16-09-09 (Read 3/20/26)

Shawn came in to my office last night and sat down and we talked for about half an hour, maybe longer, It was a fun visit.

Tyler went to the bee club meeting with Barry. Barry said Tyler seemed be paying close attention. 

Evan and Chelsea and Jaden came for dinner last night. Evan is caught up on the class hours that he missed. Barry and I got to hold Jaden.

Shawn said that when Destiny called in the night, upset about the surgery she has to have, he was able to give her an uplift. He said he felt like a life coach, really good about himself. He said he's been looking for jobs online. 

I got enough done out in the office that I don't have to go back out there today at all. The only thing I need to do is run the Daily Booked Loads Report for Monday, and I really could do that most any time this weekend. So, theoretically, this is "Fitness Friday." It is interrupted by laundry, but I'm going to put my hiking shoes on after lunch. 

16-09-08 (Read 5/14/26)

So--- so far the computer is working better in the house than it was in the writing shack, or better on the home wifi than my little hot spot. Interesting. 

I have the tappy fingers about that thread and the untruths spewed. Feel kinda jazzed about getting in the game, but also a little --- interesting, but waste of time. 

I'm feeling charged about up about making changes re: the fact that I have to issue so many reminders in a day. I'll call it "Reminder analysis." And then I'll address the reminders necessitated, and take corrective action. 

Chelsea and Jaden came over for supper last night and stayed for a little while. 

Beth and I went shopping for decorations, etc., for Morgan and Brandon's engagement party. She sent me a message: "I love you so much. Thank you for loving my babies so much and for loving me possibly more. ;-) I had a great time with you today. Please don't eat that salad unless you know for sure the heat didn't get to it. I need you forever. xoxoxoxoxo. I can't wait for date night." 

16-09-06 (Read 5/15/26)

My computer is up! That's exciting because although it stalled, it did not take the full 30 minutes that it took me yesterday. ....
So, I spoke too soon. I do not know what is running in the background and messing me up. I need to make a list of all my troubles and make an appointment with Steve. Meanwhile...

Beverly and I had a little visit. She talked about how much she had enjoyed watching Kennedy and Angela laughing together, watching them walk along the path together, watching them look for her when she called out, "That's far enough," and then, not seeing her in her up-the-mountain vantage point, go still further. Mostly she talked about how it effected her, on a deep level, to hear them talking about getting her home when she got sick. 

Barry and I had two full days together --- Sunday and Monday, and we had good days. We went off Saturday morning to the estate sale, and enjoyed that, but had other things going on as well. We went back Sunday, which somehow took most of the morning, and then came home watched a couple of movies and part of one of the Great Courses. Our new DVD player is going to be awesome. That kept him off of his feet for a large part of Sunday, which was good. We spent Monday, which was Labor Day, centered on the pottery barn, although we were both working on different projects, neither one of them pottery. He worked on his bee boxes and I worked on refinishing some of the tings I picked up at the estate sale to use over at the writing shack. We also watched most of the game, Alabama's first of the season, Saturday night. 

I thought I needed one more table, but didn't find one. I figured I'd get one later and then --- boom! I walked into the house and the little rectangular end table that belonged to Grandmother, the one I had in the reading room, caught my eye. and I just cleared it off and brought it over here. I always worry a little about whether it will get  ruined in a room where the kids play and sometimes bring food and drink, even if they aren't supposed to. It looks great in here! So, that was a happy note. 

We did get to talk to John on his birthday, and he said he had a good time at Dragon Con.   

I swam yesterday, and tugged at the Carolina Jasmine a little bit. 

I formulated a new plan for the week, and a slightly different mindset. I just have narrowed the Wonderland project list down considerably, and think it is time for me to take a little time off before the new round of taxes and Worker's Comp estimates, etc. And each project that comes up, I'm going to list, because I just am headed for a different kind of life. 

I'm looking forward to "Fitness Fridays." That might collide sometimes with our lunches with Morgan, if I decide to take a day long hike or something, but for the most part, I think it will work just fine. 

         

16-08-06 (Read 6/17/26)

Anita...You're just precious precious.

Course --- now I can't remember who Anita was, or why she thought I was just precious. 

16-08-09 (Read 6/17/26)

Beverly.  The people at work talking about their stepfathers.

Storage container is cleared out. 

Beverly said the people at work were talking about their stepfathers and just thought --- what her life would have been like without Barry, how fortunate she was. 

I finished cleaning out the storage container! 

16-08-10 (Opened 6/17/26 Photo of balconies???)

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Atlanta. In a park near where we had supper. 

16-08-08 (Opened 6/18/26. I guess we were in Atlanta.)

My first real live Little Free Library! Atlanta!

16-08-22 (Read 6/24/26)

Evan and Papa bassinette

I learned how to do date different today.

Evan and Papa putting together the bassinet for Connor. 

I taught myself how to enter a formula in Google Doc spreadsheet that will calculate the date range. It took me a few minutes, and I got pretty frustrated, but I was happy when I was done. 

Typo

So.... I don't know what this could be. It could be ... a quick entry mistake. I might have meant it is a code word for something. It is near the top, so  something that happened in the last couple of days. I just don't know. 

17-07-20 (Read 6/25/26)

Katelyn is home
Angela is smiling
Enjoyed my swim.
Tyler worked with Barry yesterday and they had a good day.

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I think there's a bird in this picture somewhere.

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Beach hike. Loved the washed up pattern.