Saturday, August 31, 2024

August 2024 recap

  • celebrated our 45th Wedding Anniversary! 
  • deposited $101 in rolled coins last week.
  • we seriously paid for our 3 night honeymoon in CA with rolled coins.
  • found the perfect baby doll for Randy @ Goodwill for $2.49.
  • a friend replaced the hatch springs on my 18 year old van. bye-bye broom stick!
  • I walk while I talk on the phone inside my house.
  • I've been doing it since the start of the pandemic.
  • sometimes I walk over 10,000 steps during phone calls in one day.
  • I talk on the phone a lot.
  • I'm fostering my daughter's little dog June.
  • they want me to keep her.
  • my 8 year old grandson Will told his parents "I worry about Mimi in that big old house all alone."
  • so he thinks I need June ~ she really is the best dog.
  • Randy's book ~ in its 1st full month on the market.
  • trusting God to put this book in the hands of those that need it.
  • another record breaking summer ~ so far 96 consecutive days of 100+ degrees.  
  • paid $10 for a Shark Ultralight Stick vacuum @ Goodwill ~ retails $229 on Amazon!
  • why so cheap? It was filthy dirty. Looks as good as new now!
  • finally going to make my backyard livable. 
  • haven't done a thing to it in 14 years, since Randy got sick. 
  • one big unsightly mass of weeds. I can't wait to transform it.
  • I've been going around collecting free bricks off Marketplace.
  • I have plans to do some serious hardscaping myself.
  • it was the 8th Annual Ride for Ronnie Tribute Ride.
  • my brother died of cancer. (multiple myeloma) 
  • you can read his story HERE
  • 70+ cycles participated in the Tribute Ride, raising a lot of money to help families fighting cancer.
  • 18 years ago this month I started my blog. You can read my first blog post HERE. So excited to be blogging again!



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love that you are writing again...so enjoy your wonderful perspective on this crazy thing called life!