Within 30 minutes of posting my previous tablet piece, Eli messaged me "you know, there's an apple store right by my office" He also convinced me to go with wifi-only model, with the promise that if I really, truly miss/need LTE we'll look at adding a wifi hotspot to our cell phone plan. So that… Continue reading Tech: Tablet… upgrade?
Category: Review
Baby Stuff: Monitor
Baby Monitors are insane. Ridiculous. We were super lucky that some friends gave us their baby monitor to help us get started. It was less than a year old and really has given us a chance to see what is good and bad in a baby monitor. And there are some ridonkulous baby monitors out… Continue reading Baby Stuff: Monitor
Reviews: How I approach them
I'm sure anyone who is reading my reviews regularly knows this, but I'm going to confess I don't have a system for my reviews. When I first started them (if you go back and look at the oldest of them), I tried to follow some kind of pattern. Set a structure and stay inside it.… Continue reading Reviews: How I approach them
Tech: The Tablet Hunt
My tablet is dying. I have finally had to admit it doesn't hold much charge, the bluetooth keyboards can not manage to stay connected (yes, I have 2 and both of them are in bad shape too). I do NOT want to do this, but Eli is pretty sure my tablet was purchased in 2013… Continue reading Tech: The Tablet Hunt
Review: Wayfairer trilogy
I pretty much stumbled across this series and found myself drawn in. I never realized a book without strong plot could be enjoyable. All those "character books" I had to read in middle and high school (I'm looking at you Pat Conroy) where it's exploring "the human experience" or whatever. I disliked those. But the… Continue reading Review: Wayfairer trilogy
Musings: Clothing sizes and who buys them
I have long been jealous of how men's clothing is sized. Specifically, men's pants - waist and length. Women's clothing is NOTHING like that. It's an arbitrary letter (S, M, L) or number (8, 14, 20) - which really has no external verification for "accuracy." So I am sometimes a Large shirt. Sometimes Extra-Large. In… Continue reading Musings: Clothing sizes and who buys them
Review: Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik is a unique writer in my world - I find her books extremely frustrating and extremely intriguing at the same time. I love retellings and twists on fairy tails and Novik hits both with this book. More than 90% of the book is told from the perspective of women - Miryem, Wanda, and… Continue reading Review: Spinning Silver
Current Reading List
I was talking to someone the other day and I made a comment "one of the books I'm reading..." the person stopped me and said, "One of? More than one?" Yes. I read multiple books at the same time. Not literally sitting and reading one page in one book, then the next, then the next.… Continue reading Current Reading List
Review: The Bell Jar
I actually finished this up right before giving birth, but.... well a lot has slipped the past few weeks! I struggle with mild anxiety, and I know how much that can debilitate me from functioning - I read this and it hurt. I only brush on the levels of unhappiness, disconnect, and depression Plath expressed… Continue reading Review: The Bell Jar
Review: Alita Battle Angel
I know I'm a little late to this - it's been out for more than 3 days so if you were looking for a review I missed the "important" window for reviews. But to hell with that, I watched the movie and I have opinions and you were crazy enough to come read what I… Continue reading Review: Alita Battle Angel
Dream by Day 