annie's blog

annie's blog

Annie Mueller

Besides writing overly personal essays and making blanket statements which I’ll later regret, I love reading, dancing, hiking, hanging with my friends, sitting on my balcony, getting confused about CSS, and trying to go on longer runs without dying. I’m a single mom with a small herd of teenagers. I think trees are really cool. Give me all the soft cheeses and red wine. Okay, fine, the hard cheeses, too. I enjoy live music, puns, outdoor dining, a good challenge, rainy days, thrift stores, witty humor, traveling, sandwiches, new words, the ocean, and driving with the windows down. I'm trying to learn German and not forget Spanish. I am a big fan of belly laughs, honesty, and the serial comma. And sleep.

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But I am who I am and these two small very small really inconsequential things enrage me so here we are 1. When the Login link/button opens the login page...
A mental model or set of values starts as a shelter from the unrelenting chaos of reality. We need these shelters. Living without them isn’t really possible. We can’t take...
This blog is on Pika. Part of having a Pika blog is having (if you want it) a guestbook. I have it, I want it, I fucking love it. I...
Friction is a force of resistance. Overcoming friction takes energy. More friction takes more energy. Reducing friction frees up energy.
I love a habit. I adore a routine. Doing things in a certain order, or certain time, or certain way. Over and over. I love the dependability. I love the resonance, the echo, the beat. I love the surprising power. Layering one small...
There are a lot of support needs in life. That's great. We all need and help each other. What's not great is when the support needs turn you into support staff. The needs take all your time. They come first in the priority list. And your...
Have you noticed there are a lot of dumb little decisions to make? Have you also noticed that most of these decisions, while dumb, are not necessarily easy? There’s not an obvious answer. Sometimes there’s an obvious “I should” feeling,...
I did some of what I wanted to do and completely missed on other things. This was a nice focus for the month.
Summer reading: Escapism served hot and fresh. Now I’m off to buy myself a hot and fresh personal pan pizza because baby, I earned it.
Let there be lapsesWeeds in the garden, unswept porches,A walk never taken,A flower unnoticed,Missed bill, missed text, missed appointment.
When little trends roll around the blogging world that I’m not into, I ignore them. People get to do things. I don’t need to be part of it. I can put my attention elsewhere. I don’t need to express my opinion of everything. I am breaking...
This is very simple but sometimes the simplest changes work really well.
A week notes addendum with an actual update, maybe.
My therapist said humor is a healthy coping mechanism as long as I can also honestly acknowledge my real feelings.
Lots of driving. I am made of iced coffee and beef jerky. The highway is life.
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