I’m exhausted, y’all. (Patreon)

Beanz looks how I feel! Wanted to hop on here and say hello. Grace is currently recording someone else’s podcast and then she’s headed to my house to record ours.

I just got caught up on her Friday post. Aren’t those amazing? I actually really look forward to getting into a little Grace space of brain every Friday afternoon. It feels like I’m back in 2010 reading someone’s blog. Did you guys have blogs you would follow? I remember when I worked a front desk job at a recording studio, there were like 10 blogs I would religiously check. And I mean type in the website name and see if they’d added anything a few times during my boring day, between eating the free bagels and over caffeinating.

Is anyone else getting the spring cleaning bug? Maybe it’s because this is the first day I’ve been in LA when it isn’t raining in weeks but now I feel like everything is covered in a thin layer of dirt, myself included, and it needs a spruce up!

Or maybe it’s because I have a ton of work that is due (The writers Guild is going on strike in May which means pretty much every project I have going on has to be completed in April. Fun!) so my natural inclination is to avoid said work and tidy up.

That is pretty much the only time I feel inclined to clean. When I am procrastinating on actual work or when I’m about to host people at my house. Honestly, sometimes I will invite people over for dinner or drinks in the backyard just to motivate myself to finally swiffer.

Speaking of cleaning and making all things more fresh, I need recommendations for candles. My friend Jaclyn has this thing in her living room which is called a candle warmer. Basically it looks like a desk lamp where the lightbulb will heat up the candle underneath it. I guess you get the smells of the candle without burning it and it’s a nice way to not accidentally leave a candle lit and all the sudden you just had $30 worth of wax burn in one day. A.k.a. my specialty!

Has anyone used of these before? I’m looking at little things like this that will make the home feel like a little treat. I’ve recently gotten more into watching TikTok and besides those creepy couples sleeping lives that pop up and all the food stuff I watch… There are a few accounts that are all about interior design and little luxuries for your house that aren’t expensive. It’s almost as if in the right age of knocking on 40s door, I feel like I need to put a little maturation in my home.

Don’t get me wrong, I have a shark head on my wall that wears a sombrero, and a painting of Pee-wee Herman… But I think I need some decent knives. The candle warmer. A Dustbuster? OK I won’t go crazy.

What are your tidy up or mini luxury essentials you guys are loving?

Also, I just roasted a sweet potato and then mashed it up with a bunch of black beans and spices and I’m going to make vegan quesadillas tonight. Whipped up a quick tomatillo and cilantro salsa to go with it. So if you see me drooling during the video of today’s podcast, it’s because I’m thinking of eating that directly after.

Xx

M