In 2021 I’m micro-blogging my daily thoughts and capturing a few photos. Why, and why should you care? In answer to the first question: because I’m challenging myself to write every day (which I should be doing anyway) and also because I want to see how my thoughts and life progress (or regress), evolve (or devolve) over the course of 365 days. The answer to the second question is: you don’t have to care, but if you’re interested, it’s all here.
August 4, 2021
This morning I clicked the Publish button on Amazon for my latest book, which means it should be available any day (as soon as Amazon approves). It’s National White Wine Day, so I bought a bottle to celebrate my book, … Continue reading →
August 2, 2021
Spent the morning working at home, with my cleaner for company. She’s a neighbor, and she’s originally from Paraguay. Her father turns 102 next month, and she’s hoping to get down there to see him, although she’s not hopeful given … Continue reading →
August 1, 2021
Pinch, Punch, first of the month. I bested both Hubby and my friend for a double win. Not much else happening today. We went to Lowes in the morning for discount garden flowers, because we can’t ever have enough plants … Continue reading →
July 31, 2021
This morning we went to one of our happy places, the state arboretum and experimental farm, for a short walk. I say “short” because it was nowhere near the mileage we typically do, but it still seemed like more than … Continue reading →
July 30, 2021
A long day; started work at 7 AM and didn’t get home until after 7 PM. Spent much of it futzing with my desktop computer, which the powers that be agreed to let me take home. My “YAY!” was quickly … Continue reading →
July 29, 2021
No word on getting a loaner computer from work, so I did what I could from my personal computer. Because access to work documents on my personal computer is limited for security reasons, there is only so much I can … Continue reading →
July 28, 2021
It’s National Milk Chocolate Day, so here’s to you Mama! It’s no secret my family are chocoholics, although many of have graduated to the hard stuff—dark chocolate. For me, the bitterer to the betterer. I did indulge in milk chocolate … Continue reading →
July 27, 2021
I am declaring my ankle officially healed and booting THE BOOT! After 11 weeks, the foot doctor gave me her seal of approval when the x-rays showed that the bone chip moved closer back to the main bone. There’s hardly … Continue reading →
July 26, 2021
Let games begin! Lumber is stacked up in the basement, a few sheets of drywall have been brought in, and the headers for the framing are laid out and ready to install. They didn’t make too much noise, so I … Continue reading →
July 25, 2021
For the first time in a long time, Hubby and I worked together in the garden on a project. The garden is his domain, and he does 99% of the work. I just pop out to harvest veg, do a … Continue reading →