that kind of negativity...

hello july and hello my lovely friends, 

i find it shocking how it is already july.  i know i said that yesterday, but still... it really is a shock to my system that we are in the tail end of summer (well, in my world anyway).  

last week i was completely off my routines due to nephew visit and this week and next i'm off due to wimbledon.  the tv will be on as well as the laptop so i can watch as many matches as possible.  it is one of the only sports i enjoy watching anymore. and as someone who grew up watching all the sports it is sad to have lost my love for so many.

i'm still in the cleanup stage from the nephew visit.  i've managed, i think, to corral all the fur from the furniture/sheets/comforters and now need to start on the clothes i wore while he was here.  this past sunday my brother and s-i-l brought nephew over and he came running in with a bag tied to his leash.  he came right to me and gave me hugs and kisses. (ick on the kisses!) they said he wanted to give me a present for taking such good care of him while they were gone.  they gave me a bag of the new lay's bacon grilled cheese potato chips!  i'd mentioned the day before i was wanting to try them.  haha!  i can't wait to try them.

this week i'll be getting back to work on the cleaning/clearing/decluttering thing around here.  i saw a meme the other day that was a picture of marie kondo saying keep no more than 30 books and at the bottom a drawing of a man with his hand up saying no one needs that kind of negativity.  haha!  yea i don't think marie and i would get along.  :-)

well... i need to get back to today's quests and see if i can get some things completed.  i always like marking things as done on my lists.  it's a weird little dopamine hit. 

hope you are having a great day and have a great week ahead.

what's going on in your world?

love & kisses & magical wishes...

~*~

ps... here's today's mfta post link if you want to take a look.

the gods of time...

hard to believe it's the last day of june, my lovelies.  it seems the gods of time are speeding things up every day.  

the garden is growing like crazy.  i wasn't able to spend much time out there last week, what with my nephew visiting.  even though he slept a lot, he didn't like it if i wasn't close by.

i don't have much to share today, except a few photos from june.  well...i do have a LOT to say, just not today. 

citronella i picked to make an infusion for a mosquito repellent i want to try...

the cucumber plants are wild and have so many blooms.  i've been worried that i haven't seen many pollinators, but i've been seeing more lately.

a little harvest from a couple of days ago. first home grown cucumber and jalapenos of the season...

it just seems way too early for these little f*#kers.  i could only find one, but i know there are more.  i'll try to get out there early in the morning and mount a search...

me spending time with my sweet nephew on our last day...

it's weird how much i miss him.  but all that fur!  lordt!!!  i went through an entire huge lint roller trying to clean the sheets and blanket from the bed and the blankets i had on the sofa trying to keep the fur off.  

well...

wimbledon started today, one of my favorite sporting events to watch.  this weekend is cheesecake weekend with s-i-l.  we're going with a banana pudding cheesecake.  it sure looks good in the recipe.  i guess we'll see how it goes.

i'll be back soon.  i've been saving some memes to share here about {waves at all that}.  anyhoo...

hope you are having a good day...

love & kisses & magical wishes...

~*~

ps...  here is today's mfta post link.

 

time for auntie camp...

how's it goin, my lovelies?

i'm having a weird day to what i predict to be a very weird and unusual week.  this past week i started doing a nightly winddown ritual to try to help me get a better night of sleep and rest.  the reason is for the past month or so, i'll end up wide awake until 1 or 2 (sometimes 4 am) reading or watching crap tv) and then wake up at 5:59am just before my alarm goes off at 6.  it's really taken a toll on me and i need to fing a regular good sleep pattern.

hence, the winddown ritural.  i'll turn off all devices at 9pm, no food or drink except h20 after 8pm. and i get in bed to sleep at 10:30pm. btwn 9 and 10:30, i work on cleaning out files or cleaning up different areas around the house, sorting.  the other night i folded and put away laundry.  no "input" just "output".  which means... i can't read before bed which has been my go-to for my entire life!!  i've noticed in the few days i've followed that routine, i did sleep better and felt the teenseyist, weeniest, tinyest bit better in the mornings.  well, last night, i blew it. i didn't eat dinner until about 3 to 3 1/2 hours after normal (8:15-8:30ish), then got so wrapped up in the book i read on my kindle until 10:30.  then i just went to bed.

this morning i woke feeling like i'd been hit and run over by an armored truck carrying 10 megaton bombs and hauling a half dozen trucks behind it just like that.  and for the next 6 nights i'll be sharing my bed. ugh...

so yeah...not starting great.  i've had some nausea meds and luckily (knocking on wood) have not had the gate to levels 8-10 of migrainelandia open and swallow me whole.  thank the goddesses and gods for that. 

i think i mentioned in my last post that i would have company this coming week?  well...he arrived this morning. 

meet my just turned 1year old nephew

(the nephew napping whilst i type up this post)

we are scheduled to delve into the depths of heat hell here starting tomorrow (yes, i know it gets hotter in other places, but it is all relative to where you live and your life experiences, isn't it?) and the week is to be in the high 90's to 100, with heat indexes to at least 110+. and with humidity so thick the air is like breathing chuncky soup.  my nephew and i will be staying in as much as possible.  we will have to walk twice a day, but for the most part, we'll be chilling right here in the a/c.

it's been so long, i've forgotten what it is like to live with someone else in the house. and i've already found a couple of things i've got to move and put somewhere else or he'll delve into it like crazy.  i'm feeling a lot out of sorts as i can't let anything happen to him. so i'm feeling more stress than i have in 15 years (back when i was working).

i know we'll be fine.  i'm just so unused to keeping my eyes peeled for them, i feel like i need to know where he is and what he's doing every second.  but...

look at those eyes!

those eyes...they remind me of my beastie boy.

my beastie boy - Dylan at Yule 2007

i figure this week, between having the nephew and looking after the kitties (with litter box duty, even though i was told not to worry about the litter boxes) i'll know whether or not i'd be able to handle having a pet again.

this seems to be his favorite location to hang out...

which was also, dylan's favorite place to hang out.  that paw on my arm says, "rub my belly, auntie!" and is so cute!

i suspect i'll spend most of the week just like that last photo.  maybe i can get some good movie watching and maybe some reading time in.  he's not a walker, i've been told.  i was really looking forward to going for walks with him early in the morning, but apparently if you try, you pretty much have to carry him or drag him along. haha.

anyhoo... i suppose that last photo is where i'll be all week.  but i'll get back when i can.

hope you have a great week. if it is super hellaciously hot in your area, do your best to stay cool, keep fighting the good fight, find some good trouble and be safe! 

love & kisses & magical wishes...

~*~ 

ps... here's the link to today MFTA if you're interested...