by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 16, 2015 | Monday Musings, Uncategorized
Phoenix Child has been out for a week and a half, and I’m not yet a millionaire, which is disappointing. I also haven’t gotten call for Oprah, Rove, or Grahame Norton to book me on their shows. I’m not sure this whole “reality” thing is working for me. I know...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 9, 2015 | Monday Musings
I just opened the fridge and found left over plum sauce from when we’d had Chinese food. I love plum sauce! So now I’m wondering what I can make to go with it. There has to be something in this fridge that goes with plum sauce, and yet I don’t want to spend an hour...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 2, 2015 | Monday Musings
Last night I’m not feeling well, and climb into bed as early as possible. Which means EVERYONE had to talk to me or text me or email me from 8 to 930. Then I turn on the humidifier and cough, and almost fall asleep, and cough, and almost fall asleep, and cough, and...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Feb 16, 2015 | Monday Musings
I love books, and I want to share that love of books with the kids that come to live with me in foster care. At night, once they are tucked into bed, I sit in the hallway and read to them. I like to choose children’s classic because I feel it’s unlikely they’ll hear...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Feb 2, 2015 | Monday Musings, Uncategorized
So I REALLY like Burt’s Bees lip balms. Like, I really like them. I think I have more than a dozen of them, in all different flavors. I have two next to next to my bed, four clear ones and three tinted ones in my purse, one by the TV, two or three in my backpack, and...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jan 26, 2015 | Monday Musings
Some movies I’m okay watching by myself. But there are others which are just better with someone else. I’m not sure why. Could be the inside jokes, the quick glances, the shoves on the arm when something is funny. Zoolander is so much better when I watch it with my...