Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1hI need boxes. If anyone is within reasonable distance from the Heights and has a medium or large box to share, I will come pick it up. Buying boxes is ridiculous at this point. 310
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2hI'm getting rid of so much clothes. Some to storage, but some to donate. I am done with fast fashion, I am done with unnatural fibers, anything I replace will be thoughtfully sourced. It's ridiculous how much stuff I have bought for one vacation. And most of the cheaper work stuff is going, too. 040
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 4hThere's someone in my neighborhood who has TWO Paxton signs in their yard, which is diabolical, so I wanted to repost this story again. 060
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 20hEnd of another week of “we’re putting the house on the market?!” and read that I’m going to have to take any photos of us down. Going into storage, I guess. 170
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 22hThanks to the people who posted about this today. I watched the documentary on Tubi and it is SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. Had never heard of him before. 020
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm so tired of learning about new bad things that are going to happen to me in the coming decade. 120
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Chad managed to clean out his side of the closet within a couple of hours. Me? I just stand there and stare at the mess and want to die. 160
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026 Um, what is this horrific blob on the future radar? 260
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’m pulling up all the fried plants after another horror Houston summer. Please appreciate this lavender diva. 1140
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Nine years post the most traumatic era of our lives means about eight years of stuff thrown into closets and drawers just happy to be back in our home after renovating means now going through all of this stuff and being like "why did I keep this?" It's because I lost so much. 180
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 03/10/2026For anyone who has sold their home: how empty do the closets and cabinets really need to be in order to show the home to potential buyers? 321
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Feels like every time I'm promised rain now, rain not come. 130
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Looking around for something to watch I landed on a documentary about Luther Vandross and it’s disgusting how the media commented on his weight like it was news and he was forced to sit there and answer questions about it. I think decent people have moved away from that, at least. 130
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have sent $50 to Jon Rosenthal and $50 to Letitia Plummer and that's gonna be it for me, folks. And you know why? They don't bombard me with asks and I think it's important that they win. 080
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I get so mad when people on NextDoor find an animal and the comments are all "whatever you do DON'T TAKE IT TO BARC. They KILL animals there!!!!" The people who work in animal welfare are not monsters who love to kill animals. We have an overpopulation crisis in Houston. This is just a fact. 271
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can still smell the Dillo Dirt from 2009. "Austin's trademarked blend of treated municipal sewage sludge and local yard trimmings." Gave everyone rashes. 020
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is some damning stuff on Ken Paxton, especially in the wake of the Cornell situation. These high school athletes raped their teammates and weren't punished at all. 1179
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026oh my god look at this dog you could be short-term fostering in Houston this weekend! His name is Nibbler. rescuedpetsmovement.org/become-a-fos... 12211
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They're wasting at least some of this money on streaming ads to me while watching my little gay podcasts. Oh, James Talarico is WEIRD? Haven't heard that one before. 010
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026GUYS what is up with all of the cars with student driver stickers on them? Like, I don't remember this being a thing I would constantly see. It feels like some kind of scam I can't figure out. 130
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'm really stuck on the phrase "execution chamber’s curtains." 120
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One thing about trying to sell our house that I’m going to hate is that we will have to pause fostering kittens while the house is being shown. If anyone in Houston can take over for us for a couple of months when things get going, please do! 1124
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If anyone out there has realtor recs for Houston who knows how to sell old homes, let me know. We are in the market. 120
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have to see Trump clips all day for my job but this one somehow didn’t hit me, and it’s a doozy. 011
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Took more stuff over to the storage unit today. By the end of the weekend we should have the place cleaned up enough to hire cleaners to do a deep clean so we can schedule time with a realtor. A developer who lives on our street says it's not a good time for teardowns, so there's that. 030
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Woke up to no water. Still no water. But we have a pipe! 111
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I sought the protection of two older dudes at UH when another male comms student was targeting me. He genuinely scared me with threats and whatever he thought were compliments. They took care of me and I am grateful. 150
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not an office I have talked a lot about, but @claytontuckertx.com looks like the real deal to me, so he's got my vote for Ag Commissioner. 031
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These two DEFINITELY used AI to come up with this incorrect garbage. 040
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm sure it's nothing but the moment we started thinking about moving out of this house all of my houseplants started dying. 110
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It was a big deal last year when the #txlege passed the Summer Willis Act, which codified the definition of consent into law, making it easier for DAs to prosecute rapists. But man, if you've got a shit DA in your county, that wouldn't help much. 194
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My husband posted this in the group chat so now you have to see it, too. 440
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The man drinks and smokes and swears AND has three rescue dogs! 023
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Holy shit. Rusted Shut reference. I was a music journalist in Houston during a time when Don Walsh wandered into comment sections and baffled us all. 151
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I really wonder if the whole Christian thing (which I believe is totally authentic for him, btw) sways anyone on the right? Every interview I see with Republicans is like "I don't believe him." So could we maybe turn this into a populist message rather than a religious one? 320
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Speaking of nasty things in grocery stores, this guy drove his car into a Kroger at 4:30 a.m. so that he could use the bathroom. The funniest part of the story is that it's written by a "Texas Lifestyle" reporter. 120
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Going to HEB during the Astros game was the right move, but I was accosted by a fart so nasty that I just hope that guy is OK. It seemed to follow me around the store to the point where I wondered if *I* farted. 040
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Struggling with letting go of the Guy Fieri cookbook that inspired a brief blog and then briefer podcast with @andreagrimes.com before Harvey wrecked my shit. Dammit that was weird and fun. 250
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a great special. I watched it and then watched it again while watching my husband watching it to make sure he was also enjoying it. He did enjoy it. 140
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We are starting our journey to moving out of the floodplain, which I can't believe I'm saying. Next year will be the 10-year anniversary of Harvey and we just don't want to be here for that anniversary. We put so much into this house after the flood. It looks like us. But safety sounds nice. 5120
Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Been a long week, guess I’ll treat myself to a rewatch of Tiptoes for the first time in a couple decades, I imagine. 100
