WordGirl week 34 Item #2

Well, I'm slow on my blogging, but last week's 3F2E was pretty inspiring! I drew #2 - "Eat at least one salad this week." As you can see from my white board, I was successful. I made an effort to include more salads in my meals. It's so nice in the summertime when fresh veggies abound! (Plus a neighbor had made too much of the Thai peanut chicken salad and gave me a container of it . . . ) This was a really fun one. It probably helped that I spent Sunday and Monday of last week taking a road trip to Missouri to watch the eclipse with "Salad Girl," aka my sister Ann!

I set as my "One Thing" to finally unbox and set up my Juki, the sewing machine I bought in June. I got it out of the box, started reading the directions, and have the basics, but haven't yet actually sewn anything on it yet. I really, really need to get into my sewing room!

WordGirl Week 33 Item #34

So my 3F2E slip last week was #34: "Play one less hour of video / computer games this week." That was easy - I mostly only play "Words with Friends" and some 2048 on my cell phone. I'm not sure if it was an hour less . . . I'm not sure I even spend one hour each week on games in the first place. But it was definitely less than usual. (In fact, my friends on WWF are probably wondering why I haven't been playing much!)


I had made my "One Thing" about signing Titus up for Obedience School. I registered him, but found out the class had already filled. I asked if there was any chance they would let one extra pup in, but started looking around for other options. Yesterday (8/21), I got word that he will be allowed to be the 7th dog in a class for 6 . . . yay! So that's done.

There are two things listed under my "One Thing" . . . because I usually change my reminder on Sunday afternoon. But I left from church on Sunday to meet up with my sister Ann to go to Missouri so we could see the total eclipse.

She and I talked about goals and to-do lists and motivation. I had decided that I'm sick of thinking about the new sewing machine I bought back in June . . . my One Thing for this upcoming week was to get it out of the box and set it up! Wait - that's two things! So, she either thought I'd forget? Or she was trying to be helpful. I actually have many to-do lists, goals, scraps of paper, things on my mind . . . and my white board helps me to focus. For last week, mission accomplished! Less time on games and Titus signed up for obedience classes. On to a new week!

(Ann waits for a break in the clouds; I look to see if it's getting darker yet . . . from the eclipse rather than the clouds. We got to see enough of it through breaks in the clouds!)

WordGirl week 32 Item#41

For the week of August 6-12, I had #41: "Take at least one pic of loved ones this week." Since we were in the BWCA, that was super easy! We had a fantastic trip!

Here are just a few of my loved ones. Sadly, our oldest son Morgan wasn't able to go with us this year. He and his wife Angela were homebodies (but I got a photo of them at our July 22 family party). BTW - we had two groups and two permits . . . we just mixed and matched who was where when. (BWCA limit is 9 people in a group.)

Lindsay, Luke, and Charlie get along so well!

So good to get to spend time with Jeff Clark! Charlie's dad.

Mari, Klaus, and Nick out for a spin on a lake. Klaus was so well-behaved!

Stacie, Pond, and Alex had to work on their balance. This was new for Pond!

Mike, Louie, Jeff, and Charlie - looking at the fire and talking about stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

Louie finally humored me for a photo of the two of us before we drove away. 

WordGirl week 31 Item #16

So I'm playing catchup (again) . . . I seem to have a problem with timeliness.

The week of July 30 - August 5 I had #16: "Cook one meal with fresh ingredients this week." That was super quick and easy because we cook at home most nights. I should have taken a few photos to post, but I didn't. Since this is something we do on a regular basis, I added a "One Thing" to the week: "Buy tix for a Saints game."

Easy, right? I had already decided on Wednesday, August 30th. The theme is "Princess Bride 30th anniversary" and I *love* The Princess Bride! But I finally actually purchased tickets just a few days ago. I kept waffling on whether to buy reserved seats or general admission . . . and finally went for the cheap $6 tickets. We're trying to budget and it's basically just a fun night out, so that should work for us.

I'm going to put my other 3F2E "things" in different entries.

Salad Girl gets distracted by meat sale

After two weeks of going over to Louise's house for meals, I finally got the repair man over to fix the fridge AND....for $188 he replaced the relay something or other switch.  I celebrated by going to Cub and buying lots of meat!  I got a 40 oz rack of ribs for $7 and...well you get the drift.  Louise is going to help me cook up stuff and then I will freeze it - ADDING it to the list so I can track my freezer stuff.  ANYway---a far field from greens BUT I did lunch on stuff I picked from the garden yesterday: cucumbers, radishes, parsley and a small tomato.

Gotta apply for a job so the priorities are all over the place....Get ER Done!!