watching the Alabama/Michigan game. I'm hoping they both lose and have a bad time.

I color-coded a Word Doc a few weeks ago so I would know exactly what I wanted to do with each part.

Trouble is, I can't remember what the colors mean.

Every email I’m sending today has the subject line: “DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THIS UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS.”

Well done, everyone!
We're halfway out of the dark.

My husband and I are in the process of combining our books. He worked in a library for 10+ years so he insists on organizing using the Library of Congress method. I’m left baffled.

For my birthday, my husband got me a soda can insulator and THROWING KNIVES. 🤩

My husband has been obsessed with this lamp for months, which I found to be mostly hideous and way too expensive. But we found one 42% off. So the mostly hideous lamp came home with us.

He was so excited.

Update on the French press: My husband bought this 64 oz. Yeti French press, which also doubles as a blunt force weapon.

Every year, I spend weird amount of time worrying that the prize turkey that Scrooge brings to the Cratchets’ is going to be too big for their oven.

If there is one thing I’ve learned in grad school, it’s that academics love to say that things are in tension with each other.

I was making some coffee when our French press decided to explode. Hot coffee and grounds everywhere. Nearly sliced my hand on the shattered glass.

I’m looking for French press recommendations, preferably ones that don’t explode.

I love my husband with all my heart, even when he gives me a cold during finals week. 🤧

Before and After.

Samuel Bateman gets 50 years in prison after admitting he sexually abused his child ‘wives’ in FLDS offshoot Ten girls that polygamous prophet Samuel Bateman took as wives will “live with the memories and the trauma” forever, prosecutors argued before a judge on Monday sentenced him to serve 50 years in pris...

BREAKING: Samuel Bateman will spend the next 50 years in federal prison — essentially a life sentence for the 48-year-old.

Weird hill to fight and die on, but here we go:
Yeast doughnut > cake doughnut

Why do I own a stein if I’m #sober? It’s my coffee stein for those especially early mornings.

We have two sets of stairs at our new townhouse, one going up and one going down. This sweet pup keeps using the wrong ones looking for us. 🍯🐶💕

Nothing makes me more irrationally irate than when people don’t know how to queue properly at the Sam’s Club gas pumps.

About 97.5% of our stuff is moved in. We’re sleeping in the guest bedroom because our new bed hasn’t arrived yet. It feels like we’re staying at an Airbnb, lol.

I started to go through my craft box when my husband was like, just seal it up. We’ll deal with it later.

We’re at the point in moving where we’re just throwing shit into boxes. No labels. No hope.

I hate moving.

Got a new sticker for my car because I relate to Muffin on a deeply spiritual level. #Bluey

Zak Keefer, an NFL features writer: “For the first time in NFL history, a quarterback ran, caught and threw a touchdown in a single game.” A photo shows Josh Allen running with the ball while a player tries to tackle him.

From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Buffalo Bills have beaten both of last year’s Super Bowl teams, the Chiefs and 49ers, in consecutive games, and haven’t lost to anyone since Oct. 6. It starts with Josh Allen, who’s never played better. nyti.ms/3VkxrzI

This friend is now my husband. 💕

We got the keys to our new townhouse in Provo! We already started moving stuff in but the BIG move is on Thursday.