• Cooking,  Dogs,  Food,  Home,  Weekend

    Productive and Relaxing Weekend, Cooking a Lot, and Spending Time with the Dogs

    Good morning! It has been a great 3 day weekend. Of course, no, I did not get everything done as I have a month’s worth lined up each off day. But the main thing is that I get to enjoy being home, working on the household, getting to cook, plan, be with the doggies, and just breathe. We were gone 1/2 of the weekend so that explains a lot. If I hadn’t had Friday off I’d still be spinning my wheels trying to just get the laundry done and the house some how decent. I finished The Spare, and I’m about to start Bayou Heist, written by one of our…

  • Busy,  Family,  Food,  Mental Health,  Vacation

    Took the Day off Today and Girls Night Out

    Good afternoon. Or at least it is here. I took a PTO day today! I have had this day planned for a while. So it gave me some peace knowing it was coming. I needed some time to sort of reorganize myself and get centered. The purse needed emptying of receipts and notes. The work bag needed to be emptied (more notes and some things I did for Mom yesterday, new HOA information, and the latest bills). My office was a disaster – half done projects and reminders laying about. Little pieces of papers with password changes, ideas I jotted down, things I wanted to remember, and recipes I wanted…

  • Busy,  Life,  Productivity,  Self-Help,  Wellness

    Here’s What’s Happening: I Saw the Signs

    Here’s today’s video. You can watch it HERE. It’s been a really busy week. Final week of quarter end. I’ve had to rush through yesterday because if life weren’t stressful enough we were asked told to help another department. I went back to my office and the tears flowed b/c the day was already stressful enough. But I couldn’t worry about the other department yet. I just needed to focus on my original goals so we wouldn’t have to pay a penalty. I’ve learned to believe anything but I would never have believed we would have been asked to do this in such a busy time. Again, I should have.…