2021 Project 365 – Week Twenty-nine

I woke up at 7:00 this morning, after getting to bed after midnight last night. And here we are, twelve hours later, with me trying to write this post all one-eyed. Let’s see what happens together, shall we?
 
Sunday, July 11^th
Today’s hot take: speed limits on county roads are more what you’d call guidelines than actual rules, so a Bug should be allowed to drive her little blue car as fast as it wants to go - especially around curves (except that curve on Plateau road at Grace Church road - slow down for that one. And chickens. Slow down for chickens.). (After I posted this on Facebook one of my friends created the photo on the left which of course I loved so it’s my new profile picture.)
 

The Roy stopped by for a treat. Such a good boy!
 

Monday, July 12^th  
Say what now? It was a wrong number, but I was highly amused.
 

Tuesday, July 13^th    
So I tried to style the new shawl and I’m just not feeling it. I ordered a different black yarn and I will frog this and start over – with a larger hook. We shall see!
 

I consoled myself with a garlic toast & lasagna sandwich – yum!
 

Wednesday, July 14^th    
Dr. M drove by this field of sunflowers today. It’s a difficult anniversary for us (really a hard week altogether – see tomorrow) because it was on this day 5 years ago that Dr. M received the news that he’d lost his job. A historian axed on Bastille Day – I guess that makes a kind of macabre sense.
 

Thursday, July 15^th  
My watch kept reminding me that it was my mother-in-law’s birthday. She’s been gone 10 years now. Sad. (P.S. a friend pointed out that it would probably be a good idea for me to look into that driving skills course - it might help me with my parking.)
 

Friday, July 16^th   
Back on the 4th when I wore my patriotic jewelry I felt conflicted & sad that it didn’t represent all that I feel about our country. So I decided to at least do this small thing. I had seen these bracelets by Mudlove worn by someone I follow on Instagram & loved them. And the bracelet is even better in person! Also, the purchase of a bracelet provides one week of clean water for someone in need. So get one for yourself! You can personalize it to say what you want. I wanted mine to remind me of the work I’m doing. If you get one, let me know!
 

I might have a drinking problem. The bin was full of cans underneath that cardboard box. I will say that this was about 4 weeks worth of cans.
 

Saturday, July 17^th  
The goats in Dr. M’s dad’s backyard. Dr. M is very appreciative of all the grass they eat that he doesn’t have to mow.
 

Temperature blanket update.
 

I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy/endoscopy on Thursday, and you should all be very glad you don’t live with me. And that’s all I’m going to say about that. Ha! What exciting things do you have planned for this coming week?
 
 
 

2021 Project 365 – Week Twenty-eight

I don’t know if you’ve seen the controversial news that Instagram has decided that in the era of Reels and TikTok, it’s no longer primarily a photo sharing app. I’ve apparently jumped on the video bandwagon because, for the third week in a row you get a video! I know you are very excited.
 
Sunday, July 4^th
I chopped up some fruit – it’s our red white & blue for the 4^th!
 

Dr. M saw a hummingbird moth on the bee balm. They’re so freaky & cool.
 

Monday, July 5^th  
Dr. M got new flowers for his mother’s grave. He was feeling “festive.”
 

I went to Daddy & Sue’s for dinner. I spent almost the entire time working the puzzle. It’s funny that I caught the teenager on her phone – she was almost as obsessed with the puzzle as I was.
 

Tuesday, July 6^th    
My version of the “How it started; how it’s going” challenge. I thought my morning bedhead was especially fetching.
 

Morning glories and scenes from the yard. Dr. M mowed his dad’s yard on Monday and ours on Tuesday. He’s a hard worker!
 

Wednesday, July 7^th    
Nessie was on the loose!
 

Thursday, July 8^th  
Another jewelry malfunction – I was wearing a magnetic “shawl pin” (SO COOL – it keeps me from punching holes in my clothes & keeps my yarn apparel in place) and this necklace kept getting stuck to it. It was an interesting look.
 

Friday, July 9^th   
Mailed off some books to some special kids. I had to laugh at the inscription on one of them. I always plan to be eloquent, but then in the moment I am mostly awkward (plus I have terrible handwriting). For example, did you know that Dr. M & I are God’s great aunt & uncle? At least that’s how it read to me in retrospect. Ha!
 

Stopped by Daddy & Sue’s after work and we FINISHED THE PUZZLE! HUZZAH! (Also, my voice on the video is VERY ANNOYING to me. Ugh. How do the people around me stand it?)
 

Saturday, July 10^th  
Temperature blanket update.
 

I finished the shawl I’ve been working on. It needs blocking & the ends woven in. I mostly like it, but there is one issue: it’s about 2/3 the size it’s supposed to be. The black yarn I used was “light fingering” instead of regular fingering. I didn’t think it would make that big a difference, but apparently it does. It is SO TEMPTING to get the correct weight yarn & rip all this back out & redo it. I’ll think about it. What I’ll probably do instead is just live with this size and make another one with completely different colors. We shall see. If you have an opinion, let me know.
 

So this morning I was fixing my breakfast, and had finished spreading Laughing Cow cheese on my toast, went & got a fork, and then looked down and saw two case knives in my hand. So that’s how things are going for me. How about you?

Wordless Wednesday - Photos from National Camera Day on June 29th and a Self Portrait of the Cameraman

 

2021 Project 365 – Week Twenty-seven

Today is the 4^th of July, and I had some thoughts. Here’s what I posted this morning: I’m putting on my patriotic jewelry, but I’m feeling kind of sad because all I ever want is to make sure we have as many people at the table as we can & it feels like so many people keep making the table smaller. For them it’s a little table in a gated community built on stolen land miles from the bus stop up a steep flight of stairs behind a locked door where you also have to know the password and have the “right” skin color. But I have little pockets of hope, so I’ll wear the dang jewelry. 

 
Sunday, June 27^th
I posted the photos from our road trip to Roan Mountain on Wednesday, so instead of those you get this. I finished reading this e-book (which, yes, I printed out), and I highly recommend it for people who are interested in getting a little more vocal about social justice in their social media lives. If you think this is you, let me know – I’ll point you in the right direction!
 

Monday, June 28^th  
Morning glories!
 

Our air was still not working, so we had the door open, and the screen is missing from our screen door, so it made a perfect drive-through window for the Roy to get a treat!
 

Tuesday, June 29^th    
New color alert! Pumpkin, for average temps between 81 and 85.
 

Wednesday, June 30^th    
Dr. M’s view from the office. Not too shabby!
 

Thursday, July 1^st  
Temperature blanket through June – I am sort of liking it these days.
 

Friday, July 2^nd  
Some early fireworks…
 

Saturday, July 3^rd  
We went to a 100^th birthday party for one of Dr. M’s relatives. It was such a nice day! It had been really hot, with occasional rain showers, earlier in the week, but the weather was beautiful & the temp was perfect. Plus they had a band! And cake, and homemade peach ice cream. It was a good day!
 

 
Although our air was fixed on Thursday, I have yet to do any real housework (other than laundry). Which just proves that air conditioning wasn’t the problem. But I have the day off tomorrow, so I plan to get at least something done before we head to Daddy & Sue’s for a puzzle working party (note: probably no one else thinks this will be a puzzle working party). By the way – today is their 4^th wedding anniversary – woo hoo! What are your thoughts about the 4^th of July and/or 4^th wedding anniversaries? Any hot takes? I’m here for them!