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Tuesday

Walked K to school with the puppy
Chopped ingredients for spaghetti sauce and tossed them into the slow cooker
Washed, hung-to-dry/ dried a load of F's laundry
Put away the advent tree banner and the advent wreaths (from the list)
Watched a bunch of the Mandalorian
Worked on darning a hole in a sock
Closed eyes rest
Played spades, notably won a Footsie tourney

JotD: a Crescent moon and heart that says "mom" that F gave to me one Mother's Day

Wednesday

Walked K to school with the puppy; tried to play fetch with her at the complex on the way back, but she kept getting distracted by wanting to play with other dogs out walking that didn't want to play with her.
Mixed up bread dough and baked bread
Folded and put away four loads of kids' clothing
Watched more Mandalorian
Played spades tourneys: Made it to finals in Option and Blood
Attended stitch in, where I wound a plastic grocery bag full of yarn for washing
Showered
Date night with Pizza delivered, The Wheel of Time, and BG3, where we beat **** and the gang

JotD: (don't remember, will ETA later)

Thursday

Both kids home sick :/
Went for a SDW with GB and puppy
Chopped ingredients for chicken noodle soup and tossed them into the slow cooker
Binged a bunch of Bridgerton with F; K hung out with us a lot of the time
Refilled my LDN
Played ACNL and ACNH
I was supposed to go to K's school caregiver night, but GB didn't go down to horsing,and I was really tired, so he went in my stead
Waited on children a lot, as they were sick
GB made us ice cream

JotD: Beaded lanyard I made decades ago, in blues, greens, and purples

I have been so tired... and hot flashes at night.. and wed morning, back to waking up too early, even though I've been doing pretty well at getting to bed in decent time....

I always hated the term "New Year's Resolution," especially the way we think of it here. And the word "goal" isn't quite what I want this year either. Not being able to fulfill a resolution or a goal is often perceived as failure. I don't really think that I want to set myself up for failure if I can't achieve a resolution or a goal. Proposal seems to fit the bill, I think. To me, if a proposal doesn't work out, or can't be sustained, well, it happens.

Anyway, in 2026, I propose to:

Wear jewelry more. I have a lot of jewelry, and when I went out, I tended to wear jewelry. I don't go out much now, so I don't usually put on any jewelry. I have a LOT of jewelry, and it should be worn! And maybe it will help my mood at home. At the least, I need to find silver or gold post studs to wear as everyday in the ear piercings currently unoccupied.

Continue to make things frequently. I'm not sure if I've been less depressed because I've been able to make things because my brain is working better, or if I'm able to make things because I'm less depressed because my brain is working better. Whatever. I've made more things this year since I got medicated for the CFS, in part because my brain is working better. I was even able to finish some small needlepoint and cross stitch projects, which I could not do last year.

Redeem gift cards. I started to do this a few years ago. I redeemed some, but not all. It's time to get things before the companies won't honor the cards.

Respond to others' posts more often. I don't often have much to comment, except maybe "me too!" which is why I kinda like the 'like' button on tumblr, an "I read your post" indicator when I don't have a comment. Or sometimes, I just don't have the spoons, and I mean to come back later and that never happens.

Post to DW more I post on a near-daily basis over on tumblr, and not so much on DW. I post on tumblr because for me, it seem more conducive to the short form bullet-point format that I use to track my days. I track my days, because if I don't, I don't remember doing anything, and thinking that I haven't done things contributes to depression. So I write it down, in bullet points. Sometimes, I have thoughts, but mostly, it's a list. I'm trying to decide if I want do a daily "crosspost" cut and paste from tumblr to DW, or if I want do a weekly post with links back to tumblr, or if I want to do a major highlights post using tumblr posts as reference. If you have an opinion, please let me know!

I thought that I had one more thing to propose, but it currently escapes me, so there might be an Edited To Add later.

ETA:
Ah ha! Someone else's post on something similar reminded me!

Finish 26 craft projects in '26 This is largely directed toward finishing my pile of WIPs; I know that I have so many things to finish! Knitting baby hats and mending do NOT count.

I totally forgot to post here that I was again doing the National Craft Making Month Challenge. You can read all about the stuff I did over in nacramamo .

Here's a wrap up of my crafting month:

Things washed: 12 skeins of yarn, 4 cross-stitch projects

Brown sugar batches: 2

Jewelry repair: 1

Baking sessions: 5

Socks darned: 1

Baby hats knitted: 5

Skeins of yarn prepped for washing: 4

Center pull balls of yarn made: 9

Axolatl toys made: 1

Those numbers look pretty good to me!

My household moved yesterday! It's been a tiring couple of days, even though I did none of the heavy lifting.

Having the movers pack for you has its pros and cons. Pro: They get it done a LOT faster than you can (there's no nostalgia factor). Con: They pack and label by room, and do not inventory the contents of the box (though I think you can add that on), so, unless you are VERY organized before the move (we *aren't*), you have no idea what is in a box until you unpack. However, that might actually get us to unpack faster, so we can actually find things.

(This is a very different departure from what I generally do, but the days are running together more than usual. And "everyone" says that we are living through a historic event, blah blah blah. Look for backdated previous weeks' entries.)

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A couple of thoughts...

* Teachers deserve million dollar salaries.
* Vote in November like your life depended on it, because it just might.

I didn't quite make a resolution to read more books in 2019, but I really wanted to get back to reading more books. I even started a spreadsheet to keep track of my reading, which I managed to keep for all of two books. My library keeps a record of my checked-out materials, but only of physical media, not electronic media. I did find the toggle to turn on history for my most used library service for ebooks.

So, this list is cobbled together from my library history, stuff I had in my personal ereader, info in ADE, and undeleted (but expired) ebooks on my computer. It's probably not complete, but the list is considerably longer than I expected. Books listed are in no particular order.

Novels, Novellas, and Non-fiction

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy
Can't Escape Love
Spinning Silver
Resistance Reborn
Get A Life, Chloe Brown
Aurora Blazing
First Position
The Bodies in the Library
Celebrate your Body (and It's Changes, Too!)
These Witches Don't Burn
Thank You, Omu!
Polaris Rising
Storm of locusts
A Prince on Paper
Catalyst
In A Badger Way
Pride
Lost Stars
Erotic Stories for Punjabi widows
Nappily Ever After
A Hope Divided
Trail of Lightning
Unfuck Your Habitat
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Dance
Memory
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
"Winterfair Gifts"
Diplomatic Immunity
Cryoburn
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

Art, Inspiration, and Reference (books that aren't necessarily read cover-to-cover)

Raw Art Journaling
Inspired Bead Embroidery
Creative Collage
Bead Sparkle
Beadwork Creates Jewelry
The Jewelry Recipe Book
Wise Craft
The Embroidery Book
Great Designs for Shaped Beads
30-minute Necklaces
The Big Book of Jewelry Making
Bewitching Bead & Wire Jewelry
Steampunk-style Jewelry
Jewelry in A Jiffy
Learn to Stitch Beaded Jewelry
Mastering the Art of Beading

YATTA!

* Woke up way too early for a Sunday!
* Finally quite trying to sleep and got my PT exercises out of the way!
* Posted last week's sermon podcast!
* Finally got through my Sunday morning routine (breakfast with internet, washing, teeth and hair brushing, dressing)!
* Made the bus to church with minutes to spare!
* Choir rehearsal!
* Attended church with both children!
* Shopped at the Farmer's Market (making my way through the throngs of SGF attendees, and thankfully, this is the last one of the year)!
* Put a load of kid laundry into the wash!
* Put away the produce!
* Dumped dinner in the crock!
* Ate lunch while watching the Giants!
* Ordered flower girl dresses for the girls who will be in a wedding next month! (the dresses cost about as much as their entire "new" school wardrobe)
* Took in two pairs of kids's pants while watching more Giants (they lost)!
* Tidied the living room!
* Posted today's sermon podcast!
* Some internet stuff!
* Finally pried out of the kids' mouths what they wanted for lunch tomorrow, and treat this week!
* Got really frustrated at kids not going to bed (they won't have a good time getting up for the first day of school tomorrow)!
* Packaged up 25 pounds of rolled oats!
* Set up oatmeal to cook overnight in the crock!
* Put kid laundry into the dryer!
* Unfucked my Monday morning (have children pick out clothes, or I pick out their clothes, pack their lunches, set out my own clothes , make sure that my keys and bus pass are in coat)!

* I forgot to turn my alarms on on Friday and i overslept!
* Got through the morning routine for the kids' first day of second grade!
* All the parents accompanied the children to school!
* Attended a meet & greet with the Principal and new Assistant Principal!
* Got home in pretty good time!
* Did a 20 mucking out the outgrown kid clothes stuffed in my desk!
* made cowboy cake for treats!
* Put milk on for yogurt!
* Put beef and broccoli in the crock for dinner!
* Picked up the kids from school!
* they didn't want cowboy cake so i got them popsicles!
* We ended up finally at the airplane park, where they also saw their friend Max!
* Made well child and kid dentist appointments!
* Finally went home to finish up dinner!
* turned over K to BB so she could work on homework!
* Phone date and YPP!
* took in a couple more pairs of kid pants!
* Unfucked my tuesday morning!

* Got through the morning routine!
* Breakfast and internetting
* Sorted through the rest of the outgrown kid clothes on my desk, which took a lot longer than I thought it would!
* Picked up the kids at school!
* It took us a really long time to get home because the bus schedules were wonky!
* Played at the airplane park for a while!
* took in a couple more kid pants!
* Turned kids over to sitter who took them to a park with her dog!
* Date night with Chinese delivery and SMT4!
* Unfucked my Wednesay morning!

* Got through the morning routine!
* GB dropped me and the kids off at school!
* Helped out the the school's Wednesday folders, which took longer than usual!
* It took a while to get home!
* Breakfast and internetting!
* Made a double batch of granola bars!
* Sorted my dirty clothes!
* Put load #1 of my clothes in the washer!
* Put beans and sausage into the crock!
* Finally got some lunch!
* Packed up snacks and went to get the girls from school!
* bought popsicles becasue i forgot their treat!
* Did homework on the bus to the airplane park!
* Ran into another family of multiples that we haven't seen in a while; the boys have started school this year!
* Finally got everyone home to dinner!
* Put laundry load #1 into the dryer!
* Put load #2 into the wash!
* Took in some girls pants while watching the Giants play the Cubs (they eventually lost)!
* Listened to K read aloud!
* generaled the girls through teethbrushing and into bed!
* read "the three little pigs in spanish!
* Unloaded the dryer!
* Put laundry load #2 into the dryer!
* washed mopheads!
* Showered!
* Unfucked my thursday morning!


* did all the regular morning stuff except take kids to school!
* folded and PUT AWAY a load of kids clothes (from the weekend, ugh)!
* finished unpacking a box of spring green corelle (aka crazy daisy) and got all the plates in the dishwasher!
* contemplated what to do with all the cups (keep the stackable cups and sell the rest, probably)!
* cleared out both bathrooms in advance of the cleaner!
* hung up the now clean mopheads to dry!
* put a load of towels in the wash
* unloaded the dryer and brought 2 loads of clean laundry upstairs!
* stripped bed!
* put clean pillowcases on pillows!
* put towels into dryer!
* Put sheets into washer!
* washed all the dishes in the sink, plus the grungy butter dish!
* put away the clean dishes from the dishwasher!
* put baking soda paste to work on the stains near the microwave, which i don't even know what they are, but i suspect rust or burnt butter!
* Washed the "new" butter dish (from the sping green corelle collection; it actually fits the height of the costco butter cubes!
* Took in more kid pants while watching some of the Giants-Cubs game!
* Finally put dinner in the crock!
* Grabbed snack and treats and a little lunch for me and got out the door late to pick up the kids!
* Finally connected with the family we have a thursday play date and headed to the pirate playground!
* Supervised kids doing homework on the bus!
* Played and chatted at the pirate playground for more than 90 minutes!
* walked home from the pirate playground!
* Got everyone some dinner!
* Listened to K read while I worked on yet another pair of kid pants!
* Got everyone through teeth brushing!
* Passed off the bedtime story reading to BB!
* Delegated putting the sheets into dryer!
* Unfucked my Friday morning!

* did all the regular morning stuff except take kids to school! (GB took them because he had a PTA planning meeting.)
* Breakfast and internetting!
* Folded the towels from thursday!
* Ran the sheets in the dryer a bit more!
* Scrubbed off the ugly brown stain near the microwave!
* Loaded at least 10 grocery bags and 3 kitchen garbage bags of outgrown kid stuff into the van!
* Folded my laundry!
* Had some lunch!
* Packed up treats and snack for girls!
* Drove all the outgrown kid stuff over to J's complex and helped her offload (and some of it was for her kid...)
* Went to pick up the kids and got turned around a few times before finding the right route to school!
* Got over to the school later than I like and couldn't find parking!
* Ended up parking down on the busy street about 4 blocks away, having to feed a meter and discovering that the engine had overheated!
* Made it to the school with moments to spare!
* Psyched out the kids, who thought we were taking the bus home!
* Added more coolant to the van; the drive home was fine.
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To Do:

= Make yogurt
= Make cowboy cake for treats
= Take in 12 more pairs of kid pants (10 completed)
= Finish gathering outgrown kid clothes/unfuck the desk
= Take outgrown kid clothes over to J's (Fri!)
= Make kids' well child appt
= Make kids' dentist appt
= Make MY dentist appt
= Call about med bill
= Make granola bars
= Sign kids up for gymnastics again
= Wash my laundry

The Final five days of my month-long challenge!

We went away for Spring Break to see the snow! (The kids don’t remember the only other time they’ve seen snow, as they were only 2). I like looking at snow, but I don’t like being in snow for long periods of time, as it’s cold, so I spent a lot of time in the cabin sorting pictures for my mom , watching Netflix, and working on latch hook.

Day 27


Day 28



Day 29



Day 30

One of my kids was recreating a project she saw on youtube: an idyllic beach scene, and I was tasked with making the palm trees because I had the glue gun. :)



Day 31 (last day!)



The challenge month is done! And I only missed about 4 days, and those were due to illness. I feel very accomplished.

Even though the month didn’t go as craftingly as I planned (2+ weeks of illness takes its toll) I did craft almost every day. Here’s to not getting so bogged down or distracted (I’m talking too much unnecessary Internet time here) again that I forget how much I enjoy the process of creation on a near-daily basis.

Day 17: I taught Sunday School, and did a St Patrick’s Day coloring page along with the kids.



And then, I either relapsed, or came down with another throat/lung thing, and if I got anything more done than the necessary it was a win. I probably worked more on the latch hook project than I took pictures, but honestly, I can’t remember.

Day 19


Day 20-?


Day 25


Day 26


I’m feeling better, but still coughing up crap. Ugh.