Childhood Soda Poem

I have no idea why....but while I was brushing my hair this morning, a little poem we used to say as kids popped into my head...who remembers this?

Coca Cola went to town
Pepsi Cola knocked him down
7-Up picked him up
& Took him to Dr. Pepper.

June 2023 Project Life Pages

 Whew, I have been busy....I haven't even had time to post my June Project Life pages and July is almost over!!

So...in case anyone is interested, here are my June pages.

Highlights include: A visit with my FAMILY in Florida, Indigo Girls Concert, Bastille, Nile Rogers & Chic & Duran Duran Concert and a visit to the Museum of Illusion.

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Project Life - May 2023

I have been super busy and have ignored by blog and just yesterday, I realized I hadn't posted my May Project Life pages...so...here they are.  You can click on them to enlarge.

 

 

 

 

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Father's Day - Since the Year 2012

 

Project Life - April 2023

Here are my Project Life pages for April 2023.  Click on the photo to enlarge.

 

 

April 2023 Check In

 

 

April 2023 has come and gone.  Weather-wise it was a beautiful month.  We had some rain, but not too much and we've had beautiful sunny, breezy days with temperatures in the 60s, which is perfect for me!

I really love this time of year when the temperature is mild, the days are sunny, the flowers and trees are blooming and everything is turning so green.

As a result, I took 2 day trips this month, one day through the Georgia counties of Forsyth, Dawson and Lumpkin and another trip through the Georgia counties of Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson and Banks.

I just can't explain how much I love taking these little trips and riding through the back roads.  It just reminds me of the God's beauty.  Each of these trips have a little motive - to see the county seat's courthouse, but I do enjoy walking around the squares and driving around the towns and seeing a little more.  I know I don't get to see EVERYTHING I would like but I do like to get home before dark so therefore I need to mindful of how much time I spend in each town.  

But that is a post (or multiple posts) for another day.

So...how did April go?

Three months of 2023 have already passed us by...my goodness!! So, time for a check in.

The main thing happening in the news is about Donald Trump's indictment. I won't really go into that though since I like to keep my blog a happy place and political talk never makes me happy.

I've been super busy at work...I had planned to retire at the end of March, but decided to push it back until the end of July.  That will be here before you know it though.  In ways I don't feel ready but in ways I am way past ready.  Either way, I know God has me in His hands and everything will all work out okay.

So let's check in on things.

Bible/Prayer Time:I've slacked a lot in my daily Bible reading - I want to get back on track, but since I've fallen behind, I feel it is hard to catch up.  I think I will just pick up where I am "supposed" to be and start from there.  I mean there is nothing that says I have to read the Bible in a particular sequence. Praying time, on the other hand, boy, there has been a lot to pray about this month...mostly for friend's and co-worker's family members, so many people dealing with a lot of health issues.

Crafty Time: Okay - I did crochet a little but often when I sit down to get started, here comes one of my kitty cats wanting to sit on me and receive love and attention.  Well..I have my whole life to crochet, but time with my kitty cats is limited and I believe you should give living beings attention more than non-living things, so I put my crochet aside.  I did paint a new door hanger for my sister, even though she didn't ask for it.  I think she liked it but I hope she doesn't feel obligated to use it if she doesn't want to.

Healthy Time: Uh...just okay.  I haven't been eating very balanced meals.  I haven't been eating bad, just haven't been getting in enough fruits and veggies.  My main exercise has been walking around towns in north and north-east Georgia.

Project Time:I took a step to order something I need for my next project.  I ordered it on April 6th and it was to be delivered on April 24th and as of today, the status says "processing".  I'm beginning to doubt it will ever be shipped so I may end up canceling but I really want those things so I can do my next home project.

This month I only read 2 books but they were both rather long books, one was 360 pages and the other was 464 pages.  I'm not sure which one I want to review this month since they were both really good books - maybe I will do a brief review on both?

March 2023 Book Review

 Last month I completed 4 books

1) Lucky Suit by Lauren Blakley

2) Murder on an Irish Farm by Carlene O'Conner

3) Inside Out by Demi Moore

4) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Harry Potter book was a re-read.  I decided I want to re-read all the Harry Potter books, as it has been over 20 years since the first book was released. Plus, I love them.  

I didn't realize Lucky Suit was actually part of a series (The Guys Who Got Away #6), perhaps that is why I didn't really enjoy it much.

Murder on an Irish Farm is also part of a series (do you sense a theme so far).  It is book #8 of the Irish Village Mystery books.  Now these, I have read them all and I LOVE them.  They are what you call "cozy murder" mysteries.  The book is rather light-hearted, even though someone has been murdered.  But you are invested in the person that is murdered, but rather the main character of Siobhán O'Sullivan and how she goes about solving the crime.

I decided to select Demi Moore's 2019 biography "Inside Out" to review.  It was rather short, as far as biographies go (262 pages).  

Overall, I thought it was good.  I enjoyed it.  I do feel like she left a lot out though.  For instance, while she talks about how she met the men in her life (Emilio, Estevez, Freddy Moore, Bruce Willis, Ashton Kutcher), she doesn't get too personal into how she felt with them or give any personal details about their lives together and their breakups.  She kind of keeps it on the surface.

She talks quite a bit about how her parents were drug addicts and alcoholics and how she too, had problems with both drugs and alcohol.  She doesn't really seem to blame her parents for her problems but it is clear she knows she didn't really have good role models in her life.

She practically raised herself once she became a pre-teen.  She does mention her early beginnings with modeling and film roles but again, didn't really offer much insight on how all that came to be.  She mentions she started modeling because a girlfriend told her how she could make some money.  She talks about her first movie major movie role and the experience of filming it (Blame It on Rio), but doesn't mention how she obtained the role or how she really got her start in the industry.  She just says "When I was filming Blame It on Rio...I met this person and I did this" but how did she get that role, how did she feel about it, was she happy about it? Excited? What made her want to go into the movie industry?

Several times throughout the book, she discussed her body issues. Isn't it hard to believe that someone as beautiful as her would have body issues? But it just proves that all women do.  It made me a bit angry at the industry and I know this goes on, but still...When she was in "One Crazy Summer" she said she had put on a little weight (reasons for this is explained in the book) but please...she was still amazingly thin and beautiful.  Honestly, she is NOT fat in this film!

 

But before she filmed her next picture, "St. Elmo's Fire", Joel Schumacher, told her she was too fat and needed to lose 20 pounds.  God Bless Her, she said, "I knew he was right", I was so fat!.  How sad that she thought she was fat! How awful that he said she had to lose 20 pounds! I bet your bottom dollar he didn't tell Emilio Estevez to lose 20 lbs before he would give him the role - UGH!! Such a double standard.

Also, didn't it tick you off how Mare Winngham's character, Wendy, was always saying things and others were saying things about her weight - like she was a huge blob or something..OMG, if Wendy was considered fat, I'd hate to know what that think of me...but I don't care and I digress...

Back to Demi's book...while she did tell some a few very personal stories, overall, it just felt like she kept it at the surface.

After reading about her parents and a few other adults in her life, I think she just really tries to protect her heart and by keeping things on the surface, this is how she protects herself, and honestly, I can't say that I blame her.