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May 19, 2024

My Everyday Life: Week 20

Here’s what this past week looked like: My Everyday Life Week 20

Mother’s Day! 

My Everyday Life Week 20 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

My boys gave me this beautiful bird bath! 

My Everyday Life Week 20 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

A crow came onto our deck the same day.

My Everyday Life Week 20 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

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May 17, 2024

I LOVE LISTS

Do Something Productive with Your Feelings- i love lists// shutterbean #hobonichi #hobonichicousin

I LOVE LISTS 

  1. Wanna see some oddly terrifying photos?
  2. Bunkers are spooky.
  3. A valuable website- Cereal for Dinner! 
  4. Why is the sun so active right now? 
  5. Lego has made a retro radio! 
  6. The funniest town names in the U.S. 
  7. If you want to learn about pigeon superpowers.
  8. Has your garlic ever turned blue?
  9. Let’s go get a cookie at Costco.
  10. What’s happening, McDonald’s?
  11. NASA shows us what it’s like going through a black hole.
  12. Horses are majestic.
  13. Time travel- photos of people from late Victorian era.
  14. I want to bring stuffed peppers back into my life.
  15. Glass flowers are so pretty. I want one.
  16. Do you have a houseplant emergency kit? I sorta do.
  17. This cabin is gorgeous.
  18. Let’s do a plain potato chip test. 
  19. Would you honk?  I probably would. lol
  20. Weekend reading: A Year in Practice

 

Keep Grief Weird! Podcast with Tracy Benjamin and Dr. MC McDonald about GRIEF! https://keepgriefweird.substack.com/

We’ve shared two episodes of The Keep Grief Weird Podcast in the past week!  In our podcast, we are exploring the many facets of grief and how weird it can be to live with loss and still feel connected to the ones who are gone. 

Here’s the start of our grief journeys, so you can get to know us.

On episode #1, I tell you about my grief story of losing my Mom, Bev on Thanksgiving and how hashtag #keepgriefweird came to be.

On episode #2, MC shares her grief origin story of her losing her father, Bob on Christmas and her mother, Suzanne all within a year at the tender age of 24. MC also lost her first love in high school- which we’ll talk about in later episodes. The wild part of all of this is that MC was deep into studying grief in college while living without the parents she’d just lost. Grief is tricky like that!

You can listen to it wherever you listen to podcasts!  Here’s a Spotify link 🙂

We also have an Instagram account- @keepgriefweird as well as a hashtag #keepgriefweird if you want to share your grief or read other people’s experiences. They’re incredibly touching, thank you for sharing your stories with us!

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May 13, 2024

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week Workbook by Tracy Benjamin now on sale!

Intentions for the Week- Week 20 in 2024

Hi hiiiiii! It’s Monday! Did you have a good weekend?  Yesterday we published the first episode of Keep Grief Weird!

Keep Grief Weird! Podcast with Tracy Benjamin and Dr. MC McDonald about GRIEF! https://keepgriefweird.substack.com/

  You can listen to our first episode (where I share my grief story wherever you listen to podcasts!) Here’s a spotify link, here’s our Instagram- @keepgriefweird and follow us on Substack!   We will be sharing MC’s grief origin story this week.  Thank you so much for your support. 

 Here are my Intentions for the Week! 

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May 12, 2024

My Everyday Life Week 19

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 19

It’s Mother’s Day today which can be a tricky time if you’re grieving.  The best way to move through grief is to talk about it and share the experience with someone who understands.  After many months in the making, I am happy to share that I made a podcast with my friend MC called Keep Grief Weird

Keep Grief Weird! Podcast with Tracy Benjamin and Dr. MC McDonald about GRIEF! https://keepgriefweird.substack.com/

You can listen to our first episode on Spotify or subscribe to our Substack, where it will be delivered to your email. Our first episode begins with my grief origin story.  I share my experience of losing my Mom on Thanksgiving and what the first year was like without her. This is just very beginning of many conversations we’ll have about being women in our 40s living our lives without our Moms (and in MC’s case, both parents).  Grief is weird and we’re here to keep it that way. 

Thanks so much for your support and for listening! If today is a hard day for you, please know you’re not alone! 

Anywho-

Yesterday, I picked a wildflower bouquet! 

My Everyday Life Week 19 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

I did yoga up in the hills above Rodeo Beach with a group of women.

My Everyday Life Week 19 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

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May 10, 2024

I LOVE LISTS

Feeling Stuck is a Feeling, not a Fact! // I love lists - Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

I LOVE LISTS

  1. If you love looking at maps, this website is amaze.
  2. I can’t sleep on a plane. 
  3. You call it stress cleaning, I call it rage cleaning.
  4. Hotels with the most amazing gardens.
  5. Uhh. Should drones go that fast?
  6. I need to do a garage purge.
  7. Another ground beef recipe to add to the rotation.
  8. These Old Bay Goldfish crackers look yum
  9. A discussion about performative pantries.
  10. History’s Greatest Moms.
  11. A whole bunch of gift ideas for Mom (or you).
  12. My Mom always got her flowers at Costco.
  13. For the upcoming sriracha shortage.
  14. Seems like something Steve Jobs would do. 
  15. And the secret ingredient for creamy nacho cheese is…
  16. These kids did an amazing job! 
  17. Life Magazine’s Best Animal Covers from the past. 
  18. The dress I live in during this time of year. 
  19. Speaking of, I’m compiling a list of cute Amazon sundresses. 
  20. Weekend Baking: Simple Drop Biscuits

 

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May 6, 2024

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week Workbook by Tracy Benjamin now on sale!

Intentions for the Week- Week 19 in 2024

Hi hiiiiii! It’s Monday! Did you have a good weekend? I’m wiped out from mine!!  I had an art date, did a TON of weed-whacking, housework, meal prep and I hosted Self-Check-In. I am ready for a nap.  Here are my Intentions for the Week! 

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May 5, 2024

My Everyday Life Week 18

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 18

New month this week! 

My Everyday Life Week 18 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

I printed out my monthly calendar so I could track another month of workouts. 

My Everyday Life Week 18 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

Keeping up with my goals in my Intentions for the Week Planner.

My Everyday Life Week 18 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

Buckwheat pancakes. Been playing around with the recipe. Maybe I’ll share it.

My Everyday Life Week 18 of 2024- Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean.com

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