TGIF!! Time to share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. Monday I bought towels, a shower curtain and liner for the guest bathroom. Both of us are happy to have nice towels and a fresh look replaced the old towels I bought two years ago that shredded in the washer. And yep, I made what we could salvage out of those towels work for two long years because I’m stubborn and (sort of) cheap.
2. August is zooming by and we haven’t caught our breath yet. Usually this time of year is slow and I’d plan to launch my new blog. That’s on hold now until we can get a better handle on things. It’s fine though…lift happens.
3. I did get a ring light and some microphones to learn to do videos. Right now I’m using my old phone. If I (or we — Wizard is always trying to get in on my ideas, LOL) enjoy this, I’ll eventually look for a better camera with a price tag that doesn’t give my chest pains.
4. I got my Cat Scan done this week. I expect my doctor to get the report sometime next week. Man CT’s are so easy compared to MRIs! Not cheap, but then this whole week has been expensive. I stocked up a various stuff from Target and spent $109.00!!! I’d already guessed at least a $100.00 before I set foot in the store, but still…prices are ridiculous. Ironically, Maggie’s pill pockets were the most expensive thing I bought. The rest was just random stuff we needed to stock up.
5. Busy weekend ahead. We are going to see our granddaughter Cigi today — we just want to despite a ton of driving lately. She’s eleven months and growing crazy fast. Now she’s assisted walking with toys she can push. Then on Saturday, we going to stay with Wizard’s mom, so a lot more driving. On the upside, Maggie’s loves visiting her and has a blast in her backyard so she’ll be happy.

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

TGIF! Time to share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. I wasn’t impressed with the peach picante pork chops. I need to find a better recipe with a peach glaze, I think.
2. I’ve cut my walking this week due to my legs aching. It’s really annoying to work so hard to reach goals, then have factors beyond my control get in my way. Could be anything causing it, but the usual suspect is my RA flaring up. And in good news, I can lift weights fine still. It’s my legs that are whining. I think reducing the walking for a few days will help that. Also my idea of resting my legs is to reduce my walk to half a mile or so, and THEN spend hours vacuuming and washing floors
3. I finally was able to connect on the phone with a friend — we’ve been trying to connect for two weeks, LOL! That called led to a plan for lunch in two more weeks time. It’s pretty funny that we’re both retired and can’t get our schedules to align! Family, grandkids, some health stuff is keeping us busy. But the great thing about friends is we understand and work around these days.
4. Yesterday we went to see Cigi. I love that she wants me to hold her right after I get there. She played for hours with both me and Wizard. She’s cruising around furniture and speed crawling all over. But while doing all that, she’ll just randomly come up and hug one of us — baby/toddler hugs are the best! Here’s a pic wherein Cigi gives us her stamp of approval on our new car.
5. This weekend is up in the air. I believe two of Wizard’s sisters have his Mom covered, but we will make ourselves available if we’re needed. I have a list of things I’d like to do like check out clearance on outdoor furniture for my deck, and some cleaning that I haven’t gotten to yet, but we’ll see what the weekend brings. I’ll always skip cleaning for better offers!

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

TGIF! It’s August! The summer is flying by. And now it’s time to share 5 random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. Monday was frustrating as an accident shut down a major freeway, preventing us from getting to an appointment at my mother in law’s house. Obviously it was regarding my mother in law, and it mattered. One of Wizard’s brothers handled it and did great. But it was still frustrating. That said, I guess the people who had the serious car accident with a big rig that shut down the freeway and clogged up all the other access routes had a worse day than us.
2. We did finally get the rock around our deck! So I can start looking at what I want to put there, which is the fun part.
3. I gave Maggie a small bully stick outside that she loved. She chewed on it every chance she got, but I wouldn’t let her bring it in the house. She’d come to the door holding it in her mouth like a cigar. I’d tell her she can’t bring it in the house, then she’s turn her her and spit it out. It looked so ridiculous.  When I get up at 5:30 am she had to go out there and check her stick, now that was cute. The best news is we are finding bones and chews that don’t appear to upset her digestion.
4. This week, Maggie and I hit the 2 and a 1/2 mile milestone a couple times in our morning walks. Maggie seems to be happy with the walks and not suffering any detectable soreness later in the day or evening. She’s an older girl but appears healthy. I’m grateful for that.
5. This weekend is a bit busy. It’s my birthday, so Wizard and I are planning to go to a nice dinner Friday night at our favorite steakhouse. Saturday evening we’re going to a fun dinner with Youngest and his wife. Sunday Wizard and I are going to see Turbo and his mom. His dad will be around but is also catching up on some work since he was gone last weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing him, then hopefully CiGi next week.

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend!

TGIF!! Am I the only one constantly surprised with how fast Friday comes? Okay, let’s do this and share five random things about our week! Here’s mine:

1. I had a couple low key days this week and loved it! Normally I do more things, but I just enjoyed a slower pace.
2. Um, our freezer is fixed? Maybe we accidently fixed it when we couldn’t get the last screw out to take the drawer out? I don’t know…but I’m sure as heck not complaining!
3. Wednesday, Wizard and I went in the afternoon heat to begin the long process of looking at cars. We tend talk about getting a new car for two years before we actually do it, so basically, the story is one day in the next days, months, or years, we will replace our Camry…or not, LOL.
4. I got new pots and pans! Amazon Prime had some decent deals, and I found a set I liked. And then…I did zero research because every time I have done research in the past, I found a reason to not buy them. And we really needed new pans as my old ones are worn out. I’m very proud of myself for buying them…and hope they work as well as I think they will.  They are basically a reasonably priced cross-breed of stainless steel with a blue diamond non stick coating. I just washed them and put them away, so I’ll let you know in the coming weeks if I’m happy with them.
5. Yesterday, we went to see our granddaughter CiGi…I know, I know, we just saw her! But guys, she recognizes us and cries if I don’t hold and play with her right away. I mean what’s a Grandma to do??? Then we found out her other Grandma is coming out today, so little CiGi is getting all the Grandma love!!! But boy do I miss Turbo. I need to get out to see him soon (Wizard has been racing with him, so he sees him more lately.)

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

TGIF!! Another week has zoomed by! And that means it’s time to share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. Choosing a theme (look and layout) for my new blog is hard. I’m mostly confusing myself. It’s all good though, this isn’t a life-altering decision and  playing around with the cloned site helps me get a working idea of what I’m looking for.
2. My new laptop came! So far, I really like it. It’s fast. I’ve just started setting it up, but think it’s going to work well. It’s fast which is huge for me.
3. Finding time lately to work on all my plans has been hard lately. That’s one of the reasons I’m so excited about the laptop — it’ll give me the flexibility to work anywhere — at the house or out of it.
4. I’ve been watching tiny house and RV shows. I have no intention of getting a tiny house or an RV. It’s just a little mental vacation from some ongoing life stresses. Stress relief, even in little mini breaks is important and helpful.
5. This weekend is unclear. If youngest comes to work on the deck, I’ll stay here while Wizard goes to see his mom (she’s getting older and needs more help — fortunately all the siblings are working together). If youngest doesn’t come over, I’ll go with Wizard to see her with him.

That’s my five, now I’d really love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a fun and productive weekend!

TGIF!!! Guess what time it is? That’s right — time to share 5 random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. Father’s Day is on Sunday. I don’t want to forget when I get to the bottom of this blog, so I’ll say it here: Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! And I’d like to mention that Fathers are important to their children, and I want to thank the ones who show up and do all they can to help their child grow into a functioning, well rounded adult. It’s not an easy job, the hours suck and the pay is terrible. But it’s still the best job in the world, and every child needs a great dad like you! And of course, I’ll add that Wizard is a dad like that, and I will definitely remind him of that on Sunday!
2. Wednesday we went to visit our granddaughter, CiGi!! She is full of smiles, and loves to pull up to standing now. She can crawl a bit, but she’s not really interested. She’d rather stand, and bounce around. I was playing a version of peek-a-boo with her, and she would laugh with me, then she’d peer around me to make sure Grandpa was also laughing with her. She’s such a little ham, just like her dad.
3. Turbo called me Wednesday night just to tell me his dad was being mean to him. My son is in the background trying to defend himself, but I was having none of it and told my son he was in trouble. Turbo was very amused. By they way — this is all in fun, and my son was the one who set up the call for Turbo to tell on him. Turbo loves the fact that I can boss his dad around. To him, that’s an amazing power
4. Yesterday I ordered my new laptop. I decided on a bigger screen, but I chose not to get all the bells and whistles. This one has enough, and will be more than 0adequate for what I want to do now, and if I grow out of it at a later date, well, after much thought I decided that’s a problem for Future Jen.  I’m pretty excited about this laptop! It’s been a while since I’ve been excited about this kind of stuff. It won’t arrive until a week from today.
5. Today Im planning to see Biker Witch. And this weekend, Wizard and Turbo are going to the RC car race track so Turbo can start practicing. I will go if Wizard can use my help — we’ll see. I don’t mind either way, plus Turbo’s mom will be there and I like hanging with her Sunday, I’m not positive what the Father’s Day plan is yet, but as long as Wizard knows he’s appreciated, it’s all good.

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

TGIF!! You all know the drill — it’s time to share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. It was a busy week with Wizard’s medical tests. These are just followups on issues, basically time-suck stuff that needed to be done We’ll get results sometime before 2026 because we all know how fast the medical system works these days. Okay, that was a tad sarcastic…we’ll get results in a few weeks.
2. Maggie was fine when I picked her up from boarding. We really worried because it was a heck of a thunder storm in this area, but we also truly trust the woman who owns this shop and her staff so we were confident she’d be okay. We’ve had a lot of humidity already this year. Mother Nature appears to be confused about the zip codes she’s sending this humidity too.
3. New ideas are fun! It’s my opinion that they “just thinking” process is the most fun. It’s all potential and big dreams without all the hard work, pitfalls, unexpected disasters and failures This project is about changing this blog into something entirely different. It’s fun to just hang with a few people, but I think I’m ready to do something more constructive again and see if I can build. But there’s a huge learning curve for me involved, and we’ll see if I’m up to the task, and if life will cooperate. But now I really want to laptop and I need to get cracking on that. I’ve been researching it and then I see the prices and gasp dramatically and close the windows where I’m shopping. When I look again the next day, the price is usually the same or higher, so this method is not helping get me a better deal.
4. I promised youngest cookies last weekend and I still haven’t made them yet. Do you all wonder who I even am?? I sure do.  And Wizard is too, I know this because I ordered a maxi skirt from Amazon, and when it showed up, I tried it on and told Wizard I loved it. He looked at me a long time and said, “Who are you?”  Apparently, he isn’t in love with my long skirt, but I am! And I’ll find places to wear it — maybe even while I’m making youngest cookies And then Wizard will be really confused.
5. I have no idea what we’re doing this weekend. Maybe I’ll get Wizard out to look at computers, or we will visit CeeGee (Turbo is on vacation), or do something entirely different. I also plan to stop by my hairdressers to see if she thinks it’s possible to do another weave (color) in my hair. I want more of the silver (okay gray) with some dark woven in too. We’ll see what I can talk her into, and get it scheduled. She’ll probably make me wait a few more months, but I won’t know until I beg politely ask.

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! I hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend!