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Rat's Nest week 30 - I'm back for good

This week we're back and ready to goof off

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Kate James
December 30, 2024

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Sometimes a hiatus can be good for the soul or whatever, and sometimes they’re pretty useless. My 6 week hiatus was the latter — I’ll never leave you again.

During my hiatus, I ate at Ikea for the first time and it was a canon event. I’ll never be the same. The cafeteria-style food, eating on furniture you can purchase, the ability to buy the meatballs frozen to bring home. Everything about it was weird. I loved it.

Enjoy!!!!

  • Attainable Luxury- It’s a first-world problem, but I hate being cold after a shower, BUT what I hate even more is putting on a fleece robe if I’m anything less than 100% dry after a shower. Enter the Desmond & Dempsey tiger robe (towel material, but comfy- and on sale right now). It’s more than I ever thought I’d spend on a robe, but if my house burned down today, you bet your ass I’d order another tomorrow.

  • Giggle time- Nate Bargatze is hilarious and has a new Netflix special, which is 63 minutes of giggles. Bonus: it’s safe to watch with grandma and/or your children

  • Scrub a dub- Hoto cordless spin scrubber because I don’t want to clean any longer than I have to. You know you’re on some hot shit in Costco when the suburban woman looking at the same item starts spouting off uses for it- we both decided it was a great purchase for wiping down baseboards (they get grimey, ok? stop calling me old) and put them in our carts in unison. Beautiful.

  • Rat Track- Miss Independent by Ne-Yo (I think it’s been on my Spotify wrapped like 5 years in a row, but I’ll never let go)

🍪 without my cookies i’m just a monster

🥲 oops, my bad

✨ How about no news, just reads? ✨

This hearty black-eyed peas recipe uses meaty ham hocks for smoky flavor and adds pepperoncini peppers for a subtle kick and touch of sweetness.

I’ve actually never had black eyed peas before (I thought it was just a band name until far too recently), but apparently eating them on New Year’s Day gives you ~good luck~.

Happy New Year, Rats!!!

Kate

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