friday i'm in love

how can i not love
this sweet kitty-cat face
with his big eyes
and tubby-chubby-ness….
even if he does drive me
absolutely bonkers
if i am trying to do yoga
or take a nap.

he might be the biggest
out of the 3 but he is also the
neediest. :)

OTHER THINGS I AM LOVING:

🌞dandelions popping up little bits of sunshine in my yard.

🌞 anything made with cereal milk makes me happy

🌞 sigh…this made me want a time machine

and I haven’t been feeling great lately
(that’s not the part I love…haha)
but I have had to use Maple and I have to
say it worked so much better than before…
I got the same dr each time and it was incredibly fast.
Now hopefully, the meds kick in and know this
sinus infection out of my head.
The sun is shining, I have no time to be sick.
:)

turning the corner....

I feel like I am starting to
turn the corner
of that which is known
in my head
"as still frigging winter".

Second by second,
minute by minute,
the days get longer…
the light lingers
and my energy increases.

I have been pushing myself
to keep showing up…
to get outside for walks
and don’t pay attention to the wind chill,
to take photos,
to draw little characters
and call it a project.
To knit and doodle,
to nap when I need to,
to spend lots of time
reading in the swing.

Some things that I have been trying
that I like to think are helping but
it’s still pretty early:

I got a little pop up tent sauna
and I have been loving it.

Started using a light lamp in the mornings
and also got this cute little
rainbow pomodoro timer
and I know it’s all a trick of my brain
or rather maybe
I am tricking my brain
(shhhh…don’t tell)…
BUT I HAVE BEEN SO PRODUCTIVE.

so I’ll take it…
whatever the reason,
(his heart or his shoes)
heh. sorry, my brain is glitchy
and throws out random
grinch lines.

I hope you are warm and cozy,
happy and full.
Here’s a random photo of Timmy…
just because he is so damn adorable.

50 in 50 - 2024 update!

*Disclaimer - this post has nothing to do with a cat
but look how cute he is…how could I not post that?

Years ago,
I started my plan to do
50 things BEFORE I turned 50…
& then 50 came.

So I changed it to
50 things in my 50th year…
but then
50 turned to 51.

So then I adapted and reacted
& decided to make it
50 in my 50’s
and that feels doable.

Well, I got to cross
try rock climbing
off my list!
I am not going to lie…when I signed up
for this class, I did not realize
it would be as HARD as it was…
I struggled. I fought. I felt like I was never
going to get to the top of even ONE of
those damn walls, even though everyone
else in the course seemed to be scurrying up
there hardly breaking a sweat.

Then finally, on the last night of the course,
I MADE IT TO THE TOP.
And yep, it was probably an easy wall
but that doesn’t matter. I did it. I finally did it. :)

This has probably the
most active I have ever been
in the fall…I have joined a gym,
tried pickleball, am going to the sauna,
hitting my steps.

I am also trying NOT to
focus on the extra weight I am carrying
in the rock climbing photo.
I am trying to focus on the feeling of
sheer effing accomplishment I felt at that moment.
And how I want to keep that momentum going.

So today I crossed this one off my 50 in 50 list.
And wondered
what can I cross off next!?! :)

Suggestions?

mornings like this...

I love mornings
like this…
sunny and bright
(even if it is a little cool)…
no plans, no itinerary, no agenda.

The house is quiet
and still,
the animals all napping
in various makeshift beds
of their choosing.

I am puttering around
with a pen and a paper pad
full of lists
and ideas
big big plans
and little itty bitty doodles…

I am drinking coffee
and drawing blimps…

RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD:
buying a smaller mattress for car camping
getting pugsley a new leash for short walks maybe
watching old movies for a bit
plant fertilizer
a rain barrel
what to name the bathroom gang of plants
happy that the dandelions all popped back up after I cut the grass
how much I love the word slather
and
how I really want to get back to this page again.

Just for me, if nothing else….
I like to look back and see
where I have been,
who I once was…
how far things have come and gone.
♥

friday i'm in love...

This has been a perfectly
perfect Friday.

I had the day off, even before the promise of a
bit of wet snowstorm…
slept in, shoveled a bit,
ate warm toasty blueberry bagels…
read blogs and watched
you tube videos and got excited
about things like
maybe replacing my kitchen countertop
and renewed my desperate need
for a DIY camper van
and realized that
I really need tools if
I am gonna do ANY of this.
Heh.

This is how we shovel rainy-snow-slush
at the big orange house…
polka dot rubber boots, minions hat &
bright yellow slicker…heehee

THINGS I AM KINDA CRUSHING ON RIGHT NOW:

my new candle that smells like candy apples
THIS is gonna be a movie!!! & with Rachel McAdams who I adore!
i need these in my life.
i could totally get behind this idea!
ummmm…look at the polar bears….awwwww
& speaking of adorable creatures…

I hope you are having a fabulously fun Friday
and that you don’t have to
shovel too much heavy snow
and that you find some candy
that you forgot about…
:)