Sentence a Day 05.2024

 

Good morning, good evening, good night, my friends.  Thanks for joining me for Sentence a Day 05.2024 – a monthly review of my May in one run-on sentence a day.

Let me start off by saying that I write these sentences for me.  As a way of keeping track of what all has happened and when.  I know they are full of drivel and I really don’t expect anyone to wade through all of this wordiness.  But it helps me to reflect on each day, and record the important things so I can keep them straight, if not in my mind, on ‘paper’ at least.  So, with that being said, please know you are released from any expectation that you need to read every word.

Sentence a Day and OGT

 

If I don’t blog any more than just my Sentence a Day post, I hope to at least continue to do these posts to help me keep track of LIFE.  And when I do manage to get an SaD post together, I am hoping to make the What’s Been on Your Calendar? link-up with Deb at Deb’s World, Sue who blogs at Women Living Well After 50, Donna from Retirement Reflections and Jo who can be found at And Anyways, which opens on the last Friday of each month.  We’ll see how things go.

You might remember – or not – that I started sharing OGT – one good thing at the end of each of my run-on sentences.  I also use a gratitude journal at night and am in the market for a new one.  If you have one you love, please share in a comment below.  I will never forget that sweet Carrie at Curly Crafty Mom sent me my first gratitude journal after I read about hers on her blog.  I’ve been ending my days with a gratitude journal ever since.  Thank you, Carrie.  I just purchased a new gratitude journal, Gratitude Journal Notebook: Daily Gratitude Self-Care Affirmations  that I hope to being with this shiny new month.  You can check it out here.

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Sentence a Day 05.2024 & OGT

 

Counting the days until PC is finally retired.  Closing out May means we are another month closer to his 07.31.2024 retirement date.  Here’s how this month looked.

And We’re Off

At 8:00 pm this evening my watch/activity tracker notified me that I had zero measurable stress today, now that’s the way I like it!! Up early for quiet time and a 5 minute abs workout; over the mountain to take my babies to school and of course we played ‘babies’ in the car on the way; fixed this French Dip recipe in the crockpot at Lauren’s for their dinner; stopped at Walmart to get PC breakfast burritos; home to make Style it with Trix’s crock pot stuffed shells recipe – delish; walked over for my drop-in visit for Tink kitty; scrapbooked with my sister and finished a Santa Fe tubing page from our trip in 2022; Supernatural workout, blog reading while PC watched a movie on TV.  05.01.2024  OGT:  no stress

• Thursday hersday…I was pretty darn lazy – or casual, anyway; chatted with Lauren and Cami on the way to school; with Brennyn before and after her dental appointment; put away laundry; got started on the mound of ironing awaiting my attention; planted some succulents and salvia in a pot by our front door and some cucumber seeds in a pot in the back yard; set out my grandmother’s yeast to renew it and renewed the sourdough starter Brennyn bought for me – going to actually make bread this time!!; began listening to our Come Read with Me book club May book of the month, Funny Story by Emily Henry; made another bedtime book reading video for Declan; PC cooked = picked up Taco Bell for dinner; started watching a new series “Dodger” on Disney.  05.02.2024  OGT:  lazy day

Birthday Blessings, Sissy

• Happy birthday, Valerie!!  Glad you were born, baby sister.  PC’s Friday off so we slept in a little til the neighbor’s dog began its morning barking fit; fixed biscuits and sausage gravy while working on my sourdough bread as per Brennyn’s thorough directions; walked most of the way up McKelligon Canyon Road for a 2.5 mile walk; stopped at Lowe’s for a new plant for the front yard and Walmart for shampoo; I cut the yard and raked up dead magnolia leaves; PC planted the new plant – we can’t remember its name – I think chicklet trumpet bush; baked my bread – mmmmm; did 2 drop-in kitty visits; quesadillas and a chamango margartia for dinner at Boozy Tacos; watching the Reds and blog reading before bed.  05.03.2024  OGT:  my baby sister

Perfect Day

• Perfect day.  Have had a few of those lately.  Breakfast was scrambled eggs, chicken maple sausage and sourdough bread; jumped in the car to head through Anthony Gap to Las Cruces, NM, and Slot Canyon – truly a hidden gem just off Farm-Market 185; an easy hike, flat, wide trail to the beautiful canyon, and then the mesa above it – took so many pictures!!; back to Las Cruces via the pecan-tree lined FM 185; stopped at Andele Mexican restaurant for enchiladas and flautas; stopped at Sombra Antigua winery for a glass of Day of the Dead red and a bottle of Desert Rain white; then popped into Mesa Vista winery for a bottle each of La Vino Rose’ and Blanco Dulce; stopped at the outlet mall (and it wasn’t even Sunday) for PC to pick up walking shoes at Nike; I scrapbooked with my sister and Paul cleaned the pool filters; watched the Reds lose another game; soaked our tired tootsies in the cold pool water; watched “Dodger” before bed.  05.04.2024  OGT: the beauty of Mother Nature

Another Good Day

• Xhaust as Cady would say when she was little – very pleasant weekend but I have hardly sat down; over the mountain for church, put together diaper bags and feminine hygiene cosmetic bags; sat with Dick and Denise at the tip-top of the risers, good message about not only receiving God into your life but developing a relationship with Him; back home to ready things for our cookout with the kids; across the mountain a second time for Cami’s gymnastic performance with a Star Wars theme, she was adorable and tried so hard to do everything without the teacher’s assistance; back across the mountain home to play in the pool, grill brats, hamburgers and hot dogs; we heated the pool and the water was so warm; Lucia ate quite a few snacks but relatively no dinner; Paul and Lauren cleaned up the kitchen; was supposed to do a drop-in visit for Tink-kitty but the apartment complex office was closed so I couldn’t get the key to check on her, Declan is sick again, 101* fever.  05.05.2024  OGT:  time with family

Off Days

• Off my game today; did my quiet time after breakfast but couldn’t focus, and that continued all day; talked and laughed with Brennyn and Declan while they had breakfast – he was feeling better, cooler and was just adorable, making faces and trying to feed me through the phone; got laundry done but not folded yet, did the drop-in visit with Tink that I was unable to do yesterday; mailed my water-logged phone to Spectrum; watered my new plants; ironed lots of clothes; managed the chemicals in the pool but the terrible wind is going to foul everything up all over again; have a new sub job for Thursday and new Rover job for later in May – thankful for those opportunities; pork chops and baked potatoes for dinner; watched a cute show, “Unfrosted” on Netflix – loaded with stars and clean humor, fun to laugh at.  05.06.2024  OGT:  opportunities
• PC and I were both awake rolling around from about 4:00 am on, had just dozed off when the alarm rang; when I accepted the sub job for Thursday I had forgotten about Paul’s friend’s funeral so I canceled in order to go with him; the fifth graders were in fine form after a class on puberty with the school nurse yesterday, their hormones were raging; I walked 9,000 steps round and round their desks; stopped in for a visit with Tink; then home where PC has Subway sandwiches waiting – so thoughtful; have been fairly worthless this evening, glad to be home tomorrow.  05.07.2024  OGT:  no place like home

Mid-week Woes

• hUmP dAy…and happy to be home; got up early for quiet time, then we did a 7 minute ab workout before PC got ready for work; did 2 weight workouts  during the day and a Supernatural workout after dinner; folded laundry and got it put away, ironed about 10 pieces; made WW-friendly chicken and dumplings and quesadillas for supper; scrapbooked with my sister and really got excited about the page I am working on; “Call the Midwives” before bed, disappointing Reds game, too.  05.08.2024  OGT:  exercise
• Difficult day as we attended the service and funeral for PC’s friend Jim who died just 5 months after retiring; Paul was pretty sad this morning on his way to work; I walked 2 miles, used the stationary bike and elliptical for 1 mile each and used the rowing machine before getting ready for the funeral; picked up flowers to drop off at the funeral home; ate a late breakfast at iHop, attended the service and started thinking about my own; the funeral was moving with the Army burial detail; home to soak our tootsies in the pool and drink a beer; frozen pizza for dinner; our neighbor’s dog is driving us crazy with barking, poor baby, all day long from about 6:00 am on.  05.09.2024  OGT:  make the most of every day

Busy Bee

• Nice, productive day; got PC off, finished my Where Bloggers Live post; ran to pick up grocery order and get gas which was $3.09 a gallon; vacuumed and mopped and dusted downstairs; did the spring cleaning in the upstairs guest bedroom – so nice and clean; ironed a half-dozen things; scrapbooked with Valerie and finished my page – I love it; fish sticks, popcorn shrimp for dinner; excited to start planning our South Padre vacation with the girls – contacted 3 photographers about having family photos; Supernatural workout; Reds game but having trouble keeping my eyes open.  05.10.2024  OGT:  all my sweet babies, daughters included; how reasonable Paul can be
• Busy, active day; up early for no good reason; after breakfast did an abs workout, then my 1-1-1-row workout (treadmill-bike-elliptical-rowing machine); did my last drop-in visit with Tink; showered and dressed for PC’s ballgame; the weather was very pleasant for my pre-game walk around the lake; held an umbrella over myself during the 3.5 hour long game, it was 10-10 until the last inning and we lost; dinner at Jason’s Deli – we were both hungry and tired; home to do Supernatural then soaked in the hot tub while watching the Reds game; felt sad for Lauren as she took the girls to the aquarium today but Cami was less than appreciative; my daughters are such good mommies and their babies are blessed.  05.11.2024  OGT: beautiful weather with a perfect breeze

Mother’s Day

• PC was sore and tired from yesterday’s long baseball game so I crawled out of bed at 6:45 am and let him sleep until after 8:00, and we decided to skip church; Paul made arrangements last night to meet Lauren and the girls at Victoria’s, one of our old favorite restaurants – oh, the mole was divine…chocolaty and spicy; we had a very nice lunch and Francisco who was on-call all day even managed to join us to eat, then sat out by the pool while we swam; we played a fun guessing game with the girls where each one had to describe a character in a book or an animal and the rest of us had to guess what it was; Francisco got called in, so Lauren and the girls headed home, too; had lots of sweet messages from everyone wishing me a happy Mother’s Day, and a very special message from Brennyn on IG and FB; I am blessed; ice cream from DQ for supper; Reds game and Midwives before bed.  05.12.2024  OGT:  love

New Week

• Monday, one of my favorite days of the week; today PC had a dermatologist appointment early then took the rest of the day off; I did quiet time while he was gone, started laundry, then we did ab and weights workouts; ran to Walmart for what turned out to be $100 worth of nothing…mostly water, kitty stuff, some potting soil to plant my pumpkin seeds; stopped in Lowe’s for a tomato cage for my cucumbers that are coming up!!; home for lunch; more laundry; scrapbooking with my sissy; Supernatural workout, Reds game – another LOSS, and a bedtime walk; we are trying hard to get in better shape.   05.13.2024  OGT:  breakfast on the patio
• Nice combination of work and play today, got the laundry finished, did my 1-1-1-row workout then showered and dressed for a half-day job with second grade at Zac White; stopped at Goodwill, the library and Uptown Cheapskate on my way to school; left 2 baskets of clothes at Uptown for consignment consideration, bought a straw bag and a cute Vera Bradley bag for writing class; kids were chatty after being on a field trip all morning; guys from Southwest Concrete touched up the cracks and discoloration on the pool deck – looks GREAT!!; met PC at Jersey MIke’s for expen$ive $ub $ammies before writing; enjoyed writing very much tonight, good convo, 7 of us there; new member Mason seems very enthusiastic; looking forward to starting another NaNoWriMo writing camp in June; home by 8:30 pm so a long but pleasant day.  05.14.2024  OGT:  productivity

Writing Wednesday

• Wednesday – should have been writing day, and kind of was in that I wrote blog posts but not on my creative writing projects; glad to be a little ahead of myself for my blog writing, though!!; took the babies to school and Cami cried and cried begging me to take her home with me and not leave her at school, my poorest baby girl; dropped off clothes at Lucia’s school clothing drive; picked up my consignment money and laundry baskets at Uptown; ran into DollarTree for butterfly nets for the babies and sympathy cards for Gloria’s father (Panama chapter of my life) and Nancy’s mother (Memphis chapter); fished dead magnolia leaves out of the rock garden; fixed this crock pot cashew chicken for dinner with Jasmine rice and corn on the cob; scrapbooked with Valerie, having a lot of fun with the pages I have been creating; Supernatural workout and a bedtime walk.  05.15.2024  OGT:  being creative
• Spent most of the morning putting the finishing touches on my 2 blogs posts, I try so hard to catch all the misspellings and typos but that is time consuming and not much fun!!; watched or at least listened to the Chad Daybell “Doomsday Prophet” murder trial; early afternoon the sky became very dark and out of the west a rain storm rolled in – I had prayed in the morning for 30 minutes of rain when I saw clouds in our morning sky; God granted exactly 30 minutes worth, so refreshing, hope it will perk up our yard and the desert; did a weights workout; scrapbooked with my sister again; PC picked up Taco Bell for dinner; watched the Reds game until bedtime.  05.16.2024  OGT:  rain

Weekend Fun

• PC’s Friday off; I slept until 7:30 am, which is late for me; fed the kitties, cleaned the litter boxes, unloaded the dishwasher; then we headed out for a walk up McKelligon Canyon, always a treat, good for the body and soul; stopped in for Brown Bag Deli sandwiches – the place was buzzing with 2 dozen soldiers hungry for the same lunch as we; home to plant pumpkin seeds, water with Miracle Gro, rake leaves in the backyard, add chemicals to the pool, then scrapbooked a little; leftovers for dinner; Supernatural workout; alternated between blog reading, the new season of “Bridgerton” and the Reds ball game before bed.  05.17.2024  OGT:  being home
• Baseball Saturday but I opted to stay home and avoid the heat and the wind and the dust; did a Supernatural workout and my 1-1-1-row workout; scrapbooked with my sister early in the afternoon; PC’s poor ball team lost again, he took a few minutes to catch his breath with a soak in the hot tub, then we showered and dressed to meet the kids at Cattleman’s restaurant in Fabens, about 40 minutes away; Cami was hyped up and Cia was somewhat subdued; we enjoyed a good meal and then walked around the petting zoo on the grounds feeding bunnies and goats and horses; We headed home at sundown after a very pleasant evening.  05.18.2024  OGT:  being with family

Encountering the Holy Spirit

• Over the mountain for church and to help with the pantry beforehand; received the sweetest compliment on the little feminine hygiene bags and little diaper and wipe bags I’ve been putting together; church service was a good message about the Holy Spirit; iHop afterward followed by our constitutional walk around the outlet mall; drop in visit with my old feline friends Cheezy and Prince; PC and I worked in the yard some; scrapbooked with my sister for a bit while Paul watched the Reds game; supper of leftovers from our steak dinner last night; tired tonight.  05.19.2024  OGT:  feeling useful

Week Three

• Monday means laundry day; got up for QT and to bake TikTok cinnamon rolls but felt off much of the rest of the day; made my colossal to-do list and then ‘didn’t’ do much; over the mountain before 7:00 am to help with the girls while Lauren had a spinal tap, my poor baby; the doctor is checking the pressure in her brain from her pseudo-tumors in hopes of taking her off the medicine and the pressure was much improved!!; stopped to do my drop-in visit with the kitties on the way home; picked up a small Walmart order; made a meatball soup to eat in bread bowls; cleaned the whole house on a very superficial level!!; finished laundry; Supernatural workout and “Call the Midwives” before bed; Brennyn sent me her almost new Kindle to use – such a thoughtful gift – she had a difficult day when one of her babies died to something that shouldn’t have been fatal – heart-wrenching.  05.20.2024  OGT:  Lauren’s pressure was much improved

Miss You, Daddy

• My father has been gone 12 years today.  Miss and love you, daddy.  Today’s the day we have waited for – urologist appointment for PC; the doctor (in whom I have little faith) says the fluid pocket in PC’s prostate cavity has been absorbed by his body and is no longer a concern; PC will have a PSA test on Friday and if the cancer is still undetectable then I think we can close this chapter!!; HALLELUJAH!!  Thank God; we had breakfast at iHop then I did my last drop-in visit with the kitties before going to Zac White to sub for second grade; kids were chatty; home to fix WW taco salad; watched the Reds game and an episode of “Midwives;” we are concerned about PC’s mom and beginning to look for places to move her for more care; grateful the school board reinstated a third grade teacher at Lundy who was falsely accused of helping students on the state assessment test – praise God.  05.21.2024  OGT:  PC seems to be cancer free!!
• Long day…struggling to get up for quiet time again, grrr; got PC off to work; did some blog reading; meet and greet with 15-year-old Omar kitty for whom I will be doing drop-in visits in June – so sweet, immediately purred; Lauren called and had to go back to ER because her spinal puncture is leaking and asked me to pick up girls and stay with them until they could get home; made chicken and rice for the kids and us, pistachio-pineapple jello for dessert; ironed a half-dozen items; ran to Walmart for bread sticks then over the mountain to pick up the girls; registered for a summer memoir writing course while in the car loop line for Cia; the girls played on their blah-blahs while I warmed up dinner; fed them, gave them their baths (Cia showered herself) and then the kids got home; tired tonight; thankful Lauren is feeling better and the leaking seems to have stopped.  05.23.2024  OGT:  Lauren is feeling better

Flitting About

• For the first day this week, I jumped out of bed, into the shower and was ready to start the day with an abs workout, so glad to be home; made us fruit smoothies for the second day this week, so good; got PC off; read emails, a few blog posts while watching the Chad Daybell trial with one eye; ironed half of one shirt then impulsively decided to get my hair cut; stopped at Uptown Cheapskate for another bag for my Bible for church…bags are becoming my new obsession; home for spinach salad lunch; wrote a little in To Our Children’s Children; started spring cleaning the bathrooms; walked a mile on the treadmill; scrapbooked with Valerie until PC called asking me to meet him for Mexican at Casita Linda’s; talked to Lauren who sounds so much better; Supernatural workout, new “Bridgerton” episode before bed; today Cady is an 8th grade graduate.  05.23.2024  OGT: a little of this and that

Last Sub Job of the Year?

• TGIF – glad for the end of the week and the long weekend ahead; up early for quiet time, quick shower; PC had labs for his PSA, glucose and cholesterol; I was off to substitute for the special ed kindergarten I have worked with several times; the children seemed to remember me and we had fun – especially on the playground; little Chloe scratched herself from head-to-toe, poorest baby, so I alerted the teacher; got some good snuggles and hugs; we got the babies all on the bus for home by 12:30 and I was home by 1:oo pm; unloaded dishwasher; salad for lunch; then off for an eye exam – my glasses are the wrong prescription so no wonder I am having trouble seeing; sat outside by the hot tub for a bit when I got home; leftovers for dinner; watched the Reds; did my 1-1-1-row workout; “Call the Midwives” before bed; so tired.  05.24.2024  OGT:  it’s Friday

Weekend Again

• Busy baseball-free Saturday; first thing PC discovered his bloodwork was back, his PSA is up some, glucose, too, not sure what that means; breakfast, ab and weights workouts and then we headed off for a hike that was more like a walk or wander about a patch of desert in the middle of town; lunch at Jason’s Deli; visited several eye glass places but the prices at each one were ridiculous, and the lines too long; stopped at Old Sheepdog Brewery – they are struggling to stay in business – for a local ale, mine a kind of Clamato, we looked at pictures from 0ur 2017 trip to Germany while we sipped; picked up some groceries at Walmart; hot dogs for dinner; Supernatural workout; 14K steps – tired tonight, but a good tired.  05.25.2024 OGT:  helping local
• Slept gloriously late (for us); skipped church and just enjoyed a slow morning; Supernatural workout after breakfast; the Reds played an early game to get ahead of the approaching storms so PC watched while I scrapbooked with my sister; the kids arrived about 1:30 pm to swim; PC picked up pizza for us and they brought “Panda (Express) Food” for themselves; we played, swam, soaked, giggled, talked and it was so nice – so much more relaxing and enjoyable than when I spend their whole visit cooking; the water was comfortable, the day was really warm with a cool breeze; the kids left about dinner time; we picked up and then started the Hulu series “We Were the Lucky Ones,”  bedtime walk to get our steps.  05.26.2024  OGT:  relaxing

Remembering

• Memorial Day began with a walk around the Ft. Bliss National Cemetery along with half of El Paso, it seemed, little flags on each headstone; stopped by to visit the graves of PC’s friends Jim and George; home for peanut butter sandwiches; did an abs and a weight workout; Paul watched the Reds and I scrapbooked with my sister, really enjoying using my Cricut Joy to create little embellishments for my pages; late afternoon, I donned my wet suit and PC his trunks and we scrubbed the pool tiles with pumice, then I swam some laps and we dried off on the patio chairs in the sun; grilled a steak for dinner; we returned to Midwives again tonight.  05.27.2024  OGT:  those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country

Winding up the Month

• Up early for quiet time; then over the mountain to help get the girls to school so Lauren could participate in a meeting; we played “Babies” all the way to school and I drove a little extra so Cami and I could continue our game; home to begin laundry and continue spring cleaning of the bathrooms by emptying the drawers, cabinets under the lavatories and medicine cabinets, tossing lots of things, wiping everything down and organizing – it felt good; made homemade chicken noodle soup so PC could drink the broth for dinner as he is preparing for his colonoscopy/endoscopy tomorrow; did a little blog writing today, just can’t concentrate on writing these days; close to 100* today, hope to swim tomorrow; book club is voting on our June read.  05.28.2024  OGT:  being home
• Colonoscopy and endoscopy day for PC so no breakfast and I felt guilty sneaking a breakfast bar, so slipped outside to eat it and talk with Valerie and Metra; then off to the doctor, they took him back before I knew he was going; I worked on a Bible journaling page then went across the hall to try on glasses at an optometry shop; the doctor removed a polyp and some other tissue on Paul for biopsy but thought all looked well; we enjoyed sammies at Capriotti’s – I LOVE their “Bobbie” – turkey, cranberry sauce and stuffing; took a quick tour round Uptown Cheapskate where I ran into Lorena, my former library assistant and friend; we curled up for a short nap then I scrapbooked a bit while PC rested; chicken noodle soup for supper; early to bed, worn out.  05.29.2024  OGT:  procedures to protect our health

Week’s End

• Thursday – had so many plans for today, my first day this week to try to get things done; worked on blog posts first thing; paid bills; finished laundry; scrubbed the tubs in two of the three bathrooms, the lavatories, toilets, washed towels and shower curtains and rugs, oiled the cabinets, cleaned baseboards and door frames – one bath to go; scrapbooked a bit with my sister; Hamburger Helper for supper; PC was sore and tired; soaked our feet in the pool and drank a beer; he watched the Reds and I did my 1-1-1-row workout on the equipment in the garage; Come Read with Me voted to read The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson.  05.30.2024 OGT: payday
• Fri-YAY; Lauren asked me to take the girls to school but I told her PC was off today and I had a meet-n-greet with Omar-kitty; felt so bad when I learned she was having terrible neck pain and off to the ER again; I stopped by to see Lynn and Omar; home to mow the grass, spray for weeds and help PC clean the pool filters; moved my raised beds into a sunnier spot in the yard; hung icicles from the peach tree and pulled off about a third of the peaches in hopes the remaining will be bigger and juicier; texted all day with Lauren who endured 2 MRIs in the ER before they determined to give her pain meds and hope that the still leaking spinal tap wound will close on its own; finished my SaD post; did weight and abs workouts and Supernatural; showered then enjoyed a Margarita and quesadilla at Boozy Taco with my bestest fella; DQ blizzards after; home and still texting and worrying over Lauren as she is still not home as I write this.  05.31.2024  OGT: getting things done

And that’s a wrap.  Hard to believe this shiny new year is almost half over.  What will the remainder bring?

1 Sec Each Day

 

Here is a quick video clip of much of what has happened since my last SaD post in April.  Lots of blessings mixed with some trials.

 

 

2024 Word of the Year (WOTY)

 

Last month, I shared that there had been a bit of a shift in my attitude while I was at Brennyn’s house in March for a visit.  April was a ‘lighter’ month as that attitude adjustment stuck with me.  But May has been a little more of a roller coaster again.  And that’s when I struggle with trying to ‘lighten’ up.  I get so weighed down with worries and concerns…the exact opposite of lightening up.  If I did anything ‘right’ by my chosen WOTY this month, it was in making me time a little bit each day.  My days never ever ever look the same and heaven knows, sure as I plan something, LIFE turns things upside down.  But I spent time scrapbooking, reading, writing (a bit), exercising, working in the yard.  So little victories.  Moments of lightness.

A Few OOTDs

 

Most days you’ll find me in some kind of active wear, if I am going to just be at home.  But subbing, taking the girls to school, writing group and church give me reasons to pull of the sweats and comb my hair!!  Here are the outfits I wore this month when I wasn’t in shorts and a tee.

 

1. Substitute teaching outfit:  this Walmart blazer and this Old Navy tee, jeans and neutral loafers
2. Funeral for PC’s friend:  dress from New York & Co.
3. Subbing:  these Old Navy OG loose jeans, southwest flavored graphic tee, Versona fringe faux suede jacket, faux suede flats
4. Subbing:  old Old Navy skinny jeans, this Old Navy tee, old Old Navy denim jacket, Target denim flats
5. Subbing:  very old light wash Old Navy jeans, Lucky Brand top, Rack Room navy flats
6. PC’s colonoscopy:  these Wow straight leg jeans, very old Old Navy blouse and flats, this Loft white linen blend cardigan
7. Ironing:  just tried these new Gloria Vanderbilt shorts from Belk on before ironing them; Loft navy tee
8. Church:  old Old Navy maxi dress; very old crocheted top, very, very old sandals from Kohls
9. Church:  this Walmart blazer, this Old Navy striped tie front tee, these Old Navy jeans

What have you been wearing this spring?

Your Turn

 

How would you rate your 05.2024?  Ours was pretty good.  There are always hiccups but overall we survived them and lived to tell about it.

We have a busy couple of weeks coming up…should make for some interesting sentences in June!!  I have 3 assorted Rover.com kitty and puppy watching gigs.  I am volunteering at Lucia’s school’s field day on Monday.  And begin a memoir writing class through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UTEP that same day.  PC has another doctor appointment on Tuesday.  And starting next Saturday, we will be watching Lucia and Camila while Lauren and Francisco go on vacation abroad.  Need to double-up on my vitamins!!  What are you up to?  Thank you for coming by.

Hugs and kisses,