Daily Ooos: Wednesday, January 1

[faerywings]

It's here!! The day we have to cross out the 2024s we write on our checks. These days, it takes even longer to get used to that since who writes a lot of checks anymore, right?

And that is about it for new year's musings.

Did any of you have special plans last night? Not us. I made a box of mac and cheese for dinner, added a champagne glass emoji to the pictures of the rats I sent to Caitlyn, and was in bed, lights off, at 9 pm. Tindamax is definitely hitting. Everything hurt. :/
My stomach isn't happy either and my coffee seems to be aggravating it.

I did a yoga session for back pain first thing in the morning and I'm glad I picked that one. Sheesh, my muscles were so tight. My goal is to see if I can do another short session to loosen up this morning. That would be awesome. We'll see.
The rest of the day... I don't have a clue. The kids will be back home before dinner so I might need to cook. Blergh. At least I have some food in the house, good thing I placed that grocery order.

Also ugh, my brain isn't working. I can't tell if it's because I could only drink 1 cup of coffee or if it's Lyme Brain. I have been staring at the monitor way too long.

Signing off and sending love to you!

 

[faerywings]

For those that remember me from the past, I now have 4 grand kids as cute models, however only 2 are allowed to be posted online.

Hi, Laurie!!!! So happy to see you here and glad that you are going to get back to scrapping. Congrats on 4 grands too. ♥

@tanteva Can we make 2025 the year for a Ketchup Truce?

(Nah, I didn't expect you to agree )

Yes, doing better. Getting my eating, workout and coffee date helped. I think I just need routine. And the lack of one, plus eating pure sugar foods for a week have made it super hard. Sugar and I aren't really friends. Sugar inflammation is raging through my body and I hurt more from it.

I hear ya. If the LLMD saw how much sugar I have consumed, she would be at me.
Hope you had a lovely, restful day of reading!
How crazy is this... my dogs were flipping out early last night because of thunder. Thunder, NYE, in NJ?? So strange. If there were any fireworks at midnight, thankfully I slept through it.
Hope you and the dogs did ok.

@mimes1 Not that it makes a difference really, but if you need to be in public you might want to test again. That is what happened with Caitlyn on Christmas Eve- tested neg, saw the family, and then tested positive the next morning.
Feel better!!

@pachimac TY for sharing all of those pics of you and Cheryl!

Cheryl is the sweetest - and we are having so much fun! What I love about it is that she is EXACTLY how I thought she'd be and I felt like I knew her all my life from the first second!

This does not surprise me in the least and I bet she feels the same to you ♥♥♥

Tomorrow is the new year and I am so looking forward to 2025! It's going to be a great year and I'm looking forward in positive thoughts and feelings! I plan on achieving my weight loss goals and learning how to maintain that loss.

I **LOVE** this energy!!! Hopefully, in a few days, I'll be feeling more like myself and will share your positive vibes!

@bcgal00 Do you take probiotics? I restarted as soon as I went back on abx but I'm sure that my diet isn't helping at all.

I can't remember the last time I had a week of nothing

Not to make everything all about me, but when we ended up not going to PA, I thought-- woo hoo, 4 days of doing nothing. I think I have been almost as busy as before the holidays. Your week will go fast and I guess that you'll fill it up

@Cherylndesigns Have a safe trip home today!

@scrap-genie Are you doing any bird counts today even from your front window? Have a great New Year!

No plans except to take some Christmas gifts to some of Mark's grands since he is feeling better! Other than that, I just want to stay home!
Got the new 4TB SS HD, the 512GB nubby thumb drive today, so I am itching to get them set up! First task is to copy my photos to the SS HD. Then to tackle re-downloading from my store.....dreading that task!

Great to hear that Mark is feeling better! And lots of easy and uneventful and quick copying and backing up vibes to you and the new HDs!


Muah to you all! xo

 

[vickyday]

It's here!! The day we have to cross out the 2024s we write on our checks. These days, it takes even longer to get used to that since who writes a lot of checks anymore, right?

And that is about it for new year's musings.

Did any of you have special plans last night? Not us. I made a box of mac and cheese for dinner, added a champagne glass emoji to the pictures of the rats I sent to Caitlyn, and was in bed, lights off, at 9 pm. Tindamax is definitely hitting. Everything hurt. :/
My stomach isn't happy either and my coffee seems to be aggravating it.

I did a yoga session for back pain first thing in the morning and I'm glad I picked that one. Sheesh, my muscles were so tight. My goal is to see if I can do another short session to loosen up this morning. That would be awesome. We'll see.
The rest of the day... I don't have a clue. The kids will be back home before dinner so I might need to cook. Blergh. At least I have some food in the house, good thing I placed that grocery order.

Also ugh, my brain isn't working. I can't tell if it's because I could only drink 1 cup of coffee or if it's Lyme Brain. I have been staring at the monitor way too long.

Signing off and sending love to you!

Maybe the kids will think to stop and eat on the way home!
Sorry about the brain fog!

 

[vickyday]

Hi, Laurie!!!! So happy to see you here and glad that you are going to get back to scrapping. Congrats on 4 grands too. ♥

@tanteva Can we make 2025 the year for a Ketchup Truce?

(Nah, I didn't expect you to agree )


I hear ya. If the LLMD saw how much sugar I have consumed, she would be at me.
Hope you had a lovely, restful day of reading!
How crazy is this... my dogs were flipping out early last night because of thunder. Thunder, NYE, in NJ?? So strange. If there were any fireworks at midnight, thankfully I slept through it.
Hope you and the dogs did ok.

@mimes1 Not that it makes a difference really, but if you need to be in public you might want to test again. That is what happened with Caitlyn on Christmas Eve- tested neg, saw the family, and then tested positive the next morning.
Feel better!!

@pachimac TY for sharing all of those pics of you and Cheryl!

This does not surprise me in the least and I bet she feels the same to you ♥♥♥

I **LOVE** this energy!!! Hopefully, in a few days, I'll be feeling more like myself and will share your positive vibes!

@bcgal00 Do you take probiotics? I restarted as soon as I went back on abx but I'm sure that my diet isn't helping at all.

Not to make everything all about me, but when we ended up not going to PA, I thought-- woo hoo, 4 days of doing nothing. I think I have been almost as busy as before the holidays. Your week will go fast and I guess that you'll fill it up

@Cherylndesigns Have a safe trip home today!

@scrap-genie Are you doing any bird counts today even from your front window? Have a great New Year!

Great to hear that Mark is feeling better! And lots of easy and uneventful and quick copying and backing up vibes to you and the new HDs!


Muah to you all! xo

The backup has not been without problems.....keep running into files the new SS HD doesn't like! So then I have to figure out which files and where the backup stopped!

 

[vickyday]

Quick in and out,
Still working on backing up the pictures. Getting errors on some of the files for whatever reason. So then I have to figure out where the backup stopped and compare the files that copied over to the ones on the original HD........such is life in the technology world, I guess! This will be my world today! Happy New Year to me, LOL!
HAGD

 

[AK_Tracy]

Happy New Year!!!!! May 2025 be the best year ever!! It started with a bang. the neighbor bought enough fireworks to be setting them off for 30 minutes!!!!

Did any of you have special plans last night? Not us. I made a box of mac and cheese for dinner, added a champagne glass emoji to the pictures of the rats I sent to Caitlyn, and was in bed, lights off, at 9 pm. Tindamax is definitely hitting. Everything hurt. :/
My stomach isn't happy either and my coffee seems to be aggravating it.

Ahhhhh I'm sorry. I hope that the tindamax settles and you stop hurting. Now tummy needs to know it cant be rejecting the coffee and making things worse.

If there were any fireworks at midnight, thankfully I slept through it.

Dogs did great, one woof moment but then I told her no its okay and she sat next to my side of the bed and just listened then laid back down. It was the middle child wandering around loud suffering in his slippers and taking his dog outside and then slamming the door that really got me woke up.

Still working on backing up the pictures. Getting errors on some of the files for whatever reason. So then I have to figure out where the backup stopped and compare the files that copied over to the ones on the original HD

That sounds horrible Vicky. I hope the backup starts working smoothly and you dont have to many issues.

I finished my book last night so I made my 100 book goal. Then I started the next one to start the year off right. Today I will try to get some scrapping done but not much going on today.
Hope you all have a wonderful day today!

 

[bcgal00]

Happy New Year to you all. We had fun last night. Our friends stayed til about 1:30 and we drank, ate and played mahjong all night. The dogs were happy and tired after a fun walk thru the woods in the afternoon so they were well behaved in the evening. Taz passed out behind the table and slept right thru all the loud bangs and bursts of fireworks going off at midnight outside. This is a first for him b/c he gets so stressed from fireworks/loud bangs and shakes for hours, with his eyes bugging out and panting. Last night, nothing!!! We got to bed around 2 and then Remi got me up at 7. Darrell is already trying to nap in his lazyboy. It'll be a quiet day. I'm going to start putting xmas decor away and tomorrow get the tree down. I'm going to be out all day Friday so I want the house back to normal by then.

@faerywings Oh no, now you are having problems with coffee. I'm finally back to normal and am happy to say, I am on my third cup this morning with no problem. I forgot about the probiotics. I'll get on them again today for a few weeks until things are totally back on track.

I know I'll be tired later so I'll get as much done this morning as I can. Then I'll get Remi out to play in the fresh snow that fell last night. I think I'll get a casserole cooking later and add lots of the leftover bacon to it. I don't often eat bacon so it'll be a nice treat. I never had bacon on Xmas morning b/c of my gut problem when I was sick. Tonight we'll relax and binge some tv.

@vickyday Good luck with backing up. I have been thru that more times than I can remember, with corrupted files and EHD issues. Ugh.

I'm going to get going, take advantage of my little bit of energy today HAGD

 

[BrightEyes]

Not much sleep last night... Turned off the light at 10PM but fireworks were going off from 9PM until after 1PM...and dogs were barking, too. I fell asleep but then one more loud (near by) flurry of fireworks @ 1PM woke me up. Popped in here briefly to see that Ona was closing the December challenges down so back to bed I went. I dozed and woke up several times after that and gave up at 6AM and got up. I know I will need a nap today as the body is telling me how tired it is.

Decided to work on 2 CT LOs for my designer and get them done... so pleased with how they turned out. Luckily I had some family photos that were perfect for her collection. Need to check out a few of new challenges then keep my eyes open for kits/collections that will work for them. I got the Freebie Challenge done and uploaded... so my first OS LO is in the gallery.

Well, the tummy is telling me it is empty and it is lunch time.

 

[vickyday]

Well, the pictures have been moved.......at least most of them! But, somehow all of my pics from 2019 have disappeared! Who knows!
Now to begin working on the shop re-downloads! UGH!

 

[LaurieW]

Hello again! I am at the beach for two days, trying to get lots of pictures. Then I am headed to see my brother. Hubby is watching football and I am checking out what is new at the O in the new year. Hoping that the new 52 is in the store.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Hello all!
We got home about an hour ago but I've been unpacking a few things so I could get out of my "travel clothes". I've had them on since about 8 this am. I had a WONDERFUL time with Susie @pachimac and yes, Chris @faerywings

Cheryl is the sweetest - and we are having so much fun! What I love about it is that she is EXACTLY how I thought she'd be and I felt like I knew her all my life from the first second!

This does not surprise me in the least and I bet she feels the same to you ♥♥♥

From the minute we saw each other in the CHAOTIC Vegas airport, it was instant bonding! We saw each other and gave each other the biggest hugs. Then, of course, we took our first selfie. I haven't sorted out my pictures yet, but I'll post our first picture as soon as I do. Susie may have already posted it, I'll have to look. Her hubby, Michael is so sweet, too and we got to spend quite a bit of time with him. Yesterday, we spent the day driving through the Red Rock Canyon, which is just outside of Vegas. What beauty!! We all took so many pictures and then Air Dropped them to each other. Her DD Meli is a doll, too, as are her two fur babies, Gizmo and Gadget, who became my little buddies.

I'm exhausted but had to pop in here after getting my laptop re-set up with my big monitor. My laptop refused to connect to Oscraps for reasons unknown (while I was out there) and I logged on with my phone, but my eyes did NOT like working on my phone.

Hugs to all and XOXO

 

[melscrap]

Happy New Year everyone!
I'm still enjoying the tropical (read rainy!!) weather up here in Queensland. We've been having the best time exploring the area.

For New Year's Eve we wanted to go to the big fireworks the next town over, but trying to get 9 people out the door in time was a bit like herding cats , so we gave up and just spent the night at the beach chatting and looking at the stars.

New Year's day we went to Maryborough, the birthplace of PL Travers, author of Mary Poppins, and had a long walk on the beach in the afternoon. Perfect way to start 2025.