My Dog is an Adorable Weirdo

Hi Internet People,

My dog’s name is Bennett and while we’ve have him for like 4 years, I’ve only really been around him in the past two. My family got him from the local Human Society right before I went to grad school, which meant I only saw him when I visited home. After I graduated I wound up moving back home and now I see him every day. Now he doesn’t always hang out with me that much. My dad is his favorite person and he spends as much time as he can with him. This weekend my dad was out of town and I wound up spending a lot more time with Bennett.

First off he’s a pretty active dog and we take him out 3-4 times a day to go on a walk around the neighborhood. My dad is typically his walk buddy, though my brother walks him while the rest of us are at work sometimes. He has afternoon breaks in his class schedule and can normally at least run by the house for a little while. He was out of town too so I wound up walking Bennett as often as I could. Now after his walks Bennett likes to come home and chill with the person who walked him. This has meant that we’ve been spending a lot of time together.

Now here’s the second thing, Bennett is a very weird eater. Typically he eats most of his food, but he’s been taking allergy medicine, which means he gets extra treats. Not too may extra, but he won’t eat the pill unless we put it in bread with peanut butter. While taking his allergy meds his appetite has been a little subdued I guess. Not only is he not eating as much because of the meds, but he also pouts when my dad is gone. He mopes around and just sleeps a lot. I’ve managed to get him to eat, but I literally have to hang out with him in the kitchen while he does. Not totally normal, but it’s cute. He also totally slept an entire night in my room, which he never does.

He’s napped with me down there and when I used to work nights he would hangout during the day with me. On Saturday night he literally curled up with me all night and then the next day he napped on my bed while I was doing some video work. He’s a super cute dog and even though he’s weird I totally love him.

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

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Thinking About Some Recipe Things

Hi Internet People,

When I’m bored and messing around with my phone I have a tendency to check out articles on Buzzfeed. Now I don’t read every article, but I check out the quizzes and I always wind up looking at the recipe posts. I haven’t been baking or cooking much recently and I think I’d really like to. When iZombie was on in previous seasons I would make something weekly and with it having such a big break between seasons I haven’t really been in the groove.

I think I might try doing a weekly recipe and if I do I’m debating if I want to write them up over here or what I want to do. I wish my kitchen was easier to work in because I’d consider doing videos where I make stuff, but my kitchen just isn’t designed well enough for filming. My old kitchen was, I had tons of cabinets and counter top space where I could have set up my camera. If I did do a weekly recipe would people be interested in seeing how they turn out?

I normally try and follow recipes, but I often tweak them or do some extra stuff to them. That’s how a lot of my brain recipes got started. I found a general recipe and then altered it to make it look like a brain. Let me know what you’d think and I might try and make some stuff soon.

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

A Fun Saturday with the Family

Hi Internet People,

Yesterday I had a really nice day and I thought I’d share what I was up to. I started off my day by walking the dog and then went to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. I’m sure that shocked you a bit, but I needed to retake the temps test and get a new one. Yes, I have taken the test now like 5 times, I just never put in the driving time. It just hasn’t happened, but this year it totally has to. Then after the fastest BMV trip ever I walked the dog again, he needed to go out before my mom and I headed out to visit my sister.

We drove down to where she goes to college and then had a really nice lunch/dinner with her. Then we went to Target and I got a bunch of random stuff, though I did need like three things. The necessary things were a suitcase, a new SD card, and a toothbrush. Then I bought a tiger face mask, Tim Tams, Girl Scout cookie cereal, and a discount box of Valentine’s candy. After that we got Starbucks and chatted for a while. Then I came home, walked the dog a third and final time for the day, and worked out.

It was a really nice day and I enjoyed spending time with most of my family. My dad and brother were off doing some stuff so they couldn’t join us, but next weekend everyone will be around and we’ll probably do something. I hope you have nice Sunday and that your weekend has gone well.

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

How Was Your Valentine’s Day?

Hi Internet People,

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and since I didn’t really do anything, I went to work and did what I normally do on Tuesdays, I thought I’d see what you all were up to that day. Did you hang out with friends? Did you and your partner do something fun? Did you just chill out alone? Did you just go about your day like normal because it was a week day? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter, @kleffnotes.

This weekend I think I’ll do something fun. I’m considering buying a bunch of discount candy or maybe a pint of super unhealthy ice cream and a bottle of wine and binge watching something. Not sure what yet, I have some Netflix shows to check out and a bunch of stuff on dvd I can watch. I got Birds of Prey as a gift and I bought Witch Hunter Robin and still haven’t watched them. I could also just binge some of my old favorites and yell about random things on Twitter. I do that even when I’m not sort of celebrating Valentine’s Day.

If I don’t do that maybe I’ll see if my friend is still considering doing a sort of Valentine’s party. She said it would be anti-Valentine’s, but I think that just means it’s ladies only. Most of her friends are currently single and I just sort of tag along. This is how that brunch happened a little while back. Maybe I’ll solo brunch or something. I could make things with avocado and make french toast. I do love french toast and I haven’t had it in a while.

That got rambly, but I’m just sort of brainstorming my weekend.

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

Everybody’s Cleaning on the Weekend

Hi Internet People,

This weekend I’ve been working on some articles and videos, but beyond that I also totally had to do some cleaning. Mostly because I am remarkably lazy at taking down a bunch of Christmas decorations. In December we didn’t put the tree up until Christmas Eve and then we kept planning to take it down, but we kept getting too busy. I’ve been gone some weekends and during the week we all just have too much going on to get it all packed up.

We also had to get new boxes for the ornaments and we were trying to figure out the best way to get them all packed up without breaking any of them. We had a few casualties this year so we needed to get rid of our old system. Beyond tearing down all of the decorations I also totally need to get my laundry done. If only I could wear jeans to work then I wouldn’t have to make sure all  my dress pants are clean. I also need to make sure I have clean sweaters because my office is always super cold. It was so cold this week that everyone was commenting on it.

Yes, this is an exceptionally boring post, but I’m really just taking a break between cleaning and organizing to get this typed up. You could probably skip this one today, maybe do something fun that doesn’t involve cleaning at all. Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

Productive Adulting!

Hi Internet People,

This past weekend I made sure to get productive and get as much stuff done as I could. I wrote up articles, prepped videos, and filed my taxes. Yes, I filed my taxes. It’s the least interesting thing to do ever and stresses me out every year, but I wanted to get it done as quickly as I could. I had two jobs last year, not at the same time though I applaud anyone who can do that, which meant another year of filing double W-2s.

I’m sure this is super exciting for you to read, but I made sure to get all my tax stuff done in the hopes that my refund will get to me before March. With Clexacon coming up I’d love to have the money in my account. I was able to afford everything, I have been saving up money and I had planned to go on a big trip later in the year so I am using that money for this trip instead. My siblings and I were going to go to California together, but my sister is hoping to get an internship and work at her college and my brother is hoping to see his friend who lives in Florida. We are thinking we can move the California trip to a summer a little farther in the future.

With that off my plate it means that this week I can focus on writing some stuff up and filming videos. I think I’m going to a choir event with my friend this weekend. She hasn’t given me times or info for buying tickets, but I should hear soon I hope. If she read this I would totally use it as a hint to remind her to send me the link, but she doesn’t read or watch my stuff. It’s cool, she has a busy life and while we’re friends we don’t like all of the same things so this blog isn’t really something she’s super into. I’ll just text her at some point and see what’s up. I’m hoping I can keep my momentum up this week and get a lot done. Thankfully I won’t have to file any more tax stuff.

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

Back to Work as Usual

Hi Internet People,

It’s Monday which means the regular work week starts today. Last week I only went into the office for a fraction of the time that I normally go in. On Thursday and Friday we had a retreat, which meant I stopped by the college to check email and do some quick stuff for about an hour and then I headed out of town.

The retreat wasn’t great, the first day was just sort of odd. We played games for three and a half hours instead of following our schedule and we ate lunch and dinner. I had fun with two of my coworkers after that. We went out to a local bar that the sister of one of them found near our hotel. I indulged a bit too much, but it was a lot of fun. The next day I felt fine, but suddenly got really woozy during one of our sessions and had to go up to my room. I’ve only been hungover one time before and this didn’t feel like that at all. I actually thought I was about the get a migraine or something. I’d been a bit sick earlier in the week and I don’t know if it was a combination of the night before mixed with lack of sleep or what it was. I felt great after an hour nap and some lunch though.

This week I’m going to have a ton of stuff to do, mostly because I know there were exams in all of the classes I’m connected to and I’ll have stuff to work with connected to those. Beyond that I also have a couple presentations to give, plus weekly meetings. I’m ready to get back to work for sure. I hope you all have a fun and productive week this week!

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

Cursing Loudly At My Computer

Hi Internet People,

Don’t you love when technology doesn’t work? Oh no, my computer is fine, but I’m currently cursing very loudly because I have a fully written up and ready to go article that won’t save or let me schedule it. Thankfully I have been able to copy and paste the entire thing into a word document, but it is seriously the most frustrating thing ever. I’m also mostly writing this post to see if I can get this one to schedule since my NGE article is failing. Looks like my test is currently proving something is seriously wrong with my connection because this one isn’t saving at all. Delightful, just delightful. Oh wait, it says saved now. Hmm, maybe this means I’ll finally be able to get all the stuff done that I wanted to get done. Really it wasn’t a lot of stuff, just a couple articles and a few blog posts.

I honestly have no idea why my NGE article won’t function properly. Maybe a bunch of us are on it at the same time or something, I have no clue. This is really just me complaining at this point since I can’t do anything else. I’m just casually waiting in the hopes that it decides to work and I don’t have to reformat the entire article in the wee hours of the morning. Sigh, I suppose this is mostly very boring for people to read, but I needed someone to vent to since I had yelled the F word about fifty times in the span of five minutes. It was actually probably more than that, but eh. Well let’s hope everything works now and I can go back to writing up productive things. Enjoy your day!

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

Quick Little Sunday Post

Hi Internet People,

It’s Sunday and after everything that has been going on I just thought I’d post something a little on the fluffy side. I hope that today you find time to relax, to enjoy something you love, really just take the day for yourself. If you can that is, I know that sometimes you have to work on Sundays or life is busy, so even if today isn’t the day to relax, I hope it happens soon.

While you relax consider checking out my kleffnotes YouTube channel or some of the great articles over on The Nerdy Girl Express. I’m not sure what I’ll be up to today, but the current plan is really to be in bed since my life is remarkably uninteresting. I’ve just been really tired for the past couple of days and I’m hoping to use today to recover, at least a little bit. I hope you enjoy your day and find something to add a little happiness to your day.

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine

So Working Out Is a Thing

Hi Internet People,

Last night I decided to use the random elliptical in the basement. It’s near a recumbent bike that I think is older than me and a recliner where Benny the Skeleton lounges. I’ve been thinking about the fact that I would like to be a bit more fit. Now I’m not saying I want to be super thin, I’ve done that and I didn’t do it in a healthy way and I’m not doing it again. I was always cold and hungry and tired and grouchy, really there were a number of things that were not okay about it. I acknowledge that I have food issues, it’s very hard to go from super restrictive eating to normal eating habits.

I do my best and because I don’t want to do what I did before I want to focus on feeling strong and confident. Honestly when I started thinking about it I kept saying Body Like Batwoman. Yes, I know I talk about her a lot, but honestly she’s such a great character. I know she isn’t a real person, but she is a figure that I sort of wish I were more like. I want to be brave and bold. Beyond that I kind of wish I had a slightly more toned body. I’ve never been toned. When I lost weight I was just thin, which is not the same as being in shape. I really want to work to be a stronger person inside and out.

So I’m going to try being more like Batwoman and get my butt in gear. Though I am definitely going to be a sweatier and shorter version.

Find me on Twitter, @kleffnotes, on my kleffnotes YouTube channel, I write for The Nerdy Girl Express and run their Snapchat, thenerdygirlexp, and I post recipes on the iZombie Support Group site.

Talk to ya tomorrow,

Katherine