What a great year! Enjoy my trip down memory lane! January I started the year off with becoming a crazy mall walker. I remember January 2022 being VERY cold and snowy so that was my only option for walking. I have since fallen out of the regular habit but really enjoyed listening to audiobooks while walking laps around the mall like an old person. I also stopped in B&N on…
I’ll admit it. In the years since I’ve lived in DC as an unmarried 30-something I have become a *teensy* bit more liberal. This is, of course, compared to the idealistic and painfully naive 21 year old that I had been. While people who know me well might know the inner workings of my mind, the truth is that the only real difference with me and my opinions is my…
Note: There was a time in my life when I would have been way too afraid to post something like this. In my early blogging days, I wrote a lot about culture and politics… and that ruffled a few, very mean feathers. It takes a lot to offend me but everyone gets beaten down after time. Plus, working at a rather left-leaning school as a conservative *did* put a target…
I’m going to go against the Matthew Chapter 6 sermon and tell my left hand what my right is doing… Or something like that. Friends, I gave up social media for Lent (and possibly longer) and my life has never been better. OK, I’m bein hyperbolic but giving up social media has been huge for me and I’m loving it. It was a few months ago that I realized that…
I might sounds like a complete weirdo but I am really loving winter this year. There’s something about the coziness that just forces you to relax, stay in and pass the time doing cathartic things you love. In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, “hygge” is a Danish term that doesn’t translate to English perfectly, but basically is the concept of coziness. Because the Danish have long, arduous winters, they’ve…
There are few things I enjoy more than travel. From the time that I got my first “big girl” job, I had money set aside for travel. It’s something I prioritize and am so glad I do. When I turned 30, I made a promise to myself to see a new state every calendar year and obviously 2020 put a little wrench in that plan. I kind of, sort of,…
Every year around this time, my social media feed is bombarded with “buy ___’s cookies!” with a corresponding link. While I appreciate the enthusiasm of troop moms, I won’t so much as click on a link on principle. You see, I was an avid Girl Scout Cookie saleswoman back in the day and this new automatization of the process is problematic to me, to say the least. Before I delve…
As I’m writing this, there’s an impending snow and ice storm here in the DC area. One thing I’ve really enjoyed about this area is that the winters tend to be significantly more mild than Ohio’s, but we still get a “snack” of winter, if you will. Since I am a bit of a pro in the snow day world, I thought I would share five fun things do to…
You may or may not have seen a little update on my Instagram feed (@basicbrittblog) but I have a little new endeavor.. The short version is that you’ll be seeing a lot more lifestyle content here and I’ll be shifting my financial stuff to another page. It’ll be launched this month so stay tuned! I always love reading Instagram Roundups on others’ blogs so I thought I’d do one today…
We’ve lost our humanity as a country and it’s so sad. The thing that prompted this post was a passing comment someone made to me a while back that gave me major pause. After a little bit of (albeit painfully stupid) political bantering, I apologized and she said, “It’s OK, you and I are both passionate about [politics].” She didn’t mean it as a dig in any way and I…