Holistic Mommy

You'd think with AI becoming a thing over the past 365 days that adults wouldn't be posting their kids info and photos online. Here we are, however, in the first week of school of 2024; adults are logging into Facebook to relentlessly share their kids, age, year, name and photo are shared for all the world to see. Some people will tell you, "Facebook is just for my friends and family" ...Uhh, no it isn't. And working with families, others will tell me, "I signed up for Facebook because that is the way my family seems to share info about our grandkids." Dang, what a position. I feel you grandma's and grandpa's. I do notice how families use, or misuse social media to 'keep in touch'. I don't think they're keeping in touch at all... Every family is sure to have showoffs. Internet is addicting. There is gratification about showing lovely pictures of happy times and cute kids. Someone in the family will start 'sharing' and othe

I've really gotten into the new whitegirl trend -- refinishing furniture. You know how it goes... The trend found me. You see, I don't buy anything new -- as everyone knows. Clothing is from swaps, sewing machine bought on consignment, furniture pulled off the side of the road, art supplies from Facebook Marketplace and house paint? It's from the recycle depot. There is such good paint being thrown away (can you believe it!). I realized today that the 'Behr Ultra Flat Matte' paint sample I salvaged years ago is actually high quality chalk paint. Anyway, my furniture-flipping days are upon us. And it all started with a kitchen table...  Followed by a nice chair (before and after)...   Four fucking lamps (before and after)...   A shelf (otherwise known as an 'entryway bench')... And now, this 'tea tree' green side table... Paint still drying... I operate very stealth-like and am limited to when the landlord is not home. Given that they are taking onli