A Hot Minute

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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted anything. I’ve been working on a big project that hopefully will be taking shape in June. As soon as everything is a little more finalized I’ll post it on here. But, in the meantime, this is what we’ve been up to.

Hannah and I went to the tattoo expo that happens every year here. It’s held at the Maude Cobb convention center. The grounds are just beautiful so we took a little walk while we were waiting on Gavin to arrive.

When we walked in Hannah found her tattoo artist who she was meeting there to go over the tattoo she was going to be getting the following week. I was just strolling around and met an artist from San Antonio. We started chatting and he asked if I had any tattoos. I said no, but there is one I want to get. I showed it to him and he said, sit down and let’s do it. There were about 15 rows of booths and we had just walked in so I said, let me think about it. We walked the whole place and I decided, why not get it. I loved his work and he wasn’t booked yet. We went back and I told him, let’s do it and unfortunately he was book for a big piece that was going to take the rest of the time that day. He told me I could ask the guy if I could go before him as the guy was walking up. I said hello and he did not seem at all friendly so I told the artist to go ahead with that guy. Doughboy, that’s what he goes by, pulled me in and told me that the group he was with were going to be doing tattoos in their hotel rooms that night and he would give me $40 off if I wanted to do that. I got his card and told him I’d let him know.

Here’s a little back story about weird things I’ve almost gotten myself into. When Donny and I were working for Harley Davidson, I had a customer and his girlfriend start chatting with me. They told me that they had a baby tiger in their hotel room. I was intrigued so they gave me their room number and told me to come by after work. Donny immediately said, no way, after I told him about it. Years later we are watching the Tiger King documentary and the Tiger King’s friend that took over the zoo was the guy who had the baby tiger.

Then there was the time that I was watching a ghost hunter show and they featured guest was a group out of Dallas. Well, I lived in Arlington at the time, so I found them, messaged them and asked if I could go on one of the hunts with them. They sent me over the next case they were doing in Mineral Wells. Donny read it and said, knowing you, you will bring back some sort of spirit. So I didn’t do that one. I really need to write about the haunted house we lived in that actually made Donny a believer.

I was going to go to the hotel to get the tattoo, but the expo ended at 11 that night and I fell asleep. One day, maybe.

We now have a part time dog because of this.

I’ve posted about Bingo before. She looks like a coyote and can clean their fence like a horse. We don’t want her to get picked up so when her owners aren’t home and she gets out she just comes inside our house. We’ve even had a slumber party with her.

She is so well behaved and completely house broken. Having her visit us also relieves some of the stress her owners have about her getting out.

Donny and I are forever working on the garden. We hit up an estate sale and picked up this huge galvanized washtub and metal wall hanging.

We decided to plant wildflower seeds in the tub.

We’ve got little sprouts popping up. I can’t wait to see if they all bloom.

My neighbor down the street brought me some gardenia clippings to propagate. I hope I get some roots on them because I love gardenias. The house I built in Florida had gardenias all down the side and went there was a breeze the scent was intoxicating.

Guess what opened right by our house?

Now we don’t have to drive clear across town to get their A2 milk which if you haven’t tried is so good.

I went hunting at the thrift store right by our house to see if we could find her a CD case. Being Memorial Day, they had a fill a bag for $5 clothing. She found some cute tops and I came home with these.

And besides it raining for the last 4 days, that is about all going on here. Oh, except the snack I have been waiting for since they told me it was coming out turns out to be one of the very best flavors.

I forgot to add one of my favorite outfits. I LOVE these pants that I got in Galveston. They are so comfortable. I wish someone around here, besides Earthbound sold them 😉

TCB

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On Donny’s two days off we were taking care of business outside. I started on Wednesday by washing the windows and the house. White siding on a North facing house means washing it every 2-3 months. I found the perfect combination to get it done and it’s whiter than it’s ever been.

I like this Castile soap so much better than Dr. Bronner’s. Look how clean it got the house.

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Since it was such a beautiful day I decided to go ahead and clean out and wash the car.

We consistently have cat paw prints all of the hood every morning.

And just because I love to torture myself, I weeded the enclosed garden. That was a workout in itself, but it looks so much better now.

Thursday we wanted to go get more strawberry plants. I looked online at all of the big box stores and the nurseries around town, but they are apparently out of season. We had some spots in the purple planters that needed filling. We found some bell peppers at Home Depot. We have some bell pepper sprouts going, but we really like bell peppers so hopefully these will grow some.

And because neither one of us had our glasses on, we ended up with three bell peppers and one Jalepeno. Oh well, we like those too.

Oh, and Home Depot did have strawberry plants. They were $15.98 for one medium sized one. Not worth it. We have 3, but next year we want to plant about a dozen. We are getting berries off of them though.

On Friday Donny realized that something, probably a cat, had been digging in the raised bed that didn’t have the fence around it. Our goal that day was to find affordable fencing. I got the black one that’s around the other bed at Dollar Tree. I knew there wouldn’t be any left there so we went’ to Family Dollar to try to find it there. No luck, but they had some great pots on sale and the cutest solar mushroom. We left empty handed and headed to Home Depot. Our plan now was to get small pickets and just build our own little fence. Well, Home Depot doesn’t carry the small pickets so since Lowe’s is right next door we headed there.

We found some! They were a bit more expensive than my Dollar Tree ones, but not too much. Also Lowe’s has THE BEST oops paint selection. I found a gorgeous purple color that had no price tag. I told the worker that I really love their oops paint and I use to to just paint random things and I really needed this paint for a mural I want to do. He came back with a $10.36 price sticker and that was a deal because the other oops paints were over $17.

The fence works perfectly and there has been no more digging.

We had to run to Walmart to pick up some groceries and I found, what Donny calls, my half dead pansies that I think I can revive. Well, I really didn’t have room for pansies anywhere and I really needed to get bigger pots for my cilantro, lavender and rosemary. That meant another trip to Family Dollar. How cute are these pots?

I decided that I DID really want the mushroom light. Of course, I chose yellow.

I just planted the pansies in the old pots. Plus some bachelor button seeds that I had picked up.

Donny made some pickles with some of the cucumbers.

We tried them today and they are so good. We did, however, cheat in how we made them.

The past few days have really felt like summer. It has been so hot, which I don’t mind if I’m dressed to sweat.

If you follow me on instagram then you have already seen this picture, but I found this baby eating the cat food. So cute!

Speaking of cat food, for the last week I’ve been making Mr. Whiskers an egg cooked in coconut oil. The first day he could finish it in one sitting, but he would come back for the rest. He’s now up to two eggs and he will patiently wait outside for me to cook them for him.

This morning I saw that it looked like he got into another fight. This time with a cat, but it opened the wound on his cheek. I slathered it in neosporin and will keep an eye on it.

Sorry this blog is so long. We’ve just been pushing hard these last few days and are worn out.

Dang It

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When we were in Galveston I noticed that my phone case was coming apart. The rubber around the edge had a rip in it. Because I will use items until I cannot use them anymore, I just put stickers over the tear. That really didn’t work because then kept coming off.

Donny, who also has the same case as I do, was also having the same issue with his case. I finally broke down and ordered us two new ones. His was off Amazon and mine was from Walmart.com. I was so excited when it came in and couldn’t wait to put it on my phone.

It didn’t fit. I don’t know what happened. I never return anything, but I decided I did want to return this case. It was a little over 14 dollars and I didn’t just want to throw that money away. When I got on their website to return it, I got a message that my refund had been issued and to just keep the product. I immediately went on Amazon and ordered the same phone case Donny got just in Teal. I don’t know I’m going to do with the too small case, but if anyone has a moto G slim I’ll gladly give it to you.

And yes, today is Mother’s Day. Donny was convinced that I needed a flame thrower for the dewberry vines. This was not a joke. he was serious and mentioned it at least 5 times. Okay, I can barely use a weed whacker without taking off part of the house. I’m pretty sure me using a flame thrower is a bit more dangerous and I could possibly burn down the block. I did not get that. I don’t need or want anything. I am working on a project that is going to be slightly expensive so my saving money right now is important. Plus, he got breakfast this morning, cleaned the kitchen and has been cooking with me. Baby, that’s all I need.

This is what it looked like when we got up around 7.

We were expecting a big storm. An hour later this is the sky.

I’m keeping a close eye on Mr. Whiskers. He is the head honcho of the feral cat colony. He got into a fight. A bad fight. We are thinking it was with this rottweiler that has been roaming around. I tried putting our cat wound spray on it. I got on spray out before he ran. He came back for lunch and I was able to get a glob of neosporin on the main gash on his face before he took off. I was thinking I could try to get him to the vet tomorrow, but I cannot even get my domesticated docile cat in the carrier so I’m not sure how I would get a feral Tom cat in one without him going berserk on me. I’m still going to call them and see if they can give me any pointers how to treat it at home.

It looks a lot better in this picture taken today than it did yesterday. His whole head is tore up. Poor guy.

One of our sunflowers opened up.

I’ve never planted this type with the orange around it, but I really like it. The lavender is doing well also.

Now I’m going to go back to watching movies and relaxing. I’m going to take full advantage of this Mother’s Day.

New Patch

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The main crop that I want to grow this summer is watermelon. I love watermelon, but I really only like the seeded ones because the seedless ones have become tasteless in my opinion. We planted seeds in both of the baby pool and there are some coming up, just not as many as I would like. I’m still holding out hope that it just hasn’t been hot enough for the seeds to all sprout.

When we were working on the garden on Thursday I had an idea to put another watermelon patch in. So that’s what we started and we actually finished it yesterday.

The plan was to use the boards, that we got for free, as the border and then plant more seeds. We went to Jake’s feed to get seeds but they actually had watermelon plants. They also had this cute chicken bar to mix treats for you chickens.

It was so tempting to not pick up more chicks because our girls are getting older, but we decided to wait until later in the summer.

We then headed to Home Depot to pick out the paint for the border. We knew what color we wanted and Donny made the final decision and it was perfect.

The color is Behr Classic Walz and it is the perfect shade of purple. You didn’t think we were going to get some boring color did you?

After I made sure the boards would fit, I marked the outline so I would know where to dig the trench and Donny would know how far to lay down the weed barrier. We layered the soil, organic garden soil, sand and then more garden soil on top.

I still need to level some of the outside boards, but I think it’s looking pretty good.

I also painted the outside border that I added. It’s not finished yet because I need to level it out more, but the pick axe I use is super heavy and I can only do so much in one day.

Donny and I were both beat after spending all day in the sun. We decided to go on a little date dinner to a place I saw on my social media that’s in Gilmer.

The special that night was the catfish plate and it did not disappoint.

It was only $9.99 and there was so much food I couldn’t even finish it. They also had free strawberry margaritas and you could BYOB if you didn’t want those. We will definitely be back.

One weird thing about me is that I love rocks. I have since I was a kid and one time when I was about 4 and was camping with my parents in Leakey, I filled our whole trunk up with rocks. My parents had to take most of them out so we would have room for our stuff and I remember being so disappointed. Anyway, anytime I’m at a place that has rocks I always grab a few of them.

Another weird thing is that I can’t just take one. There always has to be at least two because that rock will be lonely without another rock from where they lived.

Another picture of the zinnias because I just love all of the different colors.

In the Zone

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When I set my mind on something I have to get it done. Yesterday while Donny was treating the ant beds (we are trying baking soda mixed with powdered sugar) I decided that instead of getting the weed eater out I would just dig up the weeds and make a sort of trench around the house and front beds.

I had no idea what these were as I was digging on the side of the house. I did a Google lens search and it turns out that they are Chinese artichokes. You can actually eat them. We planted a couple in an extra pot that we had to see what will pop up.

Our elephant ear bulbs are finally sprouting and growing quickly.

I then moved on to the garden area. It’s so hard to mow around the door to the fenced garden and right up against the barrier. I pulled all of the grass from around the door and laid down some of the wood that we got from a neighbor down the street.

I think it will make mowing so much easier. I also made a little “deck” for the pots that were just kind of sitting Willie nillie around the raised beds.

I’m going to replace the shorter board with one that actually fits, but I needed one there for the time being to make sure the extra boarder I added fit correctly. Those boards are going to be painted red. I wanted to get that done last night but ran out of time.

I removed the wire fencing that I had around the front trellis because it did not deter the cats one bit and my cucumbers in the front all got dug up. We were having to put boards over one of the raised beds because, for some reason, the cats loved to dig there also.

I checked it this morning and no dig holes were found. We still have work to do today because I want to put in a new bed where I dug up a bunch of weeds. It was thundering when we got up but hopefully the rain will hold off.

We finally have some cucumbers to harvest.

I planted two varieties and this is the pickle cucumbers.

On a different note, how beautiful was the sky last night?

I love how our hanging light makes the kitchen glow at night.

Donny and I watched Send Help last night. We thought it was okay. There is one cgi scene that is badly done and it has some really gross gory parts but Rachel McAdams was good in it.

Cool Front

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Yesterday we woke up to the temperature being in the mid 60’s with a high of 69. It was a gray overcast day. I had nothing planned so I just kind of went with the flow on what I wanted to do.

My allergies have been awful lately. My ear has been stopped up. It got better after Donny did a lymphatic drainage massage on it, but I could feel it getting stuffy again. I decided to do gua sha. You don’t need a fancy tool. You just need facial oil or lotion and a spoon. There are several videos on it and it does feel so good.

I was wanting to work on some of my crafting projects. On my list was making a star out of toilet paper rolls. I thought I only needed 6, but I actually need nine so that’s going to have to wait. I went through my Weird USA book and let Hannah pick the picture she wanted for her new frame. This is the one she chose.

It’s creepy, but we like creepy.

I thought I could make some curtain tie backs. Right now we are using jute rope, which is okay, but I thought I could make something a little more fun. I had a belt I was going to take apart. When I did, I noticed that part of is was hammered brass.

Forget tie backs, I’m making a ring! It just so happens to match the brass cuff I recently dug out of my jewelry drawers that I’ve been loving to wear every day.

Free ring yay!

If you follow me on Instagram then you’ve already seen this craft. I had these stars and moons on the window in our dining nook. Since I moved the shelf in front of the window you couldn’t see them anymore.

I think they look better on the window frame anyway.

As for my OOTD, all of my cooler weather clothes are packed up. I have a couple of longer sleeved shirts so I grabbed a white one and paired it with my $1 estate sale Dickies overalls. They were mens and I had to cut off the length to make them fall a little above my ankles. I love wearing them because they remind me of the bright yellow ones I had in the 8th grade that I wore with a tube top. Don’t judge, it was the 80’s.

I just paired them with my black converse and I think it’s one of my favorite outfits.

Donny and I have been watching the new Beef miniseries. We really liked the first one and we are enjoying this one, but it feels like it’s trying too hard to be like White Lotus.

Send Help just came out so that’s what we’ll be watching tonight. I hope it’s good.

A Little Procrastination For The Win

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Because the weather is calling for rain on Thursday, yesterday was the only window I had to get the yard mowed. I couldn’t think of anything I would rather not be doing. Luckily Hannah was awake so I talked her in to driving into Kilgore with me when I dropped Jackson off. Thrift store visits were promised.

We arrived in Kilgore at 9:50. The thrift stores didn’t open until 10 so we had a few minutes to go visit the Shakespeare Garden that I had noticed was in bloom. If I were a student here and had time between classes, this is where you would find me sitting on a bench reading.

I would love to have a space like this at home.

There are twinkle lights around the fence and solar lights throughout the paths that I would love to see lit up at night. I bet it’s just magical. They have added a free little library.

I picked up a book by one of my favorite authors.

It came with a bookmark that is just so cute.

It was finally time to hit the stores. The rule of thumb is that if you find something you want to buy you must try it on. Then you need to ask yourself if you really love and will you wear it. Hannah had several things at both stores but after trying everything on she only came away with 2 items. I don’t know about anyone else, but I love to see what treasures people find. Here’s mine. (I never show what Hannah or Jackson buy unless I specifically ask them and in this case I didn’t)

The only non clothing items we bought. The food container is to replace the one that Donny accidentally dropped at work and it hit just right and shattered. The frame is made of metal and Hannah really wanted it for her room. We just need to cut our a cardboard backing for the glass.

I had in mind what I was looking for. I needed to some summer shirts to fill in my wardrobe.

A good off white sleeveless basic.

Do I like shopping at Target? No. Do I love their Universal Thread V-neck tees. Yes. They just fit so well. I have several that I’ve found at this particular thrift store.

A good basic brown tank. Do I have 2 more brown ones, yes, but they are all in different fabrics. I love brown. It’s my wardrobes black. I don’t like wearing black. It looks very harsh on me. I really think it just stems back to owning an embalming service and having to wear black all the time.

This is my favorite shirt out of the bunch. I normally do not like stripes, but I think because this shirt has vertical ones I like it better. It’s loose and airy so it will be perfect for Summer.

Red tags were 50% off so these were only 4 bucks. I love light colored jeans in the summer. These are cropped and slightly distressed so they are going to be a good addition.

Last, but not least, I found this great belt that I wear slouchy around my hips.

But Stacy, you just bought a brown belt. Yes, I did, but this one is a completely different brown color, has silver embellishments and I can wear it different ways.

I bought 6 items so when I got home I went through my closet and chose 6 shirts that I haven’t worn in forever and I just didn’t love the way they fit. They will be getting donated.

And because I am documenting my outfits of the day, this is what I wore.

Ugh, I need to clean Jackson’s mirror. Because it was 65 degrees I chose my wide legged cropped jeans, a linen shirt and by Born clogs. It’s a simple outfit, but Donny said, “oh you look fancy”. What he really meant was that I didn’t look like a hobo. I’m trying here.

After mowing the lawn (I did change into my holey tank, running shorts and Crocs for that) I was exhausted. It may have been cloudy, but the weather turned up and it was almost 90 with super high humidity. I haven’t really cooked an honest to goodness meal since I was sick. I’ve been working into getting back into the kitchen and actually enjoying making meals. Night before last I roasted a chicken with carrots and onions and made mashed potatoes. Not a grand meal but it was good. It’s hard to get motivated when the kids are seldom home during dinnertime.

Last night I baked some french bread and made crawfish etoufee. It was so good and I’m really sad that we only had enough leftovers for Donny’s lunch today.

Donny stepped in the night before to carve the chicken because that is not my forte.

French bread is one of the easiest breads to make and it’s perfect for dipping in the etoufee.

I don’t use one recipe. I just kind of combine several. Etoufee is also so easy to make. I believe that the secret is in the roux. It was delicious and I’m bummed that we all ate most of it last night so there weren’t any leftovers.

Now I’m going to go see if I can figure out what is happening to one of my cucumber plants. It’s turning yellow. I didn’t see any bugs but I think I need to take a closer look. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

Bathroom Reset + OOTD

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Last night as I was taking a shower I noticed that we are getting the dots of mildew again. It just happens because of the steam from showers and the fact that the fiberglass shower doesn’t go all the way up to the ceiling. We just have the plaster. When I went to get my moisturizer I also annoyed by just how messy the cabinet has gotten. My plan today was to take care of the bathroom and that’s just what I did.

Here’s a little before of the cabinet.

It was a nightmare trying to find anything. It didn’t take that long to sort, throw away and wipe it all down.

Here are a few of our mildew dots.

I keep touch up paint at the ready for scenarios just like this. I bought a long handled paint brush for this particular project because I actually prefer the shorter handled ones. While I’m doing my balancing act the longer handle makes it so much easier.

I love these touch up cups because they have a ball in them that makes mixing the paint so much easier.

It’s amazing what a little paint can do.

Our wall baskets have been bugging me for a while now because they weren’t spaced evenly. I rehung them, used a little nail hole putty and I’m very happy with the results.

At Avalon Faire a few years ago I bought Donny a ceramic mug that had a shaving soap disc in it. He used it for a while and then it just sat there. I threw away what was left of the soap and washed out the mug because it will make a perfect coffee cup.

My new resolution is to actually get dressed everyday in something that doesn’t make me look like I live in a tent. I had gotten into a bad habit of throwing on running shorts and a t-shirt just about every day. I feel better when I get dressed in actual “I can be seen in this and not feel embarrassed” outfits. I have decided to document what I wear. Mainly because sometimes I just forget what I have worn.

Anyway, today I wore A.N.A. pants, a Chicos shirt and my silver Birkenstocks. The weather was perfect for the light chambray shirt and I love comfy pants.

Jackson’s room has the only mirror that works for this.

Hannah and I went grocery shopping today. She needed some sunscreen so we hit up Drug Emporium first. They were have a big makeup clearance. I found the perfect shade of lipstick for $1.99. It’s Loreal nude intense in the color Nu Arttistique. I normally only wear lip gloss, but I really like this color and I couldn’t beat the price.

I took a chance on a new snack and I’m so glad I did. The rice chips are so addicting. I will definitely be back to purchase more. I also wanted to try this new soda. I had the watermelon one and it’s only slightly sweet. It’s really good.

And I just have to document the “wasps nest” that Donny made to keep the wasps from building their nests in the corner where they always seem to build them. We used to have a lantern type one but it blew away in a bad wind storm and we never found it. This weird one seems to actually be working.

Also, for any short nailed girlies out there, I found this at the Army Navy Store and it is wonderful. I used to have a plastic fork in my nightstand, but this baby is telescopic and wonderful.

Downtown Market Day

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Saturday was ETX Market Day. Hannah and I didn’t have anything going on so we decided to see what it was all about. The weather was perfect, breezy and cool. The market was crowded but not too crowded.

There were so many interesting booths selling everything from jerky to terrariums.

We each bought a necklace. Mine was a sun and moon with an obsidian stone.

I finally talked Hannah into letting me take a picture.

After we had walked through all of the tents we decided to just walk around downtown. We love our downtown area. There are so many cool new shops. We finally have a zero waste store.

One of our favorite places to take a little break.

There is a vintage store that we have always wanted to go to but it’s never been open when we’ve been downtown. Today it was.

The woman who owns it has been there for 36 years. She’s only open 4 hours a day which explains why we have never been able to shop there. She has some absolutely beautiful pieces, but here’s the weird thing, 98% of the items don’t have prices. She just told us that if we find something we like she’ll let us know how much it is. I would also like to note that the BIG difference between a thrift store and a vintage store is $$$$$. We did find several things that we liked. Hannah ended up with 2 chain belts and a hand crocheted shawl that is really pretty. I found a peasant skirt and a belt. I still like thrift stores better, but it was fun shopping here. I guess you pay for the experience.

I do love both pieces though.

Speaking of vintage, I wanted to wear a bracelet with my stones one. I had completely forgotten about my raw brass cuff. I got it on a Spanish class field trip to San Antonio when I was a junior in high school. I really like the way it works with the bracelet. I love shopping in my jewelry drawers. Saves a lot of money.

Laaaaazy Day

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Yesterday we woke up to a cool front that had moved in overnight. Not only was the temperature amazing, but there was a steady rain coming down. Donny ran Jackson to Kilgore and then headed to Gilmer to pick up one of his salespeople whose car had not wanted to start. I took this opportunity to climb back under the covers, watch a little TV and then fall into a wonderful nap. I woke up just as Donny came in from doing some work in the chicken coop. I had a not so great dream about being in this weird hotel room with my mom, dad and other people who I can’t remember. It was nearing checkout time and no one would help me clean up and pack our things. I had brought my vacuum cleaner and when I went into the hallway to empty I ran into Dwight Shrute from the office and he came in and helped me clean up. I think that comes from watching too much of The Office late at night. Anyway, it put me in a grumpy mood.

To get out of my funk, I turned on Practical Magic, which completely turned it around. It was leaving my streaming service soon and I wanted to watch it one last time before it did. I honestly cannot wait for the second one to come out. Unlike The Devil Wears Prada sequel, which looks horrible, I’m excited for this one. I hope it doesn’t disappoint as most sequels do. Except for Aliens, that one was better than the first one in my opinion.

Donny came in to lay down with me and we watch The Gorge with Anya Taylor Joy and Miles Teller. I had already seen it months ago, but Donny hadn’t and it’s so good. It’s on Apple tv if anyone cares to check it out. We napped some again after the movie. This was our view most of the day.

And, of course, Monkey had to be right in the middle of everything.

We’d only been snacking all day and were getting hungry. Gavin and Hannah had gone to get sushi at Evergreen and I was on a cooking strike after having made a huge pizza that only two people ate and the rest was giving to the chickens. I made Donny decide where to go get food and he made a very good choice.

Jucys tacos are so good and hit the spot. Even Jackson and Olivia approved. Of course I ate mine in bed because it was bed rot day in my book.

Ever since we got back from Galveston I have been wanting to recreate the creamcicle margarita I had at The Spot. We had picked up the ingredients days ago. It’s not exactly it, but boy was it tasty. I just used a 2 oz of tequila, some pineapple juice, a squirt of cream of coconut and two squirts of lime.

It’s more of a tequila Pina colada, but it works.

I think everyone deserves a bed rot day. I’ve been going full speed since I started feeling better. Both Donny and I needed a day to recharge our batteries. I used to feel guilty about taking a day to do absolutely nothing, but I realized I have nothing to feel guilty about. We both work hard and just need a day’s break. Especially on a cool rainy day because there’s no better nap than on days like that.

Cats just know how to do it right.

And in garden news, our zinnias are blooming!