tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362531422024-03-15T15:20:02.428-04:00Knit By God's HandJust an insight into my world - whether it be about photography, running, life, knitting or lessons God shows me.... Hey, the Bible doesn't use the word KNIT for nothing!Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.comBlogger3662125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-16898472605853288142024-03-12T07:49:00.012-04:002024-03-12T07:55:31.764-04:00Cookie Time, Twilight feels & poor hips! {Weekly Update}<p><span>It was actually a really slow week this past week - nothing too exciting going on - which NO COMPLAINTS on that. But here's the highlights...</span></p><p><span><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">STILL COUGHING</span></b><br />OMG. I'm so over the thing where you INHALE & every breath makes you need to cough. The good thing is its not in my lungs. Its like a dry cough. Which I looked up & is common for "many weeks" following COVID. I just hate I cant get a big inhale. & it gets worse as the day goes on, which I read that the more things go down the throat, air/dust/food, the most it irritates the cough. I'm trying to do more deep breaths to try & train my throat to GET OVER IT.</span></p><p><span><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">VET VISIT</span></b><br />We have an appointment coming up with Harvey Dent. The past few months, we've noticed a decline in his mobility & those famous aussie hips. But it got REALLY bad one day. The dogs were playing & he fell. Just PLOP - & couldnt get up - but when he did, he just paced. Acted so strange. It lasted about 15 minutes... & then he was ready to play again. He did it again 5 days later. OK - we're getting an appointment. But geez - when did vets become like human doctor's offices & you cant get in? Couldnt get an appointment for 2 weeks out. Sigh. I did get him some <a href="https://amzn.to/4aaF5l9" target="_blank">WUFFLES </a>hoping that would help. He's just about 1.5 months trying them out & I read it can take up to 3 months to see a difference. But if the vet can give us some good stuff, we'll take that.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcAVK6R2DC-IR5BVdFuNsokDfvcgABDq4Gcxl1AnKNSG13h_Y1D2WxLHnWaEKh8AZXfSk57XSlY8ozp2kSEHW22cqhe4eHgncNNtSSKcmL_gW1_szXENmhogTWN1wYWIciz7XcDo3_2n9HuYam0ywliHbgnWFBnqapHEvwBmnpBgMIW1IBRDS/s4032/20240301_164856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcAVK6R2DC-IR5BVdFuNsokDfvcgABDq4Gcxl1AnKNSG13h_Y1D2WxLHnWaEKh8AZXfSk57XSlY8ozp2kSEHW22cqhe4eHgncNNtSSKcmL_gW1_szXENmhogTWN1wYWIciz7XcDo3_2n9HuYam0ywliHbgnWFBnqapHEvwBmnpBgMIW1IBRDS/w360-h640/20240301_164856.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br />We always say when one dog passes on, the next in line is immediately needing attention.... I need my babies to give us a break & be healthy for awhile. <p></p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;"> BUYING</span></b><br />I am a sucker for a sale - & Happy Planner had an extra 20% off their sale prices... & of course, you have to spend $75.00 to get free shipping. That was an easy reach for me. I love taking advantage of these sales. I ended up getting 5 full sticker books & An accessory book, a Disney Large Icon sticker book & a Floral 5 Sticker Sheet - all for what 3 regular priced sticker books would cost. This should last me awhile.... "should" being the key word there.</p><p><br /><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">READING</span></b><br />Look at me - got 2 books in this week. Both of them, pretty enjoyable. <br /><br />Bride is about a Vampyre that is forced to marry the Alpha of a Werewolf tribe in order to keep peace between the two... & I love that sort of stuff after being a Vampire Diaries fan... the only downside, this one got a little WEIRD. If you read it -you know. You may want to read some spoilers if you go into it - WEIRDDDDD<br /><br />& The Coworker was good enough - not great - I gave it 3 Stars. Some fun twists & turns but not a must read.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-3bhBkqG50sg52rxTutLXnitpsgIViwUA45OXzSSFB5XS1Sw4v1dQ_AZO8ZOavC_KYP801GXTamJAR8uCNpEbsGRWFGVi3NwY_T977KvaiYfRNblnNukThYN6xTgiMP4Bbl7kdBvxNEzDcA69lDnx3ggoPIZD0NbbWYRJBlJ7BqDI07i3WH4/s1714/20240305_172149-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1714" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-3bhBkqG50sg52rxTutLXnitpsgIViwUA45OXzSSFB5XS1Sw4v1dQ_AZO8ZOavC_KYP801GXTamJAR8uCNpEbsGRWFGVi3NwY_T977KvaiYfRNblnNukThYN6xTgiMP4Bbl7kdBvxNEzDcA69lDnx3ggoPIZD0NbbWYRJBlJ7BqDI07i3WH4/w640-h480/20240305_172149-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">WATCHING - or tried</span></b><br />I love Emma Stone so when I saw her new movie was streaming on Hulu, I thought I'd give it a try. ...................WHAT..... in ...... the ..... WORLD? ......<br />I couldnt. I got through about 30 minutes one time. Had to turn it off - tried again. Nope. Tried a 3rd time & never made it past an hour & a half of the movie. I thought, why am I doing this to myself. I found zero parts of it entertaining so I gave up. Saw she won the Oscar for it too, which good for her - I think Emma Stone is just all things adorbs. M'kay.... I'll stick with my sophisticated palate of Grease 2 & Xanadu. LOL<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGIyYWMzNjktNDE3MC00YWQyLWEyMmEtN2ZmNzZhZDk3NGJlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMTg2ODkz._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGIyYWMzNjktNDE3MC00YWQyLWEyMmEtN2ZmNzZhZDk3NGJlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMTg2ODkz._V1_.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">HORSEY DAY</span></b><br />All last week was cloudy, rainy & gloomy. But Monday, we had a gorgeous taste of Spring. It worked out perfectly because Ricky was beat from a days work so I handled the horses on my own. It was such a lovely day, I took my time over there - got to love on the horses - took extra time to do some stall work. Just being out in fresh air - if you call horse manure fresh? - was just getting my Spring loving heart excited. The horses loved all the extra attention too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-dVe3R50I1a8RZ28NVOjZzjE9X3K2fDixL8q_Mnl_rtRwtW8zE-K5T87TsViHIcfkA6Lr8b1sv-v-ZIRw2x4kurYGZDafiu7HnuKlo9Z63JLVa9JiLV_kwhzxI6AMJDFl5Lx1JELu4yzpIyqDnxJJDUIxBWSmqo5Lr-ni1lJIp0faMa1aeMp/s3070/20240304_170335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3070" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-dVe3R50I1a8RZ28NVOjZzjE9X3K2fDixL8q_Mnl_rtRwtW8zE-K5T87TsViHIcfkA6Lr8b1sv-v-ZIRw2x4kurYGZDafiu7HnuKlo9Z63JLVa9JiLV_kwhzxI6AMJDFl5Lx1JELu4yzpIyqDnxJJDUIxBWSmqo5Lr-ni1lJIp0faMa1aeMp/w472-h640/20240304_170335.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">COOKIE TIME</span></b><br />Have you gotten your girl scout cookies yet for the year? We have a little Girl Scout that lives next to us so of course I'm going to support this awesome gal! Ricky isn't a big fan of Lemon cookies so that whole thing was mine (YUM!) & I got him all the chocolate things - only for him to tell me he's not a fan of Thin Mints. WHAT? I have literally had Thin Mints in my freezer in bulk buying so he could have them for months after the cookies were gone from the front of groceries. I'm so confused. Guess more for me!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA16UidX8Ia84TZRjk7H7-KlcxOBIcGeQ1tPllBiwm3Npa27tsFGDqqL2ZcgViBHDLY2sNjhCAGCHevZlNn5CaFiRFtC-7GiIkUAQcyX9M0OaP9vJGVYwWBwnylZIFCULL2m8tczKrgLWpL8w49JlOb1f8QBi-uyFYfmPuP2WdcWcoRE2pd95/s2305/20240309_124533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2305" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA16UidX8Ia84TZRjk7H7-KlcxOBIcGeQ1tPllBiwm3Npa27tsFGDqqL2ZcgViBHDLY2sNjhCAGCHevZlNn5CaFiRFtC-7GiIkUAQcyX9M0OaP9vJGVYwWBwnylZIFCULL2m8tczKrgLWpL8w49JlOb1f8QBi-uyFYfmPuP2WdcWcoRE2pd95/w630-h640/20240309_124533.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">NAILED IT</span></b><br />Of course, the State of the Union was last week & I know everyone has their thoughts on that but can we all agree the rebuttal afterwards was sort of .... insane? ... creepy? .... my jaw watching this was literally open the entire time. We all knew that SNL was going to do a parody of it - but man, bringing in the big guns with Scarlett Johansson - it was CHEF'S KISS hilarious</p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cCfLpuLdF8Q?si=c1VsmgRcZKTHSZsf" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What was the highlight of your week?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you love supernatural books - or used to watch Vampire Diaries?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you have a trick for a dry cough?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What's your favorite Girl Scout cookie?</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-6038610083857420662024-03-05T07:00:00.066-05:002024-03-05T07:00:00.257-05:00Iced Coffee, crazy movie & oat milk butter! {Weekly check in}<p> This past week in my life:</p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">INSTAGRAM MADE ME BUY IT</span></b><br />I follow some coffee making accounts (how do they make homemade coffee look so delicious & beautiful?) - but I kept seeing the HyperChiller & I knew I had to try it. This is a thing if you love some iced coffee - which I do year round & especially with Spring & Summer coming up.</p><p>You fill the different parts up with water & put this in your freezer & then when you make coffee, you just put this under your Keurig, or pour coffee in it & let it sit for like 60 seconds & VIOLA - cold coffee. Which, you think, why is that a need? Well, when you make hot coffee & pour over ice, it melts the ice, making your coffee very watery.... science! ... but this is cold - so pour over your ice & nothing is melting - just good delicious coffee.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3UXZbLn" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="587" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A12KVD3PYoL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="470" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click Pic for link<br />As of this posting - it was on sale for 49% off!<br />Totally the cost of like 1.5 Starbucks iced coffees</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Different tests shows how it drops the temp over 100 degrees in 60 seconds. That's pretty cool. - LITERALLY!</p><p>I'll be putting this baby to work a LOT!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">READING</span></b><br />I finally got around to finishing this book. I know its been everywhere for the longest & book 2 of this duology is already out (I already have it too) but this is a great mix of fantasy & drama & war & romance... its sweet too & enchanting. I'm excited to read the next book - especially because this one sort of leaves you on a cliff hanger! If you use Kindle Unlimited - its available on there too - I saw that - AFTER I bought the kindle version. Because yes, I usually like to have at least 2 versions. I'm bad.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXIM3GszM0xhLpb6STWoYnNP1rMkWAE7KZSwNz7g7zY1j4_MJPyLbabsH7KCJA8X2hc0kNLLkuSqvcwAoYMbd758cSi6vHlJ5WOrVcl0gkqVsQAZbupnldDzdm_femehn-pn09PEVVuTk9Oqij8PiVgN6G-_LKTEB523Co6k5Ru5_bXEQuQH7/s2268/20240303_093916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="2268" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXIM3GszM0xhLpb6STWoYnNP1rMkWAE7KZSwNz7g7zY1j4_MJPyLbabsH7KCJA8X2hc0kNLLkuSqvcwAoYMbd758cSi6vHlJ5WOrVcl0gkqVsQAZbupnldDzdm_femehn-pn09PEVVuTk9Oqij8PiVgN6G-_LKTEB523Co6k5Ru5_bXEQuQH7/w640-h596/20240303_093916.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">VISITING</span></b><br />We got to visit our friends who had a baby recently. Their 4th child. That's a busy household for sure. They had the baby right when we got COVID so we made sure we were in the clear before going over &meeting the new little Princess. I havent held a newborn in awhile & you forget how tiny they are. & that baby smell. So precious.</p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">WATCHING</span></b><br />OK... i gotta know - HOW.... HOWWWWW did this movie win all the awards last year? Everything Everywhere All at Once. Oh my goodness.... I got parts of it & the big picture of generational issues being passed down - but hot dog fingers? & Raccontoni? LOL - What in the world did I just watch? I always tend to think the winner of Best Picture at the Oscars are not something I'm usually going to really enjoy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="250" height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">MAKING</span></b><br />Finished up February for my Temperature Blanket. I'm excited that there was a lot of ups & downs in temps for the month giving me some variation in the colors. I think I'm going to be putting that dark blue & light blue away now for awhile... it'll be fun to see it close out the blanket at the end of the year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgly3MQAKK9S6MUZfIjKgJEAYRPs0Iq2NeL_sLi4QSwZza3T80RvYnjGMa-4FYJ5d0A7JRTrsdwu8ogjS4J3lI6WGK36eNvzqJKC_h9kYAsODARVMd9lkAAI5jGRTABj_Wl72K5EMiM-ddNmeoD4LyJv8b35Ud7nX7q70itusXE2zJTIfgX-sLf/s3233/20240302_132252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3233" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgly3MQAKK9S6MUZfIjKgJEAYRPs0Iq2NeL_sLi4QSwZza3T80RvYnjGMa-4FYJ5d0A7JRTrsdwu8ogjS4J3lI6WGK36eNvzqJKC_h9kYAsODARVMd9lkAAI5jGRTABj_Wl72K5EMiM-ddNmeoD4LyJv8b35Ud7nX7q70itusXE2zJTIfgX-sLf/w448-h640/20240302_132252.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>If anyone is curious - <a href="https://www.lionbrand.com/products/knit-temperature-blanket" target="_blank">THIS</a> is where I got the colors from - the Schitt's Creek line of yarn. EXCEPT - they were sold out of the <i>Hide Your Diamond</i>s color & I couldnt find a color to go with - white? Cream? - but that matches the <i>Rose Apothecary</i> - so I went with the baby blue - & I actually like it even better!</p><p><br /><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">EATING</span></b><br />Here's my HungryRoot Haul for the week.... I am LOVING that Oat Milk Butter from last week! That's the brand that is on the Netflix show about the Twins eating different diets - one plant based - one meat based. I've been on the lookout for it. I found their cream cheese at Target.... mehhhh.... its not terrible but its not great. The butter though? I'm all for!!!</p><p>But we're excited for another order of those black bean burgers.... DELISH! & give me all the mushrooms please... & thank you!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6myTEAg9768b_V_EawHVKC8fe-Z9Uys7Et62Gsav6Tvd4Lr-VRb1dHtlKtI8xddC9pE-6AT-Z_DcB7qJXzRol73Yk9r0uEMvQx4uDRoYTohp_KRzc2pF46inXxOvVBR9zN73GHny-sElR9207t97RMk8_LOwo3rlXCkFvMzC28lxPR7SgG5pH/s2528/20240302_161419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6myTEAg9768b_V_EawHVKC8fe-Z9Uys7Et62Gsav6Tvd4Lr-VRb1dHtlKtI8xddC9pE-6AT-Z_DcB7qJXzRol73Yk9r0uEMvQx4uDRoYTohp_KRzc2pF46inXxOvVBR9zN73GHny-sElR9207t97RMk8_LOwo3rlXCkFvMzC28lxPR7SgG5pH/w574-h640/20240302_161419.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKdrdUbZ1O_xyn_UlDSTuoTxMti829oWd4ewU0FjCD1kqxwq3RGMHs9CFKB_mWj9MFSRETeSK3IkdFzpAvL9fieDswTCJ0U8J4s6VlPdSQG4XutmiI5sdB_jTPHW1fC26W9j3rzZvXg63lF3RRDm55kngYZy0qKcH91qRQTXcErd7P07TO5pV/s2796/20240226_180304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKdrdUbZ1O_xyn_UlDSTuoTxMti829oWd4ewU0FjCD1kqxwq3RGMHs9CFKB_mWj9MFSRETeSK3IkdFzpAvL9fieDswTCJ0U8J4s6VlPdSQG4XutmiI5sdB_jTPHW1fC26W9j3rzZvXg63lF3RRDm55kngYZy0qKcH91qRQTXcErd7P07TO5pV/w325-h400/20240226_180304.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">CELEBRATING</span></b><br />We got to celebrate a coworkers birthday this last week - which means DONUTS! Look at how pretty this rose donut looks. I'm not sure how YUMMY it is - got mixed reviews by the tasters... I imagined a hint of potporri in your mouth & that was confirmed - but it sure is purrty. Happy Birthday Lilah!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWkubo8XODJMyDuiMrPGbZ084Owguy63IXBRSjYiudUQUZxpP55JfOv83uWOhjVyuWuiARQtXD45BaRnUFFsH_HzR3VmsklNJmOk11DoVU1Cvg-bw6JT5-eWz_RBn3Xs2RXNrEjO_HqP57BQH7823MIz3KstjvroHwZ-kihqiQjMXP7N2OCgQ/s3501/20240227_081331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWkubo8XODJMyDuiMrPGbZ084Owguy63IXBRSjYiudUQUZxpP55JfOv83uWOhjVyuWuiARQtXD45BaRnUFFsH_HzR3VmsklNJmOk11DoVU1Cvg-bw6JT5-eWz_RBn3Xs2RXNrEjO_HqP57BQH7823MIz3KstjvroHwZ-kihqiQjMXP7N2OCgQ/w414-h640/20240227_081331.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">SPORTING</span></b><br />Speaking of coworkers - look what one of them made me. I'm so excited about this. I actually love the yellow too with my blue car - TOTAL Beauty & the Beast vibes!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jrCZcyVUXQ78F31G0RCtbTvMaUgPEHVlCfD90aF_bb8ISPYp1d-N-G2d4rPs6_IBk3_RYGQogyqG9nWJaCs9DKncP2Db5QO3NrLYfafpWA9eFq-WCG56WNbpbEs8yHavCeS2fXuwPi3qckf1WZrRRQy5MM1QRdkSG4PTT0KD2463wuako4Dm/s3623/20240302_112425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3623" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jrCZcyVUXQ78F31G0RCtbTvMaUgPEHVlCfD90aF_bb8ISPYp1d-N-G2d4rPs6_IBk3_RYGQogyqG9nWJaCs9DKncP2Db5QO3NrLYfafpWA9eFq-WCG56WNbpbEs8yHavCeS2fXuwPi3qckf1WZrRRQy5MM1QRdkSG4PTT0KD2463wuako4Dm/w400-h640/20240302_112425.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>How was your week?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Have you watched that crazy movie?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What's the best book you've read so far this year?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you have a decal on your car window? What is it of?</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-47963806579585054002024-02-27T07:00:00.089-05:002024-02-27T07:00:00.138-05:00Weather roller coaster, your Aesthetic & Kindle Unlimited? {Weekly Check In}<p> </p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">WEATHER ROLLER COASTER</span></b><br />... that time of year. near 70s one day, snow flurries the next. Like, truly. Its just been nuts that you dont know what to expect each day. & of course, on the cold, snowy day where it just get out of freezing, our furnace breaks. Because of course it does! Luckily, Ricky works in a heating/air part warehouse & sees alot of people daily that do this sort of work so we had someone come out pretty quickly to get us back up & running. Always something.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnLYx9Lf0e_UjA3nKNsa3lXe_z00x3qkJXnhzzzu6iIK1yLeVHzKKTsBVDBmTLNRs-bAsDrHdbo7lo8f_r3vg15RABJmWycPxWAQ0yyiDsOFRcQCKe_kqeFTSMYtIbLccmGMJBSn-7LXDbiPALjwE681gIicvXG_9B9aGy1myDw_gXuGjaagW/s2923/20240218_120052.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2923" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnLYx9Lf0e_UjA3nKNsa3lXe_z00x3qkJXnhzzzu6iIK1yLeVHzKKTsBVDBmTLNRs-bAsDrHdbo7lo8f_r3vg15RABJmWycPxWAQ0yyiDsOFRcQCKe_kqeFTSMYtIbLccmGMJBSn-7LXDbiPALjwE681gIicvXG_9B9aGy1myDw_gXuGjaagW/w496-h640/20240218_120052.jpg" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dogs in the sun with snow still on the ground - perfect pic to explain the weather</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">BOOK FOR THE WEEK</span></b><br />I have an old high school friend that we stay in touch all these years later & have a love of books together. She let me know that her neighbor is the mother of an author.... well, that just feels like six degrees of <strike>Kevin Bacon</strike> an author sort of thing & I felt like I needed to read a book by her. I really enjoyed it too! Its a quick easy fantasy sort of book - about a painter who has a talent to paint people in their true form & when she paints the Autumn Prince's portrait & it shows sorrow in his eyes, all sorts of chaos ensues. I'm totally going to check out more by this author</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4bOIdVw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="527" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81knxR1zBSL._SL1500_.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">KINDLE UNLIMITED</span></b><br />Speaking of books, I ended up looking for a book in Audible free section & was enjoying it so much, I wanted to get the Kindle to read when I wasn't able to listen... & then saw it was in Kindle Unlimited. As much of a reader that I am, I've never tried it. I've always either bought the book, or gotten them from the library. But I'm intrigued.... especially because you can get the kindle AND audio on a lot of these & I love doing that - being able to go back & forth. So I'm trying it for a month with a free trial. I put on my Bookstagram account a question about it & got lots of reasons why people LOVE IT & why its not for others. I see all the points so I'm just going to give it a shot. I figure if I use it for 2 to 3 books a month, its saving me money & I may try it for awhile. </p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">VALENTINE'S CARD</span></b><br />I have a planner friend who sent me a Valentine's card with a little surprise in it. It got here late but better late than never... & look at that vinyl sticker!!!! LOL ... Now the pressure of WHERE DO YOU PUT IT? I would put it on the front of my planner - but its already full. Maybe my first sticker for my 2025 planner. ........... OMG - typing 2025 freaked me out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxYRoLBkoMvnR-ELFLlaja7b6nGNk1ccQT4IAOubwhvMozF9IY0GBGTUvg0yz3_CHREXTd7qsTxH5QPlN76iyGuhutUV9A6F5v4h8GR392frgTfS4ZEAp7d395H8TCH_fblCw_j3zhFJOucej6PWRX3j6OxlSvpf561toRc70nYbJ3-OjFaFJ/s2353/20240218_180637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2353" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxYRoLBkoMvnR-ELFLlaja7b6nGNk1ccQT4IAOubwhvMozF9IY0GBGTUvg0yz3_CHREXTd7qsTxH5QPlN76iyGuhutUV9A6F5v4h8GR392frgTfS4ZEAp7d395H8TCH_fblCw_j3zhFJOucej6PWRX3j6OxlSvpf561toRc70nYbJ3-OjFaFJ/w385-h400/20240218_180637.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">HUNGRYROOT THIS WEEK</span></b><br />Still loving this.... we've discovered a new black bean veggie burger they have that is FANTASTIC! ... made with brussels sprouts & those little potatoes were AMAZING!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZph0MVoGMtdk815NshsT3H93znVOyt7WwYxctGOzWatCSZhrpTc0Sq_KRIknx7Cg3I96jBW5-ew0NxjCY06wdZMV4N2XObUma748YHbYtHzMW9uOSwJOjAsfBseyhoaDixp8AAn3dBWTuSo6Fbhw8UgubIhWfgPpplUPtffhdMMzDjvatCBsa/s2316/20240219_173931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZph0MVoGMtdk815NshsT3H93znVOyt7WwYxctGOzWatCSZhrpTc0Sq_KRIknx7Cg3I96jBW5-ew0NxjCY06wdZMV4N2XObUma748YHbYtHzMW9uOSwJOjAsfBseyhoaDixp8AAn3dBWTuSo6Fbhw8UgubIhWfgPpplUPtffhdMMzDjvatCBsa/w626-h640/20240219_173931.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>& this is the haul that came in this week. This is why I really like them - they send full size items. We got a full size tub of Oat Milk butter for a recipe that calls for just like 2 tsps. & I'm excited to TRY Oat Milk butter! ... same with these artichokes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNI7HpzInIaDrcMZxGK5cjA481dK2hoh2EMBI7KpNLrF9l9strgtLWPP-mkw8hNZro6zLoksKk2TPfP3yxtuMjFvbQjT3A_x2t-wkyIcA5_amj05LZ6Dye6vGHpp31oQLQXDNbaEoz7Sf3SqWGMrRMjmzf-pNoAzEtHftE20kexfyuICFfWck/s2658/20240224_112451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNI7HpzInIaDrcMZxGK5cjA481dK2hoh2EMBI7KpNLrF9l9strgtLWPP-mkw8hNZro6zLoksKk2TPfP3yxtuMjFvbQjT3A_x2t-wkyIcA5_amj05LZ6Dye6vGHpp31oQLQXDNbaEoz7Sf3SqWGMrRMjmzf-pNoAzEtHftE20kexfyuICFfWck/w546-h640/20240224_112451.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><br /><p>If you want a code, I think I have one that can save you $50 if you want to try it... just let me know.</p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">PINTEREST AESTHETIC </span></b><br />Anyone else see that thing going around Instagram to pull up Pinterest & type in four different words & the first picture is your "aesthetic" ... The words are ACTOR / OUTFIT / AESTHETIC / QUOTE ... & this is what I got... it feels appropriate for me!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLRAmBifjHKLgBsP69cmAO_37YbJc46U_ye2hAbeJ2vYR32YPAosQCuDst8HorTkCX7sQcOOGlMhu74XNljwkNRlrCoaHOUwRXv1oC_JTORR7U7T37RhLIi7hKW9JOUw7ku_KEHFeishW0a1X70Rkf0tJVRXvHE4cRxv3-6s0R0M7-8V-Zf_c/s1065/Screenshot_20240220_181507-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1065" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLRAmBifjHKLgBsP69cmAO_37YbJc46U_ye2hAbeJ2vYR32YPAosQCuDst8HorTkCX7sQcOOGlMhu74XNljwkNRlrCoaHOUwRXv1oC_JTORR7U7T37RhLIi7hKW9JOUw7ku_KEHFeishW0a1X70Rkf0tJVRXvHE4cRxv3-6s0R0M7-8V-Zf_c/w640-h640/Screenshot_20240220_181507-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cut off the outfit - she has on skinny jeans & white tennis shoes<br />But really love that quote!</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br />WATCHING</span></b><br />I missed last season of <i>Love is Blind</i> & had been seeing a lot of posts about the couples this season - especially the "Meagan Fox" comment - so I had to jump in.... & what a dumpster fire this season is! These people. If any of them actually end up married in the end, I'm going to be shocked.<div><br /></div><div>I'm also gearing up, getting closer to Season 10 of <i>Vanderpump Rules</i>. I had never watched it before & started binging it a few months ago & finally worked my way up ... I'm finishing up Season 9 this week & I am so anxious to get to the Scandoval of it all! <br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Is your weather on a ride?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Have you tried Kindle Unlimited?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Did you do the Pinterest Aesthetic Challenge?</b></p></div>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-14606438608572758002024-02-20T07:00:00.003-05:002024-02-20T07:00:00.139-05:00Snow, organizing & V-Day {Weekly Check In}<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">*BACK IN THE OFFICE</span></b><br />It felt good to be back in the office actually after finally testing negative for COVID. I do enjoy my Friday working from home, but it also felt good to have a reason to get dressed & put on make up & get out of the house too. </p><p>I still had a lingering cough - but poor Ricky - he <i>REALLY </i>has a lingering cough. He still even spiked a fever through the week. He came home from work & would just crash. Out of the 3 times he's had COVID, he said this has been his worse. Hoping next week has it all behind us both.... please!</p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">*GET UP & GET MOVING!</span></b><br /> I have gotten in the habit of listening to some podcasts on YouTube every night when I go to sleep. I'm always listening to either Mel Robbins or Jay Shetty - better that body and mind with information. There was an episode from Jay Shetty that I was all into that I listened again the next day while I was wide awake - he had a Holistic doctor on there & the information was so insightful. He talked about how bad sitting is for us. We know this but to hear it in terms of how each hour we sit, it raises our mortality level of dying of awful ways by 10%. That is terrifying. He talks about setting a timer for every 45 minutes if you sit at a desk all day - which I do. I have some days that I dont get up at all - even forgetting to go to the bathroom till after 1 or 2pm - & I get to my desk around 6:45am. That tells me I dont drink any water either!!!! .... This has freaked me out so much. I am now getting in the habit of getting a small cup of water - making sure I drink it & also setting a timer so that every 45 minutes, I need to get up & get more water - AND it'll hopefully make me go to the bathroom more too - even more getting up & moving. </p><p>Its awful that at the end of my long day, my step count is barely 3000 steps - that's just embarrassing. & then there's Ricky who walks over 15 miles a day - A. DAY. PEOPLE. & then when we get home, its like I'm more tired than he is - how does that make sense. GET UP & GET MOVING!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z0Ker1Z3-0" target="_blank">Here's that YouTube link</a> if you're interested in some health info & some holistic changes....</p><p><br /></p><p>* <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Have you seen the new WICKED trailer? </span></b><br />.... I always say that Wicked is up there battling my Beauty & the Beast for my favorite musical. Its just the best story if you've never seen it. & to see more details in this movie adaptation - I CANT WAIT! .... though I am super bummed that they're breaking it up in two movies - like WHY. If the Broadway play can do the whole thing in under 2 hours - with an intermission - they can make a really good movie in 2.5 hours that people would sit through & watch. I'm pretty mad they're doing this. & it really doesnt make sense to me. This part 1 BETTER be the most amazing movie ever or I'll wait for part 2 to come to video.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-02/12/18/asset/4c77cf835da1/sub-buzz-697-1707764205-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="505" height="800" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-02/12/18/asset/4c77cf835da1/sub-buzz-697-1707764205-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto" width="505" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>* BRUNO'S SPOT</b></span><br />I dont think I ever shared the little marker that we got for Bruno's burial spot in our bad woods. Every time we go back in the woods to walk with the dogs, we make sure to stop & say Hi to Bruno. I'm wanting to plant flowers around it too this Spring. Still miss my little man.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUSYFAjvlYHOQSnako0aTlsfhKMXjOaZtY25PV2futAPfk3TAoiK5y1F57WdUWKScFRdy0rS2sKCEA9p-Xy0S59ETSPqzB0j4cykjTm0C8iaQdhuZU4jVAnHJiCar9xceWzRN-76TeGflVSuzJgeY_NcjZO3S1iq941n7LN7MwwTwCxIJ45-v/s2046/20240208_124646-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUSYFAjvlYHOQSnako0aTlsfhKMXjOaZtY25PV2futAPfk3TAoiK5y1F57WdUWKScFRdy0rS2sKCEA9p-Xy0S59ETSPqzB0j4cykjTm0C8iaQdhuZU4jVAnHJiCar9xceWzRN-76TeGflVSuzJgeY_NcjZO3S1iq941n7LN7MwwTwCxIJ45-v/w640-h480/20240208_124646-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harvey & I on our little walk visiting Bruno</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">* VALENTINE'S DAY</span></b><br /> I put my pink coffee mugs out & had to pick up that little coffee cup & donut stuffie at Target - so cute! & of course, changed up my chalkboard for the month.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnKB_neG5ZI6bky1oeo6LoTd1zrXs2F6qqJpsFGBYk-ybl6TaGt0EoaEgq8xl5PKkjW5yj4mSJuPSxHrEriPZihL3YShMGbHSeXDx55nP5dKCD-ZD4AseEVrWDgz5IJxOmSdGg3AufXOaQEpo9Xwuj3Nkpkac3hgtrjVUzjY3qSfrugmbFP2x/s2046/20240210_120823-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnKB_neG5ZI6bky1oeo6LoTd1zrXs2F6qqJpsFGBYk-ybl6TaGt0EoaEgq8xl5PKkjW5yj4mSJuPSxHrEriPZihL3YShMGbHSeXDx55nP5dKCD-ZD4AseEVrWDgz5IJxOmSdGg3AufXOaQEpo9Xwuj3Nkpkac3hgtrjVUzjY3qSfrugmbFP2x/w640-h480/20240210_120823-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>& Ricky is always so good with getting me something sweet. He got me the most beautiful vase with 18 white roses. He knows I love my white roses! ... & a cookie cake... & the most beautiful card. He's not really a card-kinda guy - but it is one of my favorite cards. He also picked up some dinner because I dont cook on Valentines Day. I dont ever want to go out either. Its too crowded & food & service always feels rushed.... I'm happy to eat in my own home some take out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpf2fk6qVv2Ru2CF2NeZvYQvUXN0LOTRtY09HAR5VENnek76wUSRffoyEJpmqGzbOLaYPly66P4FCZzcnk2X6A5s7M46AVfrONXFDOuEDrEY_9hpOtba4nbuuIaaggD1v8bNTae3Du-OjZ-gtk4OzQm_85PP-7fkDinXP31TaH0j0iEREQzoTU/s2046/20240214_174350-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpf2fk6qVv2Ru2CF2NeZvYQvUXN0LOTRtY09HAR5VENnek76wUSRffoyEJpmqGzbOLaYPly66P4FCZzcnk2X6A5s7M46AVfrONXFDOuEDrEY_9hpOtba4nbuuIaaggD1v8bNTae3Du-OjZ-gtk4OzQm_85PP-7fkDinXP31TaH0j0iEREQzoTU/w640-h480/20240214_174350-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Of course, I got him a card - has the Flintstones on it LOL - he loved it so much! & got him some candy too - guys need to feel loved too!</p><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">*OFFICE ORGANIZATION</span></b><br />If you know me, you know I have an obsession with all things pens, stickers, markers - all things stationary. Since I got my new planner I'm using for 2024, it has very specific paper so I've been trying even more pens - & its been out of control. So I ended up ordering some organization things & I'm loving my work area at home is looking so nice & neat & straight.... & leaves room for MORE pens LOL</p><p>Click pic for link on all the things that have made my world better</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uKvum3" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T1/images/I/71neZTk32zL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3I2As0E" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="800" height="377" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T1/images/I/815XqkfU0AS._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uDt34K" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="800" height="351" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T1/images/I/41hl2I5iz2S._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">*BOOK 6 of 2024</span></b><br />I enjoyed this... even though I was wanting to know more about the Real Housewives & the Jen Shah of it all - but there's not much Housewives talk in this book. But I love Heather & enjoyed hearing her story - & all the dish she shares about the Mormon church. I did this one on Audio & zoomed right through it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48gEJIF" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T1/images/I/41EzWIEgSHL.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click pic for more book details</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">* SNOW</span></b><br />We're into our 2nd winter.... its not unusual to get 3 winters up so Spring. Snow came in on Friday & made for a cold Saturday. We didnt even get out of freezing on Saturday. Luckily, the sun came out & melted all the snow on Sunday - & we're back in the 50's by the next week. Its that time of year where you never know what you need to wear for a day. A heavy coat? Or just a light sweater? Check your weather app on the daily up to April.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau-uyyB-ANKd_JwWaQ2-ly4eEdTFuCxEzxbJ0fDQTfLVkS3Kq_3OVjyuNGddTaKpgOCNYiAwJSXByyIgJ4SLVyliVhg-sh_T_j1eYDUzitoc6OcwCp7VBo6FHzS_Gg9tzcw337fmZZLWmLVo7gHplp3X04o2uyicsP5XylZOueZfc3hOLl1k2/s4032/20240216_205503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4032" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau-uyyB-ANKd_JwWaQ2-ly4eEdTFuCxEzxbJ0fDQTfLVkS3Kq_3OVjyuNGddTaKpgOCNYiAwJSXByyIgJ4SLVyliVhg-sh_T_j1eYDUzitoc6OcwCp7VBo6FHzS_Gg9tzcw337fmZZLWmLVo7gHplp3X04o2uyicsP5XylZOueZfc3hOLl1k2/w640-h412/20240216_205503.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">*OPPENHEIMER</span></b><br />I watched this over the weekend. Whew. It left me feeling all sorts of ways. The power of the mind & how brilliant scientists are... & then how scary that brilliance can be used for. & to hear how Oppenheimer was treated.... by back room shady disgusting men who want power? I mean... I had no idea of this story. & I had to just sit for a bit & research history on it. .... this was heavy to say the least. Its also mind blowing to me to think of these big major historical figures living in like "our time" - ... to think that Einstein was around in my dad's early years... & Oppenheimer was around the first few toddler years that Ricky was born. It feels like these people should be alive in a different century if that makes sense.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBmYTZjNjUtN2M1MS00MTQ2LTk2ODgtNzc2M2QyZGE5NTVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzAwMjU2MTY@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="540" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBmYTZjNjUtN2M1MS00MTQ2LTk2ODgtNzc2M2QyZGE5NTVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzAwMjU2MTY@._V1_.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What is your favorite pen you use?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Did you celebrate Valentine's Day?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Did you see Oppenheimer? What did you think?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What was the highlight of your week?</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-84692617320276682132024-02-13T10:17:00.003-05:002024-02-13T10:17:35.729-05:00A week full of sickies.... New weekly edition!<p> I read on my bloggy friend <a href="https://www.lifeaccordingtosteph.com/" target="_blank">Steph's </a>blog where she's going to blog like a weekly update - I love this idea. I feel like its doable. I've just not wanted to invest a lot of time in front of the computer when I feel like I'm in front of it constantly & my free time, I just want to relax & read & spend time outdoors with my dogs.... but I'm going to strive for that - a weekly update. Because I do still enjoy connecting with the bloggers of the world... & I want to keep my memories in one place... so let's see how this works.</p><p>So here we go - the update for last week 02/05-02/11/25</p><p>* Yep, Covid got us. Well, it got me first. I woke up last Friday in the middle of the night with the worst sore throat & earache. Like, I was thinking I need an ER visit for my ears because I thought they were going to rupture. I took at COVID test in the middle of the night at 2am & it was negative. OK - maybe just a sinus infection. I woke up feeling worse & was so glad it was my work from home day. The morning, I felt worse by the hour. Getting weird body cramps, in the back of my thighs, in my forearms ??? in my ankles ??? - so weird. I took another COVID test at lunch time & it was an INSTANT positive line. ...& by the end of the night, I was feeling like death. I had over a 102 fever & I was shivering & miserable - still couldnt swallow anything. It was awful. It hit me hard & fast.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6bvF1cDBn_RwZMGGuCEDhTQ01pPIduERY_JiMagR5jCyDrSfH0VALpvm_pbimTpvGn3DrjWvlD6ZCMLLmnlH5oWtdshFMnTXwkn4oe8kCSrZhTyHejkaBU5LRi0pN_wfvGBr7-FiFd3SVKqYW23uI4HV6tcww1ioRU7oWz4KWPdgdyECZIBI/s4032/20240205_164709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6bvF1cDBn_RwZMGGuCEDhTQ01pPIduERY_JiMagR5jCyDrSfH0VALpvm_pbimTpvGn3DrjWvlD6ZCMLLmnlH5oWtdshFMnTXwkn4oe8kCSrZhTyHejkaBU5LRi0pN_wfvGBr7-FiFd3SVKqYW23uI4HV6tcww1ioRU7oWz4KWPdgdyECZIBI/w360-h640/20240205_164709.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We tried to keep Ricky safe. We stayed in opposite sides of the house - we wore masks if we came out of our designated spaces.... but by Tuesday, he felt bad & had to come home from work. He did the same thing though. He tested before he went to work Monday evening & then when he got home on Tuesday, he had that same instant positive test. & he had the same symptoms as me - the sore throat & earache & high fever. It was exhausting.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigle-YYZiaX-m4Llz7VLAZPVtqo_lXuYPUHw1fufhzU31ohHfec4eLPAeA2D1zVzQjLtavna1WbwPfGpsQwAmUH6LRNm4-AfgL_1TJgaprbn49ppMqS0mu8r0f8CWMMaTI0rLSUuS-O72uXCQY5-RgTDBhCfkLn8KAzEs8G-xxFFC_jWPxNveZ/s2472/20240206_175651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigle-YYZiaX-m4Llz7VLAZPVtqo_lXuYPUHw1fufhzU31ohHfec4eLPAeA2D1zVzQjLtavna1WbwPfGpsQwAmUH6LRNm4-AfgL_1TJgaprbn49ppMqS0mu8r0f8CWMMaTI0rLSUuS-O72uXCQY5-RgTDBhCfkLn8KAzEs8G-xxFFC_jWPxNveZ/w588-h640/20240206_175651.jpg" width="588" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ahhhh - this is love - sharing in all things</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>We both still sound froggy & both still feel a little drained... but I'm so thankful this was nothing like my first go around with COVID. That still haunts me with the breathing issues. I tested negative 9 days later & back at work.</p><p>* Love grocery delivery. With us both sick, we had offers from my brother, Ricky's sister & a neighbor to go get us food (thank you to all of them!!!) but I pay the yearly fee to get my groceries delivered & its the best thing ever. I hate going in the grocery store & fighting the crowds & there's never a line open that isn't 5 deep. I used to do the Click List to pick up but that even got old to me. Drop on my front porch - especially when we're sick. This is the best thing if you have it offered to you & you dont enjoy grocery shopping either.</p><p>* Glad we got a taste of spring. To be sick & not go around anyone, I'm glad we had some temps in the 60's where I could get some sun on my face & get to throw the ball for the dogs. Of course, we've been back in freezing temps at night again - but just the glimpse of Spring gives me hope - its around the corner!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNSRY5W7QDLeHGcOL7K_LPr_kJAvrogRDHGRF5c7QUdiOehp_NsDYBfqRgpqCg5zuTvGBiDlPeAnO6xtT-CH1mD5QhZijN4hA4lkV-hE0zgeU82VhrnSURienS9ZihYdBrMt7mryHqn1WZ3hDwmUZiezv2SaLxH36hc-RlyupkT0p7TUAw_Pf/s3868/20240208_162832-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3868" data-original-width="2358" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNSRY5W7QDLeHGcOL7K_LPr_kJAvrogRDHGRF5c7QUdiOehp_NsDYBfqRgpqCg5zuTvGBiDlPeAnO6xtT-CH1mD5QhZijN4hA4lkV-hE0zgeU82VhrnSURienS9ZihYdBrMt7mryHqn1WZ3hDwmUZiezv2SaLxH36hc-RlyupkT0p7TUAw_Pf/w390-h640/20240208_162832-EDIT.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><br /><p>* I finished a book - Daughter of Mine. I love that I got a preview of this book from NetGalley - it comes out in April 2024. If you love mysteries & thrillers, you'll enjoy this. It took a few days for my brain to function enough to read with COVID Fog - but once I got started in this, I couldnt put it down. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48hX73R" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="527" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T1/images/I/71f0mZdqvNL._SL1500_.jpg" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click Pic for link on more info of the book</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>* I had to get 4 new tires for my car. Bye money! Ouch!... my car right before I got sick was starting to do weird things with the steering wheel. It would just shake back & forth. It started small but every day driving, it was getting worse & then my whole car was shaking, My phone in its holder was rattling so hard, I thought it would jolt off. Ends up, there was a "bubble" in my tire & the tread was getting ready to come off another tire. I've had my car going on 5 years & its the original tires so time to get some new ones. Ricky told me I needed the more expensive ones because he knows I dont like tire noise - this is true... so I paid for the best & while they're still feeling bumpy to me wearing in a little - I'm glad to know I have some good safe tires on my vehicle now.</p><p>* Speaking of groceries earlier - we've been trying a new food delivery the past few weeks. So far, so good! Hungryroot is what I've been going with. What I love most about it- the dinners are SUPER FAST. Like most things take 15 minutes or less. & they have great healthy options & a LOT of vegan, vegetarian things. What's different about this is it has like "grocery items" - you can use your alloted credits for meals or grocery items - or pay more if you use all your credits. I'm in love with their Cucumber Tahizi dip so I'm always adding that to my order. But here's a perfect example of a meal - Butternut Squash Ravioli with steamed broccoli - it was fantastic!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ_naXkiXXCY_VzUm5ZH-8tyTTNKViNTBIq1G2o58np9XM3BjTF7za7EXR5kUvrLE3xfGSlMbBDlHhiVx2jzotXjMpH0oxfNRbzx2CTlYGmD0_jgf4fS4AxHZw3FRBgri1Lb0snRE10MxEiMxjQscCv-ovt-jLEv7gGI52OLYgCR08P__FTow/s2046/20240206_181956-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ_naXkiXXCY_VzUm5ZH-8tyTTNKViNTBIq1G2o58np9XM3BjTF7za7EXR5kUvrLE3xfGSlMbBDlHhiVx2jzotXjMpH0oxfNRbzx2CTlYGmD0_jgf4fS4AxHZw3FRBgri1Lb0snRE10MxEiMxjQscCv-ovt-jLEv7gGI52OLYgCR08P__FTow/w640-h640/20240206_181956-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you have any questions or want to give a try, let me know - I can send you a link</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>* & to end the week - SUPER BOWL SUNDAY! I dont really care about any sports besides Tennis - as we all know - so I didnt really care about the game - but am always here for the commercials & the half time show. Of course, we were super stoked to see roller skates involved. & as much as I know about football, I loved Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce got their happy ending for this. I love love.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>How was your week last week?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Did you watch the Superbowl? Did your team win?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Have you avoided Covid or sickies lately?</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-6826381639499329942024-01-15T07:00:00.003-05:002024-01-15T07:00:00.130-05:00The weekend I didnt want to leave my house<p> I dont know about anyone else but I want a reset on 2024. </p><p>I have not had the best start to a year. I think all new years should come with a guarantee of at least the first week or two being good. We all deserve that I think.</p><p>Just 3 days in & you all know, we lost our old gal Zoe - I felt yuck most of the days with heartburn & nausea every night (stress?) - I've been having dental issues since I got a new crown put in (IN SEPTEMBER!!!!) & I have to go back & get a new crown done!!! - & finally, I backed up my car into a concrete pillar, which honestly, I thought I totally CRUNCHED it by the sound of it so I guess I'm lucky this is all it was....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_0OMigPS98p3poATv6rxBJLGi8W1WwDzJ5fuez5Qy9Y5bsVWHT9viJ1M4s6gR7mxcMWbd8KTTHRuBtqmhnWg8BWjM7B3qWG1PUt3eHw0-nlwe7s_AzGsqpz3BdgOUc-yY_0nn-iO2pnZTTzaUlGNN3SbaVik7W0EAK19mc0NqzR9QBTgdN3L/s4032/20240111_065342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_0OMigPS98p3poATv6rxBJLGi8W1WwDzJ5fuez5Qy9Y5bsVWHT9viJ1M4s6gR7mxcMWbd8KTTHRuBtqmhnWg8BWjM7B3qWG1PUt3eHw0-nlwe7s_AzGsqpz3BdgOUc-yY_0nn-iO2pnZTTzaUlGNN3SbaVik7W0EAK19mc0NqzR9QBTgdN3L/w360-h640/20240111_065342.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p>& then this weekend, we've been hit with a cold snap that's going to last as far as the eye can see with single digit evenings & teen highs for the day. I get that may not bother some people & they consider that a good start for the year.... I do not. I think its horrible & yucky & its just stirring up in me even more longing of Spring. (65 more days)</p><p>Friday, before the cold & snow hit, we were hit with monsoon rains all day. Our back yard looked like a streaming river. Gross. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWtng3U6t7CDwIl-8wz_vDZaKBY4PGB1u9X8O_ubVBUIkh51Pnu2Ri3V3IzpT3YS92yUyXNhiKeNvWKniYddnzKmkqQXQJTwHxnmb0h-WH81o5rv0GFrROJfaE3cQ6OSDuCJgvr4gvLxWlM540wOBh-nJ-34BMAtLwgAL7L47wPpT9_YVeTvp/s3810/20240112_092155-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2358" data-original-width="3810" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWtng3U6t7CDwIl-8wz_vDZaKBY4PGB1u9X8O_ubVBUIkh51Pnu2Ri3V3IzpT3YS92yUyXNhiKeNvWKniYddnzKmkqQXQJTwHxnmb0h-WH81o5rv0GFrROJfaE3cQ6OSDuCJgvr4gvLxWlM540wOBh-nJ-34BMAtLwgAL7L47wPpT9_YVeTvp/w640-h396/20240112_092155-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>When I signed off work, we ran out & took Ozzie with us only because he had been stuck in the house all day & his ball of energy was ready to burst. He's such a good car rider... I forgot he was in the car most of the time.</p><p>We stopped & picked up dinner at Chuy's & remembered that we hadn't eaten there since before the hit of Covid in 2020. That's a long time. We've just been craving Tex-Mex, American sort of Mexican. This wasn't it... not at all what either of us were craving. It'll probably be another 3 years before we go back. LOL</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FDKMLWmV8s5jgY-VtcIF3r7X49RpT33DEKmsIQPVxSABQ1MCpLIdUe47N7SXU9N76Q9RKjjrL2ACzOtnm5yKCPcn-xGzmDmmNsdCKl5udOxIr9PfGoB3X4Kb-wNx7BgRktciwsLL7Nb4iAhIxGKUVqukf36jxGZN7sEVMUTYDw386DgApCod/s4608/20240112_175353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FDKMLWmV8s5jgY-VtcIF3r7X49RpT33DEKmsIQPVxSABQ1MCpLIdUe47N7SXU9N76Q9RKjjrL2ACzOtnm5yKCPcn-xGzmDmmNsdCKl5udOxIr9PfGoB3X4Kb-wNx7BgRktciwsLL7Nb4iAhIxGKUVqukf36jxGZN7sEVMUTYDw386DgApCod/w640-h360/20240112_175353.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We woke up Saturday with snow on the ground & the temps plummeted. & indoors is where we stayed the entire day. Glad we had leftovers & some snacks so we were comfy cozy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgqbPKZ_l5fyl8NLCTfE56w8UKU9ESdUejdEhku_kPORr1PaT0xfMN77HWHkx0qCPQD1XOguiXgCoRP9FMuOqY2ZAEmpJsNaC9askW4bbZUauOQOirhp83arPYdPYA1tbxJ2FJilV4zWcYva4gjzyQRhmTtc47eaYOsPkrgfjJg3m9hMzBSYw/s3646/20240113_085444-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3646" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgqbPKZ_l5fyl8NLCTfE56w8UKU9ESdUejdEhku_kPORr1PaT0xfMN77HWHkx0qCPQD1XOguiXgCoRP9FMuOqY2ZAEmpJsNaC9askW4bbZUauOQOirhp83arPYdPYA1tbxJ2FJilV4zWcYva4gjzyQRhmTtc47eaYOsPkrgfjJg3m9hMzBSYw/w398-h640/20240113_085444-EDIT.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>It feels so odd to me because when weather like this hits, we're used to carrying Zoe out to go potty - breaking out all the coats & gloves & hats & boots & keeping them by the door. To not have to go outside at all just feels so wrong. I'd gladly stand out in the zero degree night air to have her back.</p><p>I did finally get to a project I was wanting to do for 2024. I pulled out the majority of the books on my shelf that I haven't read - my TBR (to be read) books - & I am determined to knock some of these out.</p><p>I ended up wrapping them & putting a number on them.... & then put numbers in a jar. When I'm ready for a book, I'll shake up the jar, grab a number & there's my next book to read. This make it exciting & takes the guess work out of "what should I read next".</p><p>I did pull out some books not to wrap - books that are a series, or books for holidays (Valentine's- Halloween books I have) & a few books that I know for sure I want to read soon when the mood hits. But 48 books on my shelf to read.... YAHOO! & WOW!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkwIRAy4B92rwaTTQGKBT0JZqKg0RAf3pRTiyo0BUya_hQLB5evP_CGVoFO58o8KOiSh43dPFOL8dbMd2hKAqPcbfwoM9js7FXR5gK5ivTYukEmrt6SJugg1qzT8Ss0gEtivS954ZXpd22YVyujwFLtTTLXrlcOTfIr3eq6IBV1vWXyzBQo14/s2046/20240113_123128-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkwIRAy4B92rwaTTQGKBT0JZqKg0RAf3pRTiyo0BUya_hQLB5evP_CGVoFO58o8KOiSh43dPFOL8dbMd2hKAqPcbfwoM9js7FXR5gK5ivTYukEmrt6SJugg1qzT8Ss0gEtivS954ZXpd22YVyujwFLtTTLXrlcOTfIr3eq6IBV1vWXyzBQo14/w640-h640/20240113_123128-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Sunday we woke up to another blanket of snow & even colder days. Horrible. At least the sun came out for a few minutes. Seriously, the sun has been MIA since before Christmas. We have been in the grayest gloom for so long.<div><br /></div><div>We had to go out to take care of the horses & BRRRRRR!!!!!!! They're staying snuggled in the barn & Cochese has a coat on him as his hair isnt getting thick the older he gets. I hate it for ANY animal that is outside. Breaks my heart for wildlife that dont have a home - KILLS me when animals DO have a home but aren't allowed in.... literally stresses me out so much. I want to save all the animals & give them a loved life.</div><div><br /></div><div>After we got done with the horses & visiting with my momma, we headed up to pick up some dinner & I dont know if its the cold but NO ONE was out. We drove back country roads & we honestly didnt pass a dozen cars. I dont blame anyone at all. If it wasnt for the horses, we would have stayed in too.</div><div><br /></div><div>It gave us a chance to stop at the grocery too to pick up some quick things since we are both home today being off work for MLK day.... & another day of cold that we want to stay snuggled up as much as possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>What else did I do....</div><div><br /></div><div>* Finished a 980 page book - OMG... 980 PAGES! It <u>FELT </u>like 980 pages. Whew....<i><b> Kingdom of Ash</b></i> - the last book in the Throne of Glass series. I'm so glad to have finished the whole story, but that was rough. I just havent been in reading mode since Zoe. Hard for me to concentrate... but enjoyed snuggling & reading on the cold days.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji137JhR2wW28FTusJvxmSFyF6q-B7_vMQ_utBZHYGbem_Xy6m9TjyBmOKCUwT4HuQvZw43OKOrehr1rFaB4I4EyUxnBOqPW1TJgWyHTTheNE9haJ9DX6UiE1b4g4hYhJRWq1tintkA4YBhoXPQeJ7FX9jqS_qWM1wS8f_6V7CVVzYZVCZWWD1/s3804/20240111_183839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3804" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji137JhR2wW28FTusJvxmSFyF6q-B7_vMQ_utBZHYGbem_Xy6m9TjyBmOKCUwT4HuQvZw43OKOrehr1rFaB4I4EyUxnBOqPW1TJgWyHTTheNE9haJ9DX6UiE1b4g4hYhJRWq1tintkA4YBhoXPQeJ7FX9jqS_qWM1wS8f_6V7CVVzYZVCZWWD1/w382-h640/20240111_183839.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><div><br />* Got all caught up on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Reunion..... If you know, you know! CRAZZYYYYY!!! & also on Miami. & Beverly Hills. I never tire of these shows.</div><div><br /></div><div>* I'm also making my way on <b><i>Vanderpump Rules.</i></b> Nope - never watched it before Scandoval & started back to good o'le Day 1... I'm now up to Season 6 (I think) - & its just so weird knowing what I know, where its headed & seeing how it used to be. </div><div><br /></div><div>* Started watching the new season of <i><b>The Traitors</b></i>.... Love this show because it really makes no sense. You breath wrong & people are like "ITS THEM! THEY"RE THE TRAITOR" - but its fun to see people from other shows all join together & interact.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/the-traitors-season-2-peacock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="800" height="361" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/the-traitors-season-2-peacock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>* Still sleeping with a fan on even in tundra weather. I can't sleep with these hot flashes without a fan. Even when I got to bed freezing, if I dont have a fan on, I wake up sweating so badly & sick to my stomach. If its a fan, I guess it keeps my temp normal so I can sleep better through the night. To say my room is an ice box in the morning would be a HUGE understatement. Ricky hates it so much but I remind him once his body turns on itself & changes in every way possible with a hormone revenge, then he can complain & have a say in it.... until then, we freeze at night. Pile on the blankets dude.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>So how was the start of your year?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Are you getting hit with this cold weather?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What have you been watching or reading lately?</b></div>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-3052871561790808982024-01-05T09:09:00.006-05:002024-01-05T09:55:10.996-05:00Zoe Christeen 8/1/05 - 1/3/24<p> 2024 has come in with not only a kick to the gut, but a Bruce Lee one-inch punch to the chest.</p><p>We lost our little girl on Thursday. & to say we are heart broken is an understatement. Its never easy to lose a loved one - a member of the family - one who has been around so long too.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VIpQYbTRn8cLKfjs9oOfkHNfhfbgbxO9he06xPIe9AsVQFhk-2tXZHeCmdkhX0N9IqO_A0jHl2TOG_htUFFYVebo22JUmSLZOuiLt17-4IRsj08t2xpg4KIpRb3n9NPMIoVXjK9QNuPRiPi6VJqFnVZsneVhGx5kdvHR32W_HbtMu8bUlkk5/s1865/zoe%20girl%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1865" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VIpQYbTRn8cLKfjs9oOfkHNfhfbgbxO9he06xPIe9AsVQFhk-2tXZHeCmdkhX0N9IqO_A0jHl2TOG_htUFFYVebo22JUmSLZOuiLt17-4IRsj08t2xpg4KIpRb3n9NPMIoVXjK9QNuPRiPi6VJqFnVZsneVhGx5kdvHR32W_HbtMu8bUlkk5/w640-h420/zoe%20girl%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I probably have told this story before but Zoe was a found dog... the story is how she got her name.</p><p>We were coming home from a ZoeGirl concert (Dating myself on that one) one winter January night. There was snow on the ground, it was still coming down & we were coming down our dark country road & the lights hit something moving on the road. I said to Ricky, "There's a duck in the road!!!" - a duck? In January?</p><p>We pulled up close & opened the door & ZOOOOM - in jumps a little puppy that is so covered in snow - its packed on her an inch deep. She jumped across the driver's side into my lap & we just immediately took her home.</p><p>She ran into our house & ran straight up to our dogs we had then - Sydney, Buffy - who loved her & licked her, because YUM - SNOW! & then she ran to Bruno, who always was my Grumpy man & she decided she'd stick with the girls for now.</p><p>We had to work to get the snow off of her & eventually had to get her in a warm bath to melt it all. Poor baby girl!!!! </p><p>Ricky immediately started on the "We're not keeping her - we're putting signs up".... yeahhhhh.... OK - he did put signs up but he swears I took them down behind his back. We gave it 2 weeks & no one claimed her so Welcome to the Vincent family Zoe. The name worked perfectly coming from the ZoeGirl concert AND it means LIFE, which, if she stayed out there much longer, she wouldnt have survived.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1q4mI5sh1V-pKh-rl-1v-nzccWaTnmQLvRaVBKTdYxBiwPXGNODrG8D53cI4E7UiJwkIQhD_T-dlZNwYxZMW-qHQUb3vR1iKX8eiEGR2Kn6Ynu8_RhV4sdyqJcEAh9-YYX5kGEVSR_4IeQLsk7h3xLRYQgQFC2TmJCs9nvGRpodtwToF4tjx/s1717/Screenshot_20240103_211135-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="1717" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1q4mI5sh1V-pKh-rl-1v-nzccWaTnmQLvRaVBKTdYxBiwPXGNODrG8D53cI4E7UiJwkIQhD_T-dlZNwYxZMW-qHQUb3vR1iKX8eiEGR2Kn6Ynu8_RhV4sdyqJcEAh9-YYX5kGEVSR_4IeQLsk7h3xLRYQgQFC2TmJCs9nvGRpodtwToF4tjx/w640-h640/Screenshot_20240103_211135-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of surviving - Zoe is the one that left me terrified of having another girl dog & having them spade. When she had her surgery, we did all the right things. Kept her kenneled so she couldnt run with her siblings - made sure she was contained. </p><p>I went to work a few days later & came home & ran to get her out of the kennel to go potty & as she's walking behind me, I notice a trail of blood..... this gets gruesome - but a happy ending - so be warned.</p><p>I look down & her intestines are dragging the ground - DRAGGGINGGGGG THE GROUND!!!!!</p><p>Her stitches apparently were bothering her so badly, she gnawed through them, actually ripping the incision open so wide that her intestines came out. </p><p>I picked her up, turned her on her back so her guts would stay inside & not hanging out - threw her in my car & drove like I've never drove before.</p><p>I always say I imagine it looked like a horror movie - because of course, I had a white shirt on & carrying her, it was covered in blood. I stormed through the door, her upside down in my arms & I scream HELP ME!!!!!!! .... I always say I'll give that vet's office a gold star forever because they had her out of my arms & in surgery in under 2 minutes..... I had to call Ricky & tell him what happened. He always talks about how he couldnt understand a word I said & had to repeat it a few times before he got the story. </p><p>They told me her intestines had just a little bit of pink in them so they were able to be saved. They said if I hit traffic or was 10 minutes later getting home - she would have died because there would have been no blood flow to her intestines. ..... yeah... having a girl dog & having them spade is now in the top 5 nightmares & fears for me.</p><p>After that - Zoe went to work with me for the next few weeks. LOL. No joke - I set up a corner of my office for her & she loved it - everyone in the office loved it. Give that girl a 7-4 job</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4H4toCqEHl27Q4NgmsSHWLBfEBLnrMtaKr2qnnXlk2OSXyb0HzvsouN1uP-zDSnlFm3h2ofGOuWR1jiYc0007pp1NPuOZ9AvApjgk2YQbFBZ0WhAQOHekbRFUYo50iffEDnWwkIqZs6MaG6JGDyx2lgUIq_rZVoVjmDgaMLQOBZsFYzla6Z8/s2133/zoe%20girl%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2133" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4H4toCqEHl27Q4NgmsSHWLBfEBLnrMtaKr2qnnXlk2OSXyb0HzvsouN1uP-zDSnlFm3h2ofGOuWR1jiYc0007pp1NPuOZ9AvApjgk2YQbFBZ0WhAQOHekbRFUYo50iffEDnWwkIqZs6MaG6JGDyx2lgUIq_rZVoVjmDgaMLQOBZsFYzla6Z8/w640-h480/zoe%20girl%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Like every dog, Zoe had her own personality. She was probably the most independent dog we had - she loved her alone time - didnt like people coming to our house. She would go & hide until anyone would leave. </p><p>She is part of our Fantastic 4 - Sydney, Buffy, Bruno & Zoe... they are the 4 that got us loving the idea of 4 dogs. They made it easy. They were a team. To think she has actually shared life with all the the dogs we've had since 2001 is mind blowing to me. She's a staple in our dogs. The middle man - the one who took control.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDlet6qR3q3RqQV54MHpYVkiTtIXCcYDEBAaWhS-fB8EW_TEBNkgE4HD-Oq3cgweBBgj5ZmuWTUN2IOq5OO9tjIdDCAVgX1CgCqFxReRzBOtU4iw4-cwxencI2NNQKY8SIHLCOh_vs5VHnrlL51ejeJnZUJxrXiFCvNkTSLIkha2CxVK8Rzuc/s1417/Screenshot_20240103_211620.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1079" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDlet6qR3q3RqQV54MHpYVkiTtIXCcYDEBAaWhS-fB8EW_TEBNkgE4HD-Oq3cgweBBgj5ZmuWTUN2IOq5OO9tjIdDCAVgX1CgCqFxReRzBOtU4iw4-cwxencI2NNQKY8SIHLCOh_vs5VHnrlL51ejeJnZUJxrXiFCvNkTSLIkha2CxVK8Rzuc/w488-h640/Screenshot_20240103_211620.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Core 4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>That saying - <i><b>Though she is but little, she is fierce</b></i> is totally the perfect description of Zoe. She would back down any big dog & hold her ground. When bones got passed out, she would go & grab them from the other dogs & dare someone to come take them from her. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtF1u9AOHgG19hCbmsu2FiX51rrfeAlHpcGdiQ-f7EKDvgydcmISuNCV2b_7ndXcJGXH761ewRvvhemUbsVv9cmZIStuRnQyqkFM8zeEOIt2-z-oC2aep8L9dpx2CZ9NcBRt86wVPA_AnozCIERAn9izt2NTj3ftayRFK0fNbRNMrsXXHDjs0/s1080/Screenshot_20240103_210852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1080" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtF1u9AOHgG19hCbmsu2FiX51rrfeAlHpcGdiQ-f7EKDvgydcmISuNCV2b_7ndXcJGXH761ewRvvhemUbsVv9cmZIStuRnQyqkFM8zeEOIt2-z-oC2aep8L9dpx2CZ9NcBRt86wVPA_AnozCIERAn9izt2NTj3ftayRFK0fNbRNMrsXXHDjs0/w640-h626/Screenshot_20240103_210852.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>But she was also the care taker of everyone. It was a nightly routine for Zoe, Buffy & Sydney to just sit in a little circle (or triangle) & clean each others face. She was ever the care taker for the dogs - as well as us. She loved to be near us & snuggle. </p><p>Its so crazy to think she's been around since our first grandson too. Or when my twin nieces were just babies. She's been around for what feels like forever.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3p1U4aJWTABZEm_MqbW_O7QQNXZItZy5Ot7HJxhjy5CFxt24QdDwQpgI-BXcBg5xTHe_XY15WfJ66VBdwsNeuo6TULG9rsDKB8ZAi7afo7DhXqKNXnVQs_eXQAWNzcbOXXj7YeCVzCFE93yKvtAPEtmdr6RMhKXRyiv07WRU_1hnMRFpzw_bs/s1494/Screenshot_20240103_212109-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1121" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3p1U4aJWTABZEm_MqbW_O7QQNXZItZy5Ot7HJxhjy5CFxt24QdDwQpgI-BXcBg5xTHe_XY15WfJ66VBdwsNeuo6TULG9rsDKB8ZAi7afo7DhXqKNXnVQs_eXQAWNzcbOXXj7YeCVzCFE93yKvtAPEtmdr6RMhKXRyiv07WRU_1hnMRFpzw_bs/w480-h640/Screenshot_20240103_212109-COLLAGE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>She knew how to bring on the cute too to get whatever she wanted by sitting up on her hind legs & giving those sad puppy dog eyes. & yep, she'd always get her way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLn7760VvtJcbNFVP0aZESoEvSowvEicXyEOv2vL4iKUdKrEYfLKkcWmAKJvYSE6yot42Qkz5wNQ-0JFfDMpQuSGmRzX8Q3Qn0VbqirdKg9ISx7HXjPQh47JBvHeaBQN6CGBd32womtqhTM6_fbCxc1OyYuv1O_ZwXjG0ZFQxyCH91cjgvIFjx/s1156/Screenshot_20240103_210757-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1156" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLn7760VvtJcbNFVP0aZESoEvSowvEicXyEOv2vL4iKUdKrEYfLKkcWmAKJvYSE6yot42Qkz5wNQ-0JFfDMpQuSGmRzX8Q3Qn0VbqirdKg9ISx7HXjPQh47JBvHeaBQN6CGBd32womtqhTM6_fbCxc1OyYuv1O_ZwXjG0ZFQxyCH91cjgvIFjx/w640-h640/Screenshot_20240103_210757-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>She had her nick names... Zoe - ZoZo - Zoe Girl - I always called her our Baby Bird too because when you would give her a treat, she would just hold her head straight up & stretch that neck just like a baby bird takes food. So darn cute. ... I would also carry her & sing "Make way for Queen Zoe" in the Aladdin tune. LOL... it fit her perfectly!<div><div><br /></div><div>& she loved her little treats. Eggs were her favorite. & give her an empty peanut butter jar & her whole head would fit in side of it to get as far down as she could. The other dogs would wait till she was done because she could neverrrr just reach the bottom. But they'd have to wait till she left the jar because that was her game. Just protect it knowing they wanted it. She knew she couldnt reach it, but she'd be darned if you were going to take it from her. She was too funny.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk3UL-VsH4yTjcHvX3jfdVujWJaZ1SZPtYm8-lDlszYIvzzM5cSyA_fgC1mbpomb-Hyk56DFGngH2_xPR5D7kSbRZLfbEn3Hw_hgzumng-H4SGCZtqowwKse9iCTbcbD5n2UES_8LszNy44XhLi2aOdh0j21WUKP2XRTG-ndle_1tm70SLLCk/s960/00-WQYJiwL9zeo9xY14TtPGdKT7UUdJA-z3_7E01FCgyT_vgUALSgpuBnEzBatdsFCh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk3UL-VsH4yTjcHvX3jfdVujWJaZ1SZPtYm8-lDlszYIvzzM5cSyA_fgC1mbpomb-Hyk56DFGngH2_xPR5D7kSbRZLfbEn3Hw_hgzumng-H4SGCZtqowwKse9iCTbcbD5n2UES_8LszNy44XhLi2aOdh0j21WUKP2XRTG-ndle_1tm70SLLCk/w480-h640/00-WQYJiwL9zeo9xY14TtPGdKT7UUdJA-z3_7E01FCgyT_vgUALSgpuBnEzBatdsFCh.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Zoe is also the dog that got banned from so many groomers. We would take her to get a hair cut & we would get phone calls - "Come get this dog".... not even joking. She HATED getting her hair cut - I think more than anything, she hated being confined. When they would put the thing around the neck, she would alligator roll & try to get out of it. They thought she was going to hang herself - they couldnt leave her for a second. Finally, we were asked not to bring her back. Not even kidding.</div><div><br /></div><div>Zoe hated to get her picture taken too.... if we got a picture of her looking in the camera - it was a good time. Why do some dogs just hate looking at the camera? Trying to get pictures was a struggle LOL</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XqSNMPbreQR1JR_jdrkICRI_IttK3Gsiy84WtE1DflffKW53F1QCq1EJPBhUTa-jd8s-LjEXh2tzBKvhXjHewTSrqmwqRDZKHR2X6wmYfTxRzLWJko8ocMXwldAuQQA_yZfNO7a0vGZfwILY-B4U2-3nH7z_-TMKIroJNNYJy11fug6Y__Ar/s1080/Screenshot_20240103_215249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1080" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XqSNMPbreQR1JR_jdrkICRI_IttK3Gsiy84WtE1DflffKW53F1QCq1EJPBhUTa-jd8s-LjEXh2tzBKvhXjHewTSrqmwqRDZKHR2X6wmYfTxRzLWJko8ocMXwldAuQQA_yZfNO7a0vGZfwILY-B4U2-3nH7z_-TMKIroJNNYJy11fug6Y__Ar/w640-h620/Screenshot_20240103_215249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We had to learn how to groom her the past 10 years. I think we did pretty good actually for someone who didnt know how to do it. I'm sure our neighbors heard our "grooming" days because she would just scream the entire time - she hated everything about being held down.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgse2uftvjtbuU8gvWhht5mcepqx5RvqSWetpcLA-r78bwpcvn0zxhAlk74qq-hIKh4Fd3b4E3G7W8-WUgDOSyynvjJ1iZkmTGblu7GLIaF3DqxpLZFm9cn8RbWxos1JhK7ciFP1MDdP4DHXwgVH_I_IZLJXlrwXh-0hV7I6G0gVjLWBZLI0o60/s2390/zoe%20girl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2390" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgse2uftvjtbuU8gvWhht5mcepqx5RvqSWetpcLA-r78bwpcvn0zxhAlk74qq-hIKh4Fd3b4E3G7W8-WUgDOSyynvjJ1iZkmTGblu7GLIaF3DqxpLZFm9cn8RbWxos1JhK7ciFP1MDdP4DHXwgVH_I_IZLJXlrwXh-0hV7I6G0gVjLWBZLI0o60/w640-h428/zoe%20girl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We'd let her hair get long to put it off as long as possible!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As Bruno was getting older, Zoe was too...but Bruno needed like full time nursing home care... & it seemed the minute he passed away in 2021, Zoe immediately started needing our attention. </div><div><br /></div><div>Her front leg was bent always - the vets said this breed has a tendency to have legs like this & the age didnt make it better. She really hated to be carried - Miss Independent again! - she would struggle to get in & out of the doggie door on her own. & then it became harder & harder for her & she ended up needing - & appreciating our help getting in & out. </div><div><br /></div><div>We would have to do potty trips at 1am - her favorite was 3am... & in the rain, & snow...& we were so happy to do it for her. She gave us such joy - we were going to take care of her when she needed us.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 2022, she ended up getting a small bump that came up right under her tail. We took her to the vet & they lanced it but they said it would keep coming back. ... & it did. She had to live on a prescription of antibiotics every few months to keep the infection out of it - but it continued to grow. They couldnt do anything about it because of the location - & her age. At this point, she was 17 years old & putting her in surgery for a delicate procedure wasn't an option.</div><div><br /></div><div>It never really bothered her in the sense that it prevented her going to the restroom or giving her pain. </div><div><br /></div><div>So between having to clean this tumor & her legs giving out, our little girl was so dependent on us... & I think the last few months - maybe year, she didnt mind it. She loved the hugs & the attention & special care.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPul8Hl0Z96zKIc2lP49mBVBc7EXqGLkDpLG-zKVyy_OXDZy5-UHqE7M372D8gRz70l6VLDV1dcHxFUHA704ofhx2_yGo_Jk5EgB7WIAaR3R8FtcLrNzwFTazqfx3NQ3LMqGoXS4UY1p40-0gDhZDqGc-VZRL9smjkRMVWoBRIh5pvHF2iQZ-1/s1079/Screenshot_20240103_215724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1079" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPul8Hl0Z96zKIc2lP49mBVBc7EXqGLkDpLG-zKVyy_OXDZy5-UHqE7M372D8gRz70l6VLDV1dcHxFUHA704ofhx2_yGo_Jk5EgB7WIAaR3R8FtcLrNzwFTazqfx3NQ3LMqGoXS4UY1p40-0gDhZDqGc-VZRL9smjkRMVWoBRIh5pvHF2iQZ-1/w640-h356/Screenshot_20240103_215724.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Probably a few months ago, she was starting to lose control of her bladder so we had to start using diapers on her. She actually didnt mind it & they helped her so much.... but we could see she was wearing down. At this point, she's over 18 years old....</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEpi76kRMhsFbtzDIYHs5ryJWi2Vvmdup-k7TxJMJ0kqwyzJmXH7g1DbxPSScKN6uDbTZY3MZV6DRm-N54Xiqz1cEqfyvv79YHFggFIzLcg4D-Yh9RN72LRBLsRkKnhPJzwOZ9GXt3EeME0obyrtzeS3sX7YYWGDuXJmYjjPRZO7R1flrLVPs/s1550/Screenshot_20240103_215150.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1079" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEpi76kRMhsFbtzDIYHs5ryJWi2Vvmdup-k7TxJMJ0kqwyzJmXH7g1DbxPSScKN6uDbTZY3MZV6DRm-N54Xiqz1cEqfyvv79YHFggFIzLcg4D-Yh9RN72LRBLsRkKnhPJzwOZ9GXt3EeME0obyrtzeS3sX7YYWGDuXJmYjjPRZO7R1flrLVPs/w446-h640/Screenshot_20240103_215150.jpg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zoe's last birthday</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>... which we're still confused of her age. I thought her birthday was 8/1/05 - & we found her 1/15/06... but looking back in pictures, I see pictures of her posted in May 2005.... so was she born 8/1/04 & we found her 1/15/05?? I'm so confused. 18 and a half - or 19 & a half? ... regardless, she was getting up there... & being such a fighter. Her style.</div><div><br /></div><div>New Years Day, we noticed a dramatic turn in her. She just flopped down. Didnt hold her head up well. Didnt want to eat like she usually did. She ate still & drank.... but Tuesday, she didnt want to drink anything. Didnt want to eat either. I got her to eat some Peanut butter in the morning but it didnt sit well on her stomach. Ricky had to run home at lunch to check on her & she wasn't feeling well. </div><div><br /></div><div>I ended up working from home on Wednesday 01/04 & just kept her near me all day. It was a tough day. She would sleep but then wake up & you could tell she was uncomfortable. At one point, I held her over my arm & worked & she rested that way.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeeZcu6RiaKqok65W-39bkFJ-ucBuWQcFWv6t_er9_tHlnOl5g1YrIMv3WkSXR7umDC5droLfLGwAqmORKOha9Y45gBR-a340VMXTWUCQZutf0-x-JgdPPrBhXAgQ7-YCU5YT_d03tTQc2fcvuoJYxyXw2CRXpljHbrJBm3IzvINXewZUAph3/s3508/20240103_080815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2266" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeeZcu6RiaKqok65W-39bkFJ-ucBuWQcFWv6t_er9_tHlnOl5g1YrIMv3WkSXR7umDC5droLfLGwAqmORKOha9Y45gBR-a340VMXTWUCQZutf0-x-JgdPPrBhXAgQ7-YCU5YT_d03tTQc2fcvuoJYxyXw2CRXpljHbrJBm3IzvINXewZUAph3/w414-h640/20240103_080815.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><div>Ricky got home from work & she was resting.... but then she woke up & things took a really bad turn. At that point, she hadnt ate or drank anything in nearly 24 hours. We were taking syringes of water & giving to her & it would make her sick. She started barking - something she didnt do - & we knew it was time to help her.</div><div><br /></div><div>We got to the vet & she just barked the whole time... it was like she was asking for us to help her get relief from the pain.</div><div><br /></div><div>They put us in "the room" - we hate this stupid room where they put you when they're going to put your animal to sleep -& we held her & loved on her & she just was in pain at this point. The vet heard her cries & came running in. He gave her a shot that just relaxed her & gave her instant relief.... & he left us with her for the next 10 minutes to hold her like that & say our good byes. I'm so thankful for this time. She wasn't crying any longer. She was relaxed & comfortable.... & we were able to thank her for all the incredible & wonderful years she gave us. </div><div><br /></div><div>so many years.... she has been a part of our world & so many friends & family's world too....</div><div><br /></div><div>I told her she was going to get her hearing back & her sight back -& her legs would be good & she could get her ZOOMIES back - to find her sisters & yes, Bruno & run with them like the wind. Go take their bones & run my sweet girl.</div><div><br /></div><div>Every single day when I leave the house, I tell my dogs, "Take care of each other - Momma loves you".... I left her with those last words when she left this world - Momma loves you sweet girl.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">HOW LUCKY I AM TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT MAKES SAYING GOODBYE SO HARD</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL1ViFcXP8r_eGk0POFb8-5Ym4bIBBa5P1KJ0WoavIg2NPcQtLwFLKH8Ie7si6H9ynC0Q_HpI0CxRwR1U7jpHYzsTRoixX3sChxf-xtDWyDXUSMgEzZ_J1dCiCAOS48E5sRJr5ltur658qa59MZWK0kWtaF8b2CuqaRenZlxxfxIn-pxBQlOw/s1701/Screenshot_20240103_210839-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1701" data-original-width="1701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL1ViFcXP8r_eGk0POFb8-5Ym4bIBBa5P1KJ0WoavIg2NPcQtLwFLKH8Ie7si6H9ynC0Q_HpI0CxRwR1U7jpHYzsTRoixX3sChxf-xtDWyDXUSMgEzZ_J1dCiCAOS48E5sRJr5ltur658qa59MZWK0kWtaF8b2CuqaRenZlxxfxIn-pxBQlOw/w640-h640/Screenshot_20240103_210839-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5Qznu9i7ZFJd-ZqZZ8DQQmWMi_QA3FhuCy4GnfHOUHUKVTd8xit8J_AimEboMKxIrrx2NAywp1g_qRNU1VtcEgQAeeItyPp70Qg4aPLocEbl3pLN2cQ9NTqebfKYbe7SBfpl4_vAYsbBIjjcrMUpshYdXEnrIkw9ToqOYvnpOXKioIm2Ku_m/s1587/Screenshot_20240103_214027-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1587" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5Qznu9i7ZFJd-ZqZZ8DQQmWMi_QA3FhuCy4GnfHOUHUKVTd8xit8J_AimEboMKxIrrx2NAywp1g_qRNU1VtcEgQAeeItyPp70Qg4aPLocEbl3pLN2cQ9NTqebfKYbe7SBfpl4_vAYsbBIjjcrMUpshYdXEnrIkw9ToqOYvnpOXKioIm2Ku_m/w640-h480/Screenshot_20240103_214027-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-59195574507262820262024-01-03T08:43:00.001-05:002024-01-03T08:43:14.281-05:00One Sentence a Day - December 2023<p>So I meant to post this on the first but I'm always a blog slacker - & life has been so busy, at work, at home, with my dogs... its just been a lot - so that its up on the 3rd, I'm patting myself on the back.</p><p>Also - I wanted to remind people - my sweet friend Jennifer over at <a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Overflowing with Thankfulness</a> is going to continue a link up for Thankful Thursday so if you enjoy doing those posts - be sure to go check her out every Thursday - & all the other days - she does some other fun link ups! </p><p>So here's what December looked like to me:</p><p>1. Fri / I havent worked from home in weeks with a busy work schedule & covering for people, so on a rainy, cold Friday, I was more than excited to be back in my home office for the day. #dogslovedittoo</p><p>2. Sat / Finished my first book of December #NeedstobeaHallmarkMovie</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKl0to1GjK9ZcVHFtWeIJiDQQ0J5e5RY7wUhsUU1Va15OXG4OdhwYMWAcijcDNnLsvo-TINVSg8BhIDLEgeOw1jLDkkqnZtVDxGSPw35RiRVSpgXTjOhx8n4qkmTKoCYXBR-waD__Ar7Rf7yVKdZn6VgVIhmiaUDvk8kk6Dw0C9ewp460Pq8Km/s2972/20231203_125745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKl0to1GjK9ZcVHFtWeIJiDQQ0J5e5RY7wUhsUU1Va15OXG4OdhwYMWAcijcDNnLsvo-TINVSg8BhIDLEgeOw1jLDkkqnZtVDxGSPw35RiRVSpgXTjOhx8n4qkmTKoCYXBR-waD__Ar7Rf7yVKdZn6VgVIhmiaUDvk8kk6Dw0C9ewp460Pq8Km/w305-h400/20231203_125745.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>3. Sun / Woke up to a lake in our kitchen floor where Ricky was trying to give Zoe at bath at 5:30am #WetDog</p><p>4. Mon / When that alarm went off at 5am, I honestly wanted to cry. #WantToSleepIn</p><p>5. Tues / We tried out the diapers for Zoe for the first time & it was a SUCCESS! #savedadogbed</p><p>6. Wed / All I could think about was 9pm where the conclusion of The Squid Games Challenge came on Netflix! #happyaboutthewinner</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/2DuQlx0fM4wd1nzqm5BFBi6ILa8/AAAAQcEvt-ScHqP6AW-t9APZcNuRsY-0_7-TNGWX821jQ2zuAf1oANHrJKev9tkz8H4s91CY5IsvUu9YVof4QQx1vWH9u0Yavs_q-4nQKIL3h42Uer8X_R3ImlZH7OMApYEgHHUuZhLQwUqE7QQ2r3_utOAH.jpg?r=d4c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/2DuQlx0fM4wd1nzqm5BFBi6ILa8/AAAAQcEvt-ScHqP6AW-t9APZcNuRsY-0_7-TNGWX821jQ2zuAf1oANHrJKev9tkz8H4s91CY5IsvUu9YVof4QQx1vWH9u0Yavs_q-4nQKIL3h42Uer8X_R3ImlZH7OMApYEgHHUuZhLQwUqE7QQ2r3_utOAH.jpg?r=d4c" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>7. Thurs / My poor brother has been feeling awful this week. #Tisthecold/flu/covidseason</p><p>8. Fri / I got the most shocking phone call to hear one of my dear friends passed away after surgery complications #RIPKelly </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrlYGPLs_p11k-xKhENmOn46sTCAYltkCLRriwVEHj6qpXTWVxQFeDsj6vTO629zSEAkF4LImSrnVpBbt61KJ1LXoD8tEcpLiH_hHDBwgPpDjyLYVSrsGik8C8EK9Z7lhnhpKOBEsUoW0q2XPi7UabbyXo1F_9phRs95MRiNeuP8G9AlQcAm1/s1138/kelly1-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1138" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrlYGPLs_p11k-xKhENmOn46sTCAYltkCLRriwVEHj6qpXTWVxQFeDsj6vTO629zSEAkF4LImSrnVpBbt61KJ1LXoD8tEcpLiH_hHDBwgPpDjyLYVSrsGik8C8EK9Z7lhnhpKOBEsUoW0q2XPi7UabbyXo1F_9phRs95MRiNeuP8G9AlQcAm1/w400-h400/kelly1-COLLAGE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>9. Sat / Spent most of the evening the ER with Ricky & the pain he was in with kidney stones #atleasttheERwasempty</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6EZ232QAr__NNUvtUUsidLvJomjz5iBycTPFfSbP_k3pXSTa-nxqLITBF9HsRRAwYDBGuBU1vVjTNxXS2Y_rsv_hamBbAYyU0Ou03s0lv9nxJj6Go66po9guY_ccV8dYTjbA828PIBNzK0CaOB4m3xEh2o6bfJepEFYMyGg42K8uM0qtRyMe/s3480/20231209_213655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3480" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6EZ232QAr__NNUvtUUsidLvJomjz5iBycTPFfSbP_k3pXSTa-nxqLITBF9HsRRAwYDBGuBU1vVjTNxXS2Y_rsv_hamBbAYyU0Ou03s0lv9nxJj6Go66po9guY_ccV8dYTjbA828PIBNzK0CaOB4m3xEh2o6bfJepEFYMyGg42K8uM0qtRyMe/w298-h400/20231209_213655.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>10. Sun / Just relaxing & letting Ricky try & pass these stones #lazyday</p><p>11. Mon / Had my yearly appointment to get my prescriptions for the year. #lifeofanoldwoman</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Hlqi-l3uHCvc13GGnYUany4ArSilnnAm_kllBno2rdaX1D5o6I6QdUo_D6oU6bSZ_ppDxK5J-VvsP2irAEjzU-_MaN7zh3W-DH0VuuVg5qhFGDaHjd6Ew6cTOm3VavpmUYn92PlE99EIy-oOf0iOzHMfAPF019pkAdTk9U-p4fD_e-YKoW_V/s3968/20231211_093110-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2232" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Hlqi-l3uHCvc13GGnYUany4ArSilnnAm_kllBno2rdaX1D5o6I6QdUo_D6oU6bSZ_ppDxK5J-VvsP2irAEjzU-_MaN7zh3W-DH0VuuVg5qhFGDaHjd6Ew6cTOm3VavpmUYn92PlE99EIy-oOf0iOzHMfAPF019pkAdTk9U-p4fD_e-YKoW_V/w360-h640/20231211_093110-EDIT.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I have 2 pairs of glasses LOL</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>12. Tues / Love everyone is decorating for Christmas in our office #makeitcheery</p><p>13. Wed / Love getting my old girl out of her bed & holding her & loving on her. #keephergoing</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0oht17_3PD1G6Uox6KFCOFuz56Jl2KEVX5Wb9K_6caeHlqyabiQmGAuEleCVCDuGaXEb_xRvgBzYmwiihT6Ysx7FqG0AdUurScCca2prupDVognkeVpkGhm5J7RVIhb_t3o3a6lwcfmZWKqO6yM1EaSeoJGPjxi1DIBCO5paOWZ_dEdI4yqkN/s2592/20231216_091534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1807" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0oht17_3PD1G6Uox6KFCOFuz56Jl2KEVX5Wb9K_6caeHlqyabiQmGAuEleCVCDuGaXEb_xRvgBzYmwiihT6Ysx7FqG0AdUurScCca2prupDVognkeVpkGhm5J7RVIhb_t3o3a6lwcfmZWKqO6yM1EaSeoJGPjxi1DIBCO5paOWZ_dEdI4yqkN/w446-h640/20231216_091534.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>14. Thurs / Went to the funeral home for my friend & it hit me all over again that she's really gone #unbelievable #loveyourlovedoneseveryday</p><p>15. Fri / I needed a work from home day so badly #staycomfy</p><p>16. Sat / It was such a nice day to go shopping & we even sat outside for lunch #Tistheseason</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYYtf3V3EcsyrUrEDGO2dzSE-StMh_gDmwHA1bL11P9UgclWEmUmcnBOD53oMCzTKmI3MYzdsU14T7mLoJyfUbLkFxhkwiJXeTG4T-4yyj-1lM7dbwD3lfzN9u7utEcI3aGHDMdSn8XBtzBj6vIlt9fn8K_cTJxUdny4muAkWyDKP3VuQlKwD/s4192/20231216_143120-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4192" data-original-width="2358" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYYtf3V3EcsyrUrEDGO2dzSE-StMh_gDmwHA1bL11P9UgclWEmUmcnBOD53oMCzTKmI3MYzdsU14T7mLoJyfUbLkFxhkwiJXeTG4T-4yyj-1lM7dbwD3lfzN9u7utEcI3aGHDMdSn8XBtzBj6vIlt9fn8K_cTJxUdny4muAkWyDKP3VuQlKwD/w360-h640/20231216_143120-EDIT.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p>17. Sun / I love keeping this burning in my house during Christmas to make my home smell like real trees are inside #yankeecandlesaresogood</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlgmob9cGTu1c5MIJokvEOTcZMY07KzPF0GunQPB4CddZqnstn-XqaLjf3TNnm1tFwiYa7ankQJaKuPHfs7xJd1ZlxRXxb6LafmG6AdK8xGuP5o-JRJfM55gPgwCkXb1OP_rXyMiRnCgrUW5ZsH_HWnvqXrfaGnQ4nQyUgivRHWeD_DvZoxWW/s3092/20231216_093627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3092" data-original-width="2229" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlgmob9cGTu1c5MIJokvEOTcZMY07KzPF0GunQPB4CddZqnstn-XqaLjf3TNnm1tFwiYa7ankQJaKuPHfs7xJd1ZlxRXxb6LafmG6AdK8xGuP5o-JRJfM55gPgwCkXb1OP_rXyMiRnCgrUW5ZsH_HWnvqXrfaGnQ4nQyUgivRHWeD_DvZoxWW/w462-h640/20231216_093627.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>18. Mon / one of my work family got me the best surprise for Christmas!!! #hadthisinmycart #LOVELOVELOVE</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3S86jDa" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="631" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_792452-T2/images/I/71lYpdG6ZML._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="505" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>19. Tues / We got to reveal our Secret Santa's at work & it was a fun year of elf-ery #sneakygifts</p><p>20. Wed / Finished another book for 2023 #bestreadingyear</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC7OxTr3ay9iAMmfcrl2qAe8lHPYr3X1j9k4dtys6hPlhwGug9DySA3Rv6GxwcvaXWG7cZM-31Xu6Hszq29yyuX3pXHYgPV389BmgnbucxlT328Ck0kvNEnJ8V272It6ojZzSVyxdmjz2_wSAtatHpXbeNd14BUMYR7ZylmhdCzosjAaLsZqf/s4032/20231220_181534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC7OxTr3ay9iAMmfcrl2qAe8lHPYr3X1j9k4dtys6hPlhwGug9DySA3Rv6GxwcvaXWG7cZM-31Xu6Hszq29yyuX3pXHYgPV389BmgnbucxlT328Ck0kvNEnJ8V272It6ojZzSVyxdmjz2_wSAtatHpXbeNd14BUMYR7ZylmhdCzosjAaLsZqf/w360-h640/20231220_181534.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>21. Thurs / I love me some Kroger Fuel points!!! #onedollaroff</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJb385X0vxWQoVOYJ9fW1qAAPHtj8pn5h2KVrBhZm85-80pPsJ4f-hyNDJF41P99lZw_dmrkjl1rzjQlHhCpgAoeY-6E24Kv98S-MaaWUu37eNIRPxzN9Kmwk3JWeJs6XQByTklOO-SKU9mgcnKpZGzOfubjQRF5nUtBAQjbBs8O4S3eUHA_X/s4032/20231221_165326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJb385X0vxWQoVOYJ9fW1qAAPHtj8pn5h2KVrBhZm85-80pPsJ4f-hyNDJF41P99lZw_dmrkjl1rzjQlHhCpgAoeY-6E24Kv98S-MaaWUu37eNIRPxzN9Kmwk3JWeJs6XQByTklOO-SKU9mgcnKpZGzOfubjQRF5nUtBAQjbBs8O4S3eUHA_X/w360-h640/20231221_165326.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>22. Fri / Finished the work week with over 10 hours overtime #thebusiesttime</p><p>23. Sat / Got to spend Christmas with my Vincent Family - minus a few who Covid got ahold of #itseverywhere</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicba_fNUxmp9pLuOGbGm5WaNizvSTyujjWbSvFGHK1shMFbrAaxtsR8DGYrF0DPmvTnqvIFcMOX5eCqd3LO8TIojCjZ6l3G4He6YG0iDaCnSiz5mTMMmjj6fOATB9NC2XOWk8vBLrVRpwPGj0j7G5tMh0Zc-bM65ZvjsaH2LmaPs6uGcthbVH9/s3746/20231223_150534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3746" data-original-width="2090" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicba_fNUxmp9pLuOGbGm5WaNizvSTyujjWbSvFGHK1shMFbrAaxtsR8DGYrF0DPmvTnqvIFcMOX5eCqd3LO8TIojCjZ6l3G4He6YG0iDaCnSiz5mTMMmjj6fOATB9NC2XOWk8vBLrVRpwPGj0j7G5tMh0Zc-bM65ZvjsaH2LmaPs6uGcthbVH9/w358-h640/20231223_150534.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>24. Sun / Happy Birthday to my Hubby & my side Christmas celebration #abusyday</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5jB6kGjJPWOJc_L5kB9JQy5DpzTpvNFtcRMpsL8uiMEzFocaFp85lMsP2e1-Wa21uMLG5GhVraid557TRSzkoaM1Xm7Syc3NyJ6xH7H7acDdJOEyvM8P6CFMEjCSXWiryNweR9BUlC2DmNLZhn54mzjb3LP-sdcTtIfYXnpbN-empa6SaoX5/s3789/20231224_184517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3789" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5jB6kGjJPWOJc_L5kB9JQy5DpzTpvNFtcRMpsL8uiMEzFocaFp85lMsP2e1-Wa21uMLG5GhVraid557TRSzkoaM1Xm7Syc3NyJ6xH7H7acDdJOEyvM8P6CFMEjCSXWiryNweR9BUlC2DmNLZhn54mzjb3LP-sdcTtIfYXnpbN-empa6SaoX5/w640-h384/20231224_184517.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>25. Mon / I love we enjoy relaxed & easy Christmas days #finallyarelaxingday</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_8TIqubFPwLYXQ7aAcfYkFGE0OVhdXkMX_a5UC34JHJ0chZ4CCkj-yFfXVhKPegRstT_wOlZRlEHTxBKJXQRtbVLN5gRnx1M8HRcTIInK67zNlUQQxzg3CQGlixSWWpGXBXHkPfHnZcijqgeCVKD2y2qSs9Fh7LA8naOKZdTYGDWuZIFdz7-/s4032/20231216_093824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_8TIqubFPwLYXQ7aAcfYkFGE0OVhdXkMX_a5UC34JHJ0chZ4CCkj-yFfXVhKPegRstT_wOlZRlEHTxBKJXQRtbVLN5gRnx1M8HRcTIInK67zNlUQQxzg3CQGlixSWWpGXBXHkPfHnZcijqgeCVKD2y2qSs9Fh7LA8naOKZdTYGDWuZIFdz7-/w360-h640/20231216_093824.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p>26. Tues / Going back to work the day after Christmas is just THE WORST!!! #trafficislightthough</p><p>27. Wed / 2 years since I had my TIA & I still remember every little thing about it #onemoreyeartillclear</p><p>28. Thurs / My reading life has taken a hit with how busy I am at work. #comehomeanddonothing</p><p>29. Fri / The office was so empty today & I loved it #getalltheworkdone</p><p>30. Sat / My birthday falls on a weekend but still had to work #oldlife #howdidIgetto52sofast?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvcp_9BsNDQGPMNmlwJ19AFVSutBuEN-ORCm8XrKyIe8_HRO1s0A_ZXyiUa10fJY3z4UuhvKsz4yOrcKvQkZv8EA_5aJMm8oMRiuuGivcjWqiP19PJgwNqDAb-igRhfbRjuO7gd_uJbDhzJMs9Wr9fJKRMsHdQXm3icQmQpVEoHcGUcnWzdxV/s1079/Screenshot_20231229_220513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1079" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvcp_9BsNDQGPMNmlwJ19AFVSutBuEN-ORCm8XrKyIe8_HRO1s0A_ZXyiUa10fJY3z4UuhvKsz4yOrcKvQkZv8EA_5aJMm8oMRiuuGivcjWqiP19PJgwNqDAb-igRhfbRjuO7gd_uJbDhzJMs9Wr9fJKRMsHdQXm3icQmQpVEoHcGUcnWzdxV/w400-h399/Screenshot_20231229_220513.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>31. Sun / Spending the day loving & taking care of Zoe #gladshesmadeitanotheryear </p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-65997238373443091352023-12-11T07:00:00.002-05:002023-12-11T07:00:00.477-05:00The Weekend that was just the worst<p> Man, I wish I could just start with something witty & fun & kick off a week with a cheerful little jaunt. Nope. Not after this weekend... this was just not a good one.</p><p>You would think taking Friday off would be an even better excuse to have a good post for a Monday.</p><p>& you would even more so think that we're heading into the Holidays - bad things cant happen during the Holidays, right? Sadly.. not true.</p><p>Friday, I got the news that one of my dear friends passed away unexpectedly. It was one of those moments where the air gets knocked out of you & it feels like time stops & the news you just heard cant really be the words that come together to form the sentences that just went into your brain. </p><p>I know you all have seen her sweet face on my blog throughout the years.... my precious friend Kelly left this world to go sing front row in the Heavens for her Jesus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywzpX48hbIZKXJfaR16NmAW2aS4a3qaiOxPrfhmudUI2WsXHOEr34x3B4j6DFP9tsCY7ul0QAy4fpA33dHLpMfkGuY9a9Q7xY4qOxr0NL0_V6mLtqWqqeVS9ml60xvRxzAUG_RZNd4SMKck1wQpYX3mXY3rWzIOUaPbsggZKhzujQNwzAP4n4/s1138/kelly1-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1138" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywzpX48hbIZKXJfaR16NmAW2aS4a3qaiOxPrfhmudUI2WsXHOEr34x3B4j6DFP9tsCY7ul0QAy4fpA33dHLpMfkGuY9a9Q7xY4qOxr0NL0_V6mLtqWqqeVS9ml60xvRxzAUG_RZNd4SMKck1wQpYX3mXY3rWzIOUaPbsggZKhzujQNwzAP4n4/w400-h400/kelly1-COLLAGE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The timing is just hitting harder to me because we were supposed to meet up for breakfast on Saturday.... but this actually started a week ago where I got a text last Saturday that she had a fall & wouldnt be able to meet up for our breakfast.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaW5WVagbfK_XO1gZpvPrvIVO2D1HLF7g51pS4Zs5houEUbXMQxh_nZyoyypHicxLhOrxkriT9z9wsTQytMje390McI2Li0VUUOB9Nz6jhsGQGT4KiudjnqfqY9BmlyiYmODL0W1vKSbHvAO_ng8uaiNxIQ9U-dBXk3GfIvRLhI3JHXapFgLM/s1080/Screenshot_20231209-101942_Messages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1080" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaW5WVagbfK_XO1gZpvPrvIVO2D1HLF7g51pS4Zs5houEUbXMQxh_nZyoyypHicxLhOrxkriT9z9wsTQytMje390McI2Li0VUUOB9Nz6jhsGQGT4KiudjnqfqY9BmlyiYmODL0W1vKSbHvAO_ng8uaiNxIQ9U-dBXk3GfIvRLhI3JHXapFgLM/s320/Screenshot_20231209-101942_Messages.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Bless her heart... a broken hip. That just sounded so painful & miserable & like some healing is going to be ahead. We stayed in touch all week with texts & getting updates while her surgery kept getting delayed. When she finally got her surgery in the wee-hours of the morning a few DAYS later (WHAT?) - I was so glad she would be on the road to healing.<div><br /></div><div>We had chatted about what was next for her - going home? But she said she would need to go into Rehab for the recovery. Understandable. That's what my dad has to do with his knee surgery too.</div><div>& this was the last text I got from her....</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hjmIzDylSZ9joVkKeS0rr2sgRDQsdz1lEwIqQZBg7IXCgHfHJZjrTSe6bPscstYDTq9di7a-VPoH-TUkMdcT3lzSMdBsZJcfjOIXyTnEB0uYIXgZ2GtccwCWGkZccz9hnN_8J9Ia_Lq3r1weUVZ65O6-lRd59dR-kMkwnUgi6aoAnFGUqEwV/s1080/Screenshot_20231209-102011_Messages-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1080" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hjmIzDylSZ9joVkKeS0rr2sgRDQsdz1lEwIqQZBg7IXCgHfHJZjrTSe6bPscstYDTq9di7a-VPoH-TUkMdcT3lzSMdBsZJcfjOIXyTnEB0uYIXgZ2GtccwCWGkZccz9hnN_8J9Ia_Lq3r1weUVZ65O6-lRd59dR-kMkwnUgi6aoAnFGUqEwV/w400-h258/Screenshot_20231209-102011_Messages-EDIT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Wanting prayers to be home for Christmas. Who doesnt want to be home for Christmas?<br />& I know Kelly just wanted to be with her family & heal up surrounded by the ones she loved the dearest.</div><div><br /></div><div>I saw my phone ring Friday evening with her name popping up on my phone & thought, Oh good - she's getting moved to rehab & one more step closer to home! & then I heard the voice of Kelly's sweet sister. I just knew. My body just sort of tensed as she shared the news of what had happened.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am so thankful that she called me & gave me the news & even more because this beloved woman just has the most gentle spirit & the words she shared with me was with grief, heartache, but already recognizing the celebration that Kelly did truly make it "home" for Christmas. </div><div><br /></div><div>Kelly to me was just JOY wrapped up in a body. I've been reading posts people have been putting on her Facebook page & it doesnt surprise me one bit that every single comment all points back to the same person who I knew & had the privilege of sharing a friendship with. Just a person who fought to keep friendships alive, love spending time with you, loved listening & helping in any way possible. Someone who loved her family so much & would love yours as well. Supportive & encouraging. .... but she was also real. She had no issues telling you if she didnt agree with you & could have deep, powerful conversations. & in the end, if you still didnt agree - that was ok - didnt change her love for you one bit.</div><div><br /></div><div>I cant even begin to think how the loss of her is going to impact my life. I so enjoyed my brunches with her & sharing the latest stories in our lives & getting her advice on things, getting her wisdom. To know I've lost that light in my own world, its just so heavy on my heart.</div><div><br /></div><div>& all I keep thinking about it the light in everyone's world who knew her - how its going to change for so many. All her friends. Especially her family. Her wonderful husband - her beautiful 2 children & new daughter in law. Her siblings & all the nieces & nephews she had. Her impact will be so greatly missed. She was someone who was so active in church & singing & musicals. The impact will be so wide spread.... but the legacy will also be. </div><div><br /></div><div>I know anyone that had the privilege of knowing Kelly is also going to take these part of her she shared with us & carry them on. That's just the best thing we can do for her in these moments.</div><div><br /></div><div>My last picture with her on our last Brunch we got to have</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/357780790_10162828314182598_2419232974692330165_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=dd5e9f&_nc_ohc=xkYB7WOwdy0AX9rOSsI&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&oh=00_AfBJthqHXjtgJFbb8w-Ym_GYI0z9OCENLt8vy3EEUGx3tg&oe=657ABDE2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="450" height="800" src="https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/357780790_10162828314182598_2419232974692330165_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=dd5e9f&_nc_ohc=xkYB7WOwdy0AX9rOSsI&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&oh=00_AfBJthqHXjtgJFbb8w-Ym_GYI0z9OCENLt8vy3EEUGx3tg&oe=657ABDE2" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>.... the rest of the weekend was just thumbs down too...</div><div><br /></div><div>we ended up in the ER on Saturday evening. Poor Ricky is dealing with kidney stones & he was in some serious pain where we had to get to the hospital. It just hurts to your soul to hear someone you love in so much pain & there's nothing you can really do for them.</div><div><br /></div><div>I always forget that we live away from things until we have to get to the emergency room.... that is the longest 20 minute drive you'll ever take when you're rushing to get help. (& 20 is a good fast time too!)</div><div><br /></div><div>We got really REALLY lucky because Saturday evening - we expected a crowded ER. We got in fast & we were out in probably 3 hours. The parking lot was empty. There was no one waiting in the waiting room..... no cots lined against the hall - which we've seen many times in there. Even the staff, I guess with the slow pace - everyone was so kind & helpful & cheery. & the best part - they helped Ricky get a little bit of relief.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now the fun part is for him to wait for these stones to move.... EGADS. Poor guy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yeah ... this was a tough weekend. But really, its these sorts of days, weekends, moments - that remind us to appreciate the good days - to appreciate good health - to appreciate good friendships & loved ones. You just have to find the lessons in every single day - especially in the heartaches, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>Hug your loved ones today.... tell them you love them... things can change in your world in one day, one minute, one phone call. <br />Especially with the Holidays - enjoy every good & small thing around you.</div><div><br /></div><div>.....I love you Kelly & will miss you more than you could ever know.</div>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-67915938331875041772023-12-08T07:00:00.097-05:002023-12-08T07:00:00.139-05:00Friday Favorites<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4ZFEmXxbpWjQIYJSHVDmmAJDNPgtgaKMDoQezAf2GunSP6L4CT4Uh3uop4mNmDjTYpEdSD1tA3Kj4VxXJaP-sxQnRNwkumfhcNMSAWI7ZPQMyS9AB-Ok6MkJVJB4C3XuO_SH/s640/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="640" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4ZFEmXxbpWjQIYJSHVDmmAJDNPgtgaKMDoQezAf2GunSP6L4CT4Uh3uop4mNmDjTYpEdSD1tA3Kj4VxXJaP-sxQnRNwkumfhcNMSAWI7ZPQMyS9AB-Ok6MkJVJB4C3XuO_SH/w640-h170/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Click on the pic for links</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Light</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/46CGOxz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Y8R0tMPzL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">It is no secret I hate the darkness in the house. I would love to keep this on to just give a room a warm feel. & the BEST part - you can pick that up & carry it!!!! So if you have a little one, you can use as a night light or for me, someone that gets up to pee 5 times a night, this would help not tripping over a dog!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Office Help</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3sYzy1d" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="539" height="800" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61RpzK+xUfL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">For under $10.00 - this would be a good gift for any coworker<br />& I like, its open on the bottom so you can charge your phone too.<br />As a post it nerd, I'd have this baby covered in 3.2 seconds<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Artist Fun</span></b><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/49ZX52x" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="618" height="800" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91dVsltH7UL._SL1500_.jpg" width="618" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">How have I never heard about this??? <br />This has everything already colored - you just make the lines... bring the picture to life.<br />I love doodling so this would be so up my ally!!!!<br />Great stocking stuffer for the teens in your life too - or the artist at heart!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Slippers</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/46F4HEI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="747" height="535" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zTiV3-6TL._AC_SY625_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I love my slippers but they're slip ons ... & I tend to SLIP out of them when moving fast, or walking in the rain to take the dogs out. - so I like the idea of these covering the whole foot!!!<br />The reviews on them are amazing so I may have to get these to tackle the cold days ahead.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Bluetooth Headband</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Rniwn0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71x5w60hNmL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I got turned onto these when I was talking to Julie about how me & sleep dont get along.<br />She told me to get these to listen to a podcast, or music or something relaxing while I drift off... I've recently had a reallllllly bad round of tinnitus lately & silent rooms are like torture. & I cant listen to sounds like rain or oceans - it makes the ringing worse. But I can put on an audiobook or talking & it helps me relax. A life saver. Plus, you can wear it walking or cleaning the house - when you want to listen to something without bothering anyone else. I've actually bought 2 of these lately! LOL</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Games</span></b><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uOAZ2L" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="654" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71DSLlCTMeL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is a total splurge! But its also SO PRETTY!!!!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Shower Help</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Gvh8se" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="529" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81q8Bvry5lL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I have this thing & I really do love it - its the best thing for catching my hair & keeping my shower clog free. Especially with my long hair - how much I lose every time I wash it, its incredible. But this just catches so much of it from caushing issues. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Favorite Egg Cracker</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4a83Hfo" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dadxF9brL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Why are the simplest things sometimes just the smartest?<br />This is for cracking your eggs to save it from spilling on the edge of your pan or on the counter top.<br />That ridge gives the perfect cut in the egg to split it - & then you can even use this as a spatula rest while you cook your eggs. So smart!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Baby Carrying</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uQapGR" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71HJYqWvFAL._SL1500_.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Look at new moms in 2023 getting all the cool new things!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Again - SO SMART! An easy way to hold kids on "your hip" without having to make your back do that weird shape to make sure they stay up on your hip - & also do that lift, jump thing when they slide. Just click on this "fanny bag" looking carrier & there is a SEAT for the kids to sit on basically!!!!! How has this not been thought of before???</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Funnies</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/you-have-christmas-decorations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="750" height="337" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/you-have-christmas-decorations.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/35-54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="750" height="271" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/35-54.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/youre-older-now.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="553" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/youre-older-now.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/35-42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="750" height="551" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/35-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/z-memes-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="750" height="368" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/z-memes-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of those moments that I dont understand why this hit me as so funny<br />like - I had tears laughing at this ???</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="750" height="339" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/z-memes-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="713" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/z-memes-6.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="750" height="322" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie - this is for you!!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/z-memes-18.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/z-memes-18.jpeg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Have a great weekend Y'all!!!!</span></b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-91594507667618076032023-12-05T07:00:00.002-05:002023-12-05T07:00:00.138-05:00Prime Purchases<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOdIys5szu-jGJJgdERlXRXW5IMrVs0h1vdJoCvmdKFLwHksopS4uu2JTLxyIsyWeQiUi6A6GgICpYbh_ax0Es26wKwH-4ZwOBTpC_AF65qAZJSdOieGh0B1eKJwOVq7MdZ8dVAtQWQvOCqq1Z8EDIcv-ftX4UWaAoEQ_TEWHEO9sronNyKbhKA/s640/Prime%20Purchases%202024a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOdIys5szu-jGJJgdERlXRXW5IMrVs0h1vdJoCvmdKFLwHksopS4uu2JTLxyIsyWeQiUi6A6GgICpYbh_ax0Es26wKwH-4ZwOBTpC_AF65qAZJSdOieGh0B1eKJwOVq7MdZ8dVAtQWQvOCqq1Z8EDIcv-ftX4UWaAoEQ_TEWHEO9sronNyKbhKA/s320/Prime%20Purchases%202024a.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I'm joining in with Tanya for this month's Prime Purchases<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">... which - I'm going to have to put a limit on here because we aint got the rest of 2023 to post things. SO MANY BOXES! SO MANY ORDERS....</p><p style="text-align: center;">SO let's just do the past week's orders. (its bad ya'll)<br />I always said I can do this as a WEEKLY post. ... &I just may</p><p style="text-align: center;">But here's the latest buys</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3t3QxPO" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="689" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61AqPgVsxhL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3t3QxPO" target="_blank">Salt & Pepper Shakers</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I literally cried when my pepper shaker broke. The ones I used to have, they had a press in button on the side & 1/4 cup of the seasoning would come out the bottom. It was perfect for cooking. I cant find them anywhere.<br />But I found these & they have some good big holes to get the salt & pepper out. I hate those little fine holes where you have to shake forever to get any sort of flavor out.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3R6ie2A" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71JbC4yoFgL._SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3R6ie2A" target="_blank">Vitamin C Serum</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Does this work? I dont know... but it feels good on my face & I feel like its doing something.<br />I am the WORST person to take skin care advice from, but I know that Vitamin C is good for the skin & body - so why not! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TaYf5f" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51l6crHNjRL._SL1280_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TaYf5f" target="_blank">Hobonichi Weekly Planner Cover</a><br /><br />I actually got a beautiful blue color - looks like they're sold out of - but this fits my little pocket planner perfect to protect it in my purse. It has slots inside for credit cards if you wanted to use it as a wallet - or stickers, how I use it. Its real leather & feel like BUTTAH in your hands.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4843ub4" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="800" height="543" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71YnYgFyCrL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4843ub4" target="_blank">Neck & Shoulder Heating Pad</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello frozen shoulder & bicep Tendonitis & every other body ache in my existence.<br />We actually have another one of these too - but Ricky wanted one too. He wanted it for basically something to help keep him warm. LOL - that works. <br />But it does fit so nice & cozy around the neck. <br />You can flatten it out too & use it like on your stomach or on your leg.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Rbqazy" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="346" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61HuEJrltqL._AC_SX679_.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Rbqazy" target="_blank">Oversize Hoodie</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">How have I never gotten one of these yet in my life?<br />This is the most comfortable thing to wear on cold days! ... & we know I dont get cold with hot flashes - but I like wearing it like this person - with shorts or leggings underneath - it doesnt get too warm for me - but it just the perfect thing to snuggle in while reading a book or watching a movie... or take a dog outside in the freezing nights.<br />I love in the middle - it has a pocket to hold your cell phone - I got a big kick out of it -but now, that pocket is my best friend.<br /><br />Posting this - I just saw there is a 50% coupon for this!!!! SO it would be under $13.00! <br />OK - I'm ordering another one!!!! LOL</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uQKCxT" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="70" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/512vFxVmM+L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="35" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uQKCxT" target="_blank">Zebra Fountain Pen Disposable</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">This just feels so cool to write with.<br />Makes me feel like I should write by lamp light, & warm up wax to seal up a letter before handing off to a courier on horse to deliver.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uMWvVN" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="470" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71KiARhm8KL._AC_SY741_.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uMWvVN" target="_blank">Cardigan Sweater</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I like trying sweaters from Amazon to see if I like them before ordering different colors.<br />I LOVE this sweater. I love the sweaters are long & give a gathered look at the bottom, or you can roll up. Its not too heavy - will work in Spring & Fall so well too. <br />As a knitter, I always love patterns in sweaters too - this is really nice.<br />I'm totally ordering me another color or two in this!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/416G3f4" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="796" height="398" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51+VH8Vt2uL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/416G3f4" target="_blank">Dog Frisbee</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">If you could ONLY know how many frisbees we go through in our house.<br />Ozzie & Ernie always fight over the frisbee when one or the other catches it. The tug of war takes it toll on these way faster than it should... its a frisbee to catch - not a rope to tug on.<br />But our boys love to catch these things. & finding just the perfect one is a journey we're always on.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This one is comparable to the ones we always get at Tractor Supply - we'll see how long it lasts.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">I'll draw the line here.... May do another post next week of more purchases</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">What's your favorite buy you've gotten from Amazon lately?</span></b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-77401603124314624012023-12-04T07:00:00.002-05:002023-12-04T07:00:00.147-05:00Weekend Highlights<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.creativefabrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Happy-December-SVG-Cut-by-TheLucky-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://www.creativefabrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Happy-December-SVG-Cut-by-TheLucky-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Happy December!!!!</p><p> I know technically Friday was December, but I totally dropped the blogging ball last week & missed posting anything. Plus, it may be a little bit of denial thinking we're in the final year of 2023! How can it be?!</p><p>The countdown is on!</p><p>On the flip side - we're also on a good countdown ... Only 17 more days before the time turns & we start <i>GAINING </i>a minute of sunlight. This is how much I despise the darkness of winter. I CLING to the hope of more light. Even if its a sliver amount. & we're only a few weeks away from it. Which means, we have a few more weeks to endure the darkest moments of the year. ... We got this!</p><p>What are some highlights of the weekend....</p><p>* <b>Friday, I was so happy to work from home</b>. I technically get 2 days a week to WFH but its the crazy time of year for our department & with a lot of vacation days getting in by all the coworkers, it was just easier to be in the office. But I really just needed a break from the office & get an extra bit of sleep. When I woke up & saw the foggy, rainy weather, I was even more glad I worked from home. It was just a dreary nasty day the entire day. I'm so glad I didnt have to get out in it.</p><p>* <b>Dinner on dreary nights</b>... grilled cheese & tomato soup. Classic every time.</p><p>*<b>Advent calendars begin</b>!!!! ... I normally get a sticker Advent calendar where I can get more planner stickers ... because I can never get enough planner stickers. But this year, I chose to do one that me & Ricky can do together. Plus, I'll admit - the Instagram ads got me. It kept popping up in my feed & then I found out my friend Nathalie was doing one too... an Advent puzzle!!! Isnt that so cool?</p><p>Here is the <a href="https://amzn.to/47GAJS3" target="_blank">LINK </a>to the one we got....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dpRKl8JFAHN9lOYLoj3ZNnHcsx79n5YRV1tOSsoG5Jq8Q06ObhdrnASe67iDvroHokcEP6GuZvdxkEo3KOwoDdah2JURfpVsj5vFgzZjx5oOpsM1tUaVdLMpIHyMkpVeLpO1yIHSVevTfWwLOZDBsmt-nu_UpIbmhArd0WfLQsEQvPFD7cpS/s3496/20231201_200156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3496" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dpRKl8JFAHN9lOYLoj3ZNnHcsx79n5YRV1tOSsoG5Jq8Q06ObhdrnASe67iDvroHokcEP6GuZvdxkEo3KOwoDdah2JURfpVsj5vFgzZjx5oOpsM1tUaVdLMpIHyMkpVeLpO1yIHSVevTfWwLOZDBsmt-nu_UpIbmhArd0WfLQsEQvPFD7cpS/w416-h640/20231201_200156.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>There's so many designs. & each & every day, you open a box & work the pieces. The next day, the pieces continue on to the portion you just finished. & on the last day, VIOLA - a 1000 piece puzzle complete! Its really neat too because the back side has the number on it to correspond to the box that the pieces need to go in so when you take it apart, you can put it back in the correct way to do again! Or trade with someone - or pass on. Just a few days of doing this & we're loving it. It only takes a few minutes to put the pieces together but its just exciting to see the puzzle grow..... its not that hard if you wanted to order one & start a little late. You could even work it up to the New Year! That'd be fun too!</p><p>*<b> More shopping.</b>..We're doing Secret Santa at work this year & I wanted to make sure I got everything done for that. Well, at least everything. I have one other thing to get but I know what I'm getting - its just picking it up. Success. I love marking things off my Christmas To-Do List, which hangs over my head & gives me oodles of anxiety.</p><p>* <b>Holiday Book</b>.... I finished my first book in December. & this is just the cutest read. Super fast - barely at 200 pages - & gives the most Hallmark feels you're ever going to want. If you see it at your library or in the store, its a great easy read to get you in the mood of Holiday miracles & community.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCz_jEnOXATVFDMUR49-zPwbXz1l0y6WNLqMBInlYhJQ_BHhQYmhCzLSlit3uhyphenhyphengWUJdMwu_gQMv9E4nudGaFI60bNSFgy0gEj4RWmAkGVKSMvQpVef82GZZV0_VWoz3TmGNvq-k2zuxOOfQVeNl0p7ZyZbIz24Y2cNh3fZ4sGpPNdEytAv9O1/s2972/20231203_125745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCz_jEnOXATVFDMUR49-zPwbXz1l0y6WNLqMBInlYhJQ_BHhQYmhCzLSlit3uhyphenhyphengWUJdMwu_gQMv9E4nudGaFI60bNSFgy0gEj4RWmAkGVKSMvQpVef82GZZV0_VWoz3TmGNvq-k2zuxOOfQVeNl0p7ZyZbIz24Y2cNh3fZ4sGpPNdEytAv9O1/w488-h640/20231203_125745.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/46EGnCV" target="_blank">LINK TO BOOK</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>*Plumbing Wake up Call.</b> ... Sunday, I woke up at 5:30am to hear Ricky freaking out in the kitchen. Hearing things being tossed, lots of commotion - what in the world!!!! I go in to see a wet Zoe laying on a soak & wet towel, everything from under our sink tossed everywhere - & basically, a little lake all over the kitchen floor. oh mercy me! .... Zoe had ANOTHER accident (this is her 3rd in 2 weeks) & Ricky had tried to give her a bath to clean her up. Apparently, while putting in the stopper, you have to press REALLY hard to get it to stick... & we guess that pushing hard pushed the pipe out of place under the sink - so basically, we had a water feature for free in our home. <br /><br /></p><p> It was an easy fix but a lot of hassle for clean up. Lots of towels, a few paper towel rows & a confused old girl who was like, SORRRRYYYY!!!!! Needless to say, we have to get the diapers on her at night & when we go to work. I bought them but have put off on putting them on her because she's not going to be happy, but we also dont want her slipping & sliding in a mess while we're not there either. Getting old aint fun if you're human or have fur.</p><p><b>* Speaking of old</b>... we went to do the horses & I got to love on my mom's cat. Mom says she's not doing well. You know how kids are though, when I'm over, she comes up to me like she's feeling fine just to slight my mom. LOL! ... but she has lost a lot of weight lately & she's getting up there in kitty-years too. She still love a good butt rub & loves to MEOW whenever you stop by. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdhJhqhry2KQ3eVv0aoyjhl9EKoSfP8zeRF4G3QiOjNqhDVA5eaNo-9vASkydhnKJr8mxEXeR5V7N7DAGstqgPkGpNlt75eFgOW8e12L0P7pKM4ZRbSod9X6Pcmv-4LmPVAzStcH5czAu2bPMHDvqzyzhh-OgV4F9Yn6uokG6Y5q87OIOlgGI/s2826/20231203_155915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2826" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdhJhqhry2KQ3eVv0aoyjhl9EKoSfP8zeRF4G3QiOjNqhDVA5eaNo-9vASkydhnKJr8mxEXeR5V7N7DAGstqgPkGpNlt75eFgOW8e12L0P7pKM4ZRbSod9X6Pcmv-4LmPVAzStcH5czAu2bPMHDvqzyzhh-OgV4F9Yn6uokG6Y5q87OIOlgGI/w514-h640/20231203_155915.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p>*<b> ALL THE HOLIDAY SHOWS!</b> ... I feel like whenever we stopped for a minute, we watched a new Holiday show. Or at least I did. Ricky is one of those people that watch the first half & then falls asleep & then watches the rest of it later on his own.... men.</p><p> Have you seen the new one on Netflix with the Freaky Friday vibe but with the whole family? I honestly laughed so hard at parts of this & just think that Jennifer Garner is just in that category of THE CUTEST EVER!!!!! Her & Reese Witherspoon. Can we best best friends please? Super cute! & perfect for the whole family to watch together!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Family_switch_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="255" height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Family_switch_poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><p>We also watched The Naughty Nine on Disney+ ... again, a perfect movie to watch with all the family. I love a good sibling connection movie too - which both of these are.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmRjNWFlYWYtYjViNC00NTU0LTllZjUtYjBjZWQzNmJmYjliXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjgzMzUxNA@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmRjNWFlYWYtYjViNC00NTU0LTllZjUtYjBjZWQzNmJmYjliXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjgzMzUxNA@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>& we got through the first season of The Santa Clauses. I dont know how we missed last year in this because it is SO GOOD! Especially if you love The Santa Clause movies. Those movies have a special place in my heart since we saw the FIRST movie the same day we got engaged... so I just love the warm fuzzies it gives me watching these. This series is A-DOR-ABLE! Love seeing some of the original cast still on & looking fantastic. I cant wait to start watching Season 2 now!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWM4YjQ4MDAtYTk1Ny00MzFkLTgxMWEtODRjOTM1YTA1NmZkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMTg2ODkz._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWM4YjQ4MDAtYTk1Ny00MzFkLTgxMWEtODRjOTM1YTA1NmZkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMTg2ODkz._V1_.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>How was your weekend?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Have you had any Holiday events yet?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What's the best Holiday book or movie you've read or watched this year?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Tell me you love Jennifer Garner too!</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-70471461410418468702023-11-28T07:00:00.004-05:002023-11-28T07:15:35.032-05:00Love a long weekend<p> Well, hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving - kicking off the official start of the Holiday season!</p><p>This weekend is exactly why I realize why I like to put my tree up the weekend before Thanksgiving - so I dont have to worry about it during the 4 day weekend that is full of activity. Can sit back & enjoy all the Christmas glow watching Santa come down the road in a parade.</p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">THURSDAY</span></b></p><p>* I did my usual Thanksgiving morning activity - pumpkin pies! I love baking them while watching the parade - plus the smell in my home is just an added bonus. MMMM.... Delish. My pies turned out a little too "pumpkin pie spicy" - but balance it out with whip cream & perfect! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVzw4nKtK6LRe_x8lb0fksWKkh-07Gga2Wmjsh3ODAEVrKF5qlB6VWWEKCs6n6kAIhEA0EIMyTfyAwWl_hXQxIjgn547eVKxx8RC_o8SGsOdWbsqtJH_WOyI3ZPWS712-nbgXKeAeefWXlKzUvvEBGtnmdKRjlk9IXgr-PF_A1_1bD1OEBNLp/s3243/20231123_115617.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3243" data-original-width="2214" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVzw4nKtK6LRe_x8lb0fksWKkh-07Gga2Wmjsh3ODAEVrKF5qlB6VWWEKCs6n6kAIhEA0EIMyTfyAwWl_hXQxIjgn547eVKxx8RC_o8SGsOdWbsqtJH_WOyI3ZPWS712-nbgXKeAeefWXlKzUvvEBGtnmdKRjlk9IXgr-PF_A1_1bD1OEBNLp/w436-h640/20231123_115617.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>* I waited the full parade just to see Cher. MY LORD - how does this woman do it? I mean, we know she's had face lifts - but still, that she's 77 & looks like she does? She has made some sort of deal in exchange for her soul, hasn't she? Only answer it can be. .... I loved the parade though. Was totally confused if that was Peter Centera when Chicago was singing on the float... I still dont know the answer to that.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://people.com/thmb/1A_GvsP81F6sWk_icYZihh59E-s=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1027x431:1029x433)/CherMacysThanksgivingDayParade11232303-da517579146e43c8883af9966170f34c.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://people.com/thmb/1A_GvsP81F6sWk_icYZihh59E-s=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1027x431:1029x433)/CherMacysThanksgivingDayParade11232303-da517579146e43c8883af9966170f34c.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>* I went over to my brother & SIL's & they had a house full! I didnt even take one picture - except when BEREAL came up & I snapped one of my niece. I snipped out my pic because it was HORRENDOUS of me - but it was REAL, that's for sure... but this was it - the only picture I got. At least its of a cutie!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLTYNjvCaM40vxdizzdZUW7JDAbM_5phA_mYcWKllONE2DH5AKNnZDdQ-CbL7D4ZQreBLHHY9TvAM5jiot70QTzKFYtextwWDYRyWz8bj2IN2e2eTwMatq5fXkaY1g3OOCBanTYP_cnGiSyQ-e2vJDPe0_7ViYPs_0pH9zcCahnSO9kIvqSrT/s1018/bereal-2023-11-23-0437.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLTYNjvCaM40vxdizzdZUW7JDAbM_5phA_mYcWKllONE2DH5AKNnZDdQ-CbL7D4ZQreBLHHY9TvAM5jiot70QTzKFYtextwWDYRyWz8bj2IN2e2eTwMatq5fXkaY1g3OOCBanTYP_cnGiSyQ-e2vJDPe0_7ViYPs_0pH9zcCahnSO9kIvqSrT/w626-h640/bereal-2023-11-23-0437.jpeg" width="626" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>It was such a beautiful day too - cool, but my brother & my other niece ended up sitting outside with the house being full - the cool air felt wonderful to me & it was just fun chatting with the 3 of us.</p><p><br />* My mom came & had a good time too. We always joke that we spend our Thanksgiving in the ER because we had like a 3 year stint where mom ended up there each year. Our yearly tradition - but the past 2 years, yahoo - I think she's broken the jinx. She was able to catch up with my SIL's grandmother - those two just love to sit & chat the night away. Glad to see mom enjoying herself.</p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">FRIDAY</span></b></p><p>* No more 3am wake up calls for us - we woke up around 7:30 & eased into the morning. We went to our local little restaurant & had breakfast (they have the BEST breakfast). We hit the primo time too because when we got there, I said, Oh, its not busy. But we went in, got a seat & BLINK, the place was packed & the line was going out the door. We slid in just in time. Love that!</p><p>* We went out to do some shopping ... for nothing special. Just like to see what sales are out there. The winners of the day were probably the dogs. I came home with lots of treats & toys & beds for them. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5vVZT8Qd_fQM_qEsggD836V2FDGbwHcYUxc0e9Roj5LnCtEJcXxTDDzrAcMr4EylQbqP6J7KdWDZSPTIrI_BNOUH7kVtKEPoNHmvvk8UVUw-yeuaAd-v9UYq3leLL5Ga7ZLm3oDrz5SNIOmIfEfeIkRXwpDsEm0m0YbCOeh7q4lTLv8mfXZd/s3758/20231124_110521.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3758" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5vVZT8Qd_fQM_qEsggD836V2FDGbwHcYUxc0e9Roj5LnCtEJcXxTDDzrAcMr4EylQbqP6J7KdWDZSPTIrI_BNOUH7kVtKEPoNHmvvk8UVUw-yeuaAd-v9UYq3leLL5Ga7ZLm3oDrz5SNIOmIfEfeIkRXwpDsEm0m0YbCOeh7q4lTLv8mfXZd/w640-h386/20231124_110521.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, Black Friday isn't Black Friday without a Starbucks stop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>* I tried to get into Bath & Body Works.... mmmph... forget that. The line was down the mall - literally. They had a stopping point I guess to prevent the store from being over capacity & no thank you. This is why I on line shop. </p><p>* We went to a few stores that had some ridiculous lines & by 4, I was like, I'm done "peopling" - I just wanted to get away from crowds. We picked up some food & came home & turned on some Christmas movies & then I'm back in my happy place. I finished this book too - Meh. Its holiday themed but it involves the girl's brother dying & no... I dont want any heart wrenching sadness in my Christmas books please. I need Hallmark feels!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIoTp4apOYQ2ZRcfneDhloTppVGJcUVz9GbcbVTYxDbcPuTQ1L1hPQAX7wBAi61w15U0XYW3hs3sxg1pB_EhCD1tk2oRWkNqomJ8Al2lPimFRY_Jx8Ssgzr97as2ld-2bwwKGcWAcdWsK8OFMU3jEM4hyphenhyphendh74Xp0qYVesgNFyjJ3QODxJZAi5/s3330/20231125_162853.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIoTp4apOYQ2ZRcfneDhloTppVGJcUVz9GbcbVTYxDbcPuTQ1L1hPQAX7wBAi61w15U0XYW3hs3sxg1pB_EhCD1tk2oRWkNqomJ8Al2lPimFRY_Jx8Ssgzr97as2ld-2bwwKGcWAcdWsK8OFMU3jEM4hyphenhyphendh74Xp0qYVesgNFyjJ3QODxJZAi5/w436-h640/20231125_162853.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p>* I got so hooked on the game show Squid Game now out on Netflix. WOWWWWW... its so intriguing! If you ever watched the series, then you have to watch the game they have created out of it. It's really an interesting social experiment if you ask me. I cant wait to see the rest of it. I thought the whole thing was out so made myself stay up well after midnight to finish & then saw that there's still more episodes that dont come out till Wednesday. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/11/27/sgtc_s1_redgreen_unit_06237r-resize-d80fb2f8d7266de9231da9407e52a2c1c4d01594-s1100-c50.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/11/27/sgtc_s1_redgreen_unit_06237r-resize-d80fb2f8d7266de9231da9407e52a2c1c4d01594-s1100-c50.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">SATURDAY</span></b></p><p>* I was so confused what day it was from the moment I woke up. I kept thinking it was Sunday all morning long. See what 4 day weekends can do to a brain?</p><p>* We had to run down to the store to get another dog bed because our little Zoe peed in her bed over night. She is the dog who would drag herself out the door - & HAS - so she doesnt mess in the house. I guess her bladder is like, OK, I'm 18 years old now - I give up.... we also picked her up some doggie diapers. We haven't put them on her yet because I know she's going to pitch a fit... we're going to have to do it in slow bits so she gets used to them. </p><p>* I didnt want to be out in the crowds again for long so after our early morning dog bed dash, we picked up some Starbucks, hit Target & then came home. A nice & relaxing afternoon - & an extra day since it was only SATURDAY</p><p>* Again, the only pic I got for the day was my BEREAL.... I guess its handy for something</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3CJcZw2KyH-5rlvAs8fDI3D754cOjNUBPcu0ris_vBdlsq2WNzwaE55u9C8wNeRaQwWnxowl6W2TCbc3vKM6kpOo8hD7Ht8r-EUj4QNJFudzoir_lzYrZJQoeVS6kohZywxBzjs2X40yBqFzfm8q0IMSuu62hJqqkbyQP-ZpfRn5oFqnahK2/s1440/bereal-2023-11-25-0617.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3CJcZw2KyH-5rlvAs8fDI3D754cOjNUBPcu0ris_vBdlsq2WNzwaE55u9C8wNeRaQwWnxowl6W2TCbc3vKM6kpOo8hD7Ht8r-EUj4QNJFudzoir_lzYrZJQoeVS6kohZywxBzjs2X40yBqFzfm8q0IMSuu62hJqqkbyQP-ZpfRn5oFqnahK2/w480-h640/bereal-2023-11-25-0617.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">SUNDAY</span></b></p><p>* UGH ... what a dreary, nasty, cold, rainy day.... that is the whole day in a nutshell</p><p>* I watched Love at First Sight when I got up & it was just the cutest little movie. I love fast little rom-coms that aren't too complicated. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ntvb.tmsimg.com/assets/p23907017_v_h8_aa.jpg?w=1280&h=720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://ntvb.tmsimg.com/assets/p23907017_v_h8_aa.jpg?w=1280&h=720" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>* Sunday was my BROTHER'S BIRTHDAY TOO!!!!!! Happy Birthday Brother!!!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q_mOpCNQTf0-sxHFWjxD1T5_n_bD5dwXucENTVOUiUUYioWLQ9TMF8e66ju2A8mO_tgp4NdFJbgi7Vdxu_sgd6WGM-sZy6EvDMTgjQWqgQdKO0PcwY6E6qOhJAEpd6rwEhJ0kraUpR5nWwP7hGxEzqFFrzDzVyrOZ2yYK4A1liZb2LNhWpqi/s1080/Screenshot_20230718_194547.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1080" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q_mOpCNQTf0-sxHFWjxD1T5_n_bD5dwXucENTVOUiUUYioWLQ9TMF8e66ju2A8mO_tgp4NdFJbgi7Vdxu_sgd6WGM-sZy6EvDMTgjQWqgQdKO0PcwY6E6qOhJAEpd6rwEhJ0kraUpR5nWwP7hGxEzqFFrzDzVyrOZ2yYK4A1liZb2LNhWpqi/w640-h494/Screenshot_20230718_194547.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's my brother!!!! ... probably the most recent picture I have of him! LOL - he hates his picture to be taken. & look at little ole me. I remember that top - it had tennis racquets all over it - How do I remember this top from the 70's & I cant remember what day it is on the weekend?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>* I ran over to mom's & we ran to the store to just pick up a few things & that was the highlight of my day. Came home & finished <i>Lessons in Chemistry</i> - again, just all thumbs up - such a good rendition of the book. Did some laundry, cleaning, washing of the hair - you know, good ole get ready for another week stuff....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">So how was your Thanksgiving?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Did you go Black Friday shopping?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Do you love rom-coms?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Are you messed up on your days after a 4 day weekend?</span></b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-58092789728368821262023-11-23T07:00:00.100-05:002023-11-23T07:00:00.136-05:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! ... This or That!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ37FP2Y9g0y2CDGOgYwH1urR3Q87856gTfILHhuG0l3pw9_WzK_V80dyi-Hh7EN1BPDJMS2QD_kz-dCpAQ9jmMB-uv6GzTwJWFsf97nPDtH-rjI2gn10pI_BTnineKYGshxE8zQ_zk6anqZBac4adc2mmzMN_8IeNkNusWg4iVEzG6I0uKER1nvgwn6g/s800/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ37FP2Y9g0y2CDGOgYwH1urR3Q87856gTfILHhuG0l3pw9_WzK_V80dyi-Hh7EN1BPDJMS2QD_kz-dCpAQ9jmMB-uv6GzTwJWFsf97nPDtH-rjI2gn10pI_BTnineKYGshxE8zQ_zk6anqZBac4adc2mmzMN_8IeNkNusWg4iVEzG6I0uKER1nvgwn6g/w360-h640/1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>That sweet blogging friend <a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2023/11/this-or-that-thanksgiving-edition.html" target="_blank">Jennifer </a>had this on her blog this week & I thought Thanksgiving is the perfect day to join in as well! Let's do a This or That!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Watching Football / Watching Macy's Parade</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">I look so forward to the Macy's Parade. I love the part BEFORE the parade actually - the part that they have Broadway portions of singing & dancing. But I just love sitting on the couch with a book & coffee, by the tree watching it -& then the Dog show after! Of course! (GO AUSSIES!)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Truth be told - I'm not sure I've ever sat & watched a football game on TV - not even the Superbowl. Yeah, I'll see portions of it - but watch a full game? Nah - I'll pass</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Pumpkin Pie / Apple Pie</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is a Sophie's choice question for me. I LOVE pie. <br />MMMM.... I dont know I can pick one of these.<br />OK... if I HAD to choose... <br />OMG - I can't - I love both.<br />Decisions decisions.... for Thanksgiving - I'm going with Pumpkin pie - I actually make a WONDERFUL pumpkin pie</p><p style="text-align: center;">The rest of the year - apple.</p><p style="text-align: center;">... with whip cream</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/quote-give-thanks-eat-pie-with-pumpkin-pie-traditional-thanksgiving-day-dessert_469043-102.jpg?w=2000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/quote-give-thanks-eat-pie-with-pumpkin-pie-traditional-thanksgiving-day-dessert_469043-102.jpg?w=2000" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Turkey / Ham or Other</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">yeahhhhh - we're going to go with OTHER over here.<br /><br />Last year, I even made a tofu turkey & honestly, I actually liked it! It had some sort of stuffing in it.<br />Can you believe it - I had leftovers too! <br />LOL - Ricky wasn't about to eat any of that.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/MB1RWz0k2BdWsdDf43/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="480" height="333" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/MB1RWz0k2BdWsdDf43/giphy.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Online Shopping / Brave the Stores</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Black Friday aint like the good ole days of Black Friday.<br />& I'm OK with that.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We used to be out like at 2am in lines for things - especially when the girls were little.<br />Now - no thanks - I'll sleep in & log on my lap top when I get up.<br />I love me some online shopping.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thanks UPS, FEDX & Amazon for bringing Christmas to me!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Plus - the crowds - UGH! Any more - I just feel safer at home than in crowds in the store.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Last year, we went Black Friday shopping & Ricky went over a "safety plan" if we hear gun shots & what to do to get out safely. Sounds crazy right? Or sounds about right for today's world. Yep.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Dressing / Stuffing</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">OK... is there a difference?<br />Seriously - I didnt really think about it!</p><p style="text-align: center;">OK - just googled it. DUH - the names pretty much say it - one is made stuffed IN a bird, the other served OUTSIDE the bird as a dressing - but its like Coke & Pop & Soda - I think people say both in turn of one another.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Like Stove top STUFFING isn't inside a bird... but the name is STUFFING!<br /><br />OBVI - I dont want it if its in a bird so I go with dressing. But I have probably called it stuffing half of my life - probably in the same sentence as dressing. </p><p style="text-align: center;">....The more you know</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Sweet Potato Casserole / Green Bean Casserole</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Give me anything sweet potato. <i>Any </i>potato actually.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/a1/e1/90a1e11122d1f705978ea5982fde65ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/a1/e1/90a1e11122d1f705978ea5982fde65ad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">& Green Bean Casserole grosses me out just looking at it. Doesnt it just look gross? - no thank you.<br /><br />But the REAL winner - my brother's broccoli casserole - now, hands down- that's a true winner.<br />Broccoli smothered in cheese & ritz crackers... keep yo turkey - just give me a the whole pan of this!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Sunday Best / Comfy Clothes</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">The comfier the better!<br />Give me some pants that stretch & then clothes I can plop down on the couch & take a nap in</p><p style="text-align: center;">That's the perfect Thanksgiving wardrobe</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/XFgYIXf1EK6BklU3gz/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="480" height="288" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/XFgYIXf1EK6BklU3gz/giphy.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Normally Host / Normally Attend</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">No want wants the vegetarian to cook Thanksgiving dinner.</p><p style="text-align: center;">or the gal who hates for their food to touch.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm the person who shows up at your door with a pie in hand.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: medium;"><b>Hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving - however you celebrate!<br />So much to be Thankful for. Let's lift a glass in toast of all the many blessings we have daily.</b></span></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-50679979994807877292023-11-22T10:02:00.000-05:002023-11-22T10:02:20.948-05:00BLINK - 17 years gone!<p>I have to just give a moment & do a slow clap for this blog of mine. </p><p>I love reading the blog Stephany Writes & she did a <a href="https://stephanywrites.com/2000-blog-posts-later/" target="_blank">blog about doing her 2,000th pos</a>t. She asked how long others have been a blogger. Hm.. good question, let me go check. </p><p>My jaw nearly hit the ground. THIS - this right here is my first post.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFuk1crKsT0aoBD9F_1TNvBKHm5AQAN9SClwyryQt0086zdjpYQTJtNK5R2NEH0bn1Zm_tH6OSrdiKTYNHOP9OJJdn7Sa0IfwkZcF2qvGSl-u2nJFivaW9EHz99tGEwRXug0_hUrsUGPbqgrxR0LsDA5tIyBupCOWUI80Ul-ZxukeUBQ4O4SL/s903/Screenshot%202023-11-21%20182354.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="903" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFuk1crKsT0aoBD9F_1TNvBKHm5AQAN9SClwyryQt0086zdjpYQTJtNK5R2NEH0bn1Zm_tH6OSrdiKTYNHOP9OJJdn7Sa0IfwkZcF2qvGSl-u2nJFivaW9EHz99tGEwRXug0_hUrsUGPbqgrxR0LsDA5tIyBupCOWUI80Ul-ZxukeUBQ4O4SL/w640-h255/Screenshot%202023-11-21%20182354.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I wasn't very chatty when I started off, was I? </p><p>Look at that date - October 18, 2006. 2006!!!!!!!!! What in the world. </p><p>& I started this blog to talk about knitting - hence the name & I think none of the rest of the posts in October were about knitting. My chattiness has changed - my scattered brain has not.</p><p>That I mention my friend Stephanie in this first post makes me a little choked up... she passed away in 2007. - & that's it right there. ALL the memories. Life has so many memories, good & bad, funny & heartbreak. I love having a place I can look back & see some thoughts & times & pictures. & love that I get to share with people as well. </p><p>I hope even if you dont have a blog, that you have some sort of memory keeping method. Whether it be photos, or journals or scrapbooks - however you do it. Life goes by in a blink & its just special to relive those moments.</p><p>Even better - I am still friends with some of the people that started reading my blog from the beginning - that's the coolest of it all! People that have supported me in life in all those moments of good & bad I just mentioned. That's the best reward of blogging. Truly. </p><p>... & all this is just lighting the blog spark in my heart to get more in gear at it. I slacked in 2023 -& that's OK. It just wasn't the year for me to take time to click click clickety clack on the keyboard, but I'm excited to be back more & more.</p><p>17 years... I'm still shocked.... & I still dont look a day over 25</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/l0ExayQDzrI2xOb8A/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="150" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l0ExayQDzrI2xOb8A/giphy.gif" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>Doing more math... I was 34 when I started this blog. Still a baby. Wow</p><p>.... OK - not a day over 34.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/mHS0hHYBILQJy/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="319" height="384" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/mHS0hHYBILQJy/giphy.gif" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p>Here's to ANOTHER 17 years of blogging...</p><p>OMG - that will make me 68... & still not looking... OK, I'll stop</p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-37556566181499928532023-11-20T07:00:00.040-05:002023-11-20T07:00:00.140-05:00Weekend Highlights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFAUkAhz5Nuq_i_vjXF6fPu5mHQzhG45HKCu5zbpAO8oYQp3RUA-CYc7nmrNTmJ5L9_Fw6EJKLZtKufY3stcVEKUkJeDkW7VZ5jzVDqyUg40orgBfjX9i5IHPjRxzYMc0yIrKougJps4IFMvmjNTotrdmo-Vj_CM10oyNjCNB9l9XjexUNW-7/s640/Yellow%20and%20Turquoise%20Vintage%20Rainbow%20Desktop%20Wallpaper.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFAUkAhz5Nuq_i_vjXF6fPu5mHQzhG45HKCu5zbpAO8oYQp3RUA-CYc7nmrNTmJ5L9_Fw6EJKLZtKufY3stcVEKUkJeDkW7VZ5jzVDqyUg40orgBfjX9i5IHPjRxzYMc0yIrKougJps4IFMvmjNTotrdmo-Vj_CM10oyNjCNB9l9XjexUNW-7/w400-h225/Yellow%20and%20Turquoise%20Vintage%20Rainbow%20Desktop%20Wallpaper.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>I'm still in shock that this is Thanksgiving week. I knew it was ... but it really hit me this weekend that it <i><b>REALLY </b></i>is. I am legit sitting here at my computer on Sunday night & just now thinking, I should get my stuff to make pumpkin pie. ... & I HATE going to the grocery during Thanksgiving week. Gives me flashbacks of working in the grocery store as a cashier in my teens. (though I did love that job - so much fun!) Talk about non stop scanning. Its been a few DECADES & I still remember it.</p><p>Anyways - hope everyone else is better prepared than I am! Get those stretchy pants ready!</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/hs0If3hDc1zVhwimMP/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="480" height="333" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/hs0If3hDc1zVhwimMP/giphy.gif" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="color: #76a5af;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><span style="color: #76a5af;"><b>EXHAUSTED<br /></b></span>I had a long week this past week. Covering for someone who was on vacation put a double work load on me & Friday was a LOT. Like, when I walked out the door, it was like someone hit me with an EXHAUSTION stick because I just wanted to get home & crawl in bed. I picked up dinner & we ate early, watched the latest Survivor (what a great episode this week!!!) & I knocked out SUPER early. </p><p><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">SUNRISE</span></b><br />Going to bed early, I was up before the sun on Saturday. It was so crazy because my eyes just like POPPED open & I was WIDE AWAKE. Like, why cant that happen Monday - Friday during work days. I felt so rested & recharged & ready to go. Made me a cup of coffee & sat on my chaise lounger & watched the sun rise. </p><p><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">DECORATIONS BEGIN</span></b><br />My house has now been Christmas-fied. Or as good as its going to get. We have so many more decorations that we used to put up, but a few years back, I parred it down so much. I used to pull out like 10 totes - so many boxes - so much going on. Now, I can basically have everything I'm putting up in a few hours. Well, I say a few hours but its probably a half day - which is still tiring. But I made a call to just take it easy - I knew I had all weekend to do it, so just a few things here & there. Put up the nativity - stop & read a few chapters in a book. Set up my coffee bar - time to make a new coffee & watch a movie. THIS is how I decorate now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAU9B9zWXFkgD9Bd6L3xyO6We7GgpL8gjaGskn53U5-kodUfgV1bhy7h2iGmmv1SoJGjGpdP0qhRYHLPIZtXWuAfkZvmeXG1FxrLa02HRlWU8UOLWW6R7ylz4V5EXdcIaHAUUh1-BbHce-ZZz5t0AH2_F9DI5pXPQo-B0izt5FYdmDoERl_2U/s3802/20231118_131144-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3802" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAU9B9zWXFkgD9Bd6L3xyO6We7GgpL8gjaGskn53U5-kodUfgV1bhy7h2iGmmv1SoJGjGpdP0qhRYHLPIZtXWuAfkZvmeXG1FxrLa02HRlWU8UOLWW6R7ylz4V5EXdcIaHAUUh1-BbHce-ZZz5t0AH2_F9DI5pXPQo-B0izt5FYdmDoERl_2U/w382-h640/20231118_131144-EDIT.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2ucSG6JdUh7-jUc4TL5H5V98qMv4feo8L19jU9-oOP_f-y3oDFkKwJrS0jF8OHO3xN3hEwfIR7AaSQBtXxyYgX9HnlSbGmbGf1enBcAafKiRQCq3rGyKRTW0SVcXa55l9_MJ3aPkGOcN_ySbEqXWDL7-1CZrMv9sMdpHzroLRq2zW4TwYxAC/s4032/20231118_115312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2ucSG6JdUh7-jUc4TL5H5V98qMv4feo8L19jU9-oOP_f-y3oDFkKwJrS0jF8OHO3xN3hEwfIR7AaSQBtXxyYgX9HnlSbGmbGf1enBcAafKiRQCq3rGyKRTW0SVcXa55l9_MJ3aPkGOcN_ySbEqXWDL7-1CZrMv9sMdpHzroLRq2zW4TwYxAC/w640-h360/20231118_115312.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I finally got everything done on my tree by Sunday afternoon & now, LET HER GLOW!!!!! Love the extra light. Honestly, this tree holds my sanity together with it being so dark so early. That extra bit of warmth in the house just wraps around my heart & gives it a little hug.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjY7kKbwwX7pf9m5dhYub-Ecl7spbqlCU3FkS-O1-XRtoktsRba3MA3vaj6Z-P4IMpJhGEqZw5VsJ-3K5YyndwJ6c1K3ZA6JzJSrW42Rhzub9pt6lILa6aFwOSLzCWOx7J7C4wrPqLGaEGSfAU-H_z2FNdVbgN3T8wxKPP9DEpKVRR-baCxU4/s3777/20231119_142549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3777" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjY7kKbwwX7pf9m5dhYub-Ecl7spbqlCU3FkS-O1-XRtoktsRba3MA3vaj6Z-P4IMpJhGEqZw5VsJ-3K5YyndwJ6c1K3ZA6JzJSrW42Rhzub9pt6lILa6aFwOSLzCWOx7J7C4wrPqLGaEGSfAU-H_z2FNdVbgN3T8wxKPP9DEpKVRR-baCxU4/w384-h640/20231119_142549.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">RIBBON BITES</span></b><br />I was so excited I found a new ribbon I wanted to put on my tree this year. It has sparkly green dots all over it & I thought it would be perfect on my tree. Tell me how mad I was when I pulled out this wired ribbon & its like tissue paper!!!!! I had to read the label again to see if I bought ribbon that isn't "wired" - it indeed says it is but the wire in it must be the most relaxed wire I've ever seen in my life. This doesnt hold a shape or a curl - its so bad. I had to work with it to even get it to do the little curls above by holding it behind branches & just hope it looked ok. I've dared Ricky & the dogs to even breath on this ribbon lest it change. FYI - dont ever get ribbon from Sam's Club. ... I could have sworn I got ribbon there before & it was good. Maybe its this design? I dont know... I've taken the rest of it & tossed in the "Tote of the Forgotten" - the place where old broken ornaments & old dusty decorations go..... I feel like there's a Disney Pixar Holiday movie I just thought of.</p><p><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">WRONG SEASON</span></b><br />We ran down to Target to pick up a few things & I was so giddy happy to see the coffee creamer I love. I only like this Natural Bliss & the Chobani coffee creamers. I hadnt seen Pumpkin all year long in the Natural Bliss - to find it on sale even - I am so stoked! Everyone else moving on from Pumpkin to Peppermint - which I am NOT a fan of in my coffee (gag!) I got 2 bottles so that'll last me 2-3 weeks anyways - trying to stretch it out through Christmas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlRRjV1i5yKcPOKLuJs7-7de91Lh6GeHvAG5NKHhAuzXEXgD3uDcLi9S6KqLqmCh_MkS71GAha-BjIEgkonj4rCHCYNVFy78bc4sSCF9th1S3LaotPkpIdSLCTz_eOgn5JhgApf6jlBqcrnwcnhdPSo-rkOLc9Tw8igy_HwCp8sSI1HCyLQ1o/s3188/20231119_160629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3188" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlRRjV1i5yKcPOKLuJs7-7de91Lh6GeHvAG5NKHhAuzXEXgD3uDcLi9S6KqLqmCh_MkS71GAha-BjIEgkonj4rCHCYNVFy78bc4sSCF9th1S3LaotPkpIdSLCTz_eOgn5JhgApf6jlBqcrnwcnhdPSo-rkOLc9Tw8igy_HwCp8sSI1HCyLQ1o/w456-h640/20231119_160629.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="color: #76a5af;">WORST COFFEE EVER</span><br />On our way home, Ricky wanted to pick up a coffee to have to heat up for the morning. I thought, good idea, I'll get an iced coffee for me to take to work too. OMGGGGGG .... I dont know what was happening at Starbucks but it wasn't good. First of all, there was one car in front of us & that was it. Me & one car. It took like 10 minutes before I finally said, "are they open?".... right when I heard the speaker ask the car in front of us what they wanted. We finally got up to place our order & it was like the woman had no idea was I was talking about. I have my order memorized to a tee.... "Venti vanilla iced coffee with extra cream, light ice"... She had me so turned around with questions, I was like, umm... coffee, iced, half & half, no ice, yes, no, cream, coffee, iced but no ice" - Literally, Ricky was like, What just happened there? ... & when she handed it to me, I knew INSTANTLY, this is not going to be good.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3Qt9fvSlWW3NG0B1qDj5SuVJ_Rc7zejJ3pBrnjlX2ltnVPckJJ86SUaWCWzzRKPvwnE6uDrUoNatyvTU5vFxIp2IG3GgZC2j3qK-Kelm0ir41V7Qw0FKarSnUd_cxsJ15d85x8QcmRcNPfwq2lmx0r1Cl5pBPGvVda5D9UsunOjEcPJ3e9t6/s3315/20231119_170051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3315" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3Qt9fvSlWW3NG0B1qDj5SuVJ_Rc7zejJ3pBrnjlX2ltnVPckJJ86SUaWCWzzRKPvwnE6uDrUoNatyvTU5vFxIp2IG3GgZC2j3qK-Kelm0ir41V7Qw0FKarSnUd_cxsJ15d85x8QcmRcNPfwq2lmx0r1Cl5pBPGvVda5D9UsunOjEcPJ3e9t6/w438-h640/20231119_170051.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br /><p> I thought, you know - its going to be OK. I just got my good creamer - I'll add to it in the morning & it'll be just delightful.....</p><p>... & then I took a drink.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/fdXCkGaoD5cZxSRCf3/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="400" height="224" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/fdXCkGaoD5cZxSRCf3/giphy.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is exactly what my face looked like. I have no idea what she put in it but it tasted like a bunch of sweet and low, artificial sweetener sort of taste. I'm gagging again thinking about it. </div></span></div></div><p>There was $5.00 down the drain.<br /><b><span style="color: #76a5af;"><br />COFFEE FOLLOWUP</span></b><br />I dont know if you saw on my Friday Favorites I think 2 weeks ago, <a href="https://amzn.to/3R7TFmM" target="_blank">the coffee sleeves</a> that come in a 3 pack on Amazon that look similar to the Java Sok brand - but I said they are thinner. Can I let you know that I think I love these MORE than the Java Sok covers. I love the handle on them & I actually like that its thinner to sit on my desk - or fit in my cup holder. & the large in this one actually fits a VENTI (pictured below) where the Java Sok only comes up a little bit more than half way. I'm super excited these now!!!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrOL7PHWjP41vDVayYZ8W6IJ086C7KRa2_TLWL906UNTZXcALqC0L_0af3oei-bE-7vC8Z0IwZyktLppaT4uPVmerfnHnCmWb08g_I4MKi3gIxWEvJc086fndxhhmQ2ZqtwSU7HMLCSkFz3aTNPy83nZKWgv9MfAi4vM475JZaUsmrrvmQLme/s3510/20231115_070056-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3510" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrOL7PHWjP41vDVayYZ8W6IJ086C7KRa2_TLWL906UNTZXcALqC0L_0af3oei-bE-7vC8Z0IwZyktLppaT4uPVmerfnHnCmWb08g_I4MKi3gIxWEvJc086fndxhhmQ2ZqtwSU7HMLCSkFz3aTNPy83nZKWgv9MfAi4vM475JZaUsmrrvmQLme/w414-h640/20231115_070056-EDIT.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right <a href="https://amzn.to/3R7TFmM" target="_blank">HERE</a> is the link for these ... a 3 pack for under $10.00</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">SMALL SCREEN</span></b><br />I totally spaced that <i><b>The Crown</b></i> started & what a pleasant surprise! I saw it around 9pm on Saturday night. Do you know I stayed up past midnight watching the 4 episodes that are out.... & oh my Candle in the Wind heart hurt so badly. I dont know why Princess Diana's life & death just is something that I am enamored with, but it sure is. I dont want to say anything if you havent seen it yet - I mean, yeahhh - we know how it ends - but the way they portray it, I was just in tears. & I had to keep reminding myself this is fiction - but so much of this makes you wonder how much of it is true. </p><p>It also just hurts my heart watching this knowing that the Queen is no longer here. It just really makes the whole show feel so different to me. I wish they would just take it all the way up to her passing - make it a full circle series. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://img.etimg.com/thumb/width-1200,height-900,imgsize-42552,resizemode-75,msid-105318376/news/international/us/the-crown-season-6-part-2-release-date-on-netflix-when-to-watch-final-6-episodes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="479" src="https://img.etimg.com/thumb/width-1200,height-900,imgsize-42552,resizemode-75,msid-105318376/news/international/us/the-crown-season-6-part-2-release-date-on-netflix-when-to-watch-final-6-episodes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>How was your weekend?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Are you all prepared for Thanksgiving cooking/baking?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What's your favorite coffee creamer?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you watch The Crown?</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-12031666802809542172023-11-17T07:00:00.091-05:002023-11-17T07:02:47.309-05:00Friday Favorites<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lJklhS7s-hlz9ZSOH5GhkpB7fLGN0pvvUSyt511tIWW69h-UW4RtSxX65V5QQRqojuMfbQfDtHRj7aVVfEg-KJNJtWjKxhTP4qXmwbtkQo8_tpZwrsBAgxJcown7Nm4NGQ3a/s640/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="640" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lJklhS7s-hlz9ZSOH5GhkpB7fLGN0pvvUSyt511tIWW69h-UW4RtSxX65V5QQRqojuMfbQfDtHRj7aVVfEg-KJNJtWjKxhTP4qXmwbtkQo8_tpZwrsBAgxJcown7Nm4NGQ3a/w640-h170/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Click on any PIC for the link</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Wrapping Help</span></b><br />OH WOW... this is something I think I have to have.<br />You put this on the edge of a table/counter & it holds your wrapping paper! Just like the wrapping station in stores! AND it has a tape dispenser on it. What a genius idea!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/49IecWC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="800" height="490" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71wvSGGKRTS._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Daily Organizer</span></b><br />If you want to be a planner but just dont want to deal with carrying or keeping up with a Planner - then this may be for you. Even as a planner person, I still enjoy these daily sheets for events or busy days - or even where I can write on it & leave it on the kitchen counter & the family can see what the day holds. I always say you can fill it out & toss at the end of the day - or even better, hole punch it & put in a binder or put it in a folder & you just made your own planner to look back on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3MzSgDa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51i7pLQ7xDS._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Small Heater</span></b><br />OK... y'all know me & heaters dont get along - not with the Hot Flashes in my world.<br />But because I'm constantly NOT wanting the heat on, poor Hubby is shaking with chills in the corner of the house. (kidding - kinda) - but he does stay a lot colder than me & we got a little heater like this for him. Its PERFECT! He's able to move it around the house easily - put it near him & keeps him warm & toasty. It's the perfect size for a desk too if you're cold in the office. Puts out some great heat for a nice size area. Those cold days are coming too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47w5Z5Z" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91OhMVnkf4L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Coffee Mug</span></b><br />OK - this may be a new weekly thing because I do love coffee mugs</p><p style="text-align: center;">BUT THIS!!!! OMG - this is too funny! I LOVE IT SO MUCH<br />& yes - its a mug - not a real carafe</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3FWy62e" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="800" height="542" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ekPCU5kqL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Cuticle Relief</span></b><br />As soon as the air gets a little nip in the air, all hydration seems to just get sucked out of my body.<br />Lips, skin & nails - I am in love with this cuticle oil. So easy to just swipe on my cuticles & let it soak in or massage in. Makes my nails look so healthy</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3sDQ9ap" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71-Dze99n6L._SL1500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Ice Cubes</span></b><br />I'm not a fancy kinda gal - but this! This feels fancy & Fabulous & so Princess like<br />Giving me all the Belle vibes in my drink please<br />& under $6.00? What a fun little gift for someone who has everything.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47Mbqhl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="800" height="637" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71xO6m4J91L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Bowls</span></b><br />I dont know why I've become obsessed with plates/bowls like these - maybe seeing them on cooking shows? But I love the idea of these shallow bowls that you basically can use as a plate - but have that little edging on the side. I want to get me a set so badly. Helps from chasing your food off your plate too! LOL</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3N23VLh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="800" height="597" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61cDt3-x6yL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Bath Robe</span></b><br />I think this would be my Mr. Rogers sweater - I'm putting this one the minute I come in my door at the end of the day & basically living in it.<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ucvzys" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/store-an-image-prod-us-east-1/rBxBYqhl5.png?output-format=jpg&downsize=350:*" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Pens</span></b><br />I've been really into Fountain pens lately & there's the whole ink & refilling thing - but I'm wanting to try these! I actually just added them to my Subscribe & Save. Disposable fountain pens with ink in them & then you toss when they're used up. I want to see how the nib is on them! Such a cool idea.<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3sto3i4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="384" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61xNhRhIrML._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Funnies</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/31-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="750" height="291" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/31-30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/youre-deck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="649" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/youre-deck.jpg" width="519" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/30-30-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="750" height="383" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/30-30-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goes for spouses too - stop asking!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-meme-77.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-meme-77.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/31-42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="750" height="591" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/31-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-205-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="713" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-205-1.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-197-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="750" height="574" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-197-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2-29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="750" height="312" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2-29.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-140-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="638" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-140-2.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This isnt even funny - I legit want this</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/31-46.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="750" height="409" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/31-46.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Have a great weekend Y'all!!!!</span></b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-6846332967385852322023-11-13T07:00:00.012-05:002023-11-13T07:00:00.139-05:00Weekend Highlights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFAUkAhz5Nuq_i_vjXF6fPu5mHQzhG45HKCu5zbpAO8oYQp3RUA-CYc7nmrNTmJ5L9_Fw6EJKLZtKufY3stcVEKUkJeDkW7VZ5jzVDqyUg40orgBfjX9i5IHPjRxzYMc0yIrKougJps4IFMvmjNTotrdmo-Vj_CM10oyNjCNB9l9XjexUNW-7/s1640/Yellow%20and%20Turquoise%20Vintage%20Rainbow%20Desktop%20Wallpaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFAUkAhz5Nuq_i_vjXF6fPu5mHQzhG45HKCu5zbpAO8oYQp3RUA-CYc7nmrNTmJ5L9_Fw6EJKLZtKufY3stcVEKUkJeDkW7VZ5jzVDqyUg40orgBfjX9i5IHPjRxzYMc0yIrKougJps4IFMvmjNTotrdmo-Vj_CM10oyNjCNB9l9XjexUNW-7/w640-h360/Yellow%20and%20Turquoise%20Vintage%20Rainbow%20Desktop%20Wallpaper.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /> Happy Monday everyone! ... can you believe Thanksgiving is next week? I really cant wrap my mind around it. Hope you had a good weekend - mine was so super relaxed & wonderful. Lets jump into some highlights</p><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Empty</span></b><br />I usually work from home on Friday's but we had a coworker that was off so its never a problem for me to go in the office if I need to - but I guess with it being Veteran's Day & the court house closed - Downtown seemed like a ghost town when I was leaving. Worked for me - made getting home a faster than usual commute.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifw-glk218t9VnULB08BbEsKe1Ckvf4JxeAlmRcPc3zYp0QzhRKvUJ4Ht0xnYvhzJu2nc3XBTL0603H8fbdTEQUaqh-DYMY1bkIwzQUMRPzNOWHmw9ch3-JYs923ITrOpvoxbl1JMZO0qb3xgonfJk5FlkZBXSmYP7Vagt44H74_daVDDIchT/s3670/20231110_160751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3670" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifw-glk218t9VnULB08BbEsKe1Ckvf4JxeAlmRcPc3zYp0QzhRKvUJ4Ht0xnYvhzJu2nc3XBTL0603H8fbdTEQUaqh-DYMY1bkIwzQUMRPzNOWHmw9ch3-JYs923ITrOpvoxbl1JMZO0qb3xgonfJk5FlkZBXSmYP7Vagt44H74_daVDDIchT/w396-h640/20231110_160751.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The street when I pulled out of the parking garage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Dinner Out - well, to pick up</span><br /></b>It was such beautiful weather on Friday. Sunny - till 5:30 (I'll complain all winter long) but it was nice & warm with the sun up, & just the right sort of cool when the sun set. I never feel like cooking on Friday so we ran up to pick up some dinner. I guess everyone was feeling the beautiful temps because every place was so crowded! We ended up going to our local Chillburger - which I usually order with the app - but the app wasn't working & they turned off their phones. I could see why - when we got there, the line was out the door. We had nothing better to do, so we weathered the crowd & picked up food & enjoyed a nice night of dinner with the latest Goosebumps episode. One more to go.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Sunrise</span></b><br />I got up pretty early on Saturday. Weekends are weird for me. I want to sleep in, but then it messes up my nights for Monday when its time to go back to work. I get up around 5:10am on the week days so I guess getting up at 6am was still sleeping in? But honestly, mornings are my favorite. I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting up & watching the sun rise. There's something about watching the sky lighten up that just brings me joy. A good cup of coffee in my hands greeting the day ... nothing better.</p><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">All the Reading</span></b><br />I am fully immersed into <a href="https://amzn.to/3u4NJSA" target="_blank">Iron Flame</a> now - the follow up to <a href="https://amzn.to/47ujrXP" target="_blank">Fourth Wing</a>. & yes, you'll see the pic below is a Kindle & that's because when its a book or author I want to support - I FULLY SUPPORT. I did buy the hardback book - I also bought the Audible - AND I bought the Kindle version. Take all my money when its a good story. It just makes it easier for me to carry my Kindle around - plus, the hard cover book, the font seems to be smaller to me & my old eyes cant handle it. Also, I dont want to mess up the sprayed edges of my beautiful hard copy - so the Kindle is worth it to me. I'm moving slowly on this because I want to take in all the small details - & with this being over 600 pages - its going to take me a bit to get through. I'm hoping to finish by next weekend. </p><p>& I'm having to stay off Bookstagram I think because so many are posting about it now & I want to spoil anything on this. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfSoWqvDWmSugj8fbP2IuQ2bwiC534UGDjvl26cHaiRtaKDtvkOiVAKczns9UWfJCUsAUIHwkDcwOmwlKHJw1pUwnVEdwfELFlfVVaL1h1UmX3JQHS0h1gjKgnVYWEsplJI2mzaahk0IZIR38KcvajXZ_kGL7giaeWM54HxZ-0Kfg-e8wPqqA/s3475/20231104_135747-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3475" data-original-width="2358" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfSoWqvDWmSugj8fbP2IuQ2bwiC534UGDjvl26cHaiRtaKDtvkOiVAKczns9UWfJCUsAUIHwkDcwOmwlKHJw1pUwnVEdwfELFlfVVaL1h1UmX3JQHS0h1gjKgnVYWEsplJI2mzaahk0IZIR38KcvajXZ_kGL7giaeWM54HxZ-0Kfg-e8wPqqA/w434-h640/20231104_135747-EDIT.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Series Watching</span></b><br />I am absolutely loving Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV - anyone else watching it. I always get nervous when they make a book into something, but Thumbs up so far on this. I think Brie Larson is doing a great job as Elizabeth Zott & the little girl playing Mad - she's EXACTLY like I pictured when reading the book. I do wish they had spent a little more time on Elizabeth & Calvin's relationship - I thought the book gave us so much more on that - but I am just looking forward to every new episode on this. I even like the Six Thirty episode... though, yeah, sad. Horribly Sad.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://resizing.flixster.com/tC-r2AIF1vDBAlR9TrBOEM_IIA0=/ems.cHJkLWVtcy1hc3NldHMvdHZzZXJpZXMvNDU2MDg4NjgtMWFjNS00MmVjLTlkNmMtYjdmMjM2YjA4NThiLnBuZw==" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://resizing.flixster.com/tC-r2AIF1vDBAlR9TrBOEM_IIA0=/ems.cHJkLWVtcy1hc3NldHMvdHZzZXJpZXMvNDU2MDg4NjgtMWFjNS00MmVjLTlkNmMtYjdmMjM2YjA4NThiLnBuZw==" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Still no tree</span></b><br />I am amazed at all the Christmas trees I'm seeing up in people's homes when I drive by. & I'm jealous. Our rule always was to put it up on Thanksgiving day. We'd eat a big breakfast & then I would put it up while watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. But the past few years, I've convinced Ricky to put it up the week before so I can sort of dabble in putting it up - grab a box here or there & it not be a one day thing. .... but now, seeing everyone actually putting their tree up Nov 1st - I may have to find a new excuse on why we need our tree up earlier. .... Granted, we're the people who leave our tree up till February or March - so we get the use out of our tree.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>So... what show are you binging?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you cook on Friday?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you have your Christmas tree up?</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-57005872658608270602023-11-10T07:00:00.006-05:002023-11-10T07:00:00.140-05:00Friday Favorites<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lJklhS7s-hlz9ZSOH5GhkpB7fLGN0pvvUSyt511tIWW69h-UW4RtSxX65V5QQRqojuMfbQfDtHRj7aVVfEg-KJNJtWjKxhTP4qXmwbtkQo8_tpZwrsBAgxJcown7Nm4NGQ3a/s640/image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="640" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lJklhS7s-hlz9ZSOH5GhkpB7fLGN0pvvUSyt511tIWW69h-UW4RtSxX65V5QQRqojuMfbQfDtHRj7aVVfEg-KJNJtWjKxhTP4qXmwbtkQo8_tpZwrsBAgxJcown7Nm4NGQ3a/w640-h170/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">CLICK ANY PIC FOR LINK</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Lamp</span></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">With the time change & all the darkness - I'm ALL about every bit of light I can turn on in my home.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This lamp is really pretty - would be lovely next to the couch - or even by a chair you read in or get cozy in.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Sv7DjL" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/613DmN40deS._AC_SL1000_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Air Pods Case</span></b><br />Things like this just make me smile<br />& you get both of them! ... another perfect stocking stuffer idea!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/40vsSnQ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/717CNq+Qj+S._AC_SL1200_.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red;">Christmas Disposal Cups</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">I mean... these are just funny. <br />Who needs Starbucks cups when you have these?<br />Perfect for family holiday parties too! - especially if someone comes with a black dickie on!</p><p style="text-align: center;">(If you know - you know)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3tT1PGy" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="789" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71biL3H-v8L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Favorite Beauty & the Beast</span></b><br />... you didnt think I didnt care anymore about my favorite - right?<br />How beautiful is this glass! I have loved drinking my iced coffee in these sort of glasses too all summer long. Gives me a FANCY feel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1310117843/tale-as-old-as-time-cup-iced-coffee?source=aw&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=us_location_buyer&utm_term=3657&utm_content=304459&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=304459&awc=6220_1699316201_091e41f454530061a2880b5b740441c9" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="800" src="https://i.etsystatic.com/18320048/r/il/b5612e/4574630465/il_794xN.4574630465_a05b.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Measuring Cups</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Decoration or baking helper - BOTH!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.shopdisney.com/mickey-and-minnie-mouse-icon-holiday-ceramic-measuring-cup-set-433121159591.html?cjdata=MXxOfDB8WXww&LSID=8209452|13227368|disneyadultGGbraga103023-7560617-xid-fr1699315471936ece&CMP=AFL-AffLSGen_Content_4839372_13227368&att=LSGenAffl&EFC=224510&cjevent=d4a45fc37d0211ee83942ba00a82b82c" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-10/18/14/asset/4ceafcb48aa9/sub-buzz-981-1697641141-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Coffee Covers</span></b><br />OK - I've got a couple of JavaSoks & love them!<br />But I found this 3 pack - 3 PACK!!!- for $8.99! That's crazy!<br />One for each size of coffee. - & its the same pattern that JavaSoks has!<br />I will say - its not the quality of JavaSoks - those seem to be a little thicker - but I love the strap for a little support in holding the cup in these!<br />Again ,for the price - it would be perfect stocking stuffers!!!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Qr6qau" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="800" height="558" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81j47oHax4L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Mug for Dog Lovers</span></b><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3swfG5j" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="800" height="387" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71EfhJI-zDL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Funnies</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-94-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="750" height="403" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-94-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-89-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="750" height="600" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-89-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/45-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="750" height="346" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/45-21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-62-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-62-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="750" height="298" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-83-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z-fun-83-1.jpg" width="637" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="750" height="342" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Have a great weekend!!!</span></b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-6464874653978228722023-11-06T07:00:00.041-05:002023-11-06T07:00:00.148-05:00Currently - November<p> Well hey friends!!!! How - HOW - has it been since June since I blogged last? I literally did a jaw drop moment when I saw that. I never intended to be away that long - but man, life does that, doesnt it?</p><p>So I'm going to try & ease back into the blogging game just because 1. I miss my memories being stored & 2. I MISS YOU ALL!!!! </p><p>& to ease into this again - I'm joining up with my beautiful blog friend <a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2023/11/currently-november-edition.html" target="_blank">Jennifer </a>... so let's do this!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">I'm CURRENTLY:</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #800180; font-weight: bold;">LOVING: </span><span>We have been so enjoying watching the show on Disney+ during Spooky season but its still going on for a few more weeks - Goosebumps! It gives a Stranger Things feel & its just been so fun to watch. Its hard to find a series that both Ricky & I want to sit down together & watch - & this, we've so enjoyed. Its family friendly enough - but still has scary moments that will have you sort of gasp & jump. Check it out if you do like Stranger Things!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/p_disneyplusoriginals_goosebumps_v2_2214_1_197bcd1a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/p_disneyplusoriginals_goosebumps_v2_2214_1_197bcd1a.jpeg" width="427" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #800180;"><b>BUYING</b></span>: I bought this new light weight puffer coat - I'm anxious to see how it looks. & yes, I did buy this yellow. (Hello Belle!) ... I need something on the cold mornings - but with these hot flashes - GURLLLL - no heavy coat for me - not now anyways - maybe when it gets to the teens or below zero. For now, give me something that is just right. Call me Goldilocks I guess.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47ihwpj" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="283" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/711VBzNrI-L._AC_SX569_.jpg" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click pic for link</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>It comes in so many colors too & under $50.00 - I'll give it a shot!<br /><p>I've also been buying PENS! All the stationary things! I have a new planner for 2024 & the paper is very thin -but has great ratings ??? How does that make sense -I dont know - but I'm giving it a try. & in all this, I'm trying out the best pens for it. Like I need more pens - but its a good excuse to buy more & try.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47aON5W" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="537" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61R49dSxWsL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click Pic for link</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><b style="color: #800180;">PREPARING: </b>I mean, who isn't preparing for the Holidays & year end excitement & busyness? The rest of 2023 is going to go by in a blink. Hold on to your hats!<br /><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #800180;">EXCITED FOR</span></b>: Iron Flame!!! ... the follow up to Fourth Wing comes out tomorrow & to say I am giddy excited would be an understatement. I've been re-reading the 700 page book of Fourth Wing to get refreshed & ready. I never thought I would enjoy fantasty books until I read Fourth Wing. It's opened up a whole new world for me - a Sarah J. Maas world to be really clear - but to know this is going to be a 5 book series, gives me lots of excitement in my future too!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/460q6Yw" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="495" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/917Bc9C1MlL._SL1500_.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click on Pic for Link</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /><b><span style="color: #800180;">PLANNING:</span></b> You know I just mentioned about my new Planners for 2024 & if you have been around this blog over the years, you know I am a PLANNER GIRL. So of course, I'm currently planning on my planners! This year - the planner I am going with is.... drumroll.... a Hobonichi Cousin! YAHOO</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3QKcz3b" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="566" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41LGeFIMumL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="453" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click Pic for Link</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I know she's not a pretty planner - but I've got a gorgeous leather cover that she will be in - I'll share more towards the end of the year about this planner... ya know - since I'm blogging again LOL<p>& also a Hobonichi Weekly - which I'm not exactly sure how I'll use it - I just wanted it!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/45ZWDxZ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="340" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71PX2OY4npL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="272" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click on pic for link</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br />But I'm super excited about my new planners & counting down 2023 so I can get started in a few new year of clean pages to fill up with memories.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">What are you currently doing?</span></b></p></div>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-14597997090426562922023-06-12T07:00:00.026-04:002023-06-12T07:00:00.139-04:00Remember those little twin girls from a long time ago?<p> March 10.... what in the world ... that's how long its been since I blogged last. I literally gasped when I saw the date. I thought it MAY BE possibly 2 or 3 weeks. If you dont think time doesn't go by in a blink... think again.</p><p>But I'll say it again - I really want to get back in the swing of things. This blog o' mine has so many memories - going back so many years. I cant give up on it - I need to do better at keeping it updated. </p><p>What really made me remember that was when my twin nieces graduated high school last week. A few of my fantastic blog family reached out & commented & messaged me & was talking about how they couldnt believe they were grown up enough to graduate. Why? Because you that have been around for so long, have watched them grow yourself. The twins have "Blog Aunties" - what I refer to you as. I know I've been a Blog Auntie to some of your children as well!!!! </p><p>These comments were my nudge nudge to remind me - BLOG! Get those memories down! Memories are precious & I want to look back on my blog when I'm old & my memory is fading (next month?) & see all the pics & thoughts of events in my life.... </p><p>So here I am... again... </p><p>& I'll start with the graduations last week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVzc2F74kl3q5uXpo7zxvgaI-mKQpaGnHoMROLuGas11tQs8xiUBScxSnv_Kk7VzyaieW9yezImadOp9JDeDdK4x3MhLibHUYOv9wBdK8sRoE2FXNUQ-8Vfui5u6ZT9lRfela4Dsj6hS94A6UFpZcUFgBgm6NlDPH61g_nbErggKTVkSZbA/s4928/grad23%2005%20blur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVzc2F74kl3q5uXpo7zxvgaI-mKQpaGnHoMROLuGas11tQs8xiUBScxSnv_Kk7VzyaieW9yezImadOp9JDeDdK4x3MhLibHUYOv9wBdK8sRoE2FXNUQ-8Vfui5u6ZT9lRfela4Dsj6hS94A6UFpZcUFgBgm6NlDPH61g_nbErggKTVkSZbA/w424-h640/grad23%2005%20blur.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Just like their lives, its always been double the fun, double the adventure, (double the trouble? - NAH) .... & of course, their graduations had to be the same way. Double the crazy!</p><p>They ended up going to different high schools starting their Junior year - & honestly, I think it was just the best thing for them. Twin life, I'm sure, can be hard when you're always compared to your sister/brother/twin... that they could have more of their own identities - I think it was a wonderful change for them.</p><p>Wonderful wasn't the word though when we saw their graduations were just a few hours apart of one another. One started at 1:00pm - the other at 3:30pm. That's 2nd one, its very limited seating! Families got like 4 tickets a piece. You could get one or two more for certain circumstances - but you needed to be in the gym by 2:30pm to get a seat... & when the first graduation doesnt get out till nearly 3 - there's a problem.</p><p>Needless to say - it was a rush of a day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJPkCVITfmrOfe3-MmKp7FWuUgs-ezOYzdSryVbsOm2kDt8yyFmzzRBENHaEiHIBR88oRGqL1O5l1ZkrEWJ587adjLoeVmgf3rDgAfq3XZSF7QXh2vCW40g29E2YV26gVBUD5iTGcIwMJz8obrs13LG2UNNopRh_3F8U5B9TA3AuLz0fYAQ/s4928/Grad23%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJPkCVITfmrOfe3-MmKp7FWuUgs-ezOYzdSryVbsOm2kDt8yyFmzzRBENHaEiHIBR88oRGqL1O5l1ZkrEWJ587adjLoeVmgf3rDgAfq3XZSF7QXh2vCW40g29E2YV26gVBUD5iTGcIwMJz8obrs13LG2UNNopRh_3F8U5B9TA3AuLz0fYAQ/w424-h640/Grad23%2001.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Madi's graduation was up first. She had 7 tickets available so Ricky & I were able to make this one. We had to park nearly a mile away though... & by the time we got in there at 12:30 - it was already packed - but my brother & SIL saved us a seat.... at the VERY TOP of the bleachers.</p><p>You know me.... MISS QUEEN OF VERTIGO! ...by the time I got to the top ... I honestly has to stop a second & wait for the world to stop spinning thus I drop down a few hundred steps. Good times. But then, here they came - what we saw as little kiddos playing dress up in a cap & gown.</p><p> I'm such a sucker for big milestone events & I was trying to hold back some tears... especially because I didnt want to get dehydrated & get even more dizzy & take a stumble.</p><p>Of course, the girls last names start with a W so its the end of the line ... & when we were watching the clock for the next graduation, it felt like it was taking FOREVER!!!!....</p><p>But then, our girl made her way across the stage!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTEbEVO98vITm-uJi_jecJzb2kSKWEXh4fH9tfPa15qf2njtYpR-kk8NIUIG_7yyLPF25yzjHsd8QLjzqva_olRCpbV-sIJHqjTvzOW74VteeCUZsaJx0ZPFEguLiBRExQFoFHr0mwAkbHYal_371fE5WY9vty4axRzhzhh8N6QNIpFWz9w/s4928/grad23%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTEbEVO98vITm-uJi_jecJzb2kSKWEXh4fH9tfPa15qf2njtYpR-kk8NIUIG_7yyLPF25yzjHsd8QLjzqva_olRCpbV-sIJHqjTvzOW74VteeCUZsaJx0ZPFEguLiBRExQFoFHr0mwAkbHYal_371fE5WY9vty4axRzhzhh8N6QNIpFWz9w/w640-h424/grad23%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>& look at those shoes!!!! Madi just has the coolest style!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TyK31LHqp5hSGrry3SlMe6iv1f1RK3Xm6gV6EhHppem2r_NPxJuY86zK5RM1pKfsnCjsayTfL7aOiCoWp6_H6_tLrEfJ4oZYuMNUrjZE53Qwtemnlw-R5Zg6AApIMefO1xY6Io_pSdEx2CDa08HnI5i30uDAZSOXvscviTUztxfghIy2vg/s4928/grad23%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TyK31LHqp5hSGrry3SlMe6iv1f1RK3Xm6gV6EhHppem2r_NPxJuY86zK5RM1pKfsnCjsayTfL7aOiCoWp6_H6_tLrEfJ4oZYuMNUrjZE53Qwtemnlw-R5Zg6AApIMefO1xY6Io_pSdEx2CDa08HnI5i30uDAZSOXvscviTUztxfghIy2vg/w640-h424/grad23%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Before we knew it, she turned her tassle & she was officially OUTTA THERE!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGV82BBI3BruOKT2x4N5bo_E45iE9Ys6Z9Hn1mqL0tIM-RJnPXdxqVMTfxz7NAm7CCF22ahzxSKchUMEu5NpBokOu9k5P8jwIvM6hhD_KsOtMWnOBuL5xWMK6QwjQ61kqmL98jJ42UQi_3VyblSKqLOkrd911hNB5DtQMROfaC8u4irvlajA/s4928/grad23%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGV82BBI3BruOKT2x4N5bo_E45iE9Ys6Z9Hn1mqL0tIM-RJnPXdxqVMTfxz7NAm7CCF22ahzxSKchUMEu5NpBokOu9k5P8jwIvM6hhD_KsOtMWnOBuL5xWMK6QwjQ61kqmL98jJ42UQi_3VyblSKqLOkrd911hNB5DtQMROfaC8u4irvlajA/w640-h424/grad23%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>As soon as it was over, we gathered our stuff & tried to run down from the top of the world as fast as we could... only to get half way & the gym was like a stand still. </p><p>I wish they would have let the kids out first so the parents didnt find their child in the middle of the gym & want to take pictures right there. It was so claustrophobic! I told my SIL that we should have made a sign to hold up that said, <b>WE NEED TO GET TO FLOYDS GRADUATION ASAP!!!!</b> so hopefully people would have compassion & let us through.</p><p>Great ideas always come after the fact.</p><p><b><i><span style="color: red;">SIDE NOTE... this is just too cool!</span></i></b></p><p>So if you remember anything about my dad, you know the number 444 is associated with him. Always has been. & dad put in a letter we found after he died that every time we see 444, we know he's near. .... On the drive to Madi's graduation, the car in front of us, the license plate was - you guessed it - 444.... I had a chuckle & said to Ricky, "Looks like dad is going to Madi's graduation"......</p><p>Tell me how funny it was when we get to the car & head up to Sophia's graduation & the car in front of us - not the same one mind you from previously .....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TttBAozWgxSHNBf67OgvYVedIA5dqVcp-J45d3b3o_mSdOBVu14L8rc-J3kWZM8axN2CD287XNaGALpqgJSG8K-ZO08BVppIWUDr_T0ljtLanBQBxvwAn33c7-YfTANmsM15n5-Hl-iL-6JVuu5Fu2z08pFgKkloKu40-5SpcxRBjVfHtQ/s1440/20230604_143115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1440" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TttBAozWgxSHNBf67OgvYVedIA5dqVcp-J45d3b3o_mSdOBVu14L8rc-J3kWZM8axN2CD287XNaGALpqgJSG8K-ZO08BVppIWUDr_T0ljtLanBQBxvwAn33c7-YfTANmsM15n5-Hl-iL-6JVuu5Fu2z08pFgKkloKu40-5SpcxRBjVfHtQ/w640-h626/20230604_143115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>yep... another 444 license plate!</p><p>Ricky was like... mkay - that's just weird now.</p><p>Dad wasn't about to miss his girls graduations!.... but isnt that just the most awesome thing?</p><p>Sophia's turn.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7abk75HhaUoQiLTmMYvAk1T7uk3rTkc2M7gu2gkD5qp0i229vOXIIOcs9bUrnlRzxRb0NeeO4zxAp1nkiOraPs-hxkmrMHao-8dVIb4KTaLlo5_febc2ooZwEbS_rIZ6fed2ZsGYAJsCxHeTYU3QVkWYL3afelBbcDWW3sG0iXdTox5z99w/s4928/grad23%2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7abk75HhaUoQiLTmMYvAk1T7uk3rTkc2M7gu2gkD5qp0i229vOXIIOcs9bUrnlRzxRb0NeeO4zxAp1nkiOraPs-hxkmrMHao-8dVIb4KTaLlo5_febc2ooZwEbS_rIZ6fed2ZsGYAJsCxHeTYU3QVkWYL3afelBbcDWW3sG0iXdTox5z99w/w424-h640/grad23%2003.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p>This was even more nuts than Madi's... there were about 200 more students in this graduation so again, tickets limited on who could get in to watch. Ricky & I went to the overflow section to watch the graduation on their live stream... but I took the opportunity to watch them walk through the halls</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7vjjWE5WZItP2dx5uMxjgKTEpBL8IGfhUuu3-HH3v01QfNnydU7B4umRgTG8oIQSNDjJVSZKJYyUlvofPstv_Dwk1mCK3MpMtEF86IxAjlpH9aEnDeAtAPLp-y4qW-3VuTnJvZ5mfG_M4H9--aIVWz1gxEQ0F9TaMTP_Veeg202hE2rw5Q/s3086/20230604_154036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3086" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7vjjWE5WZItP2dx5uMxjgKTEpBL8IGfhUuu3-HH3v01QfNnydU7B4umRgTG8oIQSNDjJVSZKJYyUlvofPstv_Dwk1mCK3MpMtEF86IxAjlpH9aEnDeAtAPLp-y4qW-3VuTnJvZ5mfG_M4H9--aIVWz1gxEQ0F9TaMTP_Veeg202hE2rw5Q/w470-h640/20230604_154036.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><p>... was able to give a high five & give some love & watch her go through the doors to her big day....</p><p>We headed into the auditorium & watched the live feed - which was interesting... but glad to see it this way better than nothing...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYf2Q_RCEeHSDP1_E7v5jK3Iuwm7dIorg0-Vm6UT9kVUF4hy9KlUOaPViHrCPp99RQdKsidhb5R5x4zeXxkH261i9ww9sFYL8m5d2aLJsSzSSctWqONzo8vPIU2i-EGiw52ocDZAjRCMXjJPhc5TUsDD4qr_kd3lY8r5a8t_3qf3BDZ1Pjzg/s3551/20230604_165615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3551" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYf2Q_RCEeHSDP1_E7v5jK3Iuwm7dIorg0-Vm6UT9kVUF4hy9KlUOaPViHrCPp99RQdKsidhb5R5x4zeXxkH261i9ww9sFYL8m5d2aLJsSzSSctWqONzo8vPIU2i-EGiw52ocDZAjRCMXjJPhc5TUsDD4qr_kd3lY8r5a8t_3qf3BDZ1Pjzg/w408-h640/20230604_165615.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /><p>... except when she got her diploma, again, there were only like 5 people after her - we got up to beat the crowd leaving the auditorium & only then did I see, there was a clear shot from the back of the gym that I could have stood at & took pictures through!!!! Especially because Sophia was in the back row! Geez! ... kicking myself.</p><p>At least I was able to snag these two pics at the end.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBemGKbQMhtr8VtWrhyMQ33OjenLDpJOjZwPu_BDuV7nMWYpBHA6S2PpEiLUKiQAQJATPNPVsZEreRNxFbQ7PQlKSexuaSAtYOyeSaQgQP32hW96SFNRkD6szxzO24WY8o4T9P3_6G_a4Kawv6lEbJEuQ48WXiYNK8gMkLHmF_lPbgqbUkSA/s4928/grad23%2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBemGKbQMhtr8VtWrhyMQ33OjenLDpJOjZwPu_BDuV7nMWYpBHA6S2PpEiLUKiQAQJATPNPVsZEreRNxFbQ7PQlKSexuaSAtYOyeSaQgQP32hW96SFNRkD6szxzO24WY8o4T9P3_6G_a4Kawv6lEbJEuQ48WXiYNK8gMkLHmF_lPbgqbUkSA/w640-h424/grad23%2009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXHKQ-uCCDdflaGkk_uoW56nCAg6TdX1fIwwq0lcHbuyfrD8qw0AtBc8mEl_2TpVpBj19Qv70eRI-0BEwmr5MMHqVVZrP9cUncjJV1l2-5uXtczFsxdEis9BFh_sATZCB3k2zljYthj4WEC9kLJsyhUU_7tHyFUueodELBdWvAFhkFdOK-w/s4928/Grad23%2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXHKQ-uCCDdflaGkk_uoW56nCAg6TdX1fIwwq0lcHbuyfrD8qw0AtBc8mEl_2TpVpBj19Qv70eRI-0BEwmr5MMHqVVZrP9cUncjJV1l2-5uXtczFsxdEis9BFh_sATZCB3k2zljYthj4WEC9kLJsyhUU_7tHyFUueodELBdWvAFhkFdOK-w/w640-h424/Grad23%2008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>It was a mad house after wards & I never did find the girls or my brother & SIL... I went ahead & hiked the mile back to my car when my brother text me where we were going to eat at.... AHHH - reinforcements. A dinner of celebration... & finally, a little bit to get off our feet & just relax ...<b><u>together</u></b>!</p><p>They did it.... Into the big world - with lots of opportunities ahead - roads they dont even know they're going to go down. Adventures all waiting for them to tackle. & I'll be their proud aunt cheering them on every step of the way!</p><p>Its bittersweet to me too because this is like the last graduation I think I'll see for awhile....but then I just remembered - our oldest grandson graduates in 4 years.... Now THAT? CAN YOU BELIEVE???</p><p>Love you girls... Know you're going to do great & amazing things!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIzuvX7gQetWcqidtCDUl9lvftrxZECrKDfqqXaiewXiCTcTvOyimRxOM4yjuLXApnvD_8MMdOBpC1OUcrXzdtWQA2mIyVfOh1ibQ4LoFMB5Uv5Pt5uistRbh620vEPvQiFO3OaogmAEc9IuHxrM4-pIUediTyAL0msC6Ty1VhIzQ04wguQ/s4928/grad23%2013bw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIzuvX7gQetWcqidtCDUl9lvftrxZECrKDfqqXaiewXiCTcTvOyimRxOM4yjuLXApnvD_8MMdOBpC1OUcrXzdtWQA2mIyVfOh1ibQ4LoFMB5Uv5Pt5uistRbh620vEPvQiFO3OaogmAEc9IuHxrM4-pIUediTyAL0msC6Ty1VhIzQ04wguQ/w424-h640/grad23%2013bw.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-84085847223862861242023-03-10T07:00:00.094-05:002023-03-10T07:00:00.284-05:00Friday Favorites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XBtDxCwG6skiwoE1nPYxMxrdVCPNluVr6i9mzCLf5FklqnBr66B4hjF_Zl1hYgw6ZeQ-TGG6DJ4UW6h-3xHmpmIul9BXjm53Hcbn21sOTPkQjP2JzfhPtRUwis2Mwkpn6Gql/s640/image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XBtDxCwG6skiwoE1nPYxMxrdVCPNluVr6i9mzCLf5FklqnBr66B4hjF_Zl1hYgw6ZeQ-TGG6DJ4UW6h-3xHmpmIul9BXjm53Hcbn21sOTPkQjP2JzfhPtRUwis2Mwkpn6Gql/s16000/image.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Click Pic for Link</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Lounge Wear</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3YzO5KK" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="506" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71z1ESWbBLS._AC_UY741_.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This comes in a lot of colors too!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Small Bathroom Organizer</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://amzn.to/40dp35p" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61JaCx70EVL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>This is really cute.. .if you click on the pic, you can see the space inside of it - it can hold toilet paper, or some cleaner or soap or small washclothes.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Blazer</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZSmOUL" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8188njzpFwL._AC_SX569._SX._UX._SY._UY_.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><br /> I've been looking for some cute blazers. They just make a basic outfit look so much better - classier.<br />I used to wear blazers like crazy in the 90's... glad to see them back!<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Kitchen Chopper</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3T3E5rL" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="702" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/918R8B34qKL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I got one of these & forgot about having it...then I saw a video on YouTube of someone using one & I was like - HOLD UP - I HAVE THAT. <br />It has been game changer for me. I'm forever cutting up an onion & some sort of pepper - or mushroom -basically every night. This makes it so nice to have it small & uniform shape. <br />Plus, it takes out my aggression to slam slam SLAM it down!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Sweater Hack</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Zx0bp4" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="679" height="625" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Z8QEDtbjL._AC_SX679._SX._UX._SY._UY_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The good ole Dickey's! LOL... Still makes me giggle like a middle school kid.<br />But man, these look better than the turtleneck ones they had back in the day... </p><p style="text-align: center;">looking at you Cousin Eddie!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://preview.redd.it/lh6zmqvqi8481.jpg?auto=webp&s=7a9e238b12f3a22b4fe45ec91313b737f96e1d60" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="352" height="414" src="https://preview.redd.it/lh6zmqvqi8481.jpg?auto=webp&s=7a9e238b12f3a22b4fe45ec91313b737f96e1d60" width="352" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Seriously though... as someone who doesnt like the bulk under a shirt - nor like the heat of additional clothing (Thanks Menopause) - I really do like this idea.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Shoes</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3T1s0Dz" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="800" height="324" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/617FWBlQF6L._AC_SY625._SX._UX._SY._UY_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I'm going to need these for the warmer days ahead - even just to walk outside around the house or throw on to run to the store.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Make Up</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZBHFMa" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81zvgFIm4wL._SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I havent tried this yet, but I'm all about a smooth finish on this wrinkly face.<br />& I love Elf products because they're not costly to try things out!<br />I may have to give this a go.<br />Anyone try putty's ... do you like it?<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Ice Maker</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/423lXCs" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="772" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71TONnS9bjL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="618" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Am I late to this game knowing how this works?</p><p style="text-align: center;">You pour water in this, twist on the lid - that's it!<br />No more putting water in a tray & having to do a balance act, or make sure it lays totally flat so it doesnt spill.<br />This, you pour in, then when it freezes, just crunch the container to release it off the walls & pour the ice cups out!</p><p style="text-align: center;">& they're pretty! Pretty ice cubes scientifically make ice coffee better! FACTS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Funnies</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/your-ride-is-here.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="647" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/your-ride-is-here.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/10-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="750" height="213" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/10-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/09-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="750" height="287" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/09-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/z-funny-47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="750" height="467" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/z-funny-47.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="750" height="380" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/22-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="750" height="410" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/22-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/15-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="708" height="640" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/15-8.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/16-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="750" height="327" src="https://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/16-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">HAPPY FRIDAY Y'ALL!!!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Turn those clocks forward this weekend!</span></b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-90368492454387377332023-03-08T07:00:00.107-05:002023-03-08T08:56:17.554-05:00Hodgepodge... you ready for some 1990 pics!<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAL7r3pzmSJJ-4dyi_W_Pg9iwFUaS1zY5eJm0G6bgo_ZPJs6wpEpBX1a_jaOCIZrWjbJSYCWZeYxERUyHWKiXfZWvUaDow_sZtumw-lHh5y2-uITWxdkwFpnchY3-CPJ7jYM/s273/hodgepodge-button.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="273" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAL7r3pzmSJJ-4dyi_W_Pg9iwFUaS1zY5eJm0G6bgo_ZPJs6wpEpBX1a_jaOCIZrWjbJSYCWZeYxERUyHWKiXfZWvUaDow_sZtumw-lHh5y2-uITWxdkwFpnchY3-CPJ7jYM/s1600/hodgepodge-button.png" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joining with <a href="http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/" target="_blank">Joyce </a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span face=""ITC Charter", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><b>1. We're in to a season students call 'spring break'. Did you/your family travel over spring breaks when you were growing up? Tell us something about a 'spring break' you remember (from childhood or adulthood, either one). </b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My family never did travel during Spring Break. My dad was a factory worker & we only got a vacation during the fall - that is if we could afford a trip even then ... but ironically, the fall is when I still take off at work myself. Family legacy travels down the line. </span></span></p><p><span>I do remember traveling with my friend & her family during my Senior Year to around the Myrtle Beach area. It was <i>VERY </i>memorable. I went with one of my best friends & her little sister brought one of her friends. It was a girls trip as their mom had to go down for, I believe, business. I can remember one evening we went to the movie theater & watched <i>Pretty Woman</i> too. Anytime I hear the song, "It Must have been Love" by Roxette... ALL THE MEMORIES!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsiQoF0dzwCfmBRWcmMJQsoOqBVqisGY7vi-BIE3xvROfhcGb-d-J3hJwrMnh9SdzwYfRP8a76zuCE3sWpiF0chDzJtn8lvcer2VRA0YM8u8kprDqcReHnuakIDSlI_0gnakDRb3vLQqqbDNjzPxTy7DPn-P0BFr6Xrs0jTcDgwcgyjz20g/s2046/20230307_194754-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsiQoF0dzwCfmBRWcmMJQsoOqBVqisGY7vi-BIE3xvROfhcGb-d-J3hJwrMnh9SdzwYfRP8a76zuCE3sWpiF0chDzJtn8lvcer2VRA0YM8u8kprDqcReHnuakIDSlI_0gnakDRb3vLQqqbDNjzPxTy7DPn-P0BFr6Xrs0jTcDgwcgyjz20g/w480-h640/20230307_194754-COLLAGE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiC5FbKCwUuJZjcTzAK4q1D7Xm51Ld6ZakApCxRtxtAmPpojS5Ibxw4SS6A4jUgU05M3PlOg5vO_DEBF-4PmtuKa1ekv325BmynnB47AyFl-rdvH41tScPRhK7aFP-SjhB1LRhhulxcbRvPvFO8j5RMuW4SPBOGbhrjXkw-UVqW5iM4PGjQ/s2046/20230307_194736-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiC5FbKCwUuJZjcTzAK4q1D7Xm51Ld6ZakApCxRtxtAmPpojS5Ibxw4SS6A4jUgU05M3PlOg5vO_DEBF-4PmtuKa1ekv325BmynnB47AyFl-rdvH41tScPRhK7aFP-SjhB1LRhhulxcbRvPvFO8j5RMuW4SPBOGbhrjXkw-UVqW5iM4PGjQ/w640-h480/20230307_194736-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at how tan I was!!!<br />& those black sandals came back in style!<br />& do you know, I STILL have that Mickey Mouse shirt!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "ITC Charter", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "ITC Charter", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><b>2. Last thing you broke? Was it a big deal? </b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My fingernails... I've on a kick where my nails are just trash. They wont grow, they're like paper, they bend & crack & break at any sort of activity. I dont get it. I've been trying different strength polishes... nothing is working. Anyone know any tricks to get them back in shape?</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "ITC Charter", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><b>3. March 7th is National Cereal Day...are you a fan? What's your favorite? If not cereal what's your favorite <i style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">break</i>fast? Your typical breakfast? </b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">...... why..... WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY is this question on the day I try to come back to Hodgepodge?</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you know anything about me - or if you're new around these parts... nope. NOPE -NOPEEEE! Its called "The C-word" to me because I cant even talk about it... I can smell it now... & I'm really gagging...</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/55ksYnEzUZXI7uqvTg/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="480" height="268" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/55ksYnEzUZXI7uqvTg/giphy.gif" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My typical breakfast... usually an egg of some form. On a english muffin, or a breakfast burrito...its about the only protein I get in a day. Sadly.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "ITC Charter", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><b>4. Break ground, break of dawn, break down, break the bank, break one's stride, break the ice, break a law, break a habit, break bread...choose one of the idioms listed and tell us how it applies to your life currently. </b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why does "break down" feel appropriate lately in these crazy days?</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">& whose going to say "Break a law" ... I need to find people that say that & hear these stories!</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like "break the bank" is appropriate lately. I've been watching my budget - started a budget planner. & WOW... I sure like to spend money. & lately, I just cant stop buying books. Like, the struggle is really REAL. Why cant things just be free?</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/vL71gbe4UviYqWCIH4/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="225" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/vL71gbe4UviYqWCIH4/giphy.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "ITC Charter", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><b>5. Where do you go to connect with friends and family? What do you like to do most when you're home alone? </b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Go to connect with friends & family?... I'm confused. Family - its just random. Usually someone is visiting - or we connect on social media- or texts - just every day stuff ...friends? You'll usually find us in a coffee shop or out for lunch.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Me at home & what I like to do? ... a book in hand. Easy answer! & with the warmer air coming in soon - a book in the hand while I'm outside! COME ON BABY!!!!</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/IM9CO9SKTVxra/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="500" height="209" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/IM9CO9SKTVxra/giphy.gif" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "ITC Charter", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><b>6. Insert your own random thought here.</b></p><p>Can you believe we're turning the clock back this weekend? I struggle so hard with the time change. Like, it takes me a full week of adapting to losing an hour's sleep. Maybe this year, it wont be as bad. I mean, I'm now fully in the habit of waking up every 3 hours with Zoe - my sleep patterns are just nightmarish. Hopefully it wont be too severe on me this year.</p><p>But GLORY! HALLELUJAH! PRAISE! We have more light at night. I cant even begin to express my joy in that. Every time we get through winter - I feel like I've ran a ultramarathon & I crossed the finish line. WE DID IT!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/GPLsHVf9ZPGBa/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="245" height="261" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/GPLsHVf9ZPGBa/giphy.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Happy Wednesday everyone!</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-51478521931676637192023-03-06T07:00:00.002-05:002023-03-06T07:44:45.671-05:00Winds... then hail, floods & darkness... what's next<p> It really was an unbelievable week in our neck of the woods. I had jokingly posted what the next plague was going to be.... but really, its not too funny anymore.</p><p>You know the winds that ripped through our area last Monday knocking down my mom's tree. We also found about 20% of her shingles on the roof of her garage has blown off too...of course.</p><p>Then Wednesday, we ended up having a storm roll through that brought so much hail - it was CRAZY! I have never in my years of living ever seen hail like that before. The SOUND of it too... it was chilling. Sounded like our house was being under attack. It was just binging off the roof & hitting the windows so hard, I thought the glass would break. </p><p>Look at this...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-TpQwa5wRIUz370XKoR0L6mPKdFHELbegm_E97yg7kXpqlApVLANvKnbwpKq0w4_BuruECOWUQG60tsbUJRmEnQUqxX0fBExnwWT3Gph_ovRsuKYkOjIEoW75PJ063p1jWmTgmUVZOEXX7HOgK2aN6QCPLKTJvK1cH_qMOpZPHiiTs6QPg/s2046/20230301_190203-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-TpQwa5wRIUz370XKoR0L6mPKdFHELbegm_E97yg7kXpqlApVLANvKnbwpKq0w4_BuruECOWUQG60tsbUJRmEnQUqxX0fBExnwWT3Gph_ovRsuKYkOjIEoW75PJ063p1jWmTgmUVZOEXX7HOgK2aN6QCPLKTJvK1cH_qMOpZPHiiTs6QPg/w640-h480/20230301_190203-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>You can see white everywhere. Look out in the yard, it looks like snow!</p><p>I took Zoe to go potty about an hour later & there was STILL ice piles laying every where. I'm glad my car was in the garage - all I have to say about that.</p><p>Friday morning, we woke up to our back yard basically flooded. Sure. I need a back yard pool installed by Mother Nature.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhIVdmgd0wohkDN4rirFrtmXbe_MzEi0abZgO6n0n-QQILdw6WEAmGHZ8X7RPtVj04o-BQ-qmBiH6W_Fjh2LyGSwCy5GO1eqA2cEeDOGEejoH-6Zs9prJzkb8m3wHVXqeJxU0tFSo-lZVctXy06fzhJSFM6aJnK891XqXkv8AFDSQFl9KYA/s3309/20230303_075652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3309" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhIVdmgd0wohkDN4rirFrtmXbe_MzEi0abZgO6n0n-QQILdw6WEAmGHZ8X7RPtVj04o-BQ-qmBiH6W_Fjh2LyGSwCy5GO1eqA2cEeDOGEejoH-6Zs9prJzkb8m3wHVXqeJxU0tFSo-lZVctXy06fzhJSFM6aJnK891XqXkv8AFDSQFl9KYA/w438-h640/20230303_075652.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I work from home on Fridays & only 45 minutes into work, our wifi went down due to the storms & guess what - more winds! I ended up packing up my stuff & heading into the office. I was about half way there & got notice that the wifi was back up, but I figured it was going to be a rough day, so I went ahead & went into the office.</p><p>It was like a ghost town there. Our schools were actually canceled due to the winds & storms coming in. I didnt even know that till a coworker told me. </p><p>Being on the 28th floor in the middle of all day storms & winds gusting at 50-60 mph... that was a new experience. </p><p>I got a call from Ricky to tell me our electricity finally popped out around 2:30... & that's all she wrote on that.</p><p>Luckily, me being a reader, I have a nightlight that goes around my neck so I had a book that I had just started so I was good to go. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaktlvqZE912c-YVzeun9uETBxE_ZBiMv-y4wRMUkN4fKGhPh6_Y6c_hpvjGPwFQ0veGmLmDZWvpzfCt-ZaGssPcUMnonMlWF_M_IklsEmecwFFAOSph9RWI2DpiIxF12PKjlEX57YjmHGPPz-p7Rr8jNSt8pk7_w_r9G9fHVQ0ZcjT5UYbA/s1425/Screenshot_20230304-064944_Gallery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaktlvqZE912c-YVzeun9uETBxE_ZBiMv-y4wRMUkN4fKGhPh6_Y6c_hpvjGPwFQ0veGmLmDZWvpzfCt-ZaGssPcUMnonMlWF_M_IklsEmecwFFAOSph9RWI2DpiIxF12PKjlEX57YjmHGPPz-p7Rr8jNSt8pk7_w_r9G9fHVQ0ZcjT5UYbA/w486-h640/Screenshot_20230304-064944_Gallery.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSF0CNBIdabB8jwEMlLplcVLUe6diow7-3MEIc8tU0DpnVxIn7wD_awDD6bd2b1BKdHOvBpER2AkzFEwPGediU7X6CSLRbf41mBdCd9SaC4KTKJQbYb1DyKMq3ArA9jivVUf5J1Qs6M-QOYv9JffH-vGotfDDEtP90amIz2kQ0fd1-NgNlcQ/s3582/20230303_190240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3582" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSF0CNBIdabB8jwEMlLplcVLUe6diow7-3MEIc8tU0DpnVxIn7wD_awDD6bd2b1BKdHOvBpER2AkzFEwPGediU7X6CSLRbf41mBdCd9SaC4KTKJQbYb1DyKMq3ArA9jivVUf5J1Qs6M-QOYv9JffH-vGotfDDEtP90amIz2kQ0fd1-NgNlcQ/w406-h640/20230303_190240.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><p>Plus, Ricky had rigged up some sort of battery for a tool into a little antenna TV. We ended up holing up in my library & watched the 20/20 special on the Murdaugh trial - which... did anyone watch all of that crazy mess? Its all so tragic & sad... & just crazy!... but the TV is like a little 7 inch tv. Our vision was strained FOR SURE....but it was nice to have a little bit of "normalcy" with the TV on during the night.</p><p>The bad thing was the temperature. It got down to 32degrees & our house never got below 60, but it just felt bone cold. I think it didnt help that we have Zoe who goes out every 3 hours through the night. So we'd go outside & where you could usually run inside & warm up, it just wasn't happening this time. It was throwing another sweatshirt on & another blanket after each pee run.</p><p>When we woke up & it was still off, I was bummed. I had big hopes that we'd be up & running when my eyes opened. Nope.... at least I watched the sun come up & opened the windows to get all the warmth in.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cWujaEvhM-jCXaQ4_P9VTwzMyHDIF_bj-XWl7ox78Xf4W7ykz3xiFP1tekOqr3vE6q9_X6atHRS3j9Ppu0WB1Nygk-He6cep3j2gXGTPJhvSwU0Kgq4RvY2u-QeOURjDlatAkGPmXzQM157iLImYgdeXaVRzUjX2UUtgVWKA2wngMvOisg/s3216/20230304_080118.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cWujaEvhM-jCXaQ4_P9VTwzMyHDIF_bj-XWl7ox78Xf4W7ykz3xiFP1tekOqr3vE6q9_X6atHRS3j9Ppu0WB1Nygk-He6cep3j2gXGTPJhvSwU0Kgq4RvY2u-QeOURjDlatAkGPmXzQM157iLImYgdeXaVRzUjX2UUtgVWKA2wngMvOisg/w360-h640/20230304_080118.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Five layers of tops, a scarf around my neck... but the SUN shinning on my face</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We headed out to get breakfast... & I told Ricky, I'm needing coffee NOW! It was funny though because a local coffee shop, their line was wrapped around the building & out to the road. I wasn't alone in my need of caffeine.</p><p>But driving down the highway, it looked like a tornado had ripped through everywhere. I cant even begin to tell you how many trees - HUGE trees- we saw down. & the limbs & branches... it was just jaw dropping. There ended up being over 9,000 people out just in our area that uses the electric company we have. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkNrTdv9O8O2oUzvZvCgo1Rrrpe5SOVVE8N47IfXgr9_50S7c-zhUrb2Qbc_SM6l8mDHZhd9I5Opft96F5cBN7jL902MWqMdSU8GdLjMFvbljhsCGmxzObCDRwCrtizv9IvKlQQmk6uyXAA73xIf9UTpRc3jo_xnYjM2b7Por4aj-pl1PCw/s2280/Screenshot_20230303-215730_Chrome.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkNrTdv9O8O2oUzvZvCgo1Rrrpe5SOVVE8N47IfXgr9_50S7c-zhUrb2Qbc_SM6l8mDHZhd9I5Opft96F5cBN7jL902MWqMdSU8GdLjMFvbljhsCGmxzObCDRwCrtizv9IvKlQQmk6uyXAA73xIf9UTpRc3jo_xnYjM2b7Por4aj-pl1PCw/w304-h640/Screenshot_20230303-215730_Chrome.jpg" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were in the 784 outage area</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>While we were out for breakfast, my brother text me & told me they just got up... & I called my mom & hers had come on earlier - YAHOO... we were all up & running by the afternoon. PRAISE THE LORD! When our power came on, Ricky & I literally ran to each other & hugged & screamed like we had won the lottery. True story. You really never know the things you take for granted sometimes.</p><p>The rest of the day, it was just charging up everything again & just relaxing...finally! A sunny day!</p><p>Not too much dramatics for the last part of the weekend...a lot of cleaning up. I'm just over all the weather trauma. & I'm seeing that the country is getting plummeted with snow & winter storms...its just nuts.</p><p>I guess its why they say March comes in roaring like a lion, goes out like a lamb. I've heard enough ROARING for awhile thankyouverymuch. We'll be back down to normal temps, which means freezing nights- I hope we dont lose all our budding flowers that have popped up. As long as its calm though, I'll be happy.</p><p>SIDE NOTE - a lot of Louisville is still down with power... so giving a big HUG to everyone going on day 3 of no power!!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>How was your weekend?</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Do anything fun - or did you relax?</b></p>Rebecca Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36253142.post-23858834586324935662023-03-02T07:00:00.001-05:002023-03-02T07:00:00.227-05:00February 2023- All the Good Things<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybp1E51TFS0mL9t_In-tEZZ_m10NPUHqAIa4py5NvvZkhhjTL0Az00fusysHuVZn1sfpXjquL7twvua5JY1URcDtcRg9TxmyNFf_5DaW0bgk260OpzWQOtzfPbrQV3Qi9AcsUjA/s320/Thankfulthursday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="303" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybp1E51TFS0mL9t_In-tEZZ_m10NPUHqAIa4py5NvvZkhhjTL0Az00fusysHuVZn1sfpXjquL7twvua5JY1URcDtcRg9TxmyNFf_5DaW0bgk260OpzWQOtzfPbrQV3Qi9AcsUjA/s320/Thankfulthursday.png" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Joining with <a href="http://all4boys.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen </a>who hosts weekly Thankful Thursday!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be sure to visit her!</div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>1 - Hot Chocolate & Sweet treat break at work. ... just what it says. Work sent out an email saying to get us through the cold days we've been going through, they had Panera deliver some hot chocolate & cookies & brownies. YUM. </p><p>2. Courage to take a leap of faith!</p><p>3. Encouragement from Hubby!</p><p>4. Moosa online workout - they have some good music! I need music & I've been so let down with Beachbody & some other work out apps that either use generic elevator sounding music, or no music at all. WHAT?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://onestrongsoutherngirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MOSSA-on-demand.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://onestrongsoutherngirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MOSSA-on-demand.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>5. Christmas tree is down!!! That's so early for us!</p><p>6. Sweet text messages from Ricky boosting up my confidence.</p><p>7. Coworkers who stand up for one another!</p><p>8. Picking up Subway for a quick dinner after shopping with mom</p><p>9. A good cry - sometimes its much needed.</p><p>10. Treadmill walk at lunch. Such a good benefit of working from home & getting that work out in during the day.</p><p>11. New Coffee Recipes to try.</p><p>12. My brother was OK after needing to go to the ER with chest pains</p><p>13. A good walk at lunch.</p><p>14. Waking up to a Valentine surprise in the kitchen. & love throughout the day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgDlIRDh2rxTE6Z2oqFDx1LiOhusmIjtAzTVjwt1pG_ywYH6qQxdlCe-1S9fyYUzZGYc3Ox3JzdNjswr9P-BkPDQxJSDCt7PELwCGVIQZSAV9W-zkD_xze__44DzNBo5nE9nxOS2X-iLgO_Ok6sG6CGRnJUAp0Pr-6cen0JK7upbOfdQQwQ/s2046/20230214_055839-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgDlIRDh2rxTE6Z2oqFDx1LiOhusmIjtAzTVjwt1pG_ywYH6qQxdlCe-1S9fyYUzZGYc3Ox3JzdNjswr9P-BkPDQxJSDCt7PELwCGVIQZSAV9W-zkD_xze__44DzNBo5nE9nxOS2X-iLgO_Ok6sG6CGRnJUAp0Pr-6cen0JK7upbOfdQQwQ/w640-h640/20230214_055839-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>15. The temp hit the 70's... give me these glimpses of Spring!!!</p><p>16. Coworker got my printer hooked up for me at work. IT kept letting it drop on the radar so we always say our team has to take care of each other to get things done.</p><p>17. A lazy night after an INCREDIBLY busy day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhD0at9QbAvXvwMEkSX9-2oUciM0rmApIsTuAJQcfiRlriJCI-EGWdisE2ZH4K0um8SePY9oMRnSQTpYo4rKHhNLudl61a9gDeRA6pT8ZfqklnZrn2q7-NY-8MWJ9W9-iiScAVjxLR4LPbGc20zjwU4B7-dnXakrDc7ldLM8QctKgUsI6TQ/s2573/20230221_205728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhD0at9QbAvXvwMEkSX9-2oUciM0rmApIsTuAJQcfiRlriJCI-EGWdisE2ZH4K0um8SePY9oMRnSQTpYo4rKHhNLudl61a9gDeRA6pT8ZfqklnZrn2q7-NY-8MWJ9W9-iiScAVjxLR4LPbGc20zjwU4B7-dnXakrDc7ldLM8QctKgUsI6TQ/w564-h640/20230221_205728.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>18. Finally got to sleep in! Zoe is just our night owl & we're up all through the night with her - multiple times. I dont know the last time I actually slept through the night.</p><p>19. The fun of picking & starting a new book!</p><p>20. Day off work!!! So needed!</p><p>21. My sweet bloggy friend <a href="http://www.livingoncloudnine9.com/" target="_blank">Andrea </a>sent me the cutest mug!!! I am a Rae Dunn fan anyways (the mugs are SOOOO big) but this one... made me squeal with joy seeing Belle on the back of it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9306/5883/products/loveStory_1024x1024@2x.png?v=1640641593" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9306/5883/products/loveStory_1024x1024@2x.png?v=1640641593" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9306/5883/products/loveStoryFront_360x.png?v=1640641593" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="360" height="360" src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9306/5883/products/loveStoryFront_360x.png?v=1640641593" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>22. $1.00 off gas! WAHOOO for Kroger Fuel Points!</p><p>23. Support!</p><p>24. So glad my work from home day was today - my stomach just kept me in a state of nausea all day. I'm so glad I could keep my sweats on & just be more relaxed at home.</p><p>25. Panera breakfast date.</p><p>26. New book at Target with gift card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0m6ypk-8xko__iQzMDFd-Lks16h4UzxBJXofmwXVkwoI_IMvp_IkwPHIxB10iYu4lv5QJmVZRaJyBHwmBWKxyq0C683plfryZSuu1k8lkLCo0V40x1NCDgZsP4HHk_pQzQLPCu4tnGRkQTXf0_FokjSsOwjgDIS7LsCTyXEmFDH5UW-Q9A/s4032/20230226_104943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0m6ypk-8xko__iQzMDFd-Lks16h4UzxBJXofmwXVkwoI_IMvp_IkwPHIxB10iYu4lv5QJmVZRaJyBHwmBWKxyq0C683plfryZSuu1k8lkLCo0V40x1NCDgZsP4HHk_pQzQLPCu4tnGRkQTXf0_FokjSsOwjgDIS7LsCTyXEmFDH5UW-Q9A/w360-h640/20230226_104943.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>27. So glad the fallen tree missed mom's house in the most damaging way! We'll take a broken porch over a broken roof & kitchen!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO91aaZy287V8xIqzOrWk_zNZUvcCyXmsftle4AAVBsXNrNlKpPSzeMJZW5nE1A0X2AFoqzxBWfAXc_AJfs4DghHtSpEexr5ILBu8WAnrDsz5UKinG78gKkBDRSRM9rSJ4pcQvchPhaZZ0qtumLMiTg6z5iB9Hd6XPj1h7Iyier4os1hEmBw/s4032/20230227_170808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO91aaZy287V8xIqzOrWk_zNZUvcCyXmsftle4AAVBsXNrNlKpPSzeMJZW5nE1A0X2AFoqzxBWfAXc_AJfs4DghHtSpEexr5ILBu8WAnrDsz5UKinG78gKkBDRSRM9rSJ4pcQvchPhaZZ0qtumLMiTg6z5iB9Hd6XPj1h7Iyier4os1hEmBw/w640-h360/20230227_170808.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>28. 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