Tamsen Orme
@tamsen.bsky.social
I won't live in a world without cheese.
This remains the most useful hack: tape a folded piece of paper below the hole you're drilling, making a pocket to catch the dust and debris.
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This remains the most useful hack: tape a folded piece of paper below the hole you're drilling, making a pocket to catch the dust and debris.
Yesterday at work the concrete guys connected the final stretch of sidewalk in front of the last two houses in the cul-de-sac. These houses being done will mark the end of my first big project, so they smoothed out a spot and let me leave my handprint.
November 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Yesterday at work the concrete guys connected the final stretch of sidewalk in front of the last two houses in the cul-de-sac. These houses being done will mark the end of my first big project, so they smoothed out a spot and let me leave my handprint.
I grew up in a 10-person family, but we lived in a two-bedroom house with a semi-finished basement, so in 1999 my parents decided to add an addition onto the house. When the new foundation was poured we all made handprints in the concrete.
November 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I grew up in a 10-person family, but we lived in a two-bedroom house with a semi-finished basement, so in 1999 my parents decided to add an addition onto the house. When the new foundation was poured we all made handprints in the concrete.
A new pizza place called Salvo's opened up next to Aldi. They had a grand opening. An opening salvo, if you will.
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A new pizza place called Salvo's opened up next to Aldi. They had a grand opening. An opening salvo, if you will.
My phone keeps showing me photos from our Japan trip two years ago and making me sad that I'm at work instead of on an international trip with my siblings as God intended.
October 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My phone keeps showing me photos from our Japan trip two years ago and making me sad that I'm at work instead of on an international trip with my siblings as God intended.
Tonight I'm watching the best Diane Keaton movie I own: Harry and Walter Go To New York.
October 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Tonight I'm watching the best Diane Keaton movie I own: Harry and Walter Go To New York.
Recreating a photo from three years ago of Marty eating ice cream at Dollywood.
October 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Recreating a photo from three years ago of Marty eating ice cream at Dollywood.
I like crocheting squares, but I hate piecing squares together. And I'll never learn from the error of my ways.
October 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I like crocheting squares, but I hate piecing squares together. And I'll never learn from the error of my ways.
Me, realizing I bought "powder fresh" deodorant instead of "shower fresh" deodorant:
October 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Me, realizing I bought "powder fresh" deodorant instead of "shower fresh" deodorant:
Oh, to be as loose as this goose.
September 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Oh, to be as loose as this goose.
If you're wondering how much of a curmudgeon I am, I just emailed a company about their misuse of the word "it's" in a notification they sent me.
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If you're wondering how much of a curmudgeon I am, I just emailed a company about their misuse of the word "it's" in a notification they sent me.
A hot dog cart called "Get That Dog in You," and next to it is a dessert cart called "Got That Dog in Me" where you get a discount if you've ordered from the hot dog cart. Also they sell loose TUMS.
September 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A hot dog cart called "Get That Dog in You," and next to it is a dessert cart called "Got That Dog in Me" where you get a discount if you've ordered from the hot dog cart. Also they sell loose TUMS.
Marty just referred to a pair of tongs as "Chicken Grabbers 2000." Never change, Marty.
September 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Marty just referred to a pair of tongs as "Chicken Grabbers 2000." Never change, Marty.
Home sick with a cold, contemplating starting my annual viewing of You've Got Mail:
September 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Home sick with a cold, contemplating starting my annual viewing of You've Got Mail:
Just started Taskmaster NZ series 4, and I cannot be convinced that Mel's dress isn't made out of fizzy belts.
September 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Just started Taskmaster NZ series 4, and I cannot be convinced that Mel's dress isn't made out of fizzy belts.
And these two gooses as well.
August 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And these two gooses as well.
First day of school tomorrow, and the goose is dressed for academic success.
August 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
First day of school tomorrow, and the goose is dressed for academic success.
Sam, as I help him take apart the lawnmower on a Friday night: Is this how you pictured married life?
Me: Yeah, pretty much. Except we drove around in a van solving mysteries.
Me: Yeah, pretty much. Except we drove around in a van solving mysteries.
August 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Sam, as I help him take apart the lawnmower on a Friday night: Is this how you pictured married life?
Me: Yeah, pretty much. Except we drove around in a van solving mysteries.
Me: Yeah, pretty much. Except we drove around in a van solving mysteries.
Sam to himself just now: I am DOMINATING...this puzzle book for children.
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sam to himself just now: I am DOMINATING...this puzzle book for children.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and I've got a whole camera roll of Shingles selfies that scream "WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!"
June 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words, and I've got a whole camera roll of Shingles selfies that scream "WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!"
The only exposure my kids have had to the chicken pox is through fiction. To them, Arthur's Chicken Pox is a delightful story set in the olden days when oatmeal baths and crazy straws were classified as legitimate medical treatments.
June 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The only exposure my kids have had to the chicken pox is through fiction. To them, Arthur's Chicken Pox is a delightful story set in the olden days when oatmeal baths and crazy straws were classified as legitimate medical treatments.
This is the future RFK wants:
(Please note: The photo on the RIGHT is what I usually look like. The photo on the LEFT is me riddled with disease.)
(Please note: The photo on the RIGHT is what I usually look like. The photo on the LEFT is me riddled with disease.)
June 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is the future RFK wants:
(Please note: The photo on the RIGHT is what I usually look like. The photo on the LEFT is me riddled with disease.)
(Please note: The photo on the RIGHT is what I usually look like. The photo on the LEFT is me riddled with disease.)
The blisters have spread down into my eyebrow, across the middle of my forehead, and are now in the inside corner of my eyelid. It is tough times in Tamsen Town at the moment.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The blisters have spread down into my eyebrow, across the middle of my forehead, and are now in the inside corner of my eyelid. It is tough times in Tamsen Town at the moment.
To be fair to Idaho, this time it's not due to a massive sage brush allergy-induced sinus infection, it's because I got a spider bite on my forehead the morning I left Tennessee. Still, I'd like to get through one trip to the mountain west without needing steroids or antibiotics.
June 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
To be fair to Idaho, this time it's not due to a massive sage brush allergy-induced sinus infection, it's because I got a spider bite on my forehead the morning I left Tennessee. Still, I'd like to get through one trip to the mountain west without needing steroids or antibiotics.
The face of a woman who ends up having to go to an emergency clinic every time she vacations in Idaho:
June 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The face of a woman who ends up having to go to an emergency clinic every time she vacations in Idaho: