Cleaning before family arrives.
Cleaning before family arrives.
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The family decided that we would buy Christmas just for the kids this year. So my gifts are bought--a gift card for each child and a copy of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingles Wilder for each family with children; Brittany has three boys, and Karen has just the one. So, I have money for my room decor and extra for clothes next month. Plus I want to buy four books. Three of the books are secondhand, about boat handling and such, that I'm going to put on my research shelf. I have two such books. Miami Hot and Cool is on that shelf now, and The Cocaine Wars is propping up a picture on my chest of drawers. Lol.
Relaxing. Busy day at work today and had a busy weekend, spent it with wifey-to-be. We had our engagement photo shoot yesterday, pictures on Facebook if we're friends. Slide show on TikTok if you follow me. I don't usually like pictures of myself but these? I love them so much. And I love her so much.
We spent our first Thanksgiving together this year, and it was also the most relaxing I've ever had. We had ham, turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes, broccoli cheese casserole, Hawaiian rolls, pie. I was SO full. I throughly enjoyed my last year of not cooking. Next year I'll be cooking. And loving every minute of it.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
Watching old Expedition Unknown episodes (my husband calls Josh Gates my TV boyfriend, I absolutely adore him. I actually dragged hubby to Josh Gates live a couple weeks ago 😊, and being cozy on the couch.
It’s 18 degrees outside (7 with the windchills), and our old farmhouse tends to be chilly when it’s breezy. We got our wood burning furnace cleaned and fired it up today. We didn’t really use it last year for some reason, and I’d almost forgotten how fabulous it is. That wood heat just hits different than the propane!
Spent the morning cleaning the chicken coop, so I’m laying on my heating pad for a minute mustering up the energy to get the dog a bath, make a shirt for me and a sweatshirt for my Momma for Christmas, and figure out supper.
Starting my Chrismas vacation! I'm off till Monday. I'm spending as much of it with my beloved as I possibly can. Weather permitting, going to see the kidlets and introduce them to their new sister and BIL (beloved's daughter and SIL). We've been trying to get everyone to meet for months.
Last edited by RiaBrown; 12-21-2022 at 08:31 PM. Reason: Hey phone? I'll decide when I'm done. LOL!
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
Relaxing after my first day back at work after Christmas break, catching up on SVU.
Christmas was quiet, but nice. Spent it with wifey-to-be. Had the traditional ham, sweet potatoes, broccoli rice casserole, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pecan pie, and cookies. I managed half of that, with Diet Coke.
Wifey-to-be and I decided to get the motel room for New Year's instead. I got us VIP tickets to a drag show NYE party here in town where I live. It was a Christmas gift to both of us, she LOVES drag shows and I had never been until I moved here but I really like them, too.
We spoiled each other. I got her a gay (rainbow) blanket, Avengers coffee mug, and earbuds for her phone. She got me a BUNCH of little things that were from the heart and almost made me cry.
Like a personalized ornament for our first Christmas together. An "I love you" book. Pride bracelets. (That I'm unfortunately not allowed to wear at work.) She also got me a Baby Grogu goblet with hot chocolate and 2 boxes of Abuelita brand Mexican hot chocolate to refill it, and a small pan that will make Baby Grogu pancakes.
AND two 1lb bags of Twizzlers and two boxes of chocolate covered cherries. She thoroughly spoiled me ROTTEN. I hadn't had that since I was a kid, I'm still a little overwhelmed.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
Waiting to log into my therapy appointment....
Watching YouTube, talking to my love, playing games, and trying to figure out what sounds good for dinner. Realizing that since I had to Uber today due to no bus running because of holiday, I should've gotten my hair cut after work.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
Listening to music.
Do not regret growing older it is a privilege denied to many
Home from work early. About to change, get comfy on the couch with a Diet Dr Pepper and a bag of Twizzlers and game.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
About to build an ark with all the rain we have been getting...right now modding and about to go read or game I don't know which, or go back to sleep, only got three hours last night.
Spent my weekend doing next to nothing. I did write a post on my public blog about if trauma can turn one LGBTQ. That had been a worry of mine for a while. (It can't.) I also wrote a post on my DID blog last night about supporting abusers and how that's not okay, because what's left of my family of origin still supports the man who ruined me.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
Having a meltdown right now as our roof did not get fixed at all, it's still leaking and now my window in my room is leaking i have buckets everywhere that I have to empty every ten to fifteen mins into another bucket and dump it outside, this rain is horrible, we never get this much rain in San Diego, I have all night and the next day until about two pm to deal with this mess, trust me I took video of the water running like crazy to send to my landlord and I am going to give him a reaming, I have a fan running aimed under my bed as my wood floor is wet due to the water just running when I empty the buckets, my bed is now damp, I can't handle this anymore, this isn't going to let up until Tuesday I think.
Watching SuperSize Me :-D
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Doing my best impression of a lump on the couch.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
modding, about to game or read, go for a walk later, I just found out I have long covid, dr has told me I need to rebuild my muscle and do some light walking, I have no energy anymore.
Thank you, I cant wait to read it.
Screwing around here while listening to music.
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Listening to the radio and relaxing.![]()
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Thank you! She's her Mimi's girl. Always on my lap or under the blanket with me like that.
Right now, I'm letting cough medicine kick in so I'll hopefully have a voice tomorrow. Got cough/runny nose meds and 2 kinds of cough drops.
I was up half the night last night coughing my head off and sound like Gollum from Lord of the Rings today. ROFL! My boss handed me towels and I said, "My purrrecious!" Yeah he doesn't know what to do with me.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
crying (read pet peeves if you want to know why)
Procrastinating.
Not sleeping. Had a nap today while trying to catch up on SVU....need to try. Got to try to go to work tomorrow. For those who haven't read the pet peeves thread, I have pneumonia.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."
I'm back on the couch. Tried to go to work. Showed GM papers from the hospital showing I have pneumonia and he asked if I still had it. I said well yeah, and he sent me home. He said it was better I came in and he sent me home because if I'd called out, I'd have had to go back to the hospital just for a note excusing me from work. He was saving me money, which I appreciated. His bosses see excessive call-outs by one person as suspicious, even though he knows I never call out unless I'm SICK.
"Tequila may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot."
"I just go here!"
"I am not psychic. I AM psychotic. BIG difference."