Month: May 2019

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More Shopping?

One of my goals for this year is paying down debt. I chose a goal amount to put into this each month. I’ve been investing close to twice as much as my goal amount each month, including this month. But […]

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Tea Garden

Pantone has a new palette for home decor 2020: Tea Garden. Doesn’t it echo my current decor? It might give me direction for a little update next year. I heard today of the death of someone I have known not […]

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Reset

Over a week into my reset, I’m back at work contentedly. I got my haircut today, wrote about interesting things, talked with an old friend who is also a potential new client, and spent some time on the patio reading […]

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Memorial Day 2019

We went to #1 Daughter’s house for Memorial Day, as is our family custom. #1 son and I had done a bit of work in the morning. My DIL told me she and the kids had cleaned while he did […]

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Patio Plan

My husband and I got the deck chairs out. I pulled the big pot of lavender over next to it, but the flowers are well-nigh invisible in the picture. The scent is wonderful. We’ll have nasturtiums and lilies for the […]

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Makers Make

I made a Blueberry Poke Cake from Delish for the Memorial Day festivities. I’ll also make an Almond Cake with Strawberries. My major accomplishment, however, was finishing up the Baby’s little Summer Weekend wardrobe. This is the Lecci dress from […]

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Friday

I’ve exercised five days this week, eaten my no-decisions breakfast and lunch four days, and had a mindful dinner three days out of five. I’ve gone to bed at a decent hour every night and sleep 7 or more hours. […]

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Shopping

I’ve done some shopping recently, though I am generally working on reducing debt rather than shopping. I bought a Craftsy kit at 60% off, though I don’t think I could claim to need more yarn. Still, this is a gorgeous […]

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Three Days In

This is my third day of getting back to my routines. For a while there, I had 5:30 rehearsals nearly every day, so I had to start work as soon as I got up in order to get my basic […]

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Multi Meetings

It’s Day Two of getting back to my regular schedule. Last night I attended a meeting for this year’s WordCamp organization. I had a small salad and a cup of tea for dinner, since we met at a restaurant at […]