2022 Project 365 – Week Twenty-five

People. I have done nothing this weekend but read and crochet. Didn’t leave the house for two days. Didn’t do a lick of housework. I was a total slacko and I have NO REGRETS.
Sunday, June 19^th         
Father’s Day bloomers – along with some pollinators.
 

Monday, June 20^th
Dr. M’s Other Brother Mike (note: not an actual brother) has been sick & not able to take care of mowing this ditch in front of his dad’s house. Dr. M was not about to try to use a mower, but our little weed eater wouldn’t be powerful enough – so he got a bigger model that did the trick quite well. His mom’s hydrangea was blooming AND the blueberries are ripe!
 

Tuesday, June 21^st      
I put those blueberries to use right away – YUM!
 

Things are just very heavy right now (and this was before the bombshell of Friday), so Dr. M made us a comfort food dinner.
  

Wednesday, June 22^nd            
Double Orange Daylily with Bug!
 

Went by my dad’s house during lunch for three days in a row just to get this monster finished. I was late getting back to work every day. Ha!
 

Thursday, June 23^rd        
No photo.
 
Friday, June 24^th       
I’m so so sad about the way we have let White Evangelical culture take over this country. And I still consider myself to be an Evangelical (sort of). This decision that overrides Roe v. Wade will cause death and misery. Especially because there aren’t enough services in place to help women and families who are forced to have babies. Not to mention the women who might die due to complications from a dangerous pregnancy. I could write a novel, but I won’t.
 

On the other hand, we made Mexican Street Corn in the air fryer, and watched Freddie Freeman get his World Series ring (it’s the first time he was back in Atlanta since he traitorously went to the Dodgers).
 

Saturday, June 25^th       
The Roy says, “Can Dr. M come out & play?”
 

Work has gotten chaotic again. The good news is that even though I was sure that my boss was trying to figure out how to fire me, in actual fact he was getting ready to ask me to take on some new duties, temporarily. I don’t know why any time there is drama at work I automatically assume it means I’m in trouble, but here we are. How about you? Do you have Imposter Syndrome too, or do actually you know how valuable you are?

2022 Project 365 – Week Twenty-four

I took a couple of days off this past week & it was most excellent! My only complaint was that I had to put makeup on & leave the house every day, but otherwise it was nice & relaxing.

Sunday, June 12^th         
No photo. I stayed home from church & apparently did nothing photo-worthy. Well, Dr. M posted a photo of a rash on his leg asking for advice (we were a bit worried that it might be shingles). It turned out to be a reaction to stinging nettle. Rude!
 
Monday, June 13^th
Family Mexican night & I tried the corn. It was SO GOOD but I was laughing so hard I could hardly eat. And I’m pretty sure that a guy in the next booth was videotaping me. It wasn’t until I was halfway through that it occurred to me that I could have cut the corn off the cob which would have been MUCH less messy. Ha!
 

Tuesday, June 14^th     
New hair!
  

Wednesday, June 15^th           
Seen around the Bug homestead.
 

Thursday, June 16^th        
I was off work today! I did a photo shoot for my latest two squares, and I went to my dad’s to visit & work a puzzle. I think maybe that was it? I did crochet some.
 

Friday, June 17^h      
Dr. M & I went on a mountain ramble, but before we even left the house we saw this terribly cute little toad! It was no bigger than my thumbnail.
 

We drove up to Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We were a little late for the rhododendrons (last year we were early), but we saw a few of them, plus mountain laurel, fire azaleas, phlox, and a small bear!! I had a mildly amusing long caption for the photo I posted on the socials, which you can read here.
 

Saturday, June 18^th       
Washed my hair & turned into a teenage boy.
 

Went to my dad’s to give him his Father’s Day gift and card. And work a puzzle. (And, yes, visit with him & Sue.)
 

The Roy! 

Today is Father’s Day & my mother’s birthday & Juneteenth & I hardly know which way to turn! Lots of feelings about all three of those holidays. I know that Father’s Day is on your radar (whether you celebrate or not), and I know my mother’s birthday isn’t on your radar. But is Juneteenth? It mainly feels like a day of mourning for me because as a nation we have so far to go.

2019 Project 365 – Week Twenty-five

Busy work week = Brain-befuddled Bug = No blog reading. So sorry! Hopefully this week will be less crazy so I can find out what’s going on in all of your lives!

Sunday, June 16^th                                        

Father’s Day! I spent most of it with my dad. Here we are mall walking & he’s telling me that as his daughter I should never be ashamed to perform in public. That’s true. After years of being humiliated by his public whistling I got over myself & now I just go with the flow.

Monday, June 17^th             

I took a plant into the office! Now we shall have a moment of silence as we contemplate its fate… I really am curious to see how it did all weekend – my office has no windows. It might be coming right back home again!

The moon!

Tuesday, June 18^th                                             

Wildflowers…

Wednesday, June 19^th                                                       

My mom’s birthday – always bittersweet. But it was a good day. Dr. M found some sheep (who, strangely, did not stare at him).

Then he took another picture of the wildflower bed – lovely!

Thursday, June 20^th                                                        

Ms. Pinky & the deck flowers are doing just fine, thank you!

I got to play with the new mower! It was a little terrifying at times (our yard is pretty hilly), but I think I go the hang of it.

And then Roy came to visit.

Friday, June 21^st                                                       

More progress. Not coasters!

Saturday, June 22^nd      

WW showed this interesting breakfast on Instagram – fried egg on sweet potato “toast.” It was really good ya’ll! Even though I had spinach instead of bacon (only because I didn’t have bacon).

We had our annual employee event at the Hickory Crawdad’s (minor league baseball team). My fellow HR coworkers & I worked – taking raffle tickets & handing out game tickets. It started out rainy, but ended up being just fine. I had some good BBQ & ice cream, but I didn’t stay for the game. I was exhausted!

I skipped church again today because I didn’t feel well. And then I cleaned & did laundry. Tomorrow’s going to be a really busy day at work. Remember what I said last week about going to bed early? Ditto! Hope you all have a great week!

2018 Project 365 – Week Twenty-three

Happy Father’s Day! Of course, this post doesn’t bring us anywhere near Father’s Day, but the good news is that I’m working on the NEXT post after this one, so I should be all caught up in a few days. Maybe.

Sunday, June 3^rd                    

Sunday’s Prayer of Confession.

We had cake with blue icing at church!

Monday, June 4^th                              

Dr. M had an appointment to see an orthopedic surgeon about some shoulder pain that he’s been having. Turns out that he doesn’t need surgery (yay!), but had a course of steroids (which helped a lot), and physical therapy.

Tuesday, June 5^th                                                 

Ms. Pinky Two Tone’s two tones.

Wednesday, June 6^th    

Square therapy.              

Wildflowers, with a double orange daylily.

Thursday, June 7^th       

Interesting things at work – one of the finishes we use, and this gorgeous super comfortable sectional piece.

More square therapy.

Friday, June 8^th                               

Picture Dr. M took while out & about. There are parts of our county that remind me an awful lot of Ohio.

Saturday, June 9^th                                    

My Facebook caption for this photo: What is it about the crochet soul that craves a new project even when there are six WIPs within arm’s reach? (WIPS = works in progress)

Wildflowers!

  

Last week I talked about the blogger emailing of comments problem. This week I discovered that there have been comments awaiting moderation since December. I used to see a notification on my main blogger dashboard that there were comments awaiting moderation, but apparently now you have to remember to click on it. So, for those of you who ended up in comment moderation timeout – so sorry!

2015 Project 365 – Week Twenty-five

Before we get to the pictures, a couple of other things. First of all, Happy Father’s Day to my dad. I know full well all the things you’ve done for me and I am so very grateful. Love you daddy!

Second, I wouldn’t feel right doing a blog post and not mentioning the tragedy in Charleston. I am hoping and praying that the perpetrator doesn’t get his wish of a race war – and not only that, that the opposite happens. How about a love-fest instead? Can we just love one another? I think that Someone told us that was kind of important…

And now, my pictures for the week. Last week I said, “This week was all about crochet and growing things…” Well, this week was all about crochet and growing things. Heh.

Sunday, June 14^th

This morning at church we said goodbye to a parishioner who is moving to Pennsylvania to be near his daughter. We’ll miss you Jack!

                                                  

I worked on a couple more preemie hats. As you can see, I’ve figured out how to size them.  

Monday, June 15^th  

Dr. M saw a rainbow on his way to school.

Tuesday, June 16^th            

Dr M took pictures around the yard. Things are hopping around here!   

Ms. Pinky is almost there…

We found what we think is a sunflower growing in the yard.

Tomatoes!

I finally finished this prayer shawl yesterday, and took a picture of it in the sun today. When I posted it on Facebook I got a lot of compliments, but one of the reasons that it took me so long to finish it is because I wasn’t very excited by the color combo. Ha!

Tonight I finished square #1 of pattern #12. I’m almost halfway through the afghan project!

Wednesday, June 17^th     

I’ve done a terrible job of keeping up with my zen calendar. Today I was trying to get current & this one made me pause. Food for thought!

Ms. Pinky!

Thursday, June 18^th     

Square #2…

Around the yard… I told Dr. M that it looked like Pinky was giving him the finger. Heh.

Friday, June 19^th

Daisy Nation.

Square #3 – this pattern is a lot of fun and fast.

Saturday, June 20^th                

My daily walk, at the cemetery. I amused myself by noticing the road sign “Veterans Dr” & thinking, “That’s nice.” And then noticing the graves with all the flags on them. Ms. Oblivious – that’s me!

               

Hope everyone has a great week!