2026 Project 365 – Week One

Ah! A fresh new year, filled with the same old bull$hit. I’m a little het up about our new unprovoked war. In addition to an unsanctioned military action and all the terrible fallout that will arise, I know two people whose travel plans were affected by grounded planes.
Sunday, December 28^th           
We had our 41^st Friendsmas today. It was a lovely time with some of my oldest friends.

Monday, December 29^th         
Just me being a menace while mall walking. I’m getting quite a nice collection of “statement” t-shirts!

Tuesday, December 31^st       
I stopped by dad & Sue’s and checked out their new TV console – with fake fire insert! I was VERY SKEPTICAL, but I think it looks pretty nice. 
 

Wednesday, December 31^st         
I caught a cold and ditched the New Year’s Eve party that I was planning to go to. Dr. M & I stayed in and watched Independence Day. This scene always has me sobbing – oof.
 

Anyway, I was in bed by 10:00 and hardly roused at all when I heard what might have been gunfire or fireworks at midnight (we live out in the country so it’s a tossup either way).
 
Thursday, January 1^st
A lovely lowkey day where I actually cleaned our floors for the first time in a while. The only photo I have is a screenshot of my BeReal 2025 mood board. Ha!
 

Friday, January 2^nd           
Back at work, and still with a cold, so I masked up while meeting with an employee. It took me a minute to remember how to tie the strings tighter (cause I got a little head) and make sure it was snug enough to not fog up my glasses. My only problem was that the mask is really too big for my face (the aforementioned little head) and it kept creeping up into my eyes.
 

Saturday, January 3^rd    
Last night on my way home from my dad’s my car started making a weird thumping noise, so I left it in the CVS parking lot and asked my dad if I could borrow his car until we sort it out. He came & rescued me (thanks Dad!) and I finally made it home after I had taken him back home. Today I went to pick him up so we could move the car to his house until we get an appointment with the mechanic. He drove it from CVS & thinks it might be the drive train or transmission. Oof. On the other hand, Dr. M went to take care of his dad and got to see sheep on the way home!
 

I’m still kind of sick – I have a little cough and apparently a lot of drainage because I kind of sound like I could sing bass tomorrow at church. And it’s a big day tomorrow – choir practice, the service, a potluck, a meeting with a regional UCC representative, and then an installation service for our new associate pastor – at which I am supposed to read. So! Some good vibes appreciated!

2025 Project 365 – Week Twenty-eight

Basically we’re just concentrating on food around here. I mean, what else is there to think about?

Sunday, July 6th 

I ate a salad! Please clap! (The lettuce was kind of sad, but the yeast roll was on point.)

Monday, July 7th

Dr. M mowed his dad’s grass. Look at that ginormous fig bush! Lordamercy that thing is OUT OF CONTROL. They keep cutting it back & it just keeps taking over. Fun fact: fig leaves can irritate your skin, so exercise extreme caution when pruning. 

Tuesday, July 8th 

Dr M says that he looked at the temps & decided that the 1970s were calling (except that our crock pot isn’t round or harvest gold). That brisket was GOOOOD. I raved about it all week. 

Wednesday, July 2nd

The photo on the left is my current internal landscape. The one on the right is me cosplaying as a functioning adult.

My boss got us all cupcakes today. It was very tasty!

Thursday, July 10th 

My doctor has been worried about my blood pressure (it was 160/100 in her office on the 3rd) so she changed a couple of my meds. I think they must be working!

Went out to dinner with friends and got this giant quesadilla (chicken, black beans, mushrooms, & zucchini). It was good - but the best part was I only ate half, so I had lunch for the next day.

Friday, July 11th      

This sweater was so easy to make that I think I’m going to get my yarn out & make one in every color! (Note: I made it several years ago - it had just gotten buried in my closet.)

Saturday, July 12th

Morning glory. I woke up a lot earlier than I meant to, so they were still on full display when I took the recycling out to the bin. So pretty! 

Did you know that Rosie O’Donnell is living rent free in our president’s head? Do we think she wants to be there? Doesn’t he have better things to do? To be fair, almost anything he could be doing would be better than all things he IS doing. And that’s the earth shattering thing on my brain at the moment. What’s going on in your brain?

2025 Project 365 – Week Seven

Dear America, you are whack in danger. Signed, a Concerned (but Weary) Citizen. (I might switch this up next week, but so far it still seems quite apt. We’ll see.)

Sunday, February 9th      

I wasn’t planning on sharing all these squares with you guys until the blanket is done, but this is the only photo from the day, so here you go.

Monday, February 10th

No photo.

Tuesday, February 11th

We’ve taken to making EXTRA CHEESY omelets around these parts. 

Wednesday, February 12th 

Dr. M got me the usual Valentine Tulips given the usual couple of days early. Sweet!

Thursday, February 13th  

Dr. M worked VERY HARD to make this excellent meal for me! I’ve felt so much better ever since he’s been ramping up the protein in our meals. 

There’s a moon in the sky!

Friday, February 14th      

Spent some quality time with my dad, Sue, brother, & sister-in-law (and the puzzle) on my way home from work on Friday. And there was a bonus driveby by my aunt Vivian! 

Saturday, February 15th      

My college friend Jenny threw herself a 60th birthday party and it was fabulous! 

I wore a 38 year old acid washed denim skirt to the party because I was feeling rebellious, only to be told that acid wash is back in style. Who knew? I guess we all do now. Assuming the 20-somethings who told me that weren’t just humoring the old lady. Anyway, I’m planning to wear it to work sometime. Stay tuned for reactions and commentary. These are the things I’m doing to try to not panic. What are you doing?

2024 Project 365 – Week Fifty-one

Thanks for your lovely comments on the Christmas poem (our 33rd!). I struggled this year, which has frankly been true for a number of years. But the good news is that it’s Dr. M’s turn next year. Woo hoo! 

Sunday, December 22nd       

Feeling just a smidge overwhelmed. Yikes!

Monday, December 23rd 

I was repping my Carolina Hurricanes at work today! At least I got to leave early to go get my 2nd (and last) iron infusion. 

Tuesday, December 24th 

What I threatened to wear to our family Christmas Eve Brunch at Cracker Barrel, and what I actually wore. I posted the jammies on the interwebs and all God’s people said, “DO IT.” But it turns out that Chilly Willy was too chilly so I wore a more traditional outfit. 

I was dismayed to find out that I am (as I long suspected) an eg-no-ra-moose.

I didn’t get any other photos of family, but here are my brother & Dr. M wearing the shades Dr. M got him, and me with my favorite gift of the year (next to the one my friend Jenny gave me - a little pouch that says “I crochet so I don’t choke people - save a life, send yarn.”).

Wednesday, December 25th  

As usual we spent Christmas lunch with Dr. M’s dad. It was a lovely time - and two of his friends stopped by while we were there.

Thursday, December 26th    

Boxing Day!

Ellen Abbott had sent me some snowflakes that her sister Pam crocheted. I was internet friends with Pam too so I was very appreciative. I used three of them as gifts for my friends, and made a garland with the rest. I enjoyed crocheting the little baubles - maybe I have my crojo back!

Friday, December 27th      

Went back to work today. It was Hair Wash day which is a Trial and a Tribulation. I was checking to see if the little bun looked ok. 

Meanwhile, Dr. M was solving a mystery with his Pop: New pants, new shirt, same memory struggles. This afternoon, he told me that some people had visited him earlier and brought him something, but at some point Pop had forgotten what they brought him and now he couldn’t find it. I couldn’t see anything new around the house, but I could tell he was upset with himself, feeling like he had messed up. Finally he remembered that it had been his former coworker who had visited, along with his wife. I asked if they had delivered his meal, which they do once or twice a month, and he practically shouted “that’s what they gave me…my meal! After they left, I ate it. That’s why I couldn’t find it.” He was relieved that he had solved the mystery. So it goes.

Saturday, December 28th      

It was our annual gathering! We think we’ve been doing this for 40 years which frankly does not compute. 

Can I just complain a minute about all the people who are posting about the “liminal” time between Christmas and New Year’s? The Lost Days? The advice to not try to do anything very strenuous? Because Sister has to work every day next week except for New Year’s Day, and while it should be a bit quiet, I still have new hire orientation and data entry to do. Liminal my (slowly diminishing) butt. What would you like to complain about?

2024 Project 365 – Week Twenty

 
Did you know that there are people everywhere? Work, church, parties, my dad’s house, my very own home?? I don’t know man. That seems like a lot.
Sunday, May 12^th                  
Dr. Van Fleet says Happy Mother’s Day!
 

Monday, May 13^th     
We only had three peonies this year. Dr. M snipped the third and last ahead of some expected storms and I’m so glad he did! Isn’t it glorious?
 

Tuesday, May 14^th                             
From the socials: Wherein sleeping beauty has to get up and go to work. While my rage at gen0cide simmers on the back burner. While holding joy that my Hurricanes won last night. While also wishing I could just go back to bed.

Wednesday, May 15^th       
I told my dad that I was a puzzle hussy.
 

Thursday, May 16^th                                  
Sulfur Cosmos and purple Verbena volunteers.

Went shopping for a friend’s birthday present and bought myself something too. Can you guess which one I kept?

Friday, May 17^th             
I had also purchased a new top (you can see it in the pictures from Saturday) and all it had on it was this tag in French. I ran it through google translate and was delighted by the results.

Saturday, May 18^th                                
It was my college roommate Sherri’s birthday & her husband organized a surprise party for her. It was so much fun to be a part of it! They live about an hour and forty minutes away so I rode up with Kim and Jenny. It was nice to have the four musketeers together again.

Our Hurricanes fell short of making it to the next level in the playoffs. And my tooth hurts AGAIN. And work continues to be very busy. Also, the world seems to be going to hell. Tune in next week for even more inspirational remarks!

2022 Project 365 – Week Fifty-two

Happy New Year! I’ve spent the day eating a cupcake at a two year old’s birthday party and now I’m watching hockey, which makes it a pretty perfect way to start the new year.  
Sunday, December 25^th             
Christmas morning we opened gifts from my cousin and then I headed to church. After church we went to Dr. M’s dad’s house for lunch. Here is what Dr. M said: We once again gathered around the ancestral table for Christmas lunch, there in the little house teenage Pop helped his WWII veteran cousin build. It is his 90th Christmas. He ate well: meatloaf, mash potatoes, green beans and pintos (aka shellie beans), mac ‘n cheese, brioche rolls, and pie! In the early 70s, the house would have been filled with people, and I would have been relegated to the kids’ table. Today, there were just three of us and a lot of ghosts…a lot of ghosts.

Christmas Moon!
 

Monday, December 26^th     
Stopped by my dad’s house to work a section of the puzzle. Mischief managed!
 

Then I went to the store to get the ingredients for my church cookbook dessert. It was pretty good ya’ll!
 

Tuesday, December 27^th           
Our annual college friend gathering! I think this was number 37? Which is just crazy.
 

One of my gifts was this necklace that perfectly matches a pair of earrings I’ve had for many years.
 

Wednesday, December 28^th                     
Stopped by my dad’s house and took a sky photo before heading home.
 

We’ll be leaving our tree up for probably another few weeks. We really enjoy the light in the evenings. And note that the wise men are heading toward Bethlehem!
 

Thursday, December 29^th               
No photo.
 
Friday, December 30^th            
My hot chocolate at work looked so pretty that I had to take a photo.
 

Finished!
 

Saturday, December 31^st      
Our evening plans were canceled so we watched college football (two amazing crazy games!) and I made this hat. I was so excited to get to the end of the pattern & then saw that the last line gave instructions for work that will probably take another 2 hours. So that’s what I’ll be working on this evening.
 

I have some nebulous ideas of things I’d like to work on this year (Drink more water! Move your ass!), but I’m not going to make any official resolutions. Those never work anyway – apparently I don’t like being told what to do, even by myself. How about you? Any big or small plans?