I had a whole Pick Your Joke blog, but the joke memes didn’t download correctly, so I’m going to plan B from my files Which cake makes you smile the most:

Book and Tea Cake

Dragon on Book Cake

Peter Rabbit Book Cake

What’s your choice?

Bonus Storytime from me: So I baked some oatmeal chocolate chips cookies this weekend, and put a picture of them on my FB page. Yesterday I get a phone call from CPA Boy. He gives me this long story about how much Turbo (my grandson) misses us and can we please come see him Saturday? Wizard and I have been isolating, they’ve been isolating, and Turbo needs to see his grandparents. It was so sweet and convincing…

Until the very end. “Oh and Mom,” CPA Boy added casually. “If you have any of those cookies you just made left, can you bring those?”

I just got played! CPA Boy used my grandson to snag himself some cookies. He’s lucky I just happened to freeze half the batch Okay, I’m kinda proud of him for selling it so well. Plus I’d bake him cookies anytime and he knows it.

Friday was cardio day, and boy did I get my heartrate up, LOL! So it’s been really hot here, and Maggie and I went out early for a walk. We hadn’t been walking long, when I spotted something in the road ahead of us.

I enlarged it a bit here:

I stopped cold, and said out loud, “That’s a snake. That’s a snake.” I guess I had to repeat it to make it sink in. To be clear we were pretty far back, and I zoomed in a bit on the first shot, using one hand because no way was I letting go of Maggie’s leash.

I have no clue if it was dead or alive, and I sure as h*ll wasn’t getting close enough to find out, especially since that appears to be a rattlesnake. Nope, when it comes to snakes, I’m all about social distancing! Anyway, we backtracked, took another path out of the field, and we haven’t returned since then. There’s a lot of grasses and weeds growing in the field from all the rains, and too many places I wouldn’t even see a snake. I stay on the roads this time of year, but I just don’t want to risk accidently getting too close. I’ll let the snakes have the field to themselves until I feel more confident.

Otherwise, the weekend was good. How was your weekend?

TGIF!! It’s time to share five random things about our week:

1. It’s HOT here. In the 90s! Last week was cold and rainy. Crazy. The upside is everything is green and pretty.
2. I’ve been able to get a little writing done this week. It’s been a fight to carve a path for the last quarter (maybe a third) of this book. But one step at a time. I’ve tried varying things to find ways to write with my physical issues, and some things have helped!
3. Speaking of changes. At the beginning of the year, I tried some different things with my diet to help my stomach, and to my utter surprise, it’s improved probably 30 or 40%. It’s unlikely my stomach will ever be “perfect” for…well…reasons. But three things helped, cutting way down on artificial sweeteners (diet coke ) and dairy, and increasing whole grains. My own opinion is that this is a highly individual thing, and this is what works for me at this time in my life   FYI, this isn’t weight loss, LOL! I’ve gained which I think is age and Wizard being around more and eating more
4. I ordered a new inexpensive chair from Target for Maggie. The old chair is literally disintegrating. We ignored it for weeks, but last Friday I was fed up and ordered the chair. We’re still waiting for delivery… LOL! Who knows when/if it’ll show up these days.
5.  This is me surviving CoronaVirus. I’m just embracing the low maintenance vibe.

So that’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope you have a great and healthy weekend.

The kittens are here!

Joyfull Kitten

Bashful Kitten

Playful Kitten

Which one ignites your smile?

Another exciting quarantine weekend

Friday, at least I got to see Biker Witch (my sister) for a few minutes. We didn’t touch or kept six feet between us, but it was nice to see her. I stopped by to drop something off for her on my home from my doctors.  It was nice just to physically see both her and her Biker Hubby. Again, we stayed outside and kept a distance. We both had masks too.

Saturday, I went to Youngest son’s to pick up some masks we need. We did the same thing–stayed outside and kept a safe. distance. But the hilarious thing about that? One of his big dogs was going back and forth between us, and we were both petting her. Um…FAIL. LOLOL! It’s okay, we were aware of it.  The way we look at it is all about mindful, calculated risks. But still, I didn’t hug my son when I left. So I’d quite literally hugged his super affectionate dog, but not my son. Probably no Mom Of The Year award for me

Sunday, was Oldest’s Son’s birthday. We were really, really close to going out there just to see him, and our grandson. But at the last minute, we recalculated the risk and decided we’d have to wait because Wizard will be seeing two family members (for essential reasons) this week who are very high risk. Oldest son understood.

And I did a little writing this weekend, so that’s a win. It’s time to adjust to the new reality and work. If people around us stay safe and healthy, I’ll write more this week!

That was my weekend, how was yours?

Another week in our New Reality, and time to share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. This week, I ran to Costco for some stuff, and Wow they were organized! It’s the second time I’ve gone during this pandemic, and both times, they kept things moving. I’m wearing my mask, being careful and washing my hands
2. I had a medicine refill mistake that was 50% my fault and 50% the pharmacy’s. Just to be clear, I’m fine and no harm done. When I took the medicine in and explained the problem, they quickly refilled it correctly. I know they are slammed with panicked, and in some cases, irrational and demanding people. Yet they are still working hard and handling things professionally.
3. I refuse to engage in the white noise going on with the self-appointed experts on social media. We just trying to keep ourselves healthy, and we do small things to help others since neither Wizard or I have any medical and otherwise essential skills. But we can shop for high-risk relatives, take them to medically necessary appointments, little stuff like that. And each day, I try to find one person who was targeted by an idiot and say something positive in the comments to counterbalance cruel and stupid trolls out there. It’s not much but it makes me feeling like I’m doing something, as opposed to nothing.
4. So far, I’ve resisted baking, but I will be making chocolate chips cookies soon, like possibly even today.
5. Yesterday I called my doctor’s office. I’m NOT sick. However, I’ve been watching a very small skin lesion, and decided I’d better check with my doctor before I let this go too long. The office was incredibly fast and organized, I called about 8:30 am and they schedule a tele-visit at 10:40 am. My doctor called way earlier than my assigned time because he’s the type to just get things done, LOL! Once I explained, he switched to a video conference. After seeing the small lesion, he determined the best course of action is to come in and have it frozen off rather than wait and see. So I’m going in this morning. I am very impressed with how well they handled this, even assuring me that they were seeing few patients and taking all precautions in relationship to Covid-19. I wasn’t even worried to begin with I’m also not worried about this small spot, I’m just being proactive so it doesn’t become something to worry about.

So that’s a few things about my week. Now I’d love to hear your five random things!

Stay safe and well, and have a nice weekend.

Our week started off a little rough with a sick family member, but things improved significantly yesterday! So let’s stay positive and do another Baby Animal Smile War:

Baby Seal

Baby Hippo

Or Baby Giraffe

Of course, we love them all But if you had to choose, which one made you smile the most?