Ten Tuesday Thoughts

1. I will not be watching the State of the Union address tonight. I am tired of being emotionally drained.

2. I must remind myself to NOT drink a Starbucks frappucino early in the morning. I have been running back and forth to the bathroom ALL day long. WOW!

3. I have been working on the same report at work for a couple of months. I want to move on to something else. I am bored beyond belief.

4. I heard my favorite song on the drive to work this morning. It made me want to stop my car, stick my head up through the sunroof and just SANG!



5. "You Make Me Wanna Love Again" has been my favorite song for the last 32 years, since I was 16 years old. I am waiting for a new favorite song. I don't think that's gonna happen. Sigh. (And that is alright).

6. I watched the Grammys the other night. I am so glad Kendrick won some awards! Damn was a great album.

7. I made the most wonderful salad for lunch this morning. But I didn't eat it. I will eat it tomorrow.

8.  It is once again cold in the ATL. I can't wait for better weather.

9. What I'm reading right now:

 I am reading that with Serenity. It is so so good. It is so good that I may read it TWICE. I am sure I missed something.

10. I have another favorite show right now: The Resident.



I happened upon it by chance. I was walking on the treadmill in the gym and I was looking for something to watch on my smartphone and I stumbled across it.   It truly made my time go by fast. WOW.

Alright... that's it for 10 Tuesday thoughts!

Nephews

They are getting SOOOOO big!!

A Blankie for Notorius J

I am always making baby blankets, and of course, I made one for my new nephew.

But I never posted the finished blanket.

And it was quite different. I wanted to make one I'd never made before. And here it is:

It is a striped one, where blue and white alternate. That was a lot of fun to make, and it didn't get boring. (If I have to change colors, that keeps it interesting).

It's a bit too big for him (on purpose), but I know he will be able to use it for a very long time.

New Furniture 2017

I had a ton of goals during the holidays. I didn't write most of them down, but I do think I actually accomplished most of them.

One of my goals was to go look at some furniture. At least go look. If I saw something I wanted, I could think about purchasing it.

So I think I went to three different places. I saw some furniture I wanted at one of those places and I made a purchase. (Well, I financed it. It will be paid off well before summer).

So I like dark woods. I purchased some cherry wood furniture, a chest and a dresser, for my bedroom.

(I  bought that 15 inch flat screen TV/DVD player 10 years ago. It costs $500 way back then. It may be $100-200 now. My oh my, how times have changed. Technology is something else).

I like that. And while I was decluttering, I found a few beautiful scarfs. Apparently I got them as gifts over the years, because I would never up and buy pretty scarfs. My sister had even asked me for a scarf for her head so her head wouldn't be cold when she went outside, and I handed her one of the colorful scarfs. She scoffed at the thought of putting the scarf on her head. "Lisa, this is the type of scarf you wear around your neck, not one you wrap around your head."

*crickets*

Uh, ok. I wasn't going to argue with her. She is a diva. She's an expert on such matters.

I am a bit weary of scratching up the furniture. So I placed the scarf on top of the dresser.

(I have looked up and seen Sister Callie Jo sitting up there. I have even seen the scarf on the floor. This unnerves me something awful. I have been talking much trash about it. Alas, Callie Jo thinks twice about jumping up there).

Now for one of the upstairs bedrooms, I have purchased some white furniture. I purchased a chest and two end tables.

What I LOVE about this set are the tops. The striated wood caught my attention.

(Excuse the messy bed. That is my sister's fault).

I did not like this for my bedroom, but it is nice for upstairs. The drawers are MUCH deeper in this white set. My set has shallow drawers, and this is fine, as I don't have many clothes. It is just right for my clothes. My sister can use the upstairs set for her and Justin's clothes. It is good to have extra clothes and diapers and such at my house.

So that's the furniture I purchased. That was fun. Maybe later this year I will do something in the other spare bedroom. I would love to turn that into an office, where I can get some writing done. Right now I sit at the dining room table and write.

Over the years, I think I think to hard about such matters, instead of doing what I did this time: just simply go out and enjoy the act of window shopping and perusing furniture. And IF I saw something  I liked, take a day or two to think about it, then come back and order it.

And that works out fine. And I know it will work out fine next time.

Ten Thursday Thoughts

Ten thoughts.

On a snowed-in Thursday.

And here we go!


1. The best thing about being snowed in is that I won't be out and about spending money. This is not a been an overwhelming problem for me, but has been a slight concerned lately.

2. The worst thing about being snowed in: if we have our work laptops, we must telework. I guess this is okay, as I will get some things done. But I must admit that it is difficult to police myself.

3. I had the strangest dream this morning. I was up in Detroit for some reason, but I had to get back to Atlanta because I had to give a big chemistry talk the next morning AND I had to bring a dish for a workplace potluck. Seeing that it was late in the evening, I was a bit stressed because I would literally need to miss my morning flight and jump in my car and DRIVE to Atlanta. And that's a 12  hour drive. At that point, I woke up.  And I was relieved that it was all a dream. But I am wondering what the dream means. (Maybe it means that I don't need to sleep with the TV on). 

4. I had that dream twice. The second time I woke up, I figured I needed to get up out of bed and start my day. I have no idea what that dream means. Sigh.

5. It is 19 degrees this morning. That's a rare thing in the ATL.

6. I watched the The Assassination of Versace: An American Crime Story last night. It was interesting, but it may be something I have to binge watch when the complete series is out.  Meaning, I'm neither here nor there concerning it. It is a decent watch, though. 

7. Being snowed in has wrecked my eating and exercise plan. There is way too much mindless snacking going on.

8. But I had a great salad for dinner last night.

That's raw kale, craisins, golden beets and pecans. I had a superfood salad from Farm Burger and I promised  myself I would duplicate it. I did my best. (There's is much better than mine).  But it was GREAT. I may just have it again tonight.

9.  Golden Beets. Golden Beets are AWESOME.  I cooked them for the first time, and it was quick and easy! 

They are not as strong as red beets, and that is fine by me. But they are a fun new salad addition.

10. Speaking of Farm Burger, there's a location coming to my neighborhood! Oxtail marmalade and roasted bone marrow on  the burgers now! (Never tried those toppings and I never will).
Gentrification is a mutha! But that's alright. I will be up in there getting that superfood salad.

That's it for Ten Thursday thoughts!