10/31/24

Hello Happy Halloween! 

I'm celebrating by eating all the candy I bought to hand out. 

We'll see if there is any left by tonight haha.

The kids came over yesterday while their mom went to the dr. My mom came over while they were here and brought me lunch and hung out. She brought the kids Halloween treats too.

These pics crack me up. I was like take a pic with a kid and she said oh how about a pic with all of them. Yeah right. Good luck haha.

Simon lol

I didn't do my hair so it looks lovely in these but eh it's me haha.

Rosie looking like a teenager on my phone lol. Simon says is that Pizza?

After they all left it was super quiet. Melissa and were looking into flights for her to come home for Thanksgiving so that was fun. I decided to go through some boxes of fabric while we were talking. I got two boxes measured and on cards while we talked. Now to put them away.

I've been uploading letters to the website all day. So boring. The end is in sight now though. Almost there!

10/30/24

Hello happy hump day!

Coughing from home and watching the kids in a little while when Jess goes to the Dr. Hope they all don't catch my cough since they have been here like 3 days this coughing week.

I keep giving Simon treats and she hides them around the house. Then later they reappear lol. She has some pieces stashed outside too that she will go to sometimes.

Dinner last night (#5), it was a crock pot recipe but I just made it in the oven. Turned out pretty good. I think it could have used a little Worcestershire sauce and or a splash of something tomato-y

Not too shabby. I was going to eat it for lunch today but now my mom said she'll bring me lunch. Probably be like 2 when she gets here though so maybe I'll have a little pre-lunch snack haha. 

Nothing too exciting going on around here. I have a craft show on Saturday so of course there is rain in the forecast. The only day of rain for a 10 day forecast and it's on Saturday. Always has to mess with us.  I still haven't hung out in my sewing room in forever. Kind of a long sewing break! I've mostly just been going to bed after I get done with whatever I have to do for the day. Hopefully this cough will go away soon so I have more energy. 

10/29/24

Hello happy Monday from Lucy & Snookie. 

It's finally cooling off here. We actually have the heater on for a minute. 

I went and got my mammogram done. If only everything was done as quickly as that. It didn't even hurt and was done in 5 minutes or less. I did contemplate having to pee with their fountain in the waiting room though. I bet they think that water sound is calming. I already got my results back and everything was fine. TG for that!

I took 1/2 the day off for my appointment so I had the rest of the day to work on some meal planning. I made enchiladas for us for dinner and made an extra set for Jessica's house. I took them over there and came back with 2 kids lol. They are so cute asking to come to my house I can't tell them no.

They ended up staying for quite awhile since their parents went to go trade cars with someone. Hopefully the new car works out. Is is bigger so will fit all the kids better. 

I had some of my breakfast casserole I made for breakfast this morning.

I also made some flu fighter soup which is just a spicy chicken noodle soup. I need to get some more containers for food prepping purposes. I bought some but need more if I'm going to cook a bunch. We keep using them all for family parties and everyone taking home leftovers.

Not sure what I'm making for dinner tonight yet. I have a crock pot recipe I think I might just put in the oven since it's already noon. 

10/28/24

Hello happy coughing Monday! 

It's also boob squishing day so I'm only working half a day today.

The kids came over to play yesterday so their mom could have a break and clean the house. Thought maybe nap too but I don't think that happened haha.

Daniel brought a bag of toys with him

He alternated between toys and the lap top

Nate was adorable as usual. He's such a happy baby. He RUNS in the walker now. Won't be long before he is just running without it I'm sure. He's almost 9 months old (2 more days).

Two cat naps

I think Trevor brought this crown home and they've played with it two weeks now.

I made some turkey taco soup for lunches

Scott made some ribs for dinner but didn't make anything to go with it. I would have but I was half asleep on my bed after the kids left. 

The kids had went to the pumpkin patch on Saturday with Daniel's cousin's family. Apparently it was too hot and little Daniel was lost for like 5 minutes. That boy is fast when you turn your head. 

I keep forgetting I have a craft show on Saturday. Hopefully I am done coughing by then. One can hope! 

 

10/26/24

Good morning happy Saturday!

Still coughing a little but using my inhaler seems to help.

Ugh. I guess this isn't going to refill itself. Going to have to go to the store today. Luckily I still have coffee and creamer so I can wait a little bit.

Yesterday after work I mostly just laid on my bed watching videos. I did get up and make dinner though. I forgot to take a picture since Scott came home and actually sat at the table with me. 

I haven't been in my sewing room in like a week! I have an order to make a rag quilt that is 1 1/2 size the other ones I made. She wants Raiders fabric so I need to work on figuring those out soon. 

The cats take turns sleeping in the baby crib. At least it has a dual purpose. Oh it's good for holding laundry I need to fold too. 

 

10/25/24

Hello happy FriYeah! 

It's a coughing Friday though :( Came home from my work trip with a cough. Never fails! I even drank EmergenC while I was there. My body doesn't like work conferences lol.

Monday I worked most of the day then got a car wash and went off to Sacramento. 

The conference was at the same place it was in 2020, the Double Tree. The building was is late 80's early 90's design I think. There are all these different wings and of course I had the one farthest from the front. My room was also ground floor level and had a sliding glass door so that was a bit freaky. If I stayed there again I'd request a room on a higher floor for safety reasons. I listen to way too many crime podcasts! 

I picked the room with 2 queens because it looked like it had a larger table.

No swimming for me

This area looked nice, although I never made it out there

I brought some evening entertainment

When I first got to the hotel I saw some people from my office and they were walking to the mall to have dinner at BJ's so I joined them. I just had a burger which wasn't as good as the french dip I had at ours awhile back. It took forever to get out food too. I forgot to take a pic ;)

Tuesday we started at 9, which was nice. They didn't have any coffee out for us but would put it out at like 10 with a snack. So weird. I think it was so we'd all spend $5 for coffee from their little snack area in the morning. I only did that the last day when I didn't have any free coffee in my room left.

We had a "working lunch" on Tuesday. The poor speaker, everyone was taking so much you could barely hear him. Toward the end someone finally told everyone to pipe down a bit. Lunch was pretty nice though!

Yummy dessert

The classes they had were nice and short so that was good. I have a pretty short attention span these days when it comes to just sitting and listening to someone talk. I had one class for Workers Comp, one for Leave Benefits that day so they were nice and informative.

We got a swag bag with a bunch of stuff I probably won't use. This shirt was so hideous I gave it back to them to regift lol. 

After work we met up at 6:30 and walked over to the mall area for dinner. We went to Seasons 52. It was a little spendy but the food was soooo gooood. I got the filet mignon and a blood orange margarita. My friend and I shared some little dessert cups too. 

Wednesday and Thursday they gave us a box lunch which I forgot to take pictures of. I had a turkey sandwich one day and a chicken wrap the other. They were both pretty good.

Wednesday's classes were just horrible. Although a lot of people liked them. Wednesday was "Wellness Day". They hired some people to come in and give us classes with stretching and nutrition advice. Yeah no thanks.

Wednesday night we went to Pier 50 also at the mall for all you can eat Sushi. There were four of us and we ate a lot of sushi lol. I was definitely full when we left there. 

I may have stayed up til 1am finishing the last of the puzzle. I was down to the areas mostly around the cat to finish it off. The orange and the greens were the last to be finished. 

Thursday we started at 8. Booo. I had 3 "classes" and the last 2 I was seriously nodding off in. I was like wth is my problem lol. I don't think it was the staying up later but more of the just sitting there and it was boring as hell. I was so glad when we were finally done for the day.

I drove by my mom's house on the way home but no one was there. I called her and she didn't call me back until after I was home so glad I didn't wait around for her lol. She was off helping her friend. 

No one had washed dishes the whole time I was gone. All the animals food bowls were empty and their water was gross. Also someone had pee'd on my bed so I had to wash all my bedding. I was laying on the couch when Scott got home and he went right in to wash dishes without me saying anything. Yeah how come he couldn't do that on Wednesday? 

Luckily I had tried to go lay on the bed early so I had time to wash some of the bedding before it got too terribly late. Snookie enjoyed the stacked up pillows.

I came out to almost all the dishes washed this morning lol. 

I finally found my inhaler this morning so that seems to have helped a bit with my coughing. Hopefully it doesn't turn into the usual horrible cough from hell that I get. I have zero plans for the weekend since Jess isn't working on Sunday. If I'm feeling good I might try to get Scott to go look at a car I want to see that is on Car Guru's. It's a bit of drive but it could be fun.