Drinking Chocolate, Poppies, and Hobbits

Hi friend, I did the thing I should never do: I decided that the week before hosting twenty guests for Thanksgiving would be the perfect time to paint the baseboard in my kitchen. You know, that project that I’ve put off for the past five years? For some reason, yesterday felt just right. A few hours into patching holes and painting, I realized that I’d made quite the mess. Still, a few hours of…