Daily Ooo's: Thursday, August 17

[faerywings]

Happy Thursday, my O-Zies! How are you doing?

I am trying to decide what I want to do today. I am in kind of a funk. In fact, everybody in my house is in some funk.
I have nothing scheduled and the weather looks nice so I might go outside and dig. Scott brought me home some cone flowers and I need to figure out where to put them.
I am working on the Day Dreamer challenge for the MoS. It is coming out pretty nice so far. Or at least I like it better than the Geometric one. Very rarely do I dislike a LO on just about all levels- colors, style, the whole shebang. I am consoling myself with the fact that it is one more page down for Christopher's birthday album. I will need to do a bit of tweaking I think, but yeah, I don't like it at all.

Are any of you feeling totally inadequate/overwhelmed by the other LOs? I am trying so hard to not compare myself to others but sheesh. I feel like I have literally next to nothing in the way of creativity and talent when I see so many amazing Los. Maybe my funk is playing into that a bit but darn, I am making myself feel quite crummy over it all.

I contacted the Rally organizer yesterday to let him know that I would be unable to speak at the rally. Gary is concerned about the climate right now and while I don't think there would be an issue, I understand his concern. Who knows, maybe if things are less volatile in Sept, I can go as an attendee rather than a speaker. :noidea:

And-- I got the results of my MRIs and everything is 100% normal. Which is *good.* It is. But I still have no answers whatsoever on why I get such pain and spasms. It is -> :frusty:

So yup. That is about it. I have to pull myself together and get out of the dumps I have buried myself in somewhat.

Hoping you all have a wonderful and cheery day!

 

[faerywings]

Trudy- are you feeling more in your routine? I don't blame you, that is a long drive even if the hike itself is beautiful. I am so happy that you are doing well with the MoC pages. You have lots of super adorable material to work with.
It is funny how easily I forget that kids get these moods. No way around them

Rae- what an experience to have the hummingbird so close to you! Wow!!!

Hugs!!!

 

[nancyr]

good morning - I was off yesterday to have my yearly physical. Got my blood work results and I am a great. My cholesterol is only 159 and my good cholesterol is 60 which is so good that it is heart protective. LOL. So that is good. We had a nice chat about turning 65 and medicare and prices. He says my knees have great mobility and gave me a simple exercise for my legs and knees. I can still touch my toes and my stability is pretty good. Of course I should lose weight and that would help knees. I know this but such a conundrum knees hurt so can't walk but still need to eat. Got new shoes and that may help a bit. Then had dinner with girlfriend her daughter and her daughter new beau. It was fun meeting him. Came home and watched Yankees and Mets.

Chris I understand not talking but the event should be awesome. I think you will so enjoy it and maybe make some new contacts or find out something helpful. The weather is nice today and sleeping is so wonderful. My son and I have been having plenty of talks about the news and it is really good and I think they help each of us understand the other better.

Trudy sorry that the pool will be closing but how nice to have a river and lake to swim in. Too me the water would never be warm enough. I still see LOs (Heather I think) that shows her family swimming in wetsuits. Have fun out walking. Hope the FaceTime went well. How fun to see the family doing so well.

Rae bet Taz had a great time at day care. You are so so lucky to have all those hummingbirds.

Sharon wow that is a house full! Hope the hectic calms down soon.

Jean hope knee is improving!

Have a great day all.

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... another beauty of a day here! Lots of sunshine and clear skies, cooler temps! You can feel in the air that summer is in its last few weeks. No FaceTime today with DD. Jonah's Dad is having his retirement party today and so they will be attending that for the day. Jonah will be saying a few words to honour his Dad so I hope someone video tapes it! His Dad was also an R.C.M.P. member and actually my husband trained him in his first few months after leaving the training academy. Who knew that things would turn out the way they did after all these years and that our families would be connected in this way LOL.

Chris - I hope that being outside for a bit today will get you out of your funk! There must be some reason that all of you are feeling the same way. Maybe because summer is almost over? :noidea: Yes I am feeling more like I am back to my old routine, as boring as it is LOL I need to get busy scrapping my photos, but having problems with my new wacom tablet so I am watching a video on how to properly set it up today. Wish me luck, I need it :becky:

Nancy - Yes Heather Prins does many layouts with her kids swimming in wet suits, but that is out on the West Coast in the Ocean at Tofino. That water never gets warm enough to swim in with Wet Suits brrrr!! The lake and river warms up nicely by the end of July and is really quite pleasent to swim in.

I hope that your exercise for your knee helps out with the pain! Sounds like you are nice and healthy WTG!! Keep taking good care of yourself, hopefully you will be back out for those nice long walks soon!!

Rae - Aren't the hummingbirds so fascinating!! Sometime DH and I sit out on our lower porch where the feeder is now and they will come and hover right in front of our faces, just inches away. Just checking us out LOL we love it! Cooler temps are making me realize that I need to get out and find some clothes for the Autumn months, nothing much fits me anymore. I need to hit Value Village but there is not one here in Duncan, so a road trip will be in order soon. Soon we will have to think about meeting up, but should wait I suppose until the summer tourist season is over with. I hope you and Taz have a great day! Hopefully not too much work on your plate this morning!

I need to get dressed and head to the grocery store, all out of tomatoes and I need to make some Keto Ketchup and tomato sauce. Made some chicken bone broth the other day and it turned out so good!! I have been having a cup of it everyday, so yummy! Will make some ranch dressing with it also. Hopefully the road construction that is going on right now is not too bad today. Have a wonderful Thursday everyone!! :wave:

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. I read quite a bit of my book this morning, with my morning coffee. It's fascinating and appalling at the same time. Radium Girls is such a sad story. It's kind of depressing me a bit, thinking about how the world is run by big business and profit. I think I'll skim thru the last 1/4 of the book and move on to something else.

Had a quiet night with hubs, watching our tv shows, each on our ipads. I like my daily routine now. I'm getting to work earlier and sticking with it for longer periods of time which is allowing me to finish work around dinnertime, while still having a few good breaks and lunch time. Today at lunch I'll pop over to Value Village and see if I have the same success I had last week (two jean jackets and a brand new winter coat). I'm ok with jeans but need some sweaters so will check to see what they have before spending money this wkend in Bellingham.

I think tonight I'll make meatloaf for dinner and mashed cauliflower. I've been eating more veggies lately, having raised my carb count, and am still remaining in keto. So far, so good. Its funny how my taste is changing. I don't really care for the parmesan and cheddar crisps I was so crazy about a few months ago. I am going to pass them along to Bailey if she wants them and am going to try making my own cheese crackers soon. I also want to make some low carb soups to freeze for lunches too. I guess I'm starting to think of my "fall" meals. I want to find some more pressure cooker meals to try too.

Chris - try not to compare your scrap style to anyone, your pages are beautiful. Just have fun with it. The chances of winning are slim as there are so many entries but not winning doesn't take away from the fun IMO, it is worth it to play along just for the opportunity to push ourselves our of our comfort zone. Go have fun today, go play in the dirt and clear your head.

Nancy - glad you got good news from the doctor. Hope the exercises keep you limber and healthy. It reminds me that I need to set up some yoga sessions soon. I need to get back into exercising soon, I've been away from it for too long (aside from hiking/walking).

Trudy - good luck shopping for fall clothes, hope you find some good deals. I hadn't been to VV for a long time and didn't know that they now have a points system. Not sure how it works but I get a 30% coupon so hope to put it to good use soon.

I'm getting to work now, so have a great day, everyone. I'll check in with you all later.

 

[scrap-genie]

Threat of thunderstorms today but roofers are still working next door. Funny that house is getting a new one a week after us. Ours was done in a day but this one is going to be much longer. Not too noisy, but we always know they're working over there. Knee is OK but not back to normal. Haven't seen a Dr. about it as it keeps getting better.

Chris, hope you're out playing in the dirt! Seems like the best therapy for you. Sorry the MoS is adding to your stress. I think Rae is right about that and not comparing. Fully understand about not speaking at the rally. Hope you get to go though.

Nancy, great news from your Dr. and I'm sure some exercise will be helpful. A therapist set me up with some for my knee two years ago and it helped a lot (well, until a week ago.)

Trudy, you're sounding more settled after returning home now. How interesting the connection between your MG and Jonah's dad. Hope the Wacom video helps too.

Rae, your hummingbird encounter sounded so fabulous! How nice that you've had great success with the new hummer feeder. Glad your new schedule is working so well. Have fun with the shopping.