Good Things: Tuesday: Our HVAC guy, who I've known my entire life, came by for our scheduled furnace check/tuneup/cleaning. I always feel very accomplished when I schedule a service and thankful I had money to do it. When you don't have a lot of money, you can't afford regular service/maintenance tasks and your large items break down faster. Never forget your lean days.Wednesday: HALF DAYYYYYY.Thursday: Thanksgiving, lovingly hosted by J&K. It was full of food and warmth, and no ...
Friday 5: I want the fairy tale
Happy Friday, which is also You're Welcomegiving Day (truly the silliest one I've seen while compiling this list each week), National Native American Heritage Day, and Buy Nothing Day. Which, sigh. If you want to stay home today, stay home. If you want to go out and shop, go shop. Today Mom and I went shopping. Black Friday looks very different now than it did in the past when we'd hit the stores at six am. Starting sales two weeks in advance will do that. We hit Kohl's, Target, and Ulta. ...
Happy Thanksgiving
Dropping in before dinner to say I'm thankful for the group of you who swing by to check up on me and my very boring life. I'm also thankful for my boring life - high dramatics isn't my thing. I hope today is everything you need it to be. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for being there. Thank you for loving me... ...
Wordless Wednesday 2023 Wk 47
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Travel tip for achy people
Through the years my physical condition has devolved from "fine!' to "ugh something always hurts these days" to "man, multiple things hurt these days" and vacations where there is a lot of walking involved seem to exacerbate that. And you know? Whatever. I'm not going to let it keep me home. On my most recent Disney trip, I packed a half-gallon size Stasher bag and filled it with ice when I got back to the room. It was BLISS. The bags pack flat and weigh nothing at all. This is now a ...
Good and Meh 2023 Wk 46
Good Things: Sunday: I started making cards again!Monday: Back to the morning yoga routine after 3 1/2 weeks off. I only backslid a little bit. I started lunchtime walks with Murphy again and my knee was a little twingey but okay.Wednesday: In-office day. We had our potluck which always makes me smile.Friday: Clean bill of health at Doc Ladyparts.Saturday: We put up the downstairs Christmas decor. Meh Things: It was a tough week at work which did a great job at clouding the rest of ...
Friday 5: Roll the bones
Happy Friday, which is also National Homemade Bread Day and, fittingly, National Butter Day. I wonder if they planned that. We are a multi-butter household. WM prefers Country Crock spread, and I prefer Kerrygold in a butter bell on the counter. Which reminds me, I need to change the water out of that tomorrow and add butter. The workweek was long and a little stressful and I'm glad it's over. I had an appointment today with Doc Ladyparts, checking off another yearly doctor appointment box. I ...
The watchlist: November 2023
A fact about me: I don't binge TV. I just can't stay interested in a show for more than 2, maybe 3 episodes at a shot. The best part of that is that once I find a show I can extend it out for months. And I'll take time off in between seasons, too. (The worst part is that my viewing habits are completely incompatible with WM.) I just finished season 1 of Welcome to Wrexham and I really enjoyed it. Think Ted Lasso, but real. This series made my opinion of Ryan Reynolds go from "ugh" to "eh, ...
Wordless Wednesday 2023 Wk 46
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Good and Meh 2023 wk 45
Good Things: Tuesday: Murphy's dental cleaning goes swimmingly, no extractions needed.Thursday: New kicky haircut with a deep chestnut brown color. I'm still figuring out how to style it on my ownFriday: WM puts up the Christmas village, we both start to tackle the garage. We're migrating decorations out of the battered cardboard boxes and into plastic tubs. Murphy is back to his full energetic self.Saturday: Quick trip to the library Meh Things: Monday: Had to cancel my blood ...
When it’s time to change, you’ve got to rearrange
Wow! Hello! Happy Friday! It's been a hot minute. Here's a catchup:My knee is at 95% and is giving me no trouble aside from a pang every once in a while. I'm fortunate to have a job where I can sit down and rest it.Murphy's echocardiogram revealed that his heart murmur was due to age-related thickening of the valves and that there is nothing to do about it except observe. He'll have a followup test in 9-12 months, but I think for us it's going to be 12-18 months, on the lower end if he starts ...
Wordless Wednesday 2023 wk 45
Maybe some words: I've been in a MOOD since hurting my knee (mostly recovered) and catching a cold shortly thereafter (also mostly recovered), and worrying about Murphy's dental cleaning (went well, he's almost fully recovered) so the blog suffered a little bit. Today's the last day of my workweek so I'll be catching up soon. ...
