Today I’m borrowing my format from Lisa Keeler and Melanie Meehan.
- Some mornings, I wear my bathrobe to work. Yes, I take it off and leave it in the car before I go inside. But when it’s five in the morning and I’m struggling to wake up, knowing I can stay snuggled in my bathrobe for an extra hour is sometimes all I need to get me out the door.
- My family’s cat math doesn’t add up. We have seven right now. My husband thinks that seven is still one too many. My son thinks that seven is six too many. And I think that seven would be much better if it were nine.
- I am inordinately proud of the fact that my son loves grits.
- When I get a pretty latte at the coffee shop, I always take a photo.
- I hate cilantro, parsley, and dill.
- But it’s ok to stick thyme and basil in everything.
- I read multiple books at a time so that I always have a just right book to read, no matter my mood and circumstances. It’s not unusual for me to have at least twenty books started.
- Rainy days make me happy, but they are rare in western South Dakota.
- My morning lap cat, Chipotle, is frightened of coffee mugs, so I have to take secret sips of coffee when he’s in my lap.
- I can’t figure out how to cook eggplant correctly. It’s always tough and bitter.
- I also always ruin steak. Periodically my son begs me to try again, and so we buy another steak and I overcook it.
- The cure to whatever ails me is always homemade chocolate chip cookies.
- Utah and Oregon are my favorite places to go on vacation.
- I love road trips.
- I never intended to be a teacher at all, but I just couldn’t stop going to school.
- I rarely paint my nails but when I do, I like blues and grays.
- Last year I was a first-time Cybils judge for the first round in the Graphic Novel category. I read 102 graphic novels! (I worried I would burn out on graphic novels, but it’s still my favorite format to read.)
- I don’t have a life mantra, but if I did, it might be “everything is better with butter.”
- My favorite animals are the cheetah and the sloth.
- Last year, we visited the San Diego Zoo just to experience Cheetah Run. It lasted for, like, three seconds, and it was absolutely worth the four-day round-trip drive.
- My philosophy of cat adoption used to be “always adopt two.” Now, after taming and keeping a whole feral litter and taking so much daily delight in their interactions and special bond, I have a new philosophy: adopt the whole litter! (Even if you think that’s nuts, you really won’t be sorry! Cat siblings are the best!)
- I can never resist stopping for a roadside attraction like The World’s Largest Ball of Twine or The World’s Largest Prairie Dog Statue.
- Melanie Meehan was right: 31 does seem like a really big number!
- Western South Dakota isn’t for everyone, but I think I live in the most beautiful place on earth.
- I wish I could be a more organized person, but I’ve mostly given up.
- I think a noisy classroom is a sign that good learning is taking place. (I guess it could also be a sign of just the opposite, but I’m an optimist.)
- I used to be terrified of flying, but now I kind of like it.
- For a couple of years, I had a really beautiful garden, but then I neglected it for a couple of years, and now I have a garden of salvia and weeds.
- I had high hopes of indulging my love of cats by fostering, but then my very first foster was a #fosterfail.
- I have no idea how long I’ve been participating in the March Slice Challenge. It could be four years. It could be six. And it seems like a lot of work to go check.
- My very favorite kind of slice to write is a list. Any kind of list.
the dirigible plum 
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