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!

TGIF!! So it’s that time again! Here’s my five random things about my week:

1. I made bread, and at some point, Wizard snapped a picture of me and posted it. He never asks But anyway, someone mentioned that my kitchen looked cleaner than hers did when she baked. Ha! She should have see it the day before when I started the bread! The pic was the second day after it had bulk fermented overnight in the fridge, and therefore less messy. She should have checked in a few hours later when I was making enchiladas and the kitchen was a total mess!
2. The weather keeps changing from warm to rain (humidity) and my joints are unhappy. I told Wizard I’d take a week off lifting…but between you and me, I wouldn’t take that bet! I am going to try to go through the weekend…maybe. I have really been enjoying the weight program that me and ChatGTP designed. While Wizard is going to a gym, I have no desire to do that again at this point.
3. I had hair drama. I love my hairdresser but she’s been having health issues — that I totally understand. The salon is changing appointments for her and messing up mine. So I show up and there’s no appointment on the books, and my hairdresser is off this week for a procedure. But I have a text confirming I had an appointment — no one can explain it. I am annoyed. I’m not sure if I’m going to hang in there or go somewhere else. I know this is a pretty small problem to have, I’m just venting!
4. Today the plan is to go see our granddaughter CeeGee. We haven’t seen her in a couple weeks now. I can see by pictures she’s already getting bigger and changing more.
5. Turbo called Grandpa so excited — he hit a homerun in practice on Wednesday night. Wizard and I were super thrilled! Then Turbo was just as exited to tell us his friend hit one a bit later in their practice game — and I loved that he was just as happy and proud of his friend as himself. And speaking of Turbo, Sunday morning, Wizard plans to go racing and I have tentative plans to go to breakfast with Oldest, and most likely Turbo and his mom will go too. Turbo and his mom are quite as early risers as Oldest and I are Then we’ll all hang out for a bit. We may make it to Turbo’s game on Saturday too, we’ll see. All the plans depending on last minute schedule changes because that’s life these days.

That’s my five, now I’d really like 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 got flowers this week! Our neighbor brought over some beautiful roses from their backyard. No reason, they are just thoughtful like that. We had some family stuff going on that worries and stresses us (not our kids, extended family), so these day brighteners are so appreciated!
2. I’m sore from increasing my weights…by two pounds. Go ahead and laugh! But I have gained some muscle by being consistent and lifting as close to three times a week as I can. I’m happy with that, and feel like I’ve regained some of the strength I lost over two years of health stuff. Unfortunately soreness is the price for muscle overload. As long as I don’t injure myself, I’ll accept the muscle soreness.
3. Oldest and Youngest had an amazing time in Vegas. They went to see WWE wrestling and had incredible seats. The boys watched WWE since they were kids, so it was cool even just hearing about it. On the flip side of that, Turbo told his dad all about coming out to our house, and his favorite part was going with Grandpa to drove his R.C. race car. I love so much that Turbo and Grandpa are bonding over some things the both really enjoy. It’s great for Wizard for various reasons and just makes me happy to see it.
4. Yesterday, I went to Kohl’s, tried on armfuls of clothes and shoes, and came home with a pair of cheap pajamas. I looked for clothes to fill in around what I already have and I need to replace some very old semi-dress shoes.  I couldn’t even find socks I liked, LOL. But I’m getting started and at least I got the PJs.
5. This weekend, we are getting our shade installed which is much faster than expected! It’s really going to help this summer. And we’re going to dinner at youngest’s house for a late birthday celebration for Wizard. Sunday I may go out to Turbo’s and hang out too, we’ll see on that. Now that tax season is over, Oldest and Youngest are much more available.

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. Maggie has quite suddenly become an outside dog. She just wants to be out back and resists when I tell her to come in. Maggie resisting any of my commands is a little weird, but right now I’m chalking it up to age-induced stubbornness. She also has a new thing of wanting to hang out with Wizard in the garage — that I’m very happy about. He has always wanted her to hang with him outside. Maggie is fine otherwise. And after dinner, she only goes out to potty then stays in the rest of the night. So…as far as we can tell, she’s good, just deciding to live the outdoor dog life for awhile. I’m assuming the summer temps with change her mind
2. And speaking of summer…we finally hired a place to make and install a motorized outdoor shade for one side of our patio that is large, like a 16 foot width. We looked into it last year and were a bit shellshocked at the price and we didn’t find the solution we wanted. This year we did and at an acceptable price. It’ll be weeks before it’s installed, but Wizard especially is happy about this. He BBQs out there and needs the shade!
3. Speaking of expenses, I guess the Shelby was feeling neglected. We went out to dinner last night, then came home and…the power seat broke. Unfortunately it broke in the pushed all the way back position that Wizard uses to get out of the car, so now he can’t drive it. As I’m writing this yesterday afternoon, he’s on his way to the specialty car shop to see if there’s a power seat replacement available, or maybe even a manual seat. Wizard knew the power seat was breaking and has been searching for a replacement for a while, but I guess they are hard to come by.
4. This kind of stuff is the cost of having a car like the Shelby, which we both knew when his brother left it to him. So last night, I was trying to make sure Wizard didn’t think I was upset over the cost of this car, and I jokingly said, “The Shelby is your expensive hobby and Maggie is mine.” I really should have known better than to open that can of worms with an accountant — Wizard then told me the exact figure it cost us for Maggie’s food, medicine and vet bills for last year. Sigh…yeah, Wizard keeps spreadsheets on all this stuff, and obviously, remembers the exact numbers just in case he wants to make a point. Fine, point taken. Maggie is expensive but she’s worth every penny! For the record, he never truly complains. I mentioned that at the end of this year I want to get her teeth cleaned again, and all he said was, “Get an estimate next time you’re at the vet’s office so I can plan it.” Totally reasonable.
5. Turbo and his mom our coming over tomorrow. Turbo’s dad and Youngest son will be out of town, and Special K asked if it was okay for her and Turbo to come over and hang out. Of course it is!! I’m not sure what Sunday will bring.

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

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

1. It’s hot this week. But I am not complaining given what other states (like Kentucky and Tennessee) are going through. I feel for all the people suffering from the flooding.
2. We all know Maggie hates having her picture taken and always looks like a goofball. And to prove it, here’s one I took yesterday. I can’t explain why she makes these weird expressions. Maggie is just gonna be Maggie!
3. This week, I’ve been into pretending I’m a gardener. For the record, I’ve been known in the plant world as a serial killer, so this faze won’t last. But I’m trying! We’ve gone through six large bags of potting soil, filled four barrels with plants and flowers, plus some assorted pots I had (because I’d murdered the last residence of those pots). And I lost count of the trips to Home Depot and Lowes. But I feel we’re making some progress on the paver patio. So called, because it’s has cement squares that are sort of pavers. Our regular patio is normal poured cement and therefore called “the patio” or sometimes if I’m feeling fancy, “the wine patio.”  There’s no real reason to call it a wine anything, except that once in a while we’ve had a glass of wine out there Back to the paver patio, it’s a bit of an odd space, but we’re tackling the challenge.
4. Speaking of the paver patio, I was showing Wizard a couple patio chairs on my phone and asking if he liked them. He responded, “We’ll need to have someone out to build a gazebo to make it usable for more than a couple hours a day.” Then he frowned and asked me why I was blinking like a hostage under a bright light. Umm…because I had a two hundred dollar idea that he just turned into several thousand dollars!!! He laughed when I point that out. What I didn’t say is that the a couple of the palms we planted in barrels will give us some shade there in a couple years.
5. We are planning to go to Turbos game Saturday if it works out. It will be hot, so we may go for the last half the game then go to Turbo’s house afterward for a while. Today I told Wizard I’d make pizza for him and he’s pretty excited about that He’s not hard to please.

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

TGIF!!! Why am I always surprised by Friday? Seriously, it shows up every week, so after many decades, I should be used to it! Anyhow, it’s now time to share five random things about our week. Here’s mine:

1. Today is Wizard’s birthday! It’s a bit of a lowkey birthday but still hopefully he’ll be happy. He doesn’t want a cake this year because he says he’ll just keep eating it, LOL.  But we’ll probably go to dinner.
2. I found my packaged seasoning for stew! I’m making it for Thursday night, and to celebrate, I’m making breadsticks to go with it. But I need to learn to build the flavors in stew myself without the aide of my packaged seasoning that has stuff in there I don’t really think is ideal
3. On Wednesday, I went to my granddaughter’s house to take her and her mom for a mini girls lunch for my DILs birthday. Baby Girl was so good! Here she is dressed up like a Little Lady with her sweater and necklace (and no socks because she takes them off, LOL)
4. Yesterday was a marathon and today looks busy too, but it’s all good. But I was pretty impressed that yesterday I walked a couple miles, lifted weights, went to Trader Joes and Costco, washed floors, made stew and breadsticks. Now we’ll see if I can get out of bed today
5. Saturday, Middle Son, his wife and Baby Girl are coming over. I’m planning to make Balsamic Flank Steak for an early dinner. It’ll be really nice to see my son. Wizard saw him when I had the cold, but I haven’t seen him in a while. We will miss Turbo’s baseball game, but we’ll get to the next one!

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

TGIF!! We blinked and it’s Friday again! You know what that means, time to share five random things about our week:

1. My brother in law has been unwell this week (Biker Witch’s Hubby). He’s getting the care he needs and so far, is feeling better. But these days, I like to worry about everyone. And Wizard has his hands full doing what he can for his mom who is dealing with the issues of aging.
2. Wizard got his TSA Pre-check clearance! He was starting to get a complex about that, LOL. He’s thinking about taking a trip to his brother’s house (he lives in Oregon). I’m nudging him to do it. And, I’ve been looking at vacations for us, but that was mostly window shopping at this point
3. Okay, guys, I did it! I got the weave done on my hair, so now silver is threaded through the brown, and it should blend as the gray grows out. So far, I really like it! And I won’t have to get it colored every four weeks now. I will probably want to add low lights over time as more gray comes in, but right now, I’m happy to try something lower maintenance and see how I like it.  Here’s a front and back picture from the back to get an idea (Ignore how I look — these were quick pics Wizard took for me outside in the wind):
4. I made sourdough bread this week. I only mention that because today I tried a new stew recipe that’s still simmering in the crockpot now as I write this. It’s a long recipe and I mixed up measurements on two ingredients and now I’m worried it won’t be good. So see? If if I fail with this recipe, at least we have fresh sourdough so it’s not a total loss! And I don’t have to feel like a total loser, LOL. But okay, even if this version doesn’t come out, I should be able to figure out how to make it better next time. I always had a standby packaged stew mix that I used for years because it was relatively fast and easy and Wizard liked it — then the company changed the packaged formula and it’s not good. So I’m experimenting.
5. Today I have a quick tele-appointment with my endocrinologist in the morning. I expect that to go pretty well. This weekend, I don’t have any big plans as of yet (I’ve kind of held off making them to see how my brother in law is just in case my sister needs something). Next week though I’ve planned to take my daughter in law to lunch (with Baby Girl!) on Wednesday for her birthday, and then they are all coming out that weekend for a visit so we can see our son too. We may go to Turbo’s baseball games on Saturday, but we’ll see.

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