My Chaotic Realm

 The joys of using a paper planner? When I sit down at (what I think is) the end of my day to jot down notes in my planner. My planner is a catch-all, meaning it is where I do memory-keeping and journaling,  along with daily tasks, schedules and appointments. So, after dinner this evening, I sat down, opened my planner to this week, and saw, right there, plain as day: Grid/Blog/Journal. Well, the grid is outside, the journaling has been done, but I had forgotten about blogging. Thank you, paper planner!! October went by so fast that I am not sure what happened? But, thanks to my paper planner, I can look back to see. October 1st we went to Jones Park to watch the Sea of Stars show. That was cool! They used lit drones to make shapes in the sky before finishing with fireworks. On the 2nd I went to get tested for COVID because 1) I was running fever, achy, etc, and 2) one of my new patients tested positive his 2nd treatment. I was not, thankfully, just allergies that had to run t...

Managed to get the work schedule posted for May (finally) and guess what? There are now 10 people on it!! So hopefully no more working 4 or 5 days a week. Yes, while the pay may be nicer than a 3 day week it takes its toll on the body & the spirit when I work too much. No art time makes me sad. No beach time, no Bud time... all of these snowball into a cranky chaotic mess! Not to mention I had to cram Monday & Tuesday workouts into one (done this morning) and STILL have to complete the workout for today. UGH. I have started on the 1st of my Mixed media Windows. It is cleaned up, sanded here and there (want to leave it distressed and aged looking) and the glass has been caulked back in. Keep in mind these windows are the original ones to our house and as such they are older than I am. Today is my day off and I am planning to do the Scrap Our Stash challenge today. Also on the horizon (hopefully today) is Mike Deakin's Mission Inspiration challenge for April. Saturd...