How is your day Today, plans and achievements 2024....

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hollydolly said:
I seem to be immune to all these things that work for other people. Over the years I've tried various things like this , but I just wasted money.
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The only thing that will work is getting past it. That takes time but eventually you will find the silver lining in this cloud. I was devastated by my first husband asking for a divorce then discovering he was having an affair with a friend (that I had done a lot for! Not him! Me!). He did all kinds of underhanded things to me during the whole process. I just made a list of all the things he did and pros and cons of being married to him. I discovered I was better off without him even though the money part hurt me. In the end it didn't matter.
 

katlupe said:
The only thing that will work is getting past it. That takes time but eventually you will find the silver lining in this cloud. I was devastated by my first husband asking for a divorce then discovering he was having an affair with a friend (that I had done a lot for! Not him! Me!). He did all kinds of underhanded things to me during the whole process. I just made a list of all the things he did and pros and cons of being married to him. I discovered I was better off without him even though the money part hurt me. In the end it didn't matter.
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kat..thanks for that.... but it's not the divorce that's thrown me for a loop... I know that I'll get past that. as I did my first divorce... ..it's already been almost 3 years since we separated.

It's what I discovered yesterday from my lawyers that he's done which is going to potentially affect my future detrimentally.... that's the biggie... :(
 
Rain expected here all day- but I have plenty to do inside-
Yesterday I was so exhausted , after some errands and cleaning, that I fell asleep early and woke up at 4 AM instead of my usual 5 AM. But I am turning my clocks back today- I always do that before DLS time starts, to get acclimated to the new time.

I have salmon leftover from yesterday and might make a nice Chocolate bundt cake, if I have room for half of it in my freezer.
I planned on salmon , mashed potatoes , creamed asparagus on toast, but instead I just ate some salmon with some macaroni salad, I was so tired...then I looked at my list of To Dos for Friday and I had actually gotten 90% of the list DONE!

Sometimes the only thing on my list to cross off, is the name of the day, so I have to add the next day's name. :rolleyes: same list!

There can be so many distractions! And some of my recipes take quite a bit of time. But it is worth that effort.

I am putting a chuck steak into my crock pot in a few minutes- an easy 2 day meal- with some veggies and chicken broth, and will make
a light gravy, with Bob Evans mashed potatoes-----which are pretty good! I am tired of having 5 pound bags of potatoes, end up with many sprouting or just getting too soft. This is potatoes country but many grow chipping potatoes and they do not make good mashed potatoes.
 

hearlady said:
This is a touching post Diva. 🤗
Also, now I want to check out Will Trent. 🙂
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Thank you for saying that Hearlady❣️ I'm telling everyone I know about that show, which I started watching out of curiosity. So glad I did! Got my honorary daughter, who hardly watches TV, hooked on it too. 😄 She watched one episode here, went home and watched the rest even though she had to get up to go to work the next morning. Then told me she was "mad at me" (jokingly of course) for getting her hooked.
 
Cooking a whole chicken right now. Making the bones from it into bone broth. The meat will be in the fridge for my meals. Love having it cooked and ready to make it into chicken salad when I want to eat. Making keto coleslaw after I finish this cup of coffee. Looks like a rainy day in store for me here. So staying indoors. I have plenty of things to do.
 
It's an absolutely glorious day very warm and sunny out in my garden. I was tempted to get the lawnmower out for the first time this year..but didn't. the grass is probably still just a little damp ...altho' even typing this out , I'm still very tempted to tackle it...

The forecast said it would be cloudy all day..otherwise I would have made plans to go out...

Anyway it's 2pm now, and I've vac'd throughout.. and I've also got all the bakery items that I bought yesterday bagged into single portions and into the freezer...
 
Hi all folks!!! Happy saturday!!! Y'all just missed out on
the best sausage gravy n .... ever ~~~~guess I forgIot to tell you,sorry....I slept till 6am with only one up to p....then back to bed....feel okay,normal aches and some newish pains but what the heck....I feel like my time is getting
short now, that is the way it is anyhow....the copd is
really disturbing, ah well....got some bills to pay today...not much else todo....sorry about my typing...best
I can do...take care of yourselves and another also....;)
 
Well I gave in..and mowed the lawns.... (y)...also got the hedge trimmer out and cut back the Bay tree... I thought 'd put all the leads from the Solar Lights I have draped over it out of the way... nope... chopped the solar light cable clean in half.... what a pity it wasn't 12 stone and 5'9 👀🤙
 
Hi, y'all (wish I was!).

Starting tomorrow I'm gonna be up too early to wake the roosters🐓🐓and won't be able to do it from inside the store. Is there an app for that?;)

I've already reset my clocks except for the phone because it's supposed to be automatic. Just in case, I set the alarm on the bedside radio.

Looking forward to two whole hours of working in peace and quiet in the morning.
 
Jules said:
A fresh batch of soup is cooking. I freeze 2/3. The next batch will be Carrot Ginger. Saw that as I was flipping through my recipes. Since @StarSong mentioned it, that confirms that it will be my next batch.

Brrrr and sunny weather. Enough of this wicked wind. It discouraged me from taking my morning walk.
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DH got the ginger for me but that's as far as it went. I needed two naps that day so no cooking was done, Then yesterday my meeting with a customer couldn't be rescheduled so I donned an N95 and powered through for a couple of hours. Pretty much collapsed on the couch afterwards. However, the soup is on my list for today. Will let you know how it turns out.
JBR said:
Along with that, our plan is to get together with a woman who is an old friend of ours. She's battled serious depression for many years since the break-up of her marriage. Legal psilocybin therapy for people with treatment-resistant depression is getting started in Canada (following same in Britain, Australia & Oregon). I've obtained info about accessing it and will help our friend apply, if she wishes to.
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I'd be interested in learning how that works for your friend, if she opts to try it and is approved for the treatment.
 
My morning walk with the pups. What for a glorious day. This is the day God has made for us.

45 years ago, almost every other property had a horse, and some people even went shopping to the supermarket by horse. But now it's becoming rare. My oldest daughter wanted a horse badly. I sent her to the neighbors to learn how to take care of them. Too much work; so, no horse. I bought her a Great Dane as a substitute horse, and she lived happily ever after with "Sir Mordred" (the illegitimate son of King Arthur.) When he died, she had him cremated, kept his ashes in a beautiful Redwood box, and hugged the box in her sleep.

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Nature is so amazing and beautiful. So, a few more pictures from our morning walk.

When I heard a Mockingbird singing on top of a telephone post, then I sat down surrounded by my pups and listened. The little bird was so happy, and happiness is infectious. I also started feeling happy and kept hugging my Boxer pups (Heidi 3 years & 65 pounds; Otto 5 years & 85 pounds; and Ross 8 years & 95 pounds.)

My almost 20 years younger wife just told me that she will be working one more year, till 71, before retiring; and then she will come with me walking hand-in-hand and admiring God's wondrous creation.

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Today began with an uninspiring gloom foreshadowing the list of random chores ahead. I should have made plans, but those are all things that needed attention anyway. Yet almost immediately after awakening a ray of sunshine unexpectedly appeared and that made all the difference in the world.
 
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