Rain

The one day after I got to work it started raining like crazy

The wind was blowing and it was coming down in sheets sideways

You can't tell from the pictures but it was pouring. Across the street a guy was filling gas cans and even though he was under a canopy he had to have gotten soaked with the way the wind was blowing the rain

The guilty party.

As I'm writing this post on 8/14 I am still without a computer and still relying on my phone and iPad to do everything. Let me just say I hate that. Im a desktop girl all the way.

This is the HP all in one desktop that has caused many hours of frustration

When it worked it was great but now it just sits there and mocks me.

Ive given up trying to fix it and have been looking for something to replace it. Im overwhelmed by the options and can't commit to anything.

The worst part is not being able to use my Cricut machine. I can only connect it with a USB  cable as it's an older machine.

Drawings year 3 week 7

On a long Thursday

Im alone now in the office 2 or 3 days a week. My manager comes two days every week and the division president comes once every week or every two weeks. I think for him it depends on how busy he is. 

Any way Thursdays are the long days and I'm usually alone. I decided I needed to get out of the office on my lunch break so I went to Hobby Lobby.

They had way too much Christmas stuff out for my liking

Then I took one very blurry picture going down the main aisle to get to the scrapbook paper

Oops. That one is sideways. I thought I took care of that but I guess i missed that one.

While I was there I bought more paper that I did not need and some sentiment stamps which I also did not need 

At a stop light

Im getting desperate for blog material. While sitting at a stop light I grabbed a couple pictures of the plants they had in their landscaping

Im still using my phone to write posts so that could be contributing to the lack of quality. Then again I'm not sure many of j y posts could qualify as quality content. I think they are mainly because my brain yells me I must post

Fan-tastic

A bit of a nonsense post today. At work I took a picture of the little fan I bought for my desk. Then I did an arts edit in my phone

on a boring day at work

I spend a lot of time looking out the window and watching the world go by. Sometimes I see things that might be good enough to use for a blog post.

What kind of parking is this?

 Then across the street there was a van that said Mobile Repair Unit. He was all set up to work on a car over there.  He even has an awning on his van

This post and yesterdays were done on my phone which i hate doing. All my pictures upload sideways for some reason. I did discover if I crop them first they'll upload right. Hopefully by the time this publishes I'll have my computer fixed. As of the time I'm writing this I'm relying on my phone and my iPad I'm waiting for the weekend to try again to fix it.

Ditch garden

It's always interesting to see what is growing in the ditches. It changes depending on the time of year. Right now you a lot of Queen Anne's Lace. I snapped a quick picture out my window while I was waiting at a stop light

August happy mail card

 For the August happy mail card I used the same card sketch that I used on the birthday cards I posted the other day.

Again I just changed the papers that I used.

And I used a different stamp for the inside. 

Drawings year 3 week 6

 

One year gift.

 The one day at work the UPS guy came in with a package that was addressed to me. It was a gift from the company for my one year anniversary. As of July 21 I have been there one year.

Birthday cards.

Wade's youngest daughter's birthday is in August. I send all his kids birthday cards.

This is the one that I made for her

And here is the inside. Actually that is the inside of the second card that I made. I did two using different papers

The front of the second card.

I decided to try using card sketches to come up with different ideas for cards. I also used a stamp for the inside of this one instead of hand writing or printing. 

Fire or not

 I left work the one day just as a text came in. I noticed it was from Amanda so I thought I would just wait till I got home to read it.

I get home read the text

A: That white house by the funeral home burnt down today. I just heard about it

Me: What funeral home

A: Um..the one by your house. Mattera. I couldn't remember the name for a second

Me: It's still there

A Oh I haven't been down there to see

Me:

Where did you hear that

A: Hid dad told him But I'm glad they didn't lose their house too

Me: What's his dad been smoking?...LOL

I see the oddest things

 I must say that where I work, I tend to see the oddest people and things sometimes. I'm sitting there at my desk and I looked out the window.

One of those guys who stands on the corner with his cardboard sign asking for money was walking down the street. He was using a doll stroller to push a couch cushion. He took it down to his corner and I'm assuming was using it to sit on.

Oh and that building across the street? That used to be a drive thru bank. There has been at least one homeless guy who has been using that as his place to land at night. His stuff has been there and he hangs out there sometimes. The other day the police were there and then he moved on. I'm assuming they told him he couldn't stay there. 

Tires

 So I told you I had to buy new tires for my car to pass inspection. This time the receipt is going in the glove box and I took a picture of it.

Not sure why it says 4 tires because I only bought 2.

Anyway, I had made arrangements with the garage to bring my car back on the following Wednesday so they could put the new sticker on. I said around 4 and the guy said that was fine.

I left work early that day, get there and he tells me "I can't do it today, can you come back tomorrow?"

I told him no, I left work early today and I called and made arrangements for it to be done today. He asked if I had my paper work with me, which I did. He went in his office wrote everything up and then put the new sticker on. I don't know why he thought he couldn't do it that day. 

Around the yard

 I took another stroll around the yard to take some pictures. Mainly just weeds but it's what's out there. But first we start by looking up into my favorite tree

The next two were little flowers that were growing out in the yard along with the grass

The rest is from the property adjacent to mine which is owned by the doctors office

Miscellaneous stuff

 One day while I was at work I spotted this truck stopped in traffic. Not crazy about the color of it but it's a nice looking old truck

I spotted these on Facebook and thought they were so cute. Maybe I'll try and make some this year.

This is another thing I spotted on Facebook. I should go through this list and get rid of things. I've got a lot of things mentioned on this list. About the only one I don't keep is boxes, "in case I return it"

In other news my computer isn't working. I got a week's worth of posts scheduled Sunday morning and then in the afternoon I don't know what happened but I can't even get windows to open. I don't think I can blog from my phone. As it is I hate doing emails and blog reading on my phone. If I go quiet that is why. 

Thank goodness for PTO

 It seems like all I do anymore is leave early, come in late or take the entire day off. It's a good thing I have PTO and an understanding boss. 

Now that it's just me in the office 3 days a week they allow me to close the office early if I have an appointment. I just have to put a sign on the door.

After this one there is another day I'm leaving early, one I'm coming in late and then I'm taking the whole day off on the 11th of this month. 

Hello August. Here's hoping you are better than July

 Here we go starting another month already. Time is just moving by way too fast.

July wasn't really that great of a month for me. I struggled with trying to get answers from my doctor about my hip, I had co pays going out like crazy and when I took my car in for inspection it failed which cost me a small fortune. 

I had taken the day off for my inspection because I go to a local garage and drop it off the night before. When they called me and told me I needed two new tires I thought maybe they had the wrong car because I had just put 4 new tires on it in April of 2025. Nope, not the wrong car. Plus it also needed brakes and rotors.

I called the place that I got tires from and they said there wasn't much they could do since I didn't have my paperwork from when I bought the last tires. I told them just get me two new tires so I can pass. Friday 7/24 I left work early so I could get those put on. Took a pic while I waited.

I probably should have replaced all 4 tires but I really couldn't afford it with all the other things I've paid for. Plus I have my taxes due the end of this month which is another $900+. 

Then and now

 Last year my hydrangea didn't have nearly as many blooms as they have in past years. This was taken July 15, 2025

This year not one single bloom. Sorry about the blurry picture. It makes me sad that there aren't any flowers on them. The plants themselves are very healthy looking.