Daily Ooos: Friday, November 7

[faerywings]

Hoo boy, am I tired today... My brain is not working at all. I slept fine, I just can't seem to get it together.
Ever have one of those days? Please tell me you have had one of those days
Please tell me you know how to fix one of those days. Other than increasing the coffee intake. If I have more coffee ATM, I'll be bouncing off the walls.

Yesterday felt like it went on forever, yet I ran out of time to do anything. (Another: Please tell me you have had one of those days! )
I rushed around tidying the house before my friend came over. There were bits and pieces of dog toys, evergreen needles, scraps of paper all over the DR/LR area from the previous few days of me not cleaning up after myself. I wiped everything down and ran the vacuum before she popped in.
Got to work and the meeting went well. We came up with ideas for homeschool programs in the winter, plus they want to prep for a second retreat in January. I'm going to run an aromatherapy workshop making bath teas, hopefully also in January. When I got home, I prepped the craft I am going to make for our Winter Wonderland Event-- pinecone gnomes. I have a huge amount of red felt 4x6 bags that I can cut, glue them around one of our many spruce cones, and add a pompom or bead for its nose, and some pine needles for its hat:

Cute, right?

Today I am *finally* getting to see my BFF--it's been forever since we got together. She and her family are really having a tough time. She and her DD work in a school district that is under a huge amount is debt. The district is cutting jobs left and right. It is extremely stressful. Then my nephew has been furloughed since the government shutdown and my niece's BFF father passed away suddenly. It's been an utter mess for the last few months. Part of me thinks I should throw a flask of vodka in my purse to add to our coffee LOL!

I am stressing myself out because I feel like I should make the most of driving up and down the highway. Christmas is going to smack me in the face and I won't be ready for it. At the same time, I have no clue whatsoever what people want or need. Do I wander around some stores aimlessly on my way home? I'd rather stick a fork in my eye, TBH.

Meanwhile, if you're wondering if I finished that scrap page from three days ago-- nope, not at all. :/
I can't even think of opening up PS at this point.

Anyway---- I am so happy that I'll be seeing my BFF and giving her a big hug. I miss her tons.

Wishing all of you a fantastic day!!!

 

[faerywings]

Had a busy day. Working hard to finish up the devotions for our Bible Study this Saturday, which got cancelled yesterday due to ladies being gone and sick. Oh well, it will hold for another month. I set that aside for now to begin work on the Widows' devotion for Tuesday. My pastor got a van reserved for the 7 or 8 people who will be going.

I hate when that happens but at least you know the work will be there for the next time.
That's really amazing that you are helping so many widows.

I hope that Mark feels better and that the new dose of meds does the trick.

HOW is it Thursday already?????

I KNOW!!! At the meeting yesterday, I thought it was Tuesday! I double checked the date today b/c how is it already Nov 7??

I know yesterday was crazy busy but I look back and think what did I do? Today is similar. I know there are plans but my coffee isn’t kicking in and I can’t think of what.

I know *exactly* how you feel. See: My first post today
Did you figure out how to get the coffee to kick in and help your brain move along?

years ago when living up North a small rafter ( flock) of turkeys flew up and missed my windshield by small inches...now that is a big bird!!!

I hope you aren't in any extra pain from trying to clean the house with your cane (But I understand completely why and how you had to do it LOL)

Dogs need to go outside, so I'll sign off with big hugs to you all

 

[LSlycord]

Oh Chris...I was hoping that you had this title wrong. Truly it cannot be Friday. But it is. Yesterday completely disappeared on me. I started the day by doing pre-school drop off and then I went straight to my other niece's house and spent the entire morning watching the 4 month old. He is the happiest little thing. When he took a nap, he did it in my arms. It was a morning of complete joy. But I came home so tired that I wound up taking a two hour nap. Then I met my friends for our Thursday night Happy Hour. And came home, watched some TV and was in bed by 9:30.

Oh, and I did fall down a rabbit hole yesterday. I found the 2026 52 week book club. The prompts have come out and so I spent the day looking at books that I might want to read. Because we all know how good I am with committing to things.

Now I need to go catch up on yesterday's Daily O's and I will be back. Today is going to be a day of scrapping, listening to my audible book, maybe doing some additional car research. That's it!!!

 

[LSlycord]

Yesterday felt like it went on forever, yet I ran out of time to do anything. (Another: Please tell me you have had one of those days! )

Right now it feels like it's one of those months for me. Honestly, I've got to get it together. But @faerywings I am so glad to know that it isn't just me!

Love that little pine cone gnome! What a darling craft. Weis (is that the name of the place...apparently my brain is also foggy this morning) must be so, so happy to have found you!

And hugs to your BFF and her family. Wasn't her son the one that had such a time finding a job...and now he has been furloughed. Of course he has.

Ok, I'm off to do pre-school drop off. Be back later.

 

[vickyday]

Hoo boy, am I tired today... My brain is not working at all. I slept fine, I just can't seem to get it together.
Ever have one of those days? Please tell me you have had one of those days
Please tell me you know how to fix one of those days. Other than increasing the coffee intake. If I have more coffee ATM, I'll be bouncing off the walls.

Yesterday felt like it went on forever, yet I ran out of time to do anything. (Another: Please tell me you have had one of those days! )
I rushed around tidying the house before my friend came over. There were bits and pieces of dog toys, evergreen needles, scraps of paper all over the DR/LR area from the previous few days of me not cleaning up after myself. I wiped everything down and ran the vacuum before she popped in.
Got to work and the meeting went well. We came up with ideas for homeschool programs in the winter, plus they want to prep for a second retreat in January. I'm going to run an aromatherapy workshop making bath teas, hopefully also in January. When I got home, I prepped the craft I am going to make for our Winter Wonderland Event-- pinecone gnomes. I have a huge amount of red felt 4x6 bags that I can cut, glue them around one of our many spruce cones, and add a pompom or bead for its nose, and some pine needles for its hat:
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Cute, right?

Today I am *finally* getting to see my BFF--it's been forever since we got together. She and her family are really having a tough time. She and her DD work in a school district that is under a huge amount is debt. The district is cutting jobs left and right. It is extremely stressful. Then my nephew has been furloughed since the government shutdown and my niece's BFF father passed away suddenly. It's been an utter mess for the last few months. Part of me thinks I should throw a flask of vodka in my purse to add to our coffee LOL!

I am stressing myself out because I feel like I should make the most of driving up and down the highway. Christmas is going to smack me in the face and I won't be ready for it. At the same time, I have no clue whatsoever what people want or need. Do I wander around some stores aimlessly on my way home? I'd rather stick a fork in my eye, TBH.

Meanwhile, if you're wondering if I finished that scrap page from three days ago-- nope, not at all. :/
I can't even think of opening up PS at this point.

Anyway---- I am so happy that I'll be seeing my BFF and giving her a big hug. I miss her tons.

Wishing all of you a fantastic day!!!

AWW! I hope you and your bestie have a wonderful day today!
That pinecone gnome is sooooo cute!

 

[vickyday]

I hate when that happens but at least you know the work will be there for the next time.
That's really amazing that you are helping so many widows.

I hope that Mark feels better and that the new dose of meds does the trick.

I KNOW!!! At the meeting yesterday, I thought it was Tuesday! I double checked the date today b/c how is it already Nov 7??


I know *exactly* how you feel. See: My first post today
Did you figure out how to get the coffee to kick in and help your brain move along?



I hope you aren't in any extra pain from trying to clean the house with your cane (But I understand completely why and how you had to do it LOL)

Dogs need to go outside, so I'll sign off with big hugs to you all

That's the only consolation for the Bible study being cancelled.....it is already done for the next time! That and I did learn some thing while studying, LOL!

Mark was dealing with a headache yesterday. I sure hope it isn't a side affect from the increased meds!

 

[vickyday]

Oh Chris...I was hoping that you had this title wrong. Truly it cannot be Friday. But it is. Yesterday completely disappeared on me. I started the day by doing pre-school drop off and then I went straight to my other niece's house and spent the entire morning watching the 4 month old. He is the happiest little thing. When he took a nap, he did it in my arms. It was a morning of complete joy. But I came home so tired that I wound up taking a two hour nap. Then I met my friends for our Thursday night Happy Hour. And came home, watched some TV and was in bed by 9:30.

Oh, and I did fall down a rabbit hole yesterday. I found the 2026 52 week book club. The prompts have come out and so I spent the day looking at books that I might want to read. Because we all know how good I am with committing to things.

Now I need to go catch up on yesterday's Daily O's and I will be back. Today is going to be a day of scrapping, listening to my audible book, maybe doing some additional car research. That's it!!!

Let us know how that works out for you! . You just know more "stuff" will come your way during the day and something planned will get tossed to the side! But, I hope not!

 

[vickyday]

Good Morning,
Got Day 7 of the 30 Days project posted and my 1/3 page done. I did a little forethought for the project yesterday and prepped the templates for the next 6 days. Hopefully that will make the project "seem" a little quicker to put together on a daily basis!

Today's plan is to go to the PO to see if the "second notice" of delivery to the church actually belongs to us. The notice has the correct number but incorrect street address. I'm thinking someone messed up! While I am in that area of town, I will go by the church mailbox and see if my bank statement is there so I can finally balance my month and give the pastor the report this Sunday.

After that, who knows! I need to check and see why I have not received the results from my mammo and pap that happened the 1st and 3rd of October. Plus, I am hoping Mark will want to meet me for lunch somewhere before he comes home after half a day of work. My belly is already growling, which is unusual!

Looks like rain might be moving into our area! We had a beautiful day yesterday! I ended up taking my jacket off while out to lunch with Mark and his co-worker!

Have a wonderful day!

 

[Terri M]

I know, I know -- Friday already, how can that be?
And there's a truck idling outside my window while guys are digging holes along the street and running fiber cable. Since a different company ran cable on the exact same streets three years ago, I'm confused about why we need more. Do they really expect to get enough business to support two complete sets of infrastructure?

We got our new washer and dryer delivered and installed yesterday. David is not happy with the way they installed the dryer vent, so our project tomorrow will be to pull both of them out of their closet and redo the vent. The other thing is that the top of the washing machine is glass, and I store some cast iron pots on a shelf above it. We moved the cast iron to be over the dryer and put lighter stuff over the washer. I can just imagine me dropping my grandma's big chicken-frying skillet onto the snazzy glass top.

On top of it all, David's hearing aids have been sent out for end-of-warranty service, so I've got 10 days of saying everything 4 times.

Well, he is working Habitat today so I am DEFINITELY going to do some scrapping. (I think I've made that part of my plan every day this week and so far have only gotten as far as looking for photos for my Week 40 page.)

Cute, right?

Definitely cute gnome!

Oh, and I did fall down a rabbit hole yesterday. I found the 2026 52 week book club. The prompts have come out and so I spent the day looking at books that I might want to read.

I used to read or listen to 50 books a year. Now I'm retired and don't have time. How does that make any sense?

 

[BrightEyes]

Dashing in and at least saying "Hi" to all today. Some how I missed posting here the last couple of days. I did read this thread every day and meant to come back and post but. . . .

@faerywings I love the cone gnome!!! So adorable!!!

@Terri M Enjoy your new washer/dryer... Smart to move the cast iron things to the shelf over the dryer.

@vickyday You have been a busy bee lately. Hope you get all your mail and medical results soon.

@LSlycord I don't dare look at the 2026 52 week book club.... I would want to read most of them!!

I love the new water bottle I bought... it is a transparent 32 oz one with ounce marks so you can see how much you are drinking... I knew I was not drinking enough water. Well.... turns out that I drank 52 ozs yesterday!!! I need to drink around 64 ozs each day. DD#1 has one and she encouraged me to get one.

I need to get the sorted and started. Also have a few errands to run so better close this out. HAGD

 

[LSlycord]

Let us know how that works out for you! . You just know more "stuff" will come your way during the day and something planned will get tossed to the side! But, I hope not!

LOL. You called it Vicky. I opened my email and there was one from Breck's saying that the bulbs would all arrive tomorrow. So I had to go back and look at what I would be receiving so that I could figure out the planting plans. That took some time. But now I'm ready to get back to my original plan of scrapping.

 

[LSlycord]

I used to read or listen to 50 books a year. Now I'm retired and don't have time. How does that make any sense?

Terri, I was just asking myself that same question about the flowers that I'm planting. And then I realized that I would have received the box with no plan and just started planting because that's all that I would have had time to do. Now I know exactly what will be arriving tomorrow.

Enjoy your new washer...even if it does create a whole new set of things to be done.

 

[LSlycord]

Dashing in and at least saying "Hi" to all today. Some how I missed posting here the last couple of days. I did read this thread every day and meant to come back and post but. . . .

I did the same yesterday...and then forgot to make it back in. Being retired is hard work. Who knew?

 

[vickyday]

Dashing in and at least saying "Hi" to all today. Some how I missed posting here the last couple of days. I did read this thread every day and meant to come back and post but. . . .

@faerywings I love the cone gnome!!! So adorable!!!

@Terri M Enjoy your new washer/dryer... Smart to move the cast iron things to the shelf over the dryer.

@vickyday You have been a busy bee lately. Hope you get all your mail and medical results soon.

@LSlycord I don't dare look at the 2026 52 week book club.... I would want to read most of them!!

I love the new water bottle I bought... it is a transparent 32 oz one with ounce marks so you can see how much you are drinking... I knew I was not drinking enough water. Well.... turns out that I drank 52 ozs yesterday!!! I need to drink around 64 ozs each day. DD#1 has one and she encouraged me to get one.

I need to get the sorted and started. Also have a few errands to run so better close this out. HAGD

I am bad about drinking enough water, too! And I can tell when I'm becoming dehydrated. But it doesn't make me any better at drinking water.