When I was a kid, I was all about Barbie. I had dozens, one of which was Day to Night Barbie. She came in a hat, suit, and briefcase, then transitioned in a fantastic dress.

As a child, I just knew there would be many occasions when, as an editor with Rolling Stone, I would need to change from my suit into a cocktail dress for nights on the town. Dates, parties. Obviously.

I have to say, Barbie disappointed me.

I have never had a job that required a hat, suit, or briefcase. And the only thing I ever transitioned into was work out clothes when I worked in Atlanta. Not parties. Not dates. I was already married. Our date nights never required cocktail dresses. Now I’m a stay at home mom and I transition into my good yoga pants from my regular yoga pants.

Does anyone else feel lied to by Barbie? This is a personal attack.

I thought this was great from @keeleyshawart on Instagram. If you’re not following her, what are you even doing? How often do you check in with yourself in words? Use this handy dandy graphic and go from there.

What about “it’s iced coffee o’clock time” did you not understand? Was I not clear?

So, I started a new hobby that isn’t using paper or paint or ink or stamps or decoupage. Well, maybe kind of decoupage, but different. About a year ago during this world pandammit, an ad by Wattle and Loop kept showing up in my Instagram feed and I’d look at it and finally clicked on it. They make embroidery sets with a pattern, bits of fabric and embroidery floss. That’s all. They call it slow stitching and I love it because there aren’t any real rules. You cut the petals and leaves and whatever. You can use whatever stitches you want.

I decided I wanted to do four separate flower patterns on canvas and picked them out to order, but they were on backorder and thrilling was insane because they’re in Australia.

Then I started thinking about what exactly is need to do my own kits for my personal use. I found canvas and floss at Michael’s and ordered sets of scrap fabric on Etsy by searching “pink scrap fabric” or yellow, white. It took me a while to start cutting because I’m used to paper, not fabric. So, I cut petals, leaves, and stems. Then little bits to add depth because I can’t leave well enough alone.

This is what I have so far:

I’ll keep y’all updated, don’t worry.

Y’all, it was 70 something this morning. You know what that means.

I order my groceries online because it’s 2021 and I noticed this on HEB’s app this week.

How you gonna buy half a pie? I understand the concept, but cutting it and putting it in a semi-circle container would be super hard right? Plus, half? That’s our for like 3 people.

It’s fall. I decorated

I felt this one.

I love this man.