I was trying to describe this cute DIY necklace holder to mom. I looked at my phone and said to her, I think I need to do this in the bedroom. Take a yard stick… and make this necklace hanger. Mom starts giggling and says that is not where I was expecting that to go… needing a yardstick… in the bedroom. We laughed and laughed.
Monthly Archives: January 2024
When Algorithms Fail
Shopping on Thriftbooks and found these. Can you spot the outliers?
My Cat Still Likes Me
Since I’ve moved in here, with my chunky cat, she has not once come upstairs to be with me while I work or come upstairs to sleep in the bed with me. She quit sitting on the ottoman (which was partially my fault because I use the ottoman like a coffee table) and instead she’d go curl up beside mom or fall asleep on the couch. If I had been going through a depressive episode, I would have been in tears thinking that she didn’t like me (I know from past experience). But Friday, it all changed. She came upstairs!! And then she spent all day in bed watching me work. Then she came to bed that night. And when I thought she had abandoned me to go eat kibble, I found her sleeping on the floor at the foot of the bed. I thought it might have been a fluke but last night she came to bed again. My cat still likes me!
Resolutions?
Happy New Year!
I used to do resolutions, usually “I’m going to lose weight,” but I don’t any more. By not setting resolutions, I don’t beat myself up for a lapse or complete failure of following a resolution. In the past few years it seems like I join a weight loss website or app every January. But it’s not really a resolution. The holidays are finally over and I can focus on my health again. This year, I’m trying to get back with my dietician and continue what I started last August. I gave up late October for the remainder of the year. After talking with family, therapist, and nurse practitioner, I decided that it was too much stress at the beginning of SAD. I think trying to start something on 1/1 that you wouldn’t start later in the year is asking for failure. 1/1 isn’t some magic date for me. It’s just another day.
Is January 1 significant to you? Have you ever kept a resolution? What helped?
2023 Photos Year in Review
I was going through my photos from this year. There were many memes and even more cat photos, some embroidery and some paintings, and a few other occasions too. Compared to previous years, my photos of the year were somewhat anemic, unless we were talking about the trips.
This year was marked by two wonderful trips. The first was a trip of a lifetime to Scotland and Ireland with my dear family. There was a transatlantic flight, a ride on the Harry Potter train in Scotland, a proposal, beautiful cliffs of the Wild Atlantic Way, and a trip to an aquarium in Dingle, Ireland. Later in the year was the cruise with Justin where we got to reconnect with each other after being apart for some time. A new year’s resolution for 2024 is to take more photos.
My Plucky Life 