I am using yesterdays coupon, to buy tomorrows kit, so I have to do one a day....... OR, I may just go thru the kits I haven't played with yet, and go for them....... Haven't really decided yet.
So, Day TWO was:
There's a story behind the picture...... (Isn't there always, though?)
My sister has a pond, and ever since they got back from Singapore, every spring, there is a month or so that all you hear in the back yard is frogs. There are several kinds, actually. There is a bullfrog, and the "regular" Dutch pond "kikkers". She has no idea how/why they started coming. They weren't there when they left for her hubby's work. Every year, they have so much eggs, that they take a bucket to clear most of them out, and put them in the neighborhood pond. It's big, and has several little canals, and tons of birds (including a loon) and fish, so it easily accommodates the brood. It's just a little disconcerting when you're sitting in the sun, enjoying your coffee, and a frog hops on and off your foot! My niece took this picture, and I just can't get over the fact that you can get that close, but than..... he may have had other things on his mind than humans. LOL
Day THREE was:
Back when we had an oven, I LOVED baking. This shows the prep-work that went into making cookies to give away at Christmas. I found a bunch of cookies that had been Pilsbury bake off winners, and I decided I would give them a shot, make 2 or 3 dozen each, pack them in a cookie tin, add the printed recipe's and give them to the neighbor for Christmas. Between chemo and napping.... I actually got it done! I was so proud of me. LOL
I DO wish I could find the cookbook again. It had so many recipes that were simple, some that completely went over my head, most all of them looked so scrumptious!!!! I looked online, since the book has been out of print for more than 20 years, but from here, all I get is a message that "this book is not available in my area...." Stinks though, I can't even tell if it is really not available as a download, or if it is just off limits outside the US. Had I looked when we were still in Iowa.... I possibly could have downloaded the whole thing, not a problem. Oh well, I'm making a list, and when/if we ever go back, I will take the laptop, and download for 5 days! (There's a lot of county histories I still need too, and I'm finding new ones as the family tree expands.....) BUT, you're not here to hear me moan about copyright, public domain and sales zones......
I'm being busy though. I have made a plan a while ago, and I think, barring weird, strange and extra-ordinary things happening (not holding my breath that they won't, but I can dream, can't I?) I can start and keep up with it.
I took all the chores (you know, monthly, biweekly, weekly, twice weekly and the daily ones) and put them on a list. Than I wrote me a list with every day of the week on it, with chores to be done per day...... and crammed everything in the days that Mike works! LOL....... THAT does sound like me, doesn't it? It' not really what I ended up doing though......
I work on the house until the chores are done that need doing, catching up and working ahead, if my time gets used otherwise, and have lunch after I'm done.
Than I work on my Web Design Course for 4 hours.
Starting dinner at 4.30, so when Mike gets home everywhere form 5 to 6.30, dinner is almost if not all the way done.
After dinner is done, I try to do the dishes, if I don't, they're on the list to do first thing in the morning anyway! But after dinner, is "my time" I can scrap, research, or........... (and I never thought I would ever say this), I can play my new game on the computer! My niece told me about Zoo Tycoon...... I so wish she hadn't! I'm completely and utterly hooked! Mike picked it up from his mailbox on Thursday and I've installed it on Saturday but didn't play. Yesterday, Mike was playing the Sims, and normally, I mill around, or do some research, but yesterday I didn't even fix dinner! Mike fixed tacos, and just told me it was ready. I hadn't even noticed he started it, and believe me, the house is not big enough, not to notice when somebody is cooking..... but I never realized it was 7PM, and I started playing around 10. Today, I'm staying as far away from the laptop as I can.... Don't want that temptation interfering with my "to do" list.
Well, lunch is over (I know, I got done early) and it's time to go get the groceries in, and than..... Study. I SO love this course. It started out to see if designing websites, and the coding is as much fun as it seemed...... YES IT IS!!!! It completely unearthed my inner geek! Can't wait to build my first website, including the coding that goes with it. I first got interested when I hit the wrong tab on FrontPage, and saw all the coding, and I've been wondering about doing that ever since. Now that the powers that be have decided that with my medical history, and the fact that the last 25 years of working in the US is like not having worked at all (!), I will probably never work again..... I thought this would be something I can do from home, on my terms, but before committing to a more focused (read "expensive") course, I got this one. It's basically web design for somebody that has only surfed, and never done any coding....
Just my speed :-) I'm loving it!
Just wanted to catch up with you, and I will spend a little more time next time on the CT things... I promise.
Don't forget to hug a loved one!?
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