• Making: Paper mandalas and/or mandala resin coasters. (Just a plan - this is a Teaser! Photos if/when I actually make them!)
• Reading: Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
• House project: Hang hanger for my necklaces. Hang necklaces from hanger

No, I've made no progress on the above list since last week. I did complete a 1000 piece puzzle, and read a bit of a different book on parenting teen girls. It is called Untangled : guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood by Lisa Damour. Apparently girls are supposed to turn into jerks to their family and prioritize friend group packs. Mine hasn't (yet), but I'm reading up on what to expect.

My fridge has given up on cooling, and it snowed so the kiddo is home. So instead of an early start to all the things, a workman is here taking apart my fridge. I'm having trouble focusing. I don't do well with workmen in the house. And it's distracting - will I get a new fridge? Will I fix this one? Should I price new ones? How much will the damage be? Should I throw out pickles and juice and grated parmesan if it hasn't been cool in 48 hours? Did critters get into the food I stashed in a box in the garage? (just checked: new one is $810 + $79 to haul away to the old and deliver the new.) Distracting.

I've started to plan my 2 weeks in Portugal for this summer, based out of Porto. If anyone has suggestions on what to do, please let me know! I like history/prehistory, art, wild landscapes, typewriters. I don't much like sitting around on the beach (for more than a hour or two). If anyone had a recommendation on where to learn Portuguese history - book, podcast, film - please let me know that too!

One of the things I got for Christmas this year is a water bottle with spaces for stickers of all the states. I've decided I'm not going to put any more stickers on it until I've written up memories of the stickers I've already stuck. More "States I've Been To" memory posts coming soon.