When I got home from work today, I realised that I’ve not enjoyed a nice cuppa tea and a sit down after work since my…
At 36 years of age, I’ve finally attended my first girls’ weekend. And you know what? It was pretty fun! (Yay!) I was never invited…
I’m holding a contest and you should totally enter to win free coffee! Yay! Why a contest*? Because I stopped at Starbucks on my way home…
An Ode to the Beach House by Just Frances Oh Beach House, Beach HouseYour lovely views of the Columbia River gorge entice my senses Oh…
My 2010 resolution was to find a bit of joy every day. Each day, I thought about the things that bring me joy and posted them…
I struggled with how to start this post, or if I would even write it at all because it’s hard to know how to “announce”…
Girls’ Weekend starts tomorrow. It’s bad enough that (despite the fact I’d blocked my schedule off from 3:00 pm onwards) that I have a 4:00…
in·spi·ra·tion ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən, -(ˌ)spi- (noun; 14th century) 1a: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate…
My aunt received a new(ish) kidney today, courtesy of a very dear friend of the family. (We’ve always said that Jeanne was part of the…
So I’m sitting here drinking a proper beer with my sister and her partner. (He is drinking Bud Light, which is almost proper beer, so…
I posted a while back about “I AM” poems, and how I like to re-write mine from time to time because it helps me to…
I am cutting the cord. Or rather, I am cutting the cable. I’m not replacing cable with satellite and in my rural neck of the…
Faithful readers of Just Frances may recall that I blogged about my spare change about four months ago. They may also recall me blogging about…
I am one of those people who pushes herself a little (a lot?) too hard when there’s a goal to be met. But I’m trying…
My niece and nephew came out for a week of WSU summer camps. Parker to an overnight camp for smarty-pants kids and Haden to a…
Plinky asked me to describe the worst teacher I’ve ever had. I figured that since two teachers instantly came to mind, it was a big…
My nephew and I enjoyed a nice picnic dinner before spending two hours hiking Kamiak Butte last night. We’d decided before the trip that we…
A few months ago I had a great conversation about music with a perfect stranger. It seems we both liked the same sorts of random bits of…
I love food. Expensive food, cheap food, homemade food, and overly-processed food-like substances. The last is a group that I don’t get to enjoy often,…
My 13-year-old niece thinks I’m pretty cool. In fact, she’s gone as far as to give me the nickname “Aunt Awesome.” She looks up to…