Nikki

14-mile round trip cycling journey to lunch and I finally got elote pizza again, hooray.

Last night I asked my husband to choose between two pasta shapes for mac and cheese. He said he had no preference. Seems a little sus.

Xanaduperbowl

Lately I've gotten really good at making burritos.

I started watching "Hacks" last night (I am generally behind the curve as far as staying current with this type of media) and I like it. It's Bojack-esque.

My tostadas are inconsistent, but tonight's batch hit the spot after spending over 2 hours trimming bougainvillea this afternoon.

Seems like a pretty good neighborhood when I'm walking the dog on a warm January morning and discover a neighbor friend's speakeasy.

I'm sure Elon Musk expressing interest in visting Epstein Island and Grok being a pedophile chatbot is just a coincidence

Here’s one video shared with us of the state-ordered execution. The man was beaten in the head with a gun, shot once, then shot five more times while on the ground. State-ordered executions continue.

Oh no...I'm grateful I got to see him play an acoustic show with Jackie Greene a few (I guess a little more than a few...) years ago at a smallish venue in Phoenix. Plus with the band a couple of years before Jerry's demise. Thanks for everything, Bobby!

Happy Jimmy Pesto Day for all who celebrate

Welcome back, Agenda friends! I missed you in December.

Area Man Forges Ahead In Pursuit Of Numbness With Third Slice Of Pie

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New year, new blue jeans.

A colorful sunrise with palms and other trees, seen through a multi-paned casement window.

Final sunrise of 2025

Made myself (and husband) two of my favorite items for Xmas dinner: poblano and corn hand pies with Mexican crema, and key lime pie. Celebrating with an all-pie meal is the best.

A brown Chihuahua in a Christmas tree costume

This happened with my junior and senior year French teacher. Many students took advantage of her inexperience at the same time some of the girls admired her fashion sense. I was impressed that she stuck around for a second year.

I'm doing really poorly at holiday cards this year.

My husband and I frequently have to drive across Ohio, not even from edge to edge, but just from NW to NE, and I refer to it as "the longest short drive." Also, the Toledo Museum of Art is a gem. I'm pleased they'll house this collection.

View from the outdoor upper deck of an ocean ferry approaching the Westman Islands. The ocean is calm and blue, the island is greenish-brown and rugged. The sky is mostly blue with thin, low clouds.

Last week I went to Iceland and took a boat to a smaller island.

I'm supposed to fly between two of them tomorrow and my anxiety over whether I'll make it is pretty high. It does suck.

A blue sky with many voluptuous white clouds, plus the sun with a bit of flare, all above a large electric-generating windmill and cut cornfields.

Today Dexter and I started our road trip west, and I saw some pretty clouds in either IN or IL.

A tropical drink in a plastic cup in a wooden picnic table with a marina in the background

This doesn't suck.

A partially, but catastrophically, burned white farmhouse, with outbuildings and vehicles to its right and a field of brown crops in the foreground

As seen on one of my back-road drives

A pint of beer in a colorful, decorative glass for "Ohio Pint Day," atop a weathered wooden picnic table, with additional picnic tables and a folded, yellow shade umbrella and scrubby trees and shrubs in the background

A solo visit to Arlyn's, spending some of my birthday gift certificate and enjoying a nice Tuesday evening

A bourbon cocktail in a martini glass is next to a large, multilayered slice of carrot cake with fancy whipped cream and candied nuts on top, on a black plate, both shown on a wooden restaurant table

I had a birthday last week.

*Twinkle Toes* 😍

A freshly-mowed lawn, with large leafy trees across a gravel road and Lake Erie and Kelleys Island in the background.

I mowed today.

Why yes, I *did* shed a few tears watching the new "King of the Hill" because I am so overjoyed to see all these characters again. I'll own that.