
Kisses


Take the time and make the plans to see your faraway friends. It’s worth it.

It was so good to talk in person and give hugs and laugh and drink and eat together.
That said, 36 hours was NOT enough time to spend with this amazing person, but something is better than nothing.
Chocolate martinis for the win!




There are a few faves in this photo:
What you can’t see?
Would this make it on your favorites?

Tom is working from home today and sent me this saying we just need two more to have a square!

After a stretch, Olive was in the danger zone!

I come downstairs from my shower to find this:

GRRRRRRRRR.
Katie was at a sleepover and needed a bathing suit so I had to go into her room to look for one. She told me which drawer it was in. It wasn’t. And imagine my disgust when I found her drawers like this. I told her if I had known this was what her dresser looked like, there would not have been a sleepover.


Omg y’all. We watched the original 1996 Scream tonight because Katie has been saying she wants to watch horror movies.
This was the first movie Tom and I saw together in the theater so we wanted to see how it held up. Of course we didn’t remember how bloody it really was… Owen bowed out after the first few scenes saying he didn’t like scary movies. Katie freaking loved it and now wants to watch the rest of the series. (I hadn’t kept track and there are six!)

I’m not a fan of horror/slasher films (I’ve never had any desire to see any of the Freddy/Jason franchises) so we’ll see what happens next.
Yeah I’m gonna toot my own horn a little bit here.

And #12 out of 3.7K members in the Fab Squad!


Katie wanted to wear makeup today…so we both did the same look:




Today I’m letting you in on a little secret: I should have bought this thing YEARS ago.

🛒 EZ Off Jar Opener for Weak Hands – Under Cabinet, Easy Grip, One Handed Jar & Bottle Opener – Removes Tight Jar Lid for Seniors with Arthritis – Essential Kitchen Gadgets for Home Assistance – White https://a.co/d/9lk0DiR
☺️ Essential, indeed! And don’t laugh at the “seniors with arthritis” bit—I think everyone needs one in their kitchen, senior or not!
You’re welcome.
Tell me…do you have one? Are you going to Amazon right now to buy one? 😂


Katie found Twister at a garage sale… The dogs weren’t quite sure what to make of it/her.



I left a cabinet open and somehow the dogs got into a bag AND a box and…Katie just found this.


This is what it originally looked like:

It’s just a ‘thing’ so it probably shouldn’t bother me as much as it did—but it was one of my souvenirs from the week I spent with my mom at Pysanky On The River last year and I met the artist (Theresa Somerset, who is amazing) and she had so many beautiful eggs that it took awhile for me to decide and pick this one… And it was expensive and can’t be replaced (I asked).
Stupid dogs.


I think my pups have missed laying on me the past week or so. They’ve been like this for hours now.

I was sitting and reading in the egg chair with Olive when Ivy jumped up on the side table and laid down.


And now she’ll be in middle school!





My original goal for the year was 80 books—now I need to pick a new goal!

Really good follow up to Holes. Recommend! Now to get Katie to read it.


She’s been sleeping like this for awhile…

And this was Katie’s smile…

Sooooo much better than my first attempt! (I learned a sneaky way to do hearts!)

It’s just two small overlapping ovals!!

Anna had to leave town for a family emergency but David still came over for our scheduled dinner. But her absence meant he could also steal her seat!

Olive had no problems with the replacement lap.



Owen grew just a little bit!

I’m getting better but still nowhere near my mom. Hers is in the middle. Katie’s is the heart with tic tac toe. Mine are the rest.

I’m already planning on redoing the pride heart egg because I know I can do it better!
