2018 Project 365 – Week Forty

I am just ready to hide in my little corner of the world & play games on my iPad. No reading, no watching TV (except for baseball of course). I’m so very tired – for no good reason really. Ah well, we trudge along. And someday we go back & read everyone’s blogs.

Sunday, September 30^th                            

On Sundays, Dr. M surveys his kingdom & finds it good.

Monday, October 1^st                                     

This is the face of a woman who is inordinately pleased with herself for balancing the work bank account on the first try.

Tuesday, October 2^nd                                                       

Sorry for two selfies in a row, but this was the only picture from today. Here is my caption: Last night I said, “Alexa! Smart plug on!” (My smart plug is connected to a fan in the bedroom.) However, I was wearing my night guard so she didn’t quite understand me. “I think you’re asking about flatulence.” Um, nope Alexa, but thanks for making me cackle. #alexadoesntunderstandme

Wednesday, October 3^rd         

The blanket arrived JUST in time and the little recipient looks adorable!

Thursday, October 4^th             

A fox hound has decided to make our neighbor’s yard his new home. We’re not sure who he belongs to, but isn’t he beautiful? He’s been well cared for. I hope the owners are able to track him down, but he’s not wearing a collar. Also, he has had no apparent impact on the neighborhood squirrels.

Here is the next afghan square – fun!

Friday, October 5^th                                   

Your weekly furniture.

Saturday, October 6^th                                          

Dr. got some more animals for his farm. It’s been great therapy for him during these troubling times.

Meanwhile, for my therapy, I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to decide on color placement for my next square (the consensus on the crochet site was bottom right, although all four received at least one vote).

It’s post-season baseball & if my Atlanta Braves don’t get their act together tonight will be their last game. I’m still super proud of them – they weren’t even supposed to be in the post season this year. However, it would be nice to see them win at least one game. Who are you pulling for?

Thar Be Dragons...

2017 Project 365 – Week Forty-six

This week flew by, and we kept forgetting to take pictures. Which is just as well because next week we’ll probably have a LOT of pictures.

Sunday, November 12^th         

The only picture from today – my towel-dried hair. It looks pretty thick there, but I don’t understand how it can be given all the hair I keep finding on the floor. Sheesh.

Monday, November 13^th                       

Happy Birthday to Dr M!!! He is goofy, arrogant, has a heart about 7 sizes too big, and has seemed to make it his life mission to take care of me. I took him out to eat for his birthday, and he got a new critter (old English sheepdog) and a blanket. 

Tuesday, November 14^th                                       

No picture (!!!)

Wednesday, November 15^th                               

Dr. M & I watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which came out my senior year in high school. I had never seen it before (back then I mostly went to the movies with my mother). It was pretty funny – although not really the same high school experience that I had. Ha! Anyway, here I am chair dancing to the closing credits.

Thursday, November 16^th                            

From this day’s walk. Those blue “division” signs are all over our neighborhood. I don’t know what they mean, but my question on Facebook was “why do we have to be divided?”

Friday, November 17^th                   

New crochet project – love this color combo.

Saturday, November 18^th                       

I went to help my sister-in-law work on her floor. She’s doing this method & it looks really cool so far. My job was to tear the paper & wad it up. Very cathartic!

I CANNOT believe that this is Thanksgiving week. Am I ready? I am not. Will it happen anyway? Yes it will. I shall report how it went in the next edition of The Bug’s Weekly Digest. I hope everyone has a great week! 

2017 Project 365 – Week Sixteen

I accomplished a major goal yesterday – I excavated the piano so that I could actually sit down and play the unfamiliar hymn that we were going to sing at the nursing home today. I was pretty pleased with myself. Of course, some of the excavating was just taking boxes and putting them under chairs, so I do still have to empty them. However, my post this week isn’t really about any of that.

Sunday, April 16^th         

Easter! I enjoyed singing the good old Easter hymns at the nursing home & then singing some new ones at the church I’ve been attending. Then I went to lunch at my uncle & aunt’s house. One of my great joys in moving back to NC is getting to spend time with my cousin Kim. We basically grew up together, went to college together, went to seminary – she introduced me to Dr. M. She will probably kill me for posting this, but it shows her personality pretty well. 

(Note: the video works on my computer, but not my mobile devices, so here is a picture of the end of her twirl.) 

Here is the whole crew. My uncle & aunt had three girls, and there are seven grandchildren. And their yard is full of gorgeous azaleas right now!

Monday, April 17^th            

The other thing I excavated was my gazelle! Before we moved I had been talking about graduating to a treadmill, which would give more of a workout. But the move was hard on my hip, and I haven’t been walking regularly, so I’m back to basics again for a while. I’m happy to report that I actually got more than 10,000 steps on two days.

Tuesday, April 18^th                              

Sunday & Monday were warmer than it has been, so it was my first opportunity to use the color for the 70s temperature range in my scarf. Oh man – that green was hurting my eyes! It just seemed so jarring & not in keeping with the rest of the color palette. So I switched it out. Not sure I like the new color very much either, but it’s at least a little less shocking.

Wednesday, April 19^th                    

Dinner. (That’s Dr. M’s plate – I don’t do coleslaw.)

Charlie Horse – he’s living in front of the fireplace for the summer. We had to replace his Santa hat with something a little more seasonable. (You might recall that Dr. M's father made him.)

Thursday, April 20^th                      

Dr. M looked out today & saw a squirrel on the suet feeder. What the heck little dude – I don’t think you can actually get any food out of there!

I mowed the yard & had been inside for about 10 minutes when the deluge struck. This is the season of afternoon rainstorms – I was lucky to get the yard mowed at all!

Friday, April 21^st       

Squee! We have baby birds! Our Eastern Phoebes have hatched. Also, we have a lot of these guys hanging around – five lined skinks!

We went to BurgerFi again tonight. I got the veggie burger again. I love those things. Dr. M got the Conflicted Burger – it has a veggie patty & a regular hamburger patty on it. He also ordered the Cry & Fry, which came with these huge onion rings! I only ate one of them – that was practically a meal all on its own. So, the State of the Bug – about to eat an onion ring (almost) as big as my head.

Saturday, April 22^nd          

Flowers in the yard.

During the aforementioned piano excavation, I found this! I had totally forgotten about it. It was a gift from Dr. M’s mom. You know, she also gave us a couple of collectable dolls – I need to set up a tea party. Ha!

I can’t believe it’s Sunday evening & that another work week is about to start. My commute is a killer – shuffling through the living room back to my office.  Do you have any big plans this week?

Wordless Wednesday

Other Things That Happened While I Wasn't Blogging

These photos from our yard are all courtesy of Dr. M.

Our hibiscus decided to have a second blooming. 

And so did the Rose of Sharon behind the garage!

Ms. Pinky is winding down. If it ever cools off she might even come inside for the winter!

Take me to your leader!

Such a pretty kitty!

I sense a disturbance in the force - has a raccoon been here?

"Wordless Wednesday" (You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.)

I am in Austin, Texas for work & I was going to do a post about my wonderful visit on Sunday with the fabulous Ellen Abbot of Stuff from Ellen's Head, but she beat me to it. You can read about the visit here. As is usual these days I didn't take very many pictures - and she has posted the best one that I took (the one of her). Ellen figured out that I first commented on her blog in August 2009, so we've known each other for quite a while. It was so good to meet in person!

Since Ellen took care of that post, I'm going to share some of what Dr. M has been up to since I've been away, plus a bonus moon. We get some of the strangest birds!