Everyday Images #54 - Friday Photographs

I'm linking up with A Fresh Cup of Coffee for her photo challenge.  The prompts for this week are:  blanket, moon, square, logo, at home, on my plate.

Blanket I made awhile back.  I think I'll be gifting it in April to my expected great-niece. 
 Looks like I still have an end to tie up. 

Moon

Square My little cube space heater
in the office at work

Logo  A favorite for Tex-Mex

At Home

On my plate. This is from last May and it was delicious!

 Thanks for visiting today.  Hope you are having a great day!

Cathy

Tuesday 4 - Dream.. Dream.. Dream

 

Dream.. Dream.. Dream

 Words in black are Annie's and words in blue are mine. Link up is here.

Welcome to Toni's Tuesday 4 friends!  

It's up early due to a busy weekend.

Dream, when you're feeling blue
Dream, that's the thing to do
Just watch the smoke rings rise in the air
You'll find your share of memories there

So dream, when the day is through
Dream, and they might come true
Things never are as bad as they seem
So dream, dream, dream
                           ........by Johnny Mercer

1. As evenings are long, temperatures drop and we have more time to dream and ponder, are you pondering or dreaming of anything right now? No, not really.  Just enjoying life as it is.  Not perfect, but good.

2.  Day dreaming , singing, humming even, can lift your mood and change the entire state of your health.   Do you daydream or sing during the day ? Now that you know it can improve health will you try it? I don't daydream much, but sometimes I sing.  

3. Fess  up friends!   When you window gaze is it because you are nosy or because it's just so lovely outside?  We will still love you no matter what the answer. Both!

4.Daydreams can become reality if they stir us to action.    Were there any times in your life when dreams came true?  Marrying my husband and raising our girls was my best dream come true!

Cathy

Bits of This and That

 

Good Morning:

We had a nice weekend.  Mostly quiet, but good.  I'll start with Saturday morning.  We took Lucy to the groomer's at Pet Smart.  We left there and went to church so hubby could pre-record his Sunday morning sermon, which I'll share near the end of this post.  We received a call from Lucy's groomer that she was ready to be picked up.  We picked her up and headed home.  Our groomer, Kelly B does an awesome job.  It had been 2 months since her last grooming.

Before

After

We spent the rest of the day at home.  I did some laundry, watched some TV, read some, read some blogs and just had a good day.

Sunday we went to church and had a good service and then picked up some lunch and had a nice nap, and I finished the book I was reading and then we headed back for the evening service.  

After evening service we came home and watched a couple of shows that we are binging.  I made myself sort of a charcuterie plate for dinner. Sliced banana, apple slices with some peanut butter, and crackers with some vegetable cream cheese.  Delicious and so easy!

That was our weekend.  So many might think it was boring, but it was just the way we like it.  How was your weekend? I'm also linking up with Holly and Sarah at Hello Monday.

Cathy

Share 4 Somethings - January 2025

 

This is my January post of Share 4 Somethings hosted by Jennifer at My Joyful Life.  The prompts are:  some things I loved, some things I learned, some things that went well, and some things I let go of.  Link-up is here. 

Some Things I Loved:  One of my favorites is the extra time I've spent at home this month because of the weather.  

And we still have a lot of this snow on the ground.

I've enjoyed the 4 books I've read this month too.  You can see the ones I read in the sidebar. 

I also loved this blanket that I bought on Amazon.  We now have 5 of them and really love them.  

Lucy loves them too and so does hubby (He bought one for himself too.)

Some Things I Learned:  I made a hat on my knitting machine and I haven't done that for a couple of years.  I had to relearn completely how to work the thing.  Spent some time on YouTube watching videos and was finally able to do it. 

Some Things That Went Well:  We finally got our crochet group back together and we totally had a great time crocheting and talking together.  I missed that time the weeks we didn't meet up because of the holidays and then the weather.  Even more than the crochet I love the rich conversations we have and all that I learn from these girls.  

Doing a Bible study with my daughter again.  "Discerning the Voice of God" by Priscilla Shirer.  Totally enjoying it and loving discussing together what we're learning.

Some Things I Let Go Of:  I donated several bags and boxes of clothes and other things from my efforts to do some decluttering.  Have some more things I'm packing up.  I'm beginning to believe that decluttering is a constant activity and not a one and done thing.

Thanks for visiting and the link is in the first paragraph if you'd like to join in with Jennifer.  It's always on the last Saturday of the month and the prompts she gave for this month are the same she plans to use the whole year.  Thanks Jennifer for hosting Share 4 Somethings.

Cathy

Wednesday Hodgepodge

 

1. What's a winter memory you treasure (can be from any winter in your lifetime)? Going to the horse carriage parade in our town with hubby and the girls and my sister and her husband and their grandkids.  So much fun.  

2. Tell us about the last time or a recent time you were caught up in red tape.  When I was trying to get signed up for Medicare and all the retirement stuff. Does it send your frustration level off the charts or is it something you've come to expect when dealing with any sort of bureaucracy?  Mostly it just made me really nervous because I was afraid I'd make the wrong choices.

3. Do you eat/like fish?  I love white fish, like cod.  Do you cook fish at home? No, unless you count frozen fish sticks or canned tuna fish. What's your favorite fish dish?  Broiled Cod.  Ever been ice fishing? Nope.

4. Did you watch any of the US President's Inauguration coverage on Monday, Jan 20? Yes  On a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being not at all and 10 being very very) how interested are you in politics in general? Probably about 4-5 Do you follow/keep up with/ get involved with local politics? I do not get involved other than to vote.

5. What's the coziest thing you own and what makes it so? I don't know but probably the blankets we use when watching TV in the evenings.  What makes it so...just that I love to wrap up in a blanket.

6. Insert your own random thought here. Enjoying the Bible Study that Kelli and I are doing together on FACETIME.  "Discerning the Voice of God by Priscilla Shirer.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a good day.

Cathy