A new home....

As Google continues to make changes (um, delete services), it's time for me to move this blog over to WordPress. I hope you will continue to follow me there (you will need to subscribe again, sorry).

3 D's - Declutter, Destash, Dispose

I have a bad habit. When I find something I like in clothing, I tend to buy multiples. I even get two of the same color because, you know, things wear out. 

Childhood chores...

What do you remember being told to do as a young child that you absolutely hated to do?

Music moves me

Music through the decades and the memories they evoke....

Cozy or not...take two

Yesterday we chatted about books being cozy. Nice, but doesn't give me a cozy feeling. What are some things that do make me feel cozy?

Cozy...or not

When is a cozy book not a cozy? What is a clean mystery that doesn't fit the general criteria of a cozy?

Three Things Challenge #M347

Once again, I am joining in the Three Things Challenge. Here are the instructions: 

Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly.

Today's words are: BLANK, BLINK, SPECTACLES

How I got a nickname....

Whenever I mention my nickname, Froggi, I get asked how I got it. I then ask if they want the short story that isn't true or the long story that is. It's a 50-50 shot which they ask for. You get both.

What am I good at?

I was inspired to answer this question thanks to another blog post, No Second Guessing. Here are my thoughts...

Share Your World - May 29, 2023

Once again I am participating in the Share Your World challenge.
You can learn more and see the instructions HERE.

Three Things Challenge #M338

One of the blogs I now follow, thanks to the April A-Z Challenge, posts the Three Things Challenge. Here are the instructions: 

Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly.

Today's words are: SHELTER, PLACE, HIDE

Share Your World - May 23, 2023

Once again I am participating in the Share Your World challenge.

You can learn more and see the instructions HERE.

Three Things Challenge #M332

One of the blogs I now follow, thanks to the April A-Z Challenge, posts the Three Things Challenge. Here are the instructions: 

Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly.

Today's words are: RESTED, SLEEPY, HOLLOW

Share Your World - May 15th

Share Your World

It's Monday and Share Your World time. I enjoyed doing this last week and thought I'd participate this week as well. Enjoy!

Sleep is highly overrated...

Not really...but I wish it were. My sleep pattern has gotten crazy this last year. 

Not today...

Wednesday night, I got no sleep, but did take a two hour nap during the day. Last night I managed to sleep nine hours. Yay.

Yay, until 1:00-ish when I got my optical aura. For years, I never got the headache afterwards. That changed a couple years back. Now 50-60% of the time the aura is followed by a headache.

Today I'm the loser - getting off the computer and letting the TV watch me. I just started binging Heartland.

Are you binge-watching anything in particular?

Three Things Challenge #M325

One of the blogs I now follow, thanks to the April A-Z Challenge, posted the Three Things Challenge. Here are the instructions: 

Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly.

Today's words are: DOGS, PLANET, RIBBON

Forks and Spoons

I have a quirk. A quirk that can be irritating at times. But a necessary quirk.

Share Your World - May 8 2023

Share Your World

I'm doing something a little different, a blog hop post. I used to do a lot of these but over the years have drifted away. One of my new A to Z friends posted her thoughts today and it got me to looking at the host. I think I will do these more often. Thank you to the post today on J Dub's Grin & Bear it blog.

Spring Allergies - Achoo!

Runny noses, itching eyes, post-nasal drip, ticklish throat, sneezing all day - it's that time of year. 

Jewelry over the years....

Over the years, my jewelry box has changed as have my habits. As a teenager in the 60s, jewelry was kept to a minimum. Maybe some pearls for special occasions, but that was it. 

Tickled - NOT!

I was actually TICKED late yesterday. The day started out on a slightly sour note and went downhill.

Cooking OOPS! Souping up the soup!

Yesterday I posted about a soup I was making and the OOPS I had with the pepper. 

Soup's on!

Believe it or not, I had made soup once before we moved to Ecuador. I was in my young 20s and living in New Hampshire. I decided to make some corn chowder. It was delicious but I never made it again (blame it on a bad marriage and too many moves).

Day is done...

Growing up in Massachusetts, I went to Girl Scout camp for two weeks every August. My mother had been the camp nurse when I was very young and I attended even then. 

Challenges and deadlines...

I've always loved challenges and I've always worked best under a deadline. In high school, I often waited to the last minute on big projects and still got an A. Makes me wonder what might have happened if I started earlier. 

Who's old?

I've always said I couldn't possibly be a senior because I was never middle-aged. Middle-age was always at least ten years older than me. Well, that argument went out the window when I hit 70. There's something about being a septuagenarian that changes your perspective.

From Rings to Weddings

Yesterday I talked about our rings. Today, there was a comment in my blog post for the letter W in the April A to Z Blog Challenge and the wedding photo I included. I told the commenter there was a story behind our dress and I would have to share it in a post. So here goes... 

Rings - a journey for eternity

A friend posted about the their wedding and rings for the letter V for vows in the April A to Z Blog Challenge. That brought to mind my journey with rings.

Fashion Fuss

Aren't you glad I moved on to a new letter? Actually, I'm tail-gating piggy-backing on yesterday's post: Clothing - Clothes?

Clothing - Clothes?

Did you know clothing is the clothes people wear? Huh, confusing, isn't it. Then there is cloth like in facecloth or the cloth you buy to make clothing (or make clothes?). And we can't forget closet, which has no connection with clothes/clothing. It came from the French word 'closet' for small enclosure.

Moving on...Nope! Coffee is the next letter C word

Anyone who has known me for very long, knows I love coffee. I'll continue drinking, even after it's gotten cold (I do have a Mr. Coffee warmer on my desk). I'm not big on foo-foo drinks but I do love a good iced cappuccino. And I do enjoy McDonald's coffee - senior size with two cream and two sugars. 

Comments - Please don't be Anonymous

I love to read and reply to your comments but would really love it if you weren't anonymous. And that's easy to fix. Just click the little arrow beside the word Anonymous and you can use a Google account if you'd like, or just simply add your Name (first is fine) but the URL for your website it toadily optional.

{And I got to use another letter C...}

Counting…

I can be a compulsive counter. 

Not just to go to sleep where I've been known to count to one hundred in Spanish, but when walking. 

Comfort, Comfortable, Comforting

Comfort. Comfortable. Comforting. Yes, I'm still stuck on the letter C.

Cruising thru...

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I enjoy cruising (yes, still stuck on the letter C). My first cruise was in October 1989 with my late husband. It was only a three day cruise on the original Carnival Mardi Gras. Piedmont Airlines and USAir had just merged and the combined frequent flyer points paid for the cruise (wouldn't see that nowadays) and it became a late honeymoon for us.

Colors

Yes, I'm still on the letter C...

As a child, my mother loved to dress me in reds. So much, in fact, that as an adult I avoided red for many years. My favorite color was warm blues. I wore a LOT of blue clothes. One day I found a sale on a red suit. As a professional, I needed suits and when they were on sale, I would grab them.

This was a turning point, I fell in love with red again and that love has lasted over forty years. Blue? Not so much. I now find myself avoiding clothing in blues. I have also discovered I need warm reds, not cool reds. If you've ever dabbled with what season you are, you understand. I am pretty sure I am a warm autumn.

So what are my favorite colors right now? What colors am I using to build a capsule wardrobe in mostly wool? Teals, olive greens, burgundy/mauve, with a dash of neutrals (black, white, gray). Accessory colors are in warm red and coral colors. I even have Allbirds Wool Runner shoes in burgundy and teal!

Yes, I know there are blues in the chart that are good for me, but I'm just not there. Oh, and I do have a short-sleeve merino tee-shirt in a light lavender that isn't on the list, but I love it (and it's a Woolx tee and they are so awesome).

Have you ever had your seasons done (or tried to do them online)? What are your favorite clothing colors?

Cozy Comfortable Cuisine

 

I'm not talking about cooking or the food, I'm talking about the environment. Recently someone reminded me about one of our favorite spots to eat dinner when we lived in Cuenca, Ecuador. 

C or See Me

Have you ever felt invisible? I have. Not most times. In fact, I sometimes feel too visible. Most of my life I worried about how I looked, how I sounded, how I appeared to others. Now in my 70s, I worry less about what others think of me. I'm still me. I haven't changed. Well, except for looking older...

Compliments & Kindness

I thought about this incident last night before I fell asleep. On a recent cruise, a younger woman we met (maybe in her 40s) said this to me after meeting Stu and I and chatting a while. "I don't mean to be mean, but I thought you were his mother." Um, really?

Crosswords & Jigsaws

Growing up, I always envied my mother's skill at crossword puzzles. We got a daily newspaper from Boston (probably the Globe) and she did it every day. She also had the small paperbacks of crosswords and I soon started working them as well. I was a voracious reader by age ten and did pretty well at adult crosswords by age twelve. I haven't done many in the past years and I miss it.

Compulsions, Perfectionism, Procrastination & Control

Image by John Hain from Pixabay

I tend to be somewhat compulsive in certain areas. Am I OCD or just trying to keep control? Perfectionism is a sign of needing to control things. I used to have two recurring nightmares. In one, I would go completely blind unexpectedly.

Crooked....

My body seems to have an affinity to crooked seams. I remember wearing stockings with seams (many years ago) and it was always difficult to get them straight. Now it's my newer leggings with seams. I pull them on straight, I swear I do, but next thing I know, they're crooked. 

Ramblings, Musings, Thoughts, & Miscellanea

Now that my 100 Day Wool& Challenge is done, this blog is returning to its original purpose - my ramblings, thoughts, musings, and other miscellanea.

I deleted a bunch of old posts when I changed the purpose of the blog temporarily and I changed  favicon and the theme layout as well. So now it's time to change it all back to something that works with for this purpose.

Let me know what you think!

Thoughts & Takeaways - 100 Day Wool& Challenge

 

My 100 Day Photos

I really enjoyed this challenge even though I was basically team basic all the way through. It's been an interesting 100 days. Here are a ten thoughts and ten takeaways both from wearing my Wool& Everett tunic for 100 days and from buying and wearing a lot of other wool items.