Blog #211...2019

Yesterday was Thanksgiving here in America and we had a nice family gathering with our growing family.  Stac is now 7 months pregnant and is doing well.  We had the traditional turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, crock pot mashed potatoes, and corn casserole, cranberry sauce and rolls.

Stac and I made our traditional apple crumb pie which turned out really good! This time around I microwaved the apples for a minute so that they wouldn't be so hard as last time we made it the apples didn't seem to cook through enough.  It was a great idea!

Although I did work on Wednesday until close to 7 PM, I did have off yesterday and also today.  Last year my employer started giving us the day after Thanksgiving off, so it is really nice having a long weekend.  I had to keep reminding myself today that it was only Friday, but I'll take it!
I will likely work on some of the Angel Christmas cards this weekend as I won't have time to send as many as last year.  I am not sure if we'll bring out the Christmas decorations yet.  We may wait a few days and hubby usually puts most of them up.  I like seeing them up but don't love to actually do the decorating.  LOL.

Blog #210....2019

I have off today so I thought Id take the opportunity to write a post before the end of the day.  There are a few photos/video I'd like to share that I took in the last week or so.  Last Monday was Veteran's Day.  I also received a gift from my Aunt that she wrote me that was a gift my dad had actually given her while he was in the Navy stationed in Corpus Christi.  I thought it was so very nice of her to give me something that my dad had given to her as a young man giving a gift to his little sister while he was away serving his country.  I have a photo post card that he had sent to his parents after joining the Navy which I always keep at my desk.  Also there is a small photo of him, not sure if he was younger or older than the Navy picture but I have that one too.  It makes me feel like he's watching me while I am hard at work.  :)  These pictures are below.

 Then I won some nice dog/pet items from an online auction for a rescue organization and both Ditzy and Bella fit them nicely.  I also have one that I thought would fit Bella but it is a little too tight around the belly.   I have one load of laundry going and plan to sing today as well.  That is all on my to do list... :)

Blog #209...2019

TGIF !!  Though will be working this weekend I am looking forward to the Empty Nesters lunch out.  It should be a decent turn out.

When walking with hub this morning we spotted this tree.  Who says fall doesn't happen in Texas?
Actually most trees do not get this pretty but wanted to share this.

Well Thanksgiving will be here before we know it.  Then there is a baby shower for the youngest who will be nearly 7 months along by then.  And then Christmas...exciting times are coming!  :)
We will probably haul out the Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving.  I've started to catch a few Hallmark Christmas movies too...hey it is close enough now.

Blog #208...2019

Today I had off and it felt like Saturday all day. :)

But then again I did do the walk with my buddies this morning though I told them I wasn't going to get up until 7AM and that worked okay for them today so I was happy to sleep a little longer.  

After that I got coffee, etc., and then started to dust my office which hasn't been cleaned in a long time (probably not since the last time I blogged about it).  I didn't quite get that done when it was time to get ready to go to lunch with one of my sisters.  It was her 59th birthday last week so I treated her to lunch.  It was nice.  I just had soup & salad but it was plenty.  She ended up giving me some 'gifts' that she was holding for me. One was a Twilight book that my other sister had for a while and knew I liked that series/movies.  I actually watched some of them last weekend as they were having some back to back showings of them.  

Then she gave me a bracelet with little bells all around it and some small handkerchiefs that both looked to be antiques from my Aunt Arlene 'Babe'.  So in case my sister Sue and Babe read this... THANKS! :)

I just now got these. 

After lunch I finished dusting my office and used the Swiffer on the bare floor and the vacuum on the rug. There was a lot of dust balls under the furniture!  But I got it a lot cleaner than it was.  Oh I also cleaned 3 of the 4 toilets in the house.   

I was going to try to fit in some singing mid-afternoon but I remembered that I needed to update my resume' for work.  I couldn't find it on the 2 computers I looked on.  It has been 7 years since I updated and I've gotten new computers since then.  I did finally find it on the last chance oldest computer that we never use that is in the guest bedroom, and anyway spent some time updating it so there went my singing time.  That's ok, I will finally get some government underwriting credentials.  Yippee~!

Now I'm off to read a little before turning in for the night since tomorrow is Not Sunday but only Thursday. 

Blog.#207...2019

Okay, I know.. it has been almost a week again. I can't help it.  I am still working a lot and the days are flying by.  And by the look of ads on the Internet and cable movie stations, Christmas is right around the corner.

There isn't really a whole lot to write about.  I will say my knee is fine from that fall around a week ago.  I was out walking by Monday again and it was really nice that it got light outside early into the walk thanks to changing the clocks.

The weather has been weird here as I hear it has been in lots of places around the country.  It has already been just below freezing (and for central Texas that is not 'normal'), though who knows what normal really is anymore.  Then we've had some days that still creep up to just above 70 degrees like yesterday which IS normal.  But by this coming Tuesday the forecast calls for the high to only reach 45 degrees so sweater weather again.

I feel bad that I haven't really cleaned much lately.  The bathrooms need a good cleaning. I'm going to do  the toilets and sinks tomorrow so that I can feel that I've done something at least.

I sat down and calculated that in a 24 hour day, after I deduct the work hours, and sleep hours, that leaves only 5 1/2 hours/day for exercise, hygiene, meals and anything else I can fit in.  So yeah, that is not a lot of extra time.  I'm sure it will get slow at some point so I'm trying to work as much as management wishes while it is busy.

Blog #206 ...2019

Sorry haven't blogged since Tuesday.  Same ol' story with a lot of work. :)

I also had a fall on Friday.  I was walking with my buddies in the early morning when it was still dark and we were on our last 1/4 mile when there was a car coming so I was moving over to the side of the road but that is where the black top meets a cement strip and it is uneven.  I twisted my left ankle and fell and smacked my right knee on the street (or cement) either way it hurt!   I was able to recover quickly from the twisted ankle (which I used to do a lot when I was young) but my knee hurt the rest of the way home.  It felt not terribly bad so I went ahead and walked one of the dogs with hubby.

By the afternoon my knee was still bothering me some, so I took an Advil.  Well that made me tired. LOL.  Anyway Saturday was my non exercise day so I rested for the most part by sitting at my desk working.  Also had a nice lunch with the gals.

Today I skipped the exercise again. I actually must have used my right hand (arm) to stop my fall as well as it hurts a little when I push against it (I was leaning over with my arms to kiss my hubby who was sitting in the chair when I noticed). My knee doesn't hurt much at all today but I didn't want to push it. I do intend to walk tomorrow, and on a good note, now that we've turned the clocks back an hour it will be mostly light outside for the walk.  I'm stoked about that! (Though I am bringing a flashlight just in case too- don't need to suffer another fall).

I am seeing that there are a bunch of movies coming on cable TV that are Christmas themed. Well it is November already so I guess that is typical.  I haven't watched any yet as it is too early for me.  :)