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!