2026 Project 365 – Week Thirty-six

I’m laughing at this week’s photos because there are two photos of a wound situation – what an exciting week!
Sunday, August 30^th
The church picnic was lovely! Dr. M made the guacamole, which was delicious. I enjoyed the rest my rather yellow lunch (there are THREE kinds of potatoes on that plate), but the stars of the show were the angel food cake & peaches, and the banana pudding. Yum!

I tried to get a photo of my hearing aids, but this is the best I could do because you literally cannot see them in my ears. 

Monday, August 31^st                  
Dr. M forgot that he ordered these hockey jerseys (sweaters) right after the Stanley Cup, so they were a nice surprise when they arrived. Bussi is the rookie* goalie we brought up who helped save our season and get us into the hockey playoffs & and then helped in the last few games of the cup.  *He’s 28, so not that young, but he hadn’t played in the “majors” until we signed him.
 

Tuesday, September 1^st     
Dr. M made a fabulous brisket! I loved his tomato “flower” with leftover guacamole – very artful.
 

Wednesday, September 2^nd                    
I had a blister on the top of my foot from some new shoes & needed to cover it up so I could mall walk & I thought my jellyfish bandaid was terribly cute.
 

Thursday, September 3^rd         
I had to have blood drawn for my nephrologist & by the time I got back to the office, the gauze was soaked through so my coworker decided to rebandage me & she went a little overboard. Made me laugh. Also, I got my blood work results back & my creatinine was 1.03, down from the high of 1.43 in June 2025 (the range is .5 – 1.00). That seems like a good trend.
 

Friday, September 4^th      
I finished this book and it was so good. I got it from the library, but I’m thinking about buying my own copy so I can reread it. It’s about a junior high boy, set in 1969 in a small town in New York. Definitely a feel-good book (so perhaps unrealistic, but LET ME HAVE MY JOY WHERE I CAN FIND IT).
 

Saturday, September 5^th      
I had replaced this iPad lapdesk because it was leaking the microbead stuffing, but my new one (while fabulous) it a lot heavier & harder to manage with one arm. So I cut up an old t-shirt to add to the stuffing & then sewed it up. In the process, I remembered that I hate sewing (which is probably why I’m so bad at it). But at least now it doesn’t leak!
 

I had a lovely weekend doing practically nothing (well, I did vacuum – go me!). Today I have a couple of chores on my plate (church lady stuff, and a cleaning project), but right now I’m going to post this to the interwebs and watch baseball!

What did you do with your holiday weekend? Note: I’m speaking to Shoreacres, because the rest of you bozos are retired!

2026 Project 365 – Week Thirty-five

Dr. M & I both took photos of the zinnias this week, but our focus was just a smidge different.
Sunday, August 23^rd
Peaches the Rose is just so pretty right now. I love how the flowers cluster together to give you these big floofy blossoms.

Monday, August 24^th                 

Dr. M’s zinnia flowers – he caught a photo of a butterfly too!
 

I got my new hearing aids today! I think I’m going to love them once we get all the settings sorted out. I’ll try to get a better photo shoot this week because you can’t even tell they’re in my ears.
 

Tuesday, August 25^th    
Here are my zinnia photos. I posted them with this caption: Things die & things bloom & we go on and on. Good news? Hard news? Yes.
 

Wednesday, August 26^th                   
Dr. M’s Dolly post.
 

Thursday, August 27^th        
I was trying to find the end of this yarn and it was giving me fits!
 

Friday, August 28^th      
A friend posted a poem talking about going to Goodwill & getting a prom dress from 1982. Which made me go track down a photo of me from 1982 wearing my senior prom dress. Ha! The one on the left is from 1981, my junior year. P.S. the advantage of going to your proms stag is that you don't have to crop anyone out of your photos later. 
 

Saturday, August 29^th      
I decided to add leftover homemade bourbon chicken to our morning omelet & the verdict from Dr. M and me: Weird.
 

And here is the octopus underbelly turned into a slightly alarming starfish. Ha! (Yes, I went ahead and ordered more yarn so I could finish it.)
 

I need to get ready to go to our church picnic, so I’m going to post this later today. Maybe I’ll remember to update this paragraph, but maybe I won’t. We shall see!

Later - I am entirely TOO FULL of banana pudding to change that paragraph up there. What food is too tempting for you to resist?

2026 Project 365 – Week Thirty-four

You’ll be relieved to hear that this week isn’t a selfie extravaganza. It’s actually mostly flowers and pizza (with a side of Grim Reaper). Enjoy!
Sunday, August 16^th
My Finch Selfcare app has a prompt where you pick an area you want to work on each week (remember the candle fiasco?). Anyway, this week I chose Take a Photo of Something You Love. Today’s photo was a zinnia with a butterfly (a Silver Spotted Skipper, according to The Google) and an azalea blossom. Happy sigh.

Monday, August 17^th                 
Look who I got behind today! I would love to know the story behind this. It’s a little early for Halloween, right?
 

Tuesday, August 18^th    
I was washing my hands in the bathroom and caught sight of my hair in the mirror. I’m not sure what’s going on here, but as far as I know, it had been that way for a while.
 

I love these morning glories – they drape over the rocks behind our house and brighten up that corner.
 

Dr. M got pizza this week as he often does, and I’m sharing it because I ALSO got pizza this week, so we were twinning. Sort of.
 

Wednesday, August 19^th                   
Deck flowers! Ms. Pinky looking prehistoric, and the little buttonhole zinnias looking lovely. (Yes, Ms. Pinky, you’re lovely too.)
 

Thursday, August 20^th        
LOOK OH MY GOSH I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! This isn’t a great photo, but the bridge on the road that I like to take to work has been fixed! It was damaged during Hurricane Helene (October 2024) and it has felt like forever. This was small potatoes compared to the damage in the mountains, but it really made my day when I drove by & the Road Closed sign was gone.
 

Friday, August 21^st     
Peaches is blooming up a storm!
 

And here is MY pizza. I didn’t have a salad, but I think the salad was actually on the pizza. Spinach, mushrooms, & tomatoes on cauliflower crust – SO TASTY.
 

Saturday, August 22^nd       
This is my Photo of Something I Love from today. He has been working SO HARD to take care of his dad lately. He’s been the only person in charge of his dad’s care for 7 years now, and just recently that care has ramped up to an every day visit situation with the introduction of insulin into the mix. It’s been exhausting – physically and emotionally – and I’m so proud of how well Dr. M has handled things. He just works to figure things out and do what is in the best interest of his father.
 

We had a Church Council meeting after church today & here is a dirty little secret: they were talking about events happening this fall that I would most certainly ordinarily be participating in, & I kept thinking, “Can’t do that – I’ll be recovering from shoulder surgery!” This withdrawing Enneagram 9 Mostly Introvert is now trying to decide if I scheduled my surgery for September for just this purpose. Hmmm.

What are you trying to get out of doing?

2026 Project 365 – Week Thirty-three

I just reviewed this week’s pictures and they’re all ME ME ME. Sorry. I’ll try to do better next week!
Sunday, August 9^th
But before we get to me, here are Dad & Sue, trying to start a revival at Sue’s church! I had a lovely time, but by the end I decided that my exposure to evangelicalism had hit critical mass. Ha! P.S. Sorry for the crazy lady (me) singing on the chorus. 

Monday, August 10^th                 
I texted this to Dr. M. Something seemed to have gone awry with my “updo.” Made me laugh. But I had a good walk at the mall with my bestie, so that part was ok.
 

Tuesday, August 11^th    
It looks JUST LIKE the picture, right? Ugly, but tasty. We usually get the one that has four peppers and add extra rice, but I couldn’t resist the terribly cute little box of one.
 

Wednesday, August 12^th                   
We actually walked twice this week! Click on the photo to embiggen it so you can read this week’s sermon (“millennial” made me laugh).
 

Thursday, August 13^th        
I was trying to get a photo of this really cool shirt my coworker gave me. It’s longer in the back than the front. It looks better in person. 
 

Friday, August 14^th    
When they say sour they mean sour! I like all the flavors except for pink grapefruit & yet I still eat the pink grapefruit & then I look like this.
 

Saturday, August 15^th      
I was influenced to get this weird lipstick stain where you put it on & then peel it off. I like the color pretty well – we’ll see if it’s actually long lasting or not. It reminds me of the lipstick I used to get years ago that went on blue or purple & then changed to pink or red. No peeling necessary!
 

It’s Sunday afternoon, I’m full of pizza (from my lunch with Dad & Sue), I’ve almost finished this post, and I’m midway through laundry. I think I might spend some quality time mulling over a crochet conundrum. I was planning to turn that failed octopus underbelly into a starfish, but ran out of yarn last night with two starfish arms to go. Dang it. I could probably find the yarn and buy it, but the whole purpose of this was to use up what I have in my stash. I wonder if there’s something creative I can do about this? We shall see. I’ll report back!

How was your week?

2026 Project 365 – Week Thirty-two

This week was all Octopus, all the time. I made him for my best friend’s daughter’s baby shower and fortunately for you and everyone around me, the shower was on Saturday.
Sunday, August 2^nd
Here is the alternate underbelly, which I have to say is much cuter than the other one I made. I started crocheting it to the main body, but had to take several days because the ball that I used was slightly too large and I had to really muscle the two pieces together. I took many breaks!

Monday, August 3^rd                 
Crazy busy day at work. No photo.
 
Tuesday, August 4^th    
No photo today either. What the heck!

Wednesday, August 5^th                   
My walking buddy couldn’t make it for our mall walk, but I made good use of my time in the Dillard's bra department. Ha!
 

Thursday, August 6^th        
Photo shoot! I think Mr. Otis Spunkmeyer Octopus turned out to be pretty cute!
 

Friday, August 7^th    
The theme of the baby shower was “under construction,” so I ordered some fun construction ribbon and “made” my boss make the bow for the box. She did a great job!
 

Saturday, August 8^th      
Shower day! A good time was had by all. There were a lot of folks there (of course I didn’t capture any crowd shots) and they got a lot of good stuff. Fun!
 

I’m writing this post between social engagements (my church, and then a musical event at Sue’s church – she & daddy are singing!).  I think I might have to go into my office tomorrow and just shut the door for the day.

Dr. M is at his dad’s house administering his first dose of insulin. We’ve been expecting this day would come and now it’s here. Dr. M will go to his dad’s every day for now – we may look into getting some assistance in the future. His dad is 94 and has been a diabetic for a long time – it’s pretty amazing that he made it this far without insulin injections!

Now, I have some plans for that other underbelly that didn’t work on Otis. We’ll see how that goes! How was your week? Octopus free, I hope!