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!

2026 Project 365 – Week Thirty-one

Apparently, Dr. M & I were too busy to take photos this week. It rained, and we were having to go hither & yon to Take Care of Stuff. Hopefully this coming week will be a little less crazypants.
Sunday, July 26^th                   
I had a nice time at Uncle Bill’s 90^th birthday celebration. I should have gotten a cousin photo (most of us were there), but alas. Apparently it was more important to take photos of what I ate!

Monday, July 27^th                
No photo.
 
Tuesday, July 28^th    
Meetings outside the office today. No photo, but I was out & about during my lunch hour & decided to have ramen for the first time in forever. It was tasty, and now that’s out of my system for a while.
 
Wednesday, July 29^th                   
Lunch! I was out and about again during my lunch hour & could not decide what I wanted to eat.
 

Thursday, July 30^th        
Goats! Dr. M was telling someone that they had allowed the neighbors to fence in part of his dad’s yard, but that sometimes they staged a jail break. Makes me laugh.
 

Friday, July 31^st   
Dr. M mowed! Our yard had gotten quite shaggy because of rain and obligations on days when he could have mowed. Also, our neighbors’ crepe myrtles are just lovely.
 

Saturday, August 1^st     
Progress on my super secret project (yes, it seems like I’ve been working on it forever). This is actually NOT a progress photo because I figured out that the underbelly is too small. I used a smaller gauge yarn, and even though I doubled it, it did not work. I went back to the drawing board & have a new underbelly crocheted. Today (Sunday) I’ve been adding the suckers & will join it to the body AND THEN I WILL BE DONE HALLELUJAH. Also, what do you think of me using the too small underbelly for hair? Ha!
 

I skipped church today and have spent my day crocheting and playing games and doing laundry and watching baseball and writing this post. After the baseball is over I hope to vacuum, but only if I’m done with the octopus because that baby yarn is VERY FUZZY and it’s getting everywhere. I sure hope it calms down for the recipient! I’m sure it will – it’s because I’m using scissors on it. What has your day looked like?