Resolutions

Do you make them for each new year and then just break them?  Human nature.  Instead why not try to make this day be better than the last one?  That way you're always striving to improve your life.


Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man. ~Quoted in Benjamin Franklin's 1755 Poor Richard's Almanack

The first day of this new year was a lazy one.  Clouds and cooler temperatures kept us indoors. I did go for a wee walk. Not sure Jim went outside (he did!  needed a cider from the mini fridge) and he took two naps.  Can’t get any lazier than that!

I did a couple loads of laundry, made the bed and set out our lunch.  We chose shrimp cocktail and smoked salmon for our midday meal.  We picked both up at Costco on New Years Eve. Crackers, olives, sliced cucumbers, and radishes rounded out the meal.

My tomato on Christmas Day.  Still waiting for it to ripen.  But we’ve had more cooler days than warm ones.  There are other tomatoes on the plant.  It will be interesting to see how big they get. 

Not sure what we watched on TV.  I turned on the parade for the last hour. Jim tried to watch a movie but the WiFi cut out on him .  Oh and I seem to recall a lot of car shows.  Discovered that one is filmed right up the road in Johnson City.  Jim turns on car show and just lets them continue until he gets tired of them or I complain that I've had enough.

All is right in our world

2020 Happy New Year

Did y'all celebrate last night?  We stayed in and watched TV  and went to bed at our normal time of 2200.  I felt sure that the new year would arrive whether we greeted it or not.

Finally had the door side, living room slide looked at.  We had some trouble with getting it to come in way back when we traveled here from Florida in 2018.  Each stop was just a bit harder until Jim had to ask for help to push it in.  The repair was less expensive than we thought it would be.  We could have done it sooner if we had known.  But we did have other expenses that held us back.

Had my quarterly check up at the VA in December.  My will power deserted me and I did not eat enough veggies.  My lab work showed my A1c was up, as was my cholesterol.  So I'm back on my meds.  Blech!

Jim is the same.  Nothing new to report on that front.  He continues to breathe heavy whenever he does anything.  

I fixed it! At least I figured it out.  I just needed to log into my Google account.  There was an update and I thought I'd gotten all of the fixes I needed.  Any way I can post pictures again!  Until the next time I goof.

Handmade Cards Because:

No one displays a email on the mantle

Or shows off a tweet in the fridge

Or saves a Facebook post in a box of treasures

Here are some of the cards and tags I wrote about in my last blog plus a couple at the end that I just made.  I'm going to call my total for the year at 310.  Short of the 500 I challenged myself.  So...I think I'll try again this year!

I sure hope this year is better than last year.  Repairs and added expenses we can do without!  No more hospital stays would be excellent.

All is right in our world