The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rewatch: Elstree Calling to The Skin Game

Friends, welcome to the third to last installment of the Great Alfred Hitchcock Rewatch!  It's not over yet, but we are getting closer.

Weekly Round Up: Road Food

 

A weekly round up: eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  Last week I escaped the cold with a last minute road trip to somewhere warm, which means that I will never, ever catch up with blogging.  Oh well, let's take a shot at it.

Let's Go Places: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 

The last time that we talked, I had wrapped up a week in New Orleans and was on my way to Baton Rouge.  This is the story of what happened next.

Let's Go Places: New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Friends, my first big trip of 2026 is in the books!  Let me tell you all about New Orleans.

The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rewatch: Rich and Strange to The 39 Steps

Woo hoo and welcome to another installment of The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rewatch!!!  This time we're solidly in the 1930s.  When this batch of movies started Hitchcock was a director like any other director but by the time it was over he was a superstar.

Weekly Roundup: Belly Deep

 

A weekly round up: a weather report, eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  Greetings from the other side of my trip to New Orleans!  I'll get the bloggy blog caught up on that soon, and in the meantime here is all the everyday stuff that we need to chat about.

We are in the midst of Snowmaggedon, and Doggo is here for it.  When we came home from our lunchtime walk, she had the choice of walking up the plowed driveway or walking in belly deep snow in the yard, and she made her choice.

2025: The Year in Travel Hacking/Bank Bonuses

Last year I wrote about my baby steps into the world of travel hacking and bank bonuses, and a few months later I reported on my first big travel hacking coup.  Now that I've been at this game a little bit longer, let's see how the credit card/bank bonus world is going.

The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rewatch: From Secret Agent to Jamaica Inn

Welcome back to the Great Alfred Hitchcock rewatch!  Last time we watched Hitchcock's first American movies, and now we're going back to England to see what he was up to that made Hollywood come a knockin'.

Weekly Round Up: In the Wild

 

A weekly round up: eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  This week marked the last week of winter break!  The boys are back at school, I'm sitting at the airport waiting to take to the skies, and Hubs and Doggo are holding down the home front.  Let me tells you the tales of the last week of home life.

Steal a Post: 2025 in Chapters

For the second year in a row, this post is a blatant steal of Stephany's Best of 2025, A Month-by-Month Recap.

Credit where credit is due:

• The chapters concept is c/o Elisabeth's 2024 "write a book with me" project
• Kyria carried the chapters concept forward to 2025 in the "Looking Forward, Looking Back" series
• Stephany's 2024 post is here
• My 2024 thievery is here

2025: The Year in Books

Hey 2025, you were really something.  Let's talk about the books that came my way while we were together.

Weekly Roundup: A Home Decor Update

A weekly roundup: Home decor and NYE hijinks, eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  Let's kick it off with that home decor update.

I Retired Two Month Ago: Here's How It's Going

 

After years of talking about it, I finally retired at the age of 50 on October 31, 2025.  Now that it is two months later, it's fair to ask how things are going.  I mean, I don't have a boss anymore so I guess the blog is the place for my performance reviews now.