2019 Project 365 – Week Eight

After a week of rain, we had a beautiful day today. I actually sat outside & crocheted today for a little while. It was breezy & my hands got so cold that they were practically numb, but still, it was nice!

Sunday, February 17^th                                  

I went shopping for some new clothes today. My least favorite activity, but it had to be done. Here I am illustrating the problems of being a pear shaped person – the jeans fit very nicely, except for one little problem. Sigh.

It was stoup Sunday!

  

Monday, February 18^th               

No picture

Tuesday, February 19^th                                              

The daffodils by our house are taking their own sweet time (see photo on the left), but at least we do have some clumps of flowers around the yard.

Wednesday, February 20^th                                              

An ottoman from work.

Thursday, February 21^st                                                  

I got the bright idea to put curlers in my hair Thursday morning, but as you can see, the end result looks pretty much the same. Also, I think I look like a drag queen in the photo with the curlers. Ha!

This is a sign that I was VERY tempted to put up in one of the bathrooms at work. I used a toned-down version – and we still had a mess!

Birds!

Is it weird that I kind of prefer my tulips like this?

Friday, February 22^nd                                                  

No picture.

Saturday, February 23^rd

My yarn was all atangle, so I flang it aside so it could think about the error of its ways. Please note that it’s over there in two pieces – what the heck yarn!

I made a couple of pom poms for a baby shower gift – my favorite kind of bow.

Why is the weekend so short? I would really like it better if we had three day weekends. Who’s with me?

2019 Project 365 – Week Seven

It was just another week in February in North Carolina – cold, tepid, slightly warm, cold… I’m glad we haven’t had the snow that other folks have, but I’m feeling a little bit of spring fever!

Sunday, February 10^th                                   

This is definitely the Season of Stoup in the Bug household. Dr. M makes a big pot on Sundays & then I take it for lunch all week. This one was a spicy black eyed pea one – yum!

Monday, February 11^th                

Tulips! So pretty – a bit of spring.

Tuesday, February 12^th                                               

No picture.

Wednesday, February 13^th                                              

This is my hallelujah face after my annual squishing – woot!

Thursday, February 14^th                                                 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Friday, February 15^th                                                 

I have a friend who locked her keys in her car while getting gas. I sent her this picture of me holding my keys while getting gas. I have been SUPER PARANOID ever since that time I accidentally bumped the lock with my hip & locked my only set of keys in the car, so you will often see me carrying my keys around

Saturday, February 16^th

Dr. M built a lovely fire which we enjoyed while watching hockey.

I’m currently sitting in the living room writing this post while Dr. M is in the kitchen working on this week’s stoup. I might complain about the weather, or any number of other piddly things, but I do believe I’m living my best life right now! What are you grateful for this week?

2019 Project 365 – Week Six

Last week I mentioned all my technology woes. They continued into this week. The copier got resolved, but then I found out that the fire system, which uses a phone line for monitoring, was no longer working. Someone came to fix it, but their fix disabled the fax line again. I told someone that I felt like I was playing whack-a-mole (which is a very disturbing game, if you ask me). Now we need a whole new system for the fire monitoring (cellular instead of phone line). I’m pretty sure that all the savings we’re getting with the new phone/internet plan is being eaten up with service calls & new equipment. However, the internet is about 99 times faster, so IT’S ALL WORTH IT. At least that’s the story I’m telling myself.

Sunday, February 3^rd                                  

New scarf. One of my goals this year is to make things that can be part of my regular wardrobe.

Monday, February 4^th                

The only picture from today – this is our recalcitrant copier which is now behaving.

Tuesday, February 5^th                                               

Furniture. I like this set a lot.

Wednesday, February 6^th                                              

My (early) Valentine from my Valentine – a necklace to match my current favorite earrings. From our friend’s shop – check it out here! (You really should check out her stuff – she has some fun, funky, lovely things.)

Chickadee!        

I had to laugh at this one. I posted it on Instagram & Facebook & said “Caption this. #tbt third grade.” I have several things to say about this. First of all, I posted this on Wednesday, not Thursday. Second, I look stoned. Third, please note the notch in my bangs. Yep – I tried to cut them myself. The first of many times – I got better at it.

Thursday, February 7^th                                                 

I finished this audio book today. I love this series because it reminds me of my time in Zambia – there is a lot of meandering to get the mystery solved. Also, the narrator is really good.

Friday, February 8^th                                                 

More furniture.

Saturday, February 9^th

The battery on the Bugly died. Please note the very conveniently placed sway bar right over the battery – Dr. M had to remove the fuse box to get to the screws to remove the bar so he could get the battery out.

While Dr. M was working on the car I decided to do a very primitive repair on his favorite cotton blanket (he likes to turn himself into a Dr. M burrito when he sleeps). I am really not very good at sewing, but I was pleased to at least stop the unraveling (for now). While I had the sewing kit out, I sewed buttons back onto two pairs of pants. I felt quite domestic!

I’m just not even going to have any technology hopes for this week. Que Sera Sera is what I say!

2019 Project 365 – Week Five

Oh my word – technology was NOT my friend this past week! At work we changed our phone/internet provider & on Monday we discovered that the fax line wasn’t working. Then I figured out that the postage meter wasn’t working. Then I figured out that the copier would no longer email scanned documents. Additionally, the battery went bad on the burglar alarm. Fortunately, everything except the copier has been resolved. I can’t wait to see what will happen this week!

Sunday, January 27^th                                 

We put up our Christmas tree last week, but our dining room table still looks like this. I wonder if it will still all be there until spring? Perhaps I should I schedule a dinner party to give me a little nudge?

Monday, January 28^th                  

Another edition of The Bug Parking Badly. I don’t know why I bother to pull through to the next space in parking lots – I either look like this or I leave the nose of my car poking out into the aisle. Fortunately there were plenty of empty spaces around me so that people could avoid my mess.

Tuesday, January 29^th                                               

I’ve been trying to drink peppermint tea to see if it will mitigate my sweet tooth. Well, I tried it this one day. All of the other days I ate something sweet instead. Baby steps?

Wednesday, January 30^th                                              

Got a haircut! It had been a while. My cousin’s daughter is in cosmetology school. I think she did a great job! We talked about how I’m going to try to let my gray grow out to see what it looks like. Alternatively I might be right back in her chair as soon as she finishes the color module in class. Ha!

Thursday, January 31^st                                                

I had the best lunch! Homemade guacamole (just avocado & a bit of Rotel), hard-boiled egg, and spinach on toasted pita. YUM.

I might have squealed a bit – the author of my favorite comic strip (Bloom County) liked the picture of Opus that I posted last week.

Friday, February 1^st                                                

We got to turn to a new month on our Otis Unleashed calendar.

Saturday, February 2^nd  

On my way to a workshop about climate change. The character in my book was describing the experience of drinking tea made in a pot that usually had coffee in it. Blech!

At the workshop we walked outside, then came in and drew pictures that depicted how we felt about it. My picture is of me looking down to see the pine sprig that I found (that’s my boot & the bottom of my dress). I was VERY impressed by the 12 year old son of the local imam who was there – so articulate. I took a picture of his drawing. It says “A WORLD TO LOSE.” I was also really impressed with our vegetarian lunch (from here) – it was delicious.

Here’s hoping that this week technology is my friend. Also that I drink peppermint tea more than once. What are your exciting plans?