Monday, June 30, 2025

Walking the Neighborhood: When Routine Routes Turn Risky

I went to sleep at 10 p.m. last night. 
For once, I didn't read myself to sleep, I just flopped over and slightly died, I think.
 I wasn’t any more active than usual this weekend. 
Maybe I got just a hair less sleep than normal, so I’m not sure what was up.

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Back to peace and quiet...and maybe a nap!

No matter when I go to bed, my eyes pop open between 6 and 7 a.m. 
It doesn't matter if I've had eight hours of sleep, or six, or four.
My inner alarm is set in stone, it seems.

We’re horrid grandparents. 
We let Gealach watch TV until she falls asleep. 
This morning, I woke up at 5:15, the TV was on screensaver, and Moon was sound asleep. 

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Making memories and finding outfits with my sweet granddaughter. πŸ›️❤️

This has been a very, very long day.

Cowboy and Gealach didn't go to bed until 2:30 am.
Gealach clearly has inherited that owl gene from her pappaw.
And of course, if they're awake, I'm awake.

Friday, June 27, 2025

To some people, I'll always be the bad guy

I’ve sat so long, my rear end is numb. Gealach’s curled up on the couch, content, and I’ve huddled all day with library books at my desk.

Peacock brought his daughter πŸ‘§πŸ» and the dog 🐢 up at 12:15. It’s his anniversary—staycation style, minus the child and the dog. I’m not sure why she can’t stay with her mom, but we enjoy having her. We don’t see her as often as we used to, and we miss her.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Sunburned and crispy. Extra crispy, to be exact.

Another Thursday, another Town Day down, done, and over with.
Cowboy was looking at all the firework tents, trying to figure out how much time we had until the 4th of July. 
It's next Friday-next Friday.
Where the living heck is time flying off to?!

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

My skin is so red, even lobsters are jealous.🦞

I have nothing.
 You step outside, and you melt.
I managed to sit in the she shed until 1 pm, but after that?
Forget it.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Sparkle and shine! It’s dentist time!

Today was new dentist day. 
Despite me telling him multiple times, Cowboy was pulling into the old dentist parking lot.
I had to yell at him, it's the next parking lot up.

Monday, June 23, 2025

Ladybird: Protector of the Porch, Terror of the USPS

I took Duffy and Lady outside around 9:30 this morning so they could do their business. 
I figured we were safe, letting Lady off-leash-Heron’s trained her not to leave the yard. 
Normally.

At that time of morning, it’s rare to see anyone outside.

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Treasure hunting at the flea market πŸ—️✨

Cowboy went to morning services, came home, took a nap until 2 pm.
He went out, fed his chickens, gathered some eggs, came in “Let's go to the flea market”
I'm like man, it's the upper 90s out there, but 🀷🏻‍♀️why not?
Badger was not happy, we told her she could stay, but she decided a possible heat stroke might be better than bored at home.

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Summer is here, and so is the heat!

I let Cowboy and Badger sleep late today.
I'm pretty sure Cowboy was down at the chicken coop after work, with a gun, making sure the remaining chickens lived another day.
That meant it was closer to 2 am when he got to bed.

Friday, June 20, 2025

On the summer solstice, the sun stretches the day into a canvas of endless golden hours.

Happy Summer Solstice!

Today was a nothing day.

Same usual morning routine. 
Same old Cowboy heading to work at 2:30 p.m. 

Summer Solstice

 




Thursday, June 19, 2025

My mood today: a mix of annoyed and over it. 😀

Today is Thursday.
Don't you duh me.
When the days blend together, it's hard to know what day it is.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Just another day in the land of meh

Pretty sure it’s Wednesday. 
All the days are blurring into one lately, they're all just dull and boring, and meh.πŸ˜’

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Thunder roars, and I listen

Cowboy had his appointment with the gastroenterologist today. 
He didn't get home from work until 4:15 am, and then we got on the road at 8:40 am.
I don't sleep when Cowboy isn't home, or very rarely do I sleep, so I was awake until he came in.
I was out of bed at 7:30 am-he was out of bed at 8:15 am.
That's roughly 3 hours of sleep for me-and four for him.

Monday, June 16, 2025

Books are my escape from adulting

As I was awake, I crawled out of bed at 7 am.
Some mornings I'm up with the chickens, some mornings I'm lazy.
I'm not like Cowboy and Badger, though, I never sleep until 10 am.

Sunday, June 15, 2025

"A father’s love is etched in our hearts forever."

Badger cleaned until 3:30 am, which meant I didn't get to sleep until 4 am.
I wasn't helping her, I've learned when she gets in one of her intense cleaning jags to stay out of her way.
But, I was semi-awake in case she slid in a puddle of Dawn or something.

the name of father was another name for love




Saturday, June 14, 2025

Cleaning spree: because a clean home is a happy home

We had a lazy morning.
Cowboy woke up, ate his breakfast, and went back to sleep in his recliner.
As it was a pretty day, I went outside to the she shed, curled up in my recliner, and read the morning away.
I assume Badger was in her room, apparently cooking up plans she didn't share with anyone.

Friday, June 13, 2025

Threw salt over my shoulder, knocked on wood, and still stubbed my toe. Friday the 13th wins again.

Today is Friday the 13th.
I don't think we had any bad luck, and we live with a black cat who insists on cuddles, so there was no avoiding her.
Some countries consider her to be lucky, though.
China and Japan, supposedly, not only consider black cats lucky, but also that they attract wealth.
Actually, I think Annabelle is letting us down on the wealth part.

Feeling lucky?

 


Thursday, June 12, 2025

Progress, not perfection

It's nearly 11 pm, way past my bedtime.
Badger made the mistake of opening my desk drawer, she saw the mess, and flipped her lid.
I very happily shove everything I think needs keeping in my desk drawers, and my file cabinet drawers.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

I think there is little harm in venting here and there about things, as we are all human, and it is good to express emotions.

We went to East Town Walmart, despite what Cowboy says, every Walmart has different stock.
I grabbed a solar mushroom, and a solar lamp to put by the front sidewalk.
I don't know why I bother, because the front yard is never dark, we keep the front porch light on until Cowboy gets home from work.
Our local Walmart does not have the pretty mushrooms.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Coffee first. Tuesday challenges second

Sunday, I got a text from CVS that Cowboy's medication was ready for pickup.
I went to the CVS webpage, I call it patient portal, where all his meds are listed.
This was an antipsychotic medication-and definitely not Cowboy's.
I canceled the prescription-and forgot about it.

Monday, June 9, 2025

☔️ Coffee and rain: my peaceful escape

The house is all clean now, except for Badger's room, and you do not touch Badger's room.

As Badger slept on the couch last night, when I woke up, I just played on the computer so as not to wake her up.

Sunday, June 8, 2025

"Trust is earned. My dog has it. πŸΆπŸ’ŒStrange dogs? Seem to collectively agree I'm on the menu. 🍽️"

After Cowboy came home from morning service, we headed to M. to Aldi's, Badger wanted to buy some chicken, we like Aldi's chicken best.
While we were there, we also stopped at Walmart, Badger was complaining she didn't buy TV dinners for the upcoming week.
She didn't buy one darn thing, so I don't know what she'll live on.
She's an adult now, it's not really my problem.

Saturday, June 7, 2025

A tad bit of rain. A tad bit of coffee

I really have nothing.
We've had off and on rain showers, at one point really heavy rain.
It was a good stay in kind of day.

Friday, June 6, 2025

"Burnout is real. Coffee tried. I need a nap."

I have nothing.

We decided to mostly rest today, at least Badger and I did.

I don't know what Cowboy got into.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

"Errands done, house semi-functional—I'll call it a win."

I'm running out of steam for cleaning and blogging.

The kitchen is finally back to being a working kitchen, so we went out, got our groceries today.
No more cold sandwiches.

We came home, and Cowboy took the trash to the dump, and stopped by to see his sister.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

"I survived the Great Kitchen Remodel of 2025. Barely."

Tempers really flared today, but we can safely say the remodel is totally over, and we have a functioning kitchen again.

We owe Badger a debt that is not repayable, she tackled the entire moving kitchen junk out, and moving kitchen junk back in, not to mention the cleaning that went along with it, herself.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

"The remodel is done! Time to rescue the coffee maker from the bedroom—and start the hunt for all the lost and misplaced kitchen gadgets."

Cowboy is very frustrated with the urologist, all they want is to draw blood, draw blood.
They never update the patient portal, so I don't know what was discussed or done.
I do know that the last PSA result they had was from November, this despite his regular physician telling me that they were sending over their PSA results from April and May.
I sent a message to the regular doctor to re-send those results, not that it will do any good.

Monday, June 2, 2025

It’s happening: Cabinets, counters, and running water—almost like a real home, if you ignore the lingering chaos.

It's 11:15 pm, Cowboy is still grinding away in the kitchen.

Much progress has been made today, even though we had to make yet another run to Lowes.

It's a good thing we're on the tail end of this thing, tempers flared, and the neighbors got a good show today.

That’s a DIY remodel—tempers flare, voices rise, everyone retreats to their corners to sulk, and then the work continues.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

"June 1: Remodel hell persists.Storms outside, chaos inside—send caffeine and a fast-forward button. πŸ”¨⛈️☕".

It's 10:15 pm, the flooring is down, and Cowboy is putting on the baseboard.
He says he wants to get a cabinet or two in before bed, but at the moment, that seems a bit optimistic.