Funny things

Sometimes while shopping in discount stores, you just HAVE to take pictures because no one would believe you otherwise!

Sadly, cheap me wouldn't pay $3 for this to find out if the tag line was true and that "everything should taste like bacon"

Two rows  above eye level, little Vienna sausages are $.50/each

Eye level "Sale" price $.55/each

Yesterday And today

yesterday was stressful. Blueman had an emergency and I felt torn. So many obligations, so many ways to feel inept and overwhelmed. I managed to do what I always do, I tried to please everyone.
Left Blueman in the care of medical professionals, finished some work, fulfilled my choral obligations and even spent a bit of time with the maternal unit. Then the evening was about the furry children who needed a bit of a cuddle too.

Today was supposed to be date day with Blueman. Maybe we will do that tomorrow.
Today is a slow moving option. Laundry is processing, I may go back down and offer a prayer shawl to Bluemans roomie. Dave is alone and facing an illness. That has to be hard.

As I look around the room and see the furry kids dozing, I realize how blessed I am. While I am struggling with a lot of things in my religious life during this Holy Week, one thing is for certain. I am truly blessed.

Sometimes you just have to try out the box before deciding to step outside of it!

Puppy Heaven

Our family lost its canine unit this week.  Mika, my love, go find Moochie, Bailey, Snowball, Pirate, Bud, Gidget, and Sunny when you run around in Puppy Heaven. I just know you'll be happy with them. I just bet Cha slipped through the wall from Kitty Heaven but it's okay, she's cool.

You'll be missed, sweet girl.

Feeling comfortable

Chillin with my bro

Checking out new places to gang

Finding pleasure in everyday things

Enjoy hanging out in out of the way places.

These are things I should really learn . Just feeling comfortable being me.

I've certainly got a lot of good teachers!

If it's just a number, why do I care?

The best thing about having the flu other than the fact that you no longer wish for death or at least knock out drugs is the weight loss. I lost 8-10 pounds depending on which starting number you use.
However, my coworker advised me it was just water weight. (Mentally I karate chopped him in the neck).
I did manage, I thought, to gain it back within the following few days.

Imagine my surprise when, after a slow Sunday where I sat and snarled snacks in between snacks, I found out I was back down a few pounds. What? I checked in two separate scales, people!  So the answer to this is probably one of the following:
1. I ate less calories than I used. Bag of chips versus sleeping...mm no.
2. Water weight loss.  This could be. I didn't drink much but I refuse to believe I typically drink five pounds worth of water in a day.
3. Cat kneading broke down the fat molecules and then the heat of their little bodies melted it away as they slept on me.
4. Yeah, I got nothing.

The trick today will be to continue trying to get the number down and not eat the rest of the dove dark chocolate because, well hey, I lost a few pounds!

National quilting day

I had thought I read March was quilting MONTH, but apparently today is national quilting day.
So it seems I see quilt blocks everywhere....

I suppose there are worse side effects, right?  Can I blame this on the modern quilts I was looking at the other day?

You just never know where you'll find the wisdom.

Signs along the roadway, books, Internet memes...all full of pithy sayings.
Even take out bags are in on it now.

I do not often revel in the unexpected but maybe I should perfect that skill. I could maybe use some flavor in my life.  It's certainly something to think about!

Aging part 1

There are good things about aging. There are not so fun things too.

I have the patience to deal with long hair. Younger me would be easily frustrated. But while some days are pretty...

Other days you spend twenty minutes ultimately being late for work because everything you do to hair just shows how thin it is and how many scalp shots you get when you move the mirror around. Now why showing scalp bothers me so much I don't know. It's not like it was an extra nipple or like showing part of my pink taco but still...for that moment, I was crushed that genetics (women on my maternal side have thinning hair on top) was going to win out.  Not was going to. HAS.