Funny Friday

Super excited

I posted this pic from Pinterest recently. 

I really want to make one but I do not have any kind of power tools to be able to cut it out. A friend at work told me today that he is going to his dad's and cut me one of these out so I can make it. I can't wait I'll take pictures and show it to you when I get it done. There's two more things I'm wanting to do for Valentine's Day.

I have some cases. I also have a white pitcher. I will keep you posted on the process.

Hello 2020!

Happy New Year!

My word for 2020 is...

And when I think of shine, I think of stars. So I want to shine brighter, do better, succeed at whatever goals I set for myself and hopefully in the process shine my light on somebody else's life to brighten their day.

Since that will also mean doing whatever makes me happy, it will hopefully make somebody else happy along the way. I think my color scheme for this year is going to be pinks and peaches with some tan and bronzes thrown in.

And I have turned into a real girly girl over the years. So obviously there's going to be pink sparkle throughout my life at some point this year.

I am going shopping on Saturday. I want to find nail polish in these shades and start my ear out with some sparkly new polish.

I want to try to touch at least one life a day in a special way. Whether it is by spreading some Joy, giving a hug, or simply leaving them with a smile.

2019 was a fabulous year for me. I'll be blogging more about that tomorrow.  But I can say that one lesson I learned last year was to quit worrying about what other people say or think and to do what makes me happy.

Enjoy 2020!

Catching up....again

It has been a crazy couple of weeks. I worked close to 60 hours last week and I feel every minute of it. Day one of the craziness started with me waking up with a head cold. I start medicine immediately but still ended up by day two with a course voice. By mid-week I was borderline of full fledged laryngitis. Here we are day 12 and I still cough some and still taking medicine. The voice has good days and bad day, but it is on the mend. On the flip side, all the coughing and cold has cost me my appetite. And because of this and because I have been drinking lots of water to stay hydrated. I lost 11 pounds in 11 days. Like I said, rough couple of weeks. But before I got sick, I found some old boards and painted them and made Christmas gifts for the porch.

Three of the Grands were over and they fluffed the tree (Colby is behind it). They did a great job.

I got the house all decorated before Thanksgiving because I was going to be working over 60 hours that week. 

I was happy that I got it done early since I got so sick.

I got a great surprise at work. My nephew and his family came to the show. He just got out of the an 8 year stint in the military and I have not seen him in those 8 years. His baby girl is 7 and I had never even met her. I fell in love with her. What a sweetie.

All in all it has been a crazy hectic season so far. And it doesn't show signs of slowing down. In addition to working 40-50 hours per week, I will be going Christmas shopping probably about three times. Working on a project for a Christmas gift. Not to mention any church Christmas programs or kids Christmas programs at school. I have a family event for birthdays, a special time planned for my actual birthday with one of my close friends. A Christmas party with some special friends. Lots of wrapping and a couple of events I want to go to. As usual, it is a very busy time of year.

Happy Thanksgiving

The day before....

It's the day before Thanksgiving. This is going to be a very odd Thanksgiving since I will be working all day. I've had a cold all week so food does not taste good. Therefore I am for going my traditional meal and just eating whatever I feel like eating whenever I get hungry tomorrow.

We celebrated Thanksgiving with my family on Monday night. So since I am working all day tomorrow, I will celebrate the actual Thanksgiving day with my wonderful work friends that have become like family to me.

It's covered dish day tomorrow. So we usually end up with a ton of food at work and it runs the gamut from deviled eggs to casseroles to some of the best dessert you ever eat.

I don't mind working the whole day since my family won't be getting together anyway since we already did. But at least I will get to be with my extended family on Thanksgiving Day.

Monday Meanderings

I went to sleep Saturday night at 9:30 ish and woke up at 3:00 a.m. wide awake. I have had many things come up that I needed to get put in my planner so I got up and gathered stuff while it was on my mind and spent an hour planning so I could get sleepy again. It worked. Planning got completed and I was tired enough to go back to sleep for 4 more hours. 

I spend some time yesterday looking at some Black Friday ads. I saw a good deal on the big nice towels at Kohls.

They are going to have a little chopper I have been needing for $2.14 for Black Friday. You can imagine they will be gone the minute the doors open. But I can hope to find one at one location or another hopefully.

This 6" electric skillet was on my wish list last year, but I never could find it in the stores at a good price. 

I saw this Pioneer Woman teapot that I am falling in love with I need this.

I have been using a happy planner for my calendar and planning every year for three years now. I love this product. Here is the one I want for this year.

Have a great day.