2025 Project 365 – Week Thirty-five

Well it’s practically fall now and as per usual I am in a snit about it. Where is the light? Where is the heat? (I am well aware that the heat is not really gone yet.) I’m not a drama queen, but I play one on TV. Okay, yes, I am a drama queen.    

Sunday, August 24th 

Dr. M made an excellent chicken thigh dinner tonight - yum! It was so pretty too.

Monday, August 25th
She strikes again!

I took this photo to try to retrain my brain. I know I’ve lost weight - I practically have a whole new wardrobe. But I still look down and see thunder thighs. So I took this picture to remind me that I am NOT the same size I was, no matter what my brain tries to say.

Tuesday, August 26th 

Trying to track down a mystery. I remembered that I’ve had a kidney ultrasound in the past - before my first hip surgery. I reached out to the hospital that did the scan, but they only keep their records for 10 years (this was 14 years ago). So other than an offhand comment on my blog from back then (It was my second ultrasound in two weeks – this one for the uterus area (the first one didn't show any kidney issues).), we’ll never know what it showed. But I’m guessing my kidneys were closer to the same size. Maybe. I’m starting to think that medical tests are just smoke & mirrors at this point!

Wednesday, August 27th

From the interwebs: This square turned up in my memories from 7 years ago. The blanket it was for hangs on my office wall, so I looked for the square, to admire my work. Couldn’t find it. I looked & looked & it just wasn’t there (you can look too on the second picture). People. That blanket has been on my office wall for YEARS & I just now noticed that it’s backwards? I guess it’s nice that the back looks as neat as the front.

Thursday, August 28th

Dr. M says: A mess was made, but the food was good! It’s who we are as a couple: I do most of the cooking, I clean and oil the cast iron, Dana does some cooking and washes a lot of dishes, just not my heavy-a$$ skillets and dutch ovens

Friday, August 29th    

Dr. M went to see his dad & found that he had a wound that had become infected. He took him to urgent care where they lanced & drained the wound & then packed & dressed it. Pop is a diabetic (although otherwise in excellent health) so Dr. M takes his wounds very seriously (note: they went back today to have the packing removed and things look great - the PA told Dr. M that he was doing a great job). 

Saturday, August 30th

End of summer bloomers.

I finished the last square of the blanket I’ve been working on (hallelujah!). It might not be as big as some folks thought I should make it, but I. Am. Done. Once that square is dry I’ll start joining them together & then figure out what border I want. I already have an idea for the next blanket - a total stashbuster that is very different than any I’ve made so far. We shall see. 

Tomorrow is labor day, and I am going with Dr. M to his dad’s house to do some work. I’m excited because we’re planning to get BBQ for lunch. It’s the little things people! What little things are getting you through the madness?

2025 Project 365 – Week Twenty-nine

Every week it feels like there’s a new level of crazy and depravity. It almost makes me want to unplug entirely. Almost. In any case, we continue to move forward with our little lives. 

Sunday, July 13th 

Dr. M was highly amused at this neighbor cat being vexed by junebugs. 

Monday, July 14th

I’ve taken to photographing my outfit AND my accessories, so I can remember what to wear the next time. I only want to put a lot of thought into it once. 

Meanwhile, it’s Crepe Myrtle season around here!

Tuesday, July 15th 

We ended up with a few ears of corn, so Dr. M made creamed corn for me. It was so good!

Wednesday, July 16th

Seen around the yard. That was the last of the daylilies…

Thursday, July 17th 

Another fine edition of #thebugparkingbadly, but in my defense, I was distracted by my passenger. It rode with me from work to the doctor’s office, back to work, and then home! 

Friday, July 18th      

Happy mail! I don’t usually wear hats, but I might have to start. 

Saturday, July 19th

Dove on the bird bath. It continues to be in the 90s here, so I’m glad we can offer some respite to the critters.

I saw this last week & it reminded me of the many times I’ve tried to solicit opinions about things & then just did what I wanted. Help me edit this poem! Psych - I’m not making any of those changes. What kind of chair should I get for the living room? Ha! Those are all great ideas, but look at this completely different chair I got. Should I keep or get rid of this dress? Well I don’t care, it’s comfortable. So I’m sorry, but mostly likely won’t be changing any time in the future. How about you? Do you listen to other people’s advice? 

2024 Project 365 – Week Fifteen

The world seems to be coming apart at the seams, and here I am, writing my little posts…
Sunday, April 7^th                
Another completed puzzle. I also took a picture of my salad, but deemed that too unexciting for this post.  

Monday, April 8^th   
I took a salad to work & when I opened my mini-fridge I saw that there was already another salad in there. Oops.
 

Tuesday, April 9^th                            
Chipping sparrow which of course we call Larry Wayne Birb, in honor of Chipper Jones. (That's a little inside baseball. Heh.)
 

Wednesday, April 10^th     
My cousin posted this on my wall. He did it as a challenge, but you know I would totally try it.
 

Thursday, April 11^th                                
No photo. It was the 3^rd day of what I’m now calling world building at work – we’re creating a new operating system from the ground up and this week we were testing things. It wasn’t pretty, but it WAS instructive. And I was toast.

Friday, April 12^th            
Our Carolina Allspice, or Sweet Bubby bush, is blooming. It smells divine!

This was my second attempt to park in this space. I was thrown off because I went to pull into a space, but someone was getting out of their car so I had to go one space down. That’s my story anyway.

Saturday, April 13^th                             
Dr. M’s Pop’s old gray cat living its best life.

This week was my sister-in-law’s birthday (hey Bren) & I ordered an eyeglass topper for her. She’s the one who got me addicted so it seems appropriate that I also ordered one for me. That will make number 19. How many is too many, do you reckon?

2023 Project 365 – Week Twenty-five

While folks in Texas have been baking, we’ve had lots of rain and high temps in the 60s. Frankly, it was rude (although I think we needed the rain).
Sunday, June 18^th   
Father’s Day! I went mall walking with this dude & we talked about all the important things.
 

Monday, June 19^th             
Dr. M spent some time doing a photo shoot with the wildflower bed. Makes my heart happy.
 

Tuesday, June 20^th                   
I was intrigued by these little flips in my hair today. I kind of like them, but will I be able to create this look again? Magic Eight Ball says not likely. Ha!
 

Wednesday, June 21^st                             
Today at lunch I got to hang out with this squishmallow! He is so tiny and adorable. And his older brother is still the cutest thing ever. Smooches for everyone!
 

Thursday, June 22^nd                    
Dr. M & I bought this calendar at Dollywood AGES ago. Twenty years? I can’t remember, but I know we had it when we lived in our first home in Ohio. Dr. M painted squares and scenes to use in it & I loved it, but I got tired of switching it over to the new month, so it’s been packed away for a long time. Anyway, I thought it might be fun to have in my office at work. I used the Valentine square to mark the anniversary of our first kiss. Ha!
 

Friday, June 23^rd                      
A coworker complimented me on my terrible parking job (he knows about my hashtag #thebugparkingbadly). I didn’t believe him, so I looked out the bathroom window and well… I did go & move it later.
 

Dr. M got a last photo of the phoebe babies before they fledged. Also, Rita and Ms. Pinky had a little photo shoot, but the neighborhood cat was disinclined.
 

Saturday, June 24^th           
Dr. M picked blueberries at his dad’s house. This has been a weird weather year, so this might be all we get.
 

Progress so far on a woodland animals blanket for the squishmallow up there (yes I know I’m stretching the definition of “woodland” by including a penguin). I’m terrible at embroidering so you probably can’t tell, but the fox is labeled Nean. That was my mom’s grandma name, and her maiden name was Fox, so I had to, right?
 

This week was really quiet at work, but the next four weeks in a row are going to be BUSY again. Lots of data entry in compressed amounts of time. Should be fun! Wait – I just remembered that the fifth week will involve four days of training on our new software system. Yay for July? How about you – is your summer going to be nice and meandering as it should be?

2022 Project 365 – Week Thirty-seven

Whoa Nelly – there are a lot of photos this week! Let’s dive right in, shall we?
Sunday, September 11^th            
It was my best cousin-friend’s birthday! I’m not at all sure what was going on with my hair here, but Kim Jane is cute with her tiara, so we’re just going to go with it.
 

I went to my dad’s for lunch and ate homemade chili (delicious!) and helped with the new puzzle.
 

Monday, September 12^th  
Around the yard… Dr. M got the memo about taking some outside photos this week.
 

I saw a rainbow as I was leaving work.

Went to eat with the fam – I guess you can tell where. As you can see, I’m just Just Plain Dumb.

Tuesday, September 13^th       
Dr. M has had a LOT of feelings this week. His Aunt Judy has been living in the house where he spent the first 10 years of his life. He has a lot of memories from there – both good and bad. Now she’s heading for assisted living and the house will be sold. He spent part of the day putting a new battery in her car – they’ll keep it for her just in case she’s able to drive it again.
 

His dad’s muscadine and scuppernong vines are FULL of grapes this year. So are my dad’s. Anyone need any grapes?
 

Wednesday, September 14^th                

I went by my dad’s at lunch to work the puzzle (and visit of course) and they told me about the surprise on their chimney. We think it’s a sunflower – ha!
 

Thursday, September 15^th          
I had a meeting at church and had this situation. I had been doing really well, but, see, the spaces in our lot are kind of weird. Yeah, that’s what happened.
 

Friday, September 16^th          
Day off from work breakfast (which, I confess, I ate for three days in a row): Spinach pizza, black beans, fried egg, sour cream and taco sauce. It was GOOD.
 

Spent the morning cleaning out my car. It was SO DISGUSTING that even I started noticing (mainly from leaves and gum wrappers which I THOUGHT I was throwing in the trash. And dust). Ugh. But it’s all shiny inside now. And bonus – I found the piece of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s robe that we were missing in this puzzle. The big question is: how did it get under the driver’s seat?
 

Saturday, September 17^th       
It was my dad’s birthday! In his usual dad way he took ME out to eat to celebrate. We went to Panera because he had seen a commercial with a chicken sandwich that he wanted to try. Although Sue and I loved our lunches, he decided the chicken sandwich was middlin. After lunch Sue went to a shower and Dad & I went back to his house to eat pudding cake and work the puzzle.
 

Later that day Dr. M took some photos of our asters and VERY BUSY sedum – it was getting all the love!
 

I left to have dinner with friends (we watched Kim Jane’s daughter’s wedding video & looked at pictures – so fun), but Dr. M had a visitor so he wasn’t alone.
 

I took a photo of a photo on Kim’s camera roll – this is from the day before the wedding when I was helping with set-up. Ha!
 

Tomorrow we’re doing more birthday celebrating with my dad, and it looks to be a busy week at work. I’m already pre-tired – especially because I woke up at 7:30 this morning after going to bed after midnight. Rude. How are you feeling heading into the week? I know some of you are retired, but you are still allowed to have Monday thoughts if you want to.