My Journal
So It Begins…Again…and Again…
I'm So Done With Packing! But I'm Not Finished So... MELINDA VANLONE FEB 06, 2025 Dear Reader, I’m so excited! And so very, very tired already. The Great Packing and Unpacking has officially begun: Since we’re only moving a few blocks away I rented re-usable boxes...
I’m A Rescuer!
Sometimes Happiness Can Be Found In The Trash Room MELINDA VANLONE JAN 30, 2025 Dear Reader, Someone dumped a poor, sad, lonely, wilty Peace Lily in the trash room of our apartment building. They’d placed it on a newspaper in the corner like a sad puppy who might...
Look At Me All Organized And Stuff!
Bullet Journals Are Awesome! MELINDA VANLONE JAN 23, 2025 Dear Reader, I’m very proud of myself today, but first I have a little bit of digital housekeeping to do. Welcome to my first…actually my second but who’s counting…Substack post! I mentioned last week that I’d...
Mystic Is Going To The Vet…Hope The Vet Is Ready!
MELINDA VANLONE JAN 10, 2025 Today is one of those days where I try to cram a lot of errands into the shortest amount of time possible. Do you ever do that? I feel like any day that I have to go out disrupts my writing time so I try to minimize the trips. Sounds...
Socks on Jasper
When Jasper has cozied up for a nap, he doesn't let anything get in his way. Not even socks. Not even when those socks are one by one placed on him. He never even lifted his head! He did, however, look a little grumpy when I took the socks away. I think he enjoyed the...
Beware San Francisco
Today I'm getting on a plane and taking a long ride, from East coast to West. I'm so excited to get a chance to spend quality time in San Francisco. I hope to bore everyone with tons of photos along the way and even more when I get back. I love feeding my creative...
Movie Review: Fast and Furious 6
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster I love a good action flick. There's something delightfully carefree about watching buildings and cars explode with no consequences what so ever. I'm glad to see the Fast and Furious franchise thinks the same way. Do you like...
Jasper the Cat
Meet Jasper. He's a bit mis-named, as he's more like a tank than a delicate gem, but after 13 years we can't change it now. Jasper likes to play alarm clock. Somewhere around 5:00 or 5:30 he starts gently tapping my side. Have I mentioned I'm ticklish? The little...
Shopping for Giants
Yesterday I dragged my husband out by his hair took the husband outside for fresh air, and ended up wandering into a big warehouse superstore. You know, the kind you need a "membership" to enter, which is just a really cutesy way of getting you to pay for the...