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!

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

1. Monday, I worked in my little garden. That was fun and hot! Maggie’s always happy when I’m in the backyard with her. What wasn’t so fun — I learned what root rot smells like. Whoa!!! I tried what I guessed would help to rescue the plant, and repotted it in a better pot that I can see in to make sure I’m not over watering so much. I later learned I may not have done enough, but we’ll see. The good news is, that I’m learning! So far, the plant looks pretty good. As for me, I’d rather not smell root rot again anytime soon!
2. Wizard saw me working out there and came out to chat, when he noticed I was using a small side table to work on my plants. A few days later, he suddenly needed a new folding table, bought one, and gave me his old one to use as a gardening table. This is classic Wizard move — finding a way to make things easier for me without making it seem like he went to any trouble   The table can stay up on the side of the house where no one sees it and it’s out of the way.
3. Wednesday I saw CeeGee!! She is a delight. She’s nine months old and getting super active. She isn’t crawling yet, but her brain is now in “Go” mode and she’s doing all the right moves to be crawling soon. She now weights a chunky 18 lbs. This baby started life a bit underweight, and made up for it swiftly (thanks to mom’s and dad’s care). The pediatrician said she’s exactly what they like to see as she’ll be burning it off  soon crawling, walking then running. All true! And I loved spending time with my daughter in law too. Plus she sent me home with two books, I started one last night and already like it!
4. I began the two day process of making sourdough bread yesterday. It’s been a while. I also worked out, did stupid chores, ran to Trader Joes, and founds ways to get super tired, LOL. I also made an appointment for Maggie to have a bath at the groomers today. Maggie heard her name and bath, and was instantly concerned enough to get up out of her bed, sit and stare at me while I finished the call. I’ve been giving her in-between baths but the groomer does a better job.
5. This weekend, we’re having Biker Witch and Biker Hubby out for and early dinner on Saturday. Sunday, Wizard should be racing, so I get some time alone, but I also need to run out to a mall to return some shoes I ordered. I’m looking forward to seeing Biker Witch and Hubby, but the mall is not high on my list of fun things to do Monday I’m not sure if we’re doing anything for Memorial Day — we’ll see.

Now it’s your turn to share five random things! I hope everyone has a great weekend, and a good Memorial Day!

TGIF!! I don’t know how it happened, but Friday is here again! Let’s get right to sharing five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. Monday vanished into a coffee date with my sister, laundry and assorted mundane life tasks that no one else does. I’m really need a full staff of invisible and unpaid workers to take care of boring stuff for me…is that so much to ask?
2. Tuesday was more stupid stuff like grocery shopping, my crazy need to wash, sort or otherwise organize everything I bought to make the rest of my week easier. Then we had an appointment with out lawyer for bail…just kidding…we were updating boring documents to make life easier for our kids one day, a very, Very, VERY long time from now See? Very mundane.
3. Wednesday was a quick routine trip to the vet for Maggie, then I wisely stopped into my hair saloon to discover to no one’s surprise that my appointment was still wrong. But my stylist is back from her health issues and immediately sorted it out so I have a real and confirmed appt with her on Friday. I’m happy with that, and for the record, I don’t hate my gray hair slowly growing out so far! My day got even better as I packed up lunch and headed out to babysit CeeGee while Daughter In Law went to an appt. So fun! Then the trip home…sucked. But it could have sucked much worse. Wizard alerted me to the 91 freeway being shut down completely due to an accident involving a cement truck and spilled fuel. I was able to go around it by a series of other freeways that only took me just under three hours to get home. But…I didn’t get trapped on a closed freeway so I call that a win! Plus Wizard finished cooking what I’d started that morning in the crock pot for dinner and opened some wine for me. All in all, the day was good, just a tad longer than expected. But this little face made it all worth it!
4. Thursday, NO APPTS!!! I worked out, ran some errands, just did things as I chose to do them with no time pressures. I even bought some socks I’ve needed for weeks (Mundane, yes, but it made me happy).
5. Today, I’m getting my hair cut, then maybe shooting out to Trader Joes. Saturday, Wizard is hoping to go to the track to practice his RC cars which gives me time alone (I love time alone now and again!) and Sunday Youngest is taking me (well us) to breakfast for Mother’s Day. Always nice! It was a good week, but dang, I have been going nonstop since last Thursday or Friday and looking forward to a low key few days!

That’s my five, now I’d love to hear yours! Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! And I hope everyone has a great weekend!