TUESDAY / DEC 31 / NEW YEARS EVE / BIRTHDAY / CANCEL PROP REC

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 31 2024

I SLEPT LATE. UP AT 7AM. 

HUBBY HAD ALREADY BEEN UP AND LET THE DOGS OUTSIDE FOR POTTY.

HUBBY HAD MADE BREAKFAST EGGS FOR THE DOGS & FED THEM. 

I CLEANED UP THE KITCHEN COUNTER AND PUT DIRTY DISHES IN DISHWASHER. I STARTED IT. 

I PUT DIRTY CLOTHES IN WASHER AND STARTED IT. THEN PUT CLOTHES IN DRYER.

KRL AND SPENCER CALLED AT 9AM TO WISH ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HUBBY CLEANED CAT LITTER. 

I BROUGHT THE GARBAGE CAN INSIDE BEHIND THE FENCE.

HUBBY WATCHED TV. 

I DID BOOKWORK FROM 10AM TO 11AM. 

I CLEANED OUT HUBBY'S EAR HAIRS WHILE HE WAS SITTING ON THE BACK PATIO.

HUBBY DUMPED THE WATER FOR THE DOGS. HE FILLED IT UP WITH CLEAN WATER.

I FILLED THE CAT BOWL IN THE FRONT BATHROOM WITH FRESH CLEAN WATER. 

I SAT ON THE SOFA FOR A WHILE AND RILEY CAME TO SIT WITH ME.

RILEY HELPING ME CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY

AT NOON, HUBBY HUNG UP THE TEAPOT CHIMES IN THE BACK PATIO. HE GOT THE LADDER OUT AND HUNG IT UP. I DID VIDEO.

HUBBY PUTTING UP CHIMES IN BACK YARD

AT 1PM, WE LOADED THE DOGS INTO THE FMF AFTER PUTTING ON THEIR COLLARS.

STOPPED TO GET MAIL. NEIGHBOR WAS NOT OUTSIDE.

DROVE TO TRACTOR SUPPLY. WE GOT DOG FOOD & PEPPERMINTS. 

WE STOPPED AT THE MESQUITE INFO CENTER AND WALKED THE DOGS. 

DROVE TO SMITH'S TO GET VINEGAR AND A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR ME. 

RED VELVET BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR ME

DROVE HOME UNLOADED GROCERIES. DOGS NAPPED. 

I DID BRIEF BOOKWORK. 

WE WATCHED A NEW SERIES SHOW BY GUY RITCHIE ON NETFLIX CALLED THE GENTLEMEN. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

I TOOK A COUPLE MARIJUANA GUMMIES, GAVE ONE TO HUBBY.

LET THE DOGS OUT FOR LAST POTTY.

WE WENT TO BED AT 10:30PM.

MONDAY / DEC 30 /

MONDAY

DECEMBER 30 2024

UP AT 6AM, HUBBY TOOK THE DOGS OUT FOR POTTY. I WENT POTTY AND BACK TO BED. 

HUBBY GOT UP AND MADE BREAKFAST FOR THE DOGS. I SLEPT UNTIL 7:10AM. RILEY KEPT JUMPING UP ON THE BED AND LICKING MY FACE.

I GOT UP AND DRESSED.

WENT TO THE KITCHEN TO MAKE A HOT EGGNOG LATTE FOR HUBBY, A PLAIN LATTE FOR MYSELF.

I CUT UP SOME CHICKEN AND ATE IT. 

THEN I CLEANED UP THE KITCHEN AND STARTED THE DISHES. 

HUBBY WARMED UP A BURRITO FOR HIMSELF.

LET THE DOGS OUTSIDE AGAIN.

HUBBY GOT A CALL FROM A CUSTOMER. CUSTOMER WAS RUDE CALLING AT 7:30AM. THEN HAD TO LECTURE HUBBY ON HOW TO MAINTAIN HIS RIG. 

HUBBY CLEANED THE CAT LITTER. 

I VACUUMED THE CAT LITTER. 

I STARTED PICKING UP XMAS DECOR FROM THE HOUSE TO PUT AWAY.

HUBBY GOT A CALL FROM A VENDOR - JUSTIN FROM REDNECK RAM.

I EMAILED COMPANY INFO TO THEM. 

HUBBY LEFT AT 8:45AM. HE TOOK THE KEURIG TO RETURN.

I CONDITIONED MY HAIR. 

I PUT CLEAN CLOTHES IN DRYER.

I PUT AWAY CLEAN CLOTHES. I PUT AWAY CLEAN DISHES. 

I WENT OUTSIDE TO PICK UP DOG POO AND THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE CAN. 

SUNDAY / DEC 29 / NAPS / DOG WALK /

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 29 2024

UP AT 5AM; I WAS SWEATING IN THE BED. TOTALLY SOAKED. GOT UP AND WENT POTTY IN THE FRONT BATHROOM. 

I TURNED DOWN THE HEAT FROM 70F TO 68F.

I MADE HOT TEA FOR MYSELF IN THE MICROWAVE. 

CLEANED OFF THE TOP OF THE COOKTOP AND POURED MORE WATER IN THE POTPOURR.

I WENT TO DO BOOKWORK. PAID THE CITY OF MESQUITE WATER BILL.

HUBBY GOT UP BRIEFLY AT 5:45AM TO LET RILEY OUTSIDE FOR POTTY.

I HEARD RILEY BARKING. SHE WAS IN BED WITH TATER AND BITING HIS EARS. 

SO I WENT TO HELP HUBBY MAKE THE BED. HE TOOK THE DOGS OUT FOR POTTY.

I TOOK A NAP BECAUSE I WAS HURTING AND TIRED. MY FOOD HURTS BADLY. SPRAINED?

HUBBY OPENED THE FRONT DOOR FOR FRESH AIR.

CASABLANCA SPA CALLED AND SAID THAT KIM HAD CALLED IN SICK; WE CANCELLED OUR MASSAGES FOR TODAY.

I WOKE UP AND WE WATCHED A STEPHEN KING MOVIE.

DOGS SLEEPING ON SOFA

HUBBY CLEANED CAT LITTER AT 11:30AM. 

I ORDERED DOG LEASHES FROM HARBOR FREIGHT.

I ORDERED A FACE MASSAGER FOR MY BDAY PRESENT.

I ORDERED SOME ANKLE/FOOT BRACES FOR MY RIGHT FOOT THAT IS HURTING.

TATER'S SUNDAY NAP ON SOFA

TATER HAS TO NAP WITH A BLANKET, PILLOW, AND HEATING PAD. WHAT A SPOILED DOG.

I TOOK ANOTHER NAP ON THE SOFA. CATCHING UP ON THE SLEEP I HAVE BEEN MISSING OUT ON THIS WEEK.

WHEN I WOKE UP AT 4PM, I THOUGHT WE COULD WALK THE DOGS.

PUT COLLARS & LEASHES ON DOGS. WE WALKED DOWN TO THE NEW SUBDIVISION AND WALKED THEM IN GRASS. ON THE WAY, RILEY POOPED SPONTANEOUSLY ON THE SIDEWALK. I PICKED IT UP AND RUBBED DIRT ON THE SIDEWALK TO GET RID OF THE STAIN.

ON THE WAY BACK, WE PICKED UP THE POOP BAG.

AT HOME, WE WATCHED ABOUT ICF BLOCKS ON YOUTUBE TO BUILD THE NEW HOUSE .ON 

SATURDAY / DEC 28 / ST GEORGE / DOG DAYCARE / EAR PIERCINGS / COSTCO / AMMO / LUNCH

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 28 2024

UP AT 6AM. I FELL ASLEEP ON THE SOFA AGAIN.

HUBBY WAS ALREADY UP WITH THE DOGS AND HAD LET THEM OUT FOR POTTY.

HUBBY HAD FORGOTTEN AGAIN TO PUT MY JEANS IN THE DRYER AFTER I ASKED HIM LAST NIGHT. 

HE FINALLY PUT MY JEANS IN THE DRYER.

I WOKE UP AT 6:30AM AND MY JEANS WERE DRY. I GOT DRESSED AND MADE HUBBY A HOT EGGNOG LATTE. I MADE A PLAIN LATTE FOR MYSELF. IT WAS COLD OUT THIS MORNING.

HUBBY HAD ALREADY MADE THE BED. HE CLEANED CAT LITTER. I VACUUMED OUT THE ARMOIRE. 

I PUT DIRTY LAUNDRY IN WASHER. I PUT AWAY CLEAN DISHES. I CLEANED THE KITCHEN AND PUT MORE DISHES IN DISHWASHER.

I MADE EGG BITES IN THE AIR FRYER FOR MYSELF.

HUBBY WATCHED AUTOMOTIVE SHOWS ON YOUTUBE.

I WENT OUTSIDE TO PICK UP DOG POO. I PUT GARBAGE OUT IN THE GARBAGE CAN. 

HUBBY SCRUBBED OUR TOILET IN THE MAIN BATHROOM WITH THE NEW PUMICE STONES THAT I GOT FROM AMAZON. IT CLEANED THE TOILET STAIN!

WE PUT COLLARS ON DOGS AT NOON AND LEFT FOR ST GEORGE.

STOPPED AT CAR WASH BY WALMART AND WASHED THE CAR.

THEN WE DROVE TO ST GEORGE. TATER WAS PANTING. AND WHINING. 

WE GOT TO DOGTOWN AND DROPPED THE DOGS OFF. TATER WAS BARKING AS USUAL.

THEN WE DROVE AROUND. GOT A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF MEDUSA'S PIERCING. I WENT INSIDE TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK, SIGN, PICK OUT EARRING & DAITH. THE NICE GIRL ANNODIZED THEM IN DARK BLUE FOR ME. 

WE WAITED FOR A WHILE AND THEN RIO, THE PIERCER CAME OUTSIDE TO GET US AS WE SAT ON THE PATIO. 

RIO DID VERY WELL IN PIERCING. GOT MY DAITH DONE WITH NO PAIN. 

DAITH AND ADDITIONAL PIERCING; ANNODIZED IN DARK BLUE

I PAID AND GAVE HER A $35 TIP.

WE DROVE TO DROP OFF DONATIONS, BUT THEY WERE BACKED UP ABOUT 20 CARS IN LINE. WE DECIDED TO DO IT ANOTHER TIME. 

DROVE TO COSTCO AND GOT SOME GROCERIES. 

PUT GROCERIES IN FMF. 

DROVE TO AMMO STORE. BOUGHT AMMO. TWO FAT MOUTH-BREATHING BASTARDS WERE STANDING JUST OUTSIDE THE DOOR, BLOCKING IT AS WE WERE LEAVING. THE SELLER GUY HELPED HUBBY CARRY THE AMMO OUT THE DOOR AND HAD TO FIGHT TO GET THRU THESE TWO WEIRDOS JUST TO GET THRU THE DOOR THEY WERE BLOCKING. WHY ARE THESE WEIRDOS SO STUPID?

PRICES AT HSL AMMO STORE DEC 2024

WE LEFT THERE AND DROVE TO WASHINGTON, UT TO EAT AT RIGGATTI'S WOOD-FIRED PIZZA. WE GOT THE CHICKEN BACON RANCH. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. THE BBQ WAS SWEET AND OFFSET THE REST OF THE PIZZA. 

RIGGATTI'S MENU

CHICKEN BACON RANCH PIZZA AT RIGGATTI'S

PACKED OUR LEFTOVERS IN A BOX AND LEFT. 

DROVE TO DOGTOWN TO PICK UP THE DOGS. TATER WAS BARKING AGAIN.

I CARRIED RILEY OUTSIDE TO THE CAR. SHE REFUSED TO DRINK WATER. 

STOPPED AT ARBY'S. HUBBY WALKED INSIDE TO GET TWO BURGERS. NO MORE SPECIALS, SO 2 BURGERS WERE ALMOST $11 WITH SALES TAX.

GAVE TATER HIS GABAPENTIN SO HE COULD SLEEP AND NOT BE IN PAIN ON THE WAY HOME. 

STOPPED IN LITTLEFIELD TO GET LOTTERY TICKETS. HUBBY WENT INSIDE TO BUY THEM. 

WE DROVE TO MESQUITE AND GOT HOME. 

UNLOADED DOGS. LET THEM OUT FOR POTTY.

TATER & RILEY DRANK LOTS OF WATER. THEN TATER SETTLED DOWN FOR A NAP.

TATER NAPPING AFTER RIGOROUS DAY CARE ACTIVITY

WE UNLOADED CAR AND PUT GROCERIES AWAY. I GOT OUT ALL THE RECEIPTS FROM THE CAR. 

WASHED SOME PILLOWS FROM OUR BED, PUT OUT THE NEW PILLOW WE BOUGHT AT COSTCO. HUBBY WANTS HIS PILLOW AND DOES NOT WANT THE NEW ONE. SO WE HAD TO WASH IT. 

I PUT THE VIBRATOR MACHINE ON MY KNEE. WHEN I TOOK IT OFF AND GOT UP, I FELL DOWN ON MY RIGHT SIDE. I COULD NOT FEEL MY LEG. HURT MY RIGHT HIP AND THE TOP OF MY RIGHT FOOT.

LUPUS CAUSES FALLS

I DID BOOKWORK. I MADE MORE HOT TEA. I WARMED UP SOME BACON STUFFING ROLL-UPS. I CUT UP SOME CHICKEN TO EAT. I TOOK AN OXY FOR THE PAIN.

HUBBY WAS STILL WATCHING AUTOMOTIVE SHOWS ON YOUTUBE.

HUBBY CHANGED THE TV TO CORNER GAS. I COULD BARELY STAY AWAY.

I SOAKED MY FEET IN EPSOM SALTS. THEN I WENT TO BED AT 11PM. HUBBY CAME WITH ME. 

FRIDAY / DEC 27 / HUBBY GOES TO SHOP / GS NAILS / LOTTERY TICKETS

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 27 2024

UP AT 5AM. I WENT POTTY, GOT DRESSED. SAT ON THE SOFA FOR A WHILE.

HUBBY GOT UP WITH THE DOGS AT 6:30AM. 

I MADE HOT EGGNOG LATTE FOR HUBBY, HOT TEA FOR MYSELF. MY DIET SHOT IS WORKING AGAIN SINCE I UPPED THE DOSAGE AND I DO NOT WANT TO EAT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.

HUBBY MADE DOGS EGG BREAKFAST. 

I WENT OUTSIDE WITH THE DOGS TO PICK UP POO. THEY WENT PEE POTTY.

I HELPED HUBBY MAKE THE BED. DOGS SAT ON SOFA WITH HUBBY. 

I PUT DIRTY LAUNDRY IN WASHER AND STARTED IT.

I PUT CLEAN DISHES AWAY FROM WASHING THEM LAST NIGHT.

I CLEANED THE KITCHEN AND PUT DIRTY DISHES IN DISHWASHER.

HUBBY LEFT AT 8:45AM. I HAD TO GIVE HIM A CHECK FOR EMPLOYEE; THEN I WAS WORRIED ABOUT END OF YEAR PERMIT FOR CITY, BUT WE HAVE MONDAY TO PAY THEM. 

I DID BOOKWORK, PAID SALES TAXES, DID MBT, PAID EMPLOYEES.

I PUT MORE CLEAN CLOTHES AWAY. I PUT AWAY MORE CLEAN DISHES. 

I PUT EVERYTHING AWAY SO RILEY WOULD NOT CHEW THINGS WHILE I WAS GONE. I LEFT AT 2:30PM TO GET MY NAILS DONE. 

AT GS NAILS, I WAS EARLY. GOT BLOOD RED NAILS FOR NEW YEAR'S. 

NAILS

HUBBY MET MET AT 3:20PM, ANDY GAVE ME $10 TO GET LOTTERY TICKETS FOR HIM. HUBBY JUMPED IN THE JEEP WITH ME WHILE LEAVING THE FMF AT THE PARKING LOT. I DROVE TO SCENIC SO HUBBY COULD GET LOTTERY TICKETS. LOTS OF CARS PARKED THERE FOR THE $1BILLION LOTTERY JACKPOT. 

I BACKED IN AND WAITED FOR HUBBY. HE CAME OUT. 

I DROVE TO THE AMERICA FIRST CU SO WE COULD WIRE TRANSFER RENT FOR THE BUILDING TO LANDLORD. IT TOOK FOREVER. 

HUBBY COULD NOT FIND HIS BANK CARD EVEN THOUGH I TOLD HIM REPEATEDLY TO CHECK HIS BILLFOLD. HE FINALLY FOUND IT. HUBBY WAS ACTING LIKE AN IDIOT.

THEN SOME FUCKING STINKY OLD MAN THAT REEKED OF CIGARETTES STOOD NEXT TO US WITH ANOTHER TELLER. THE OLD FUCK HAPPENED TO BUMP INTO HUBBY WHILE HE WAS STANDING THERE. 

I DROVE TO GS NAILS AND GAVE ANDY HIS LOTTERY TICKETS.

HUBBY GOT IN THE FMF AND WE BOTH DROVE HOME.

AT HOME, DOGS WERE ANXIOUS TO SEE US. LET THEM OUT FOR POTTY.

HUBBY MADE ME A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH BECAUSE I WANTED CRAB RANGOONS, BUT SAMURAI 21 WAS NOT OPEN UNTIL 5:30PM.

I WAS SO TIRED, BUT COULD NOT SLEEP OR NAP ON THE SOFA. 

HUBBY WATCHED AUTOMOTIVE SHOWS ON YOUTUBE.

I STARTED FANNING MYSELF WITH A FREE CALENDAR BECAUSE THE CIGARETTE SMOKE SMELL WAS CHOKING ME.

FINALLY GOT DONE AT THE CREDIT UNION AND WE LEFT. 

I DROVE TO GS NAILS AGAIN AND GAVE ANDY HIS TICKETS.

HUBBY DROVE THE FMF HOME. I DROVE THE WHITE JEEP HOME.

AT HOME, WE LET THE DOGS OUT FOR POTTY.

I TOOK A COUPLE MARIJUANA GUMMIES, HOPING TO SLEEP TONIGHT.

WE WATCHED DIE HARD (XMAS MOVIE) AND WENT TO BED AT 10:30PM.

THURSDAY / DEC 26 / DAY AFTER XMAS 2024 / RETURNS DAY /

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 26 2024

I WOKE UP AT 5:30AM WITH INTENSE CRAMPS. I TOOK MANY ASPIRINS. I WENT TO TAKE A HOT BATH IN THE FRONT BATHROOM.

THEN I GOT OUT OF THE BATH, PUT MY DIRTY CLOTHES IN WASHER, AND LET RILEY OUTSIDE FOR POTTY.

I SAT ON THE SOFA FOR A WHILE, THEN GOT DRESSED. 

MADE HOT EGGNOG LATTE FOR HUBBY, HOT PLAIN LATTE FOR MYSELF. 

I PUT OUT TUNA FOR ALL THE CATS. 

TATER CAME OUT OF THE BEDROOM AND I LET BOTH OF THE DOGS OUT FOR POTTY AGAIN.

I PICKED UP DOG POO OUTSIDE. IT IS QUITE COLD AND OVERCAST. 

I MADE BREAKFAST EGGS FOR THE DOGS & FED THEM.

I CLEANED THE STOVETOP. I CLEANED SOME SHELVES IN THE FRIDGE. 

I WOKE HUBBY UP WITH GOOGLE PLAYING "GOOD MORNING STARSHINE". 

HUBBY WENT BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN. 

I TOOK OUT ALL THE GARBAGE IN THE PANTRY. 

I UNWRAPPED MY NEW VACUUM CLEANER I GOT FOR XMAS. I VACUUMED UP CAT LITTER ALL OVER THE HOUSE; ONE OF THE CATS HAD DECIDED TO PEE ON THE SIDE OF THE WOOD ARMOIRE. I HAD TO USE MR. CLEAN AND SOAK IT; THEN WIPED THAT OFF; THEN PUT A FAN ON IT TO DRY. 

HUBBY GOT UP AND MADE HIMSELF A BREAKFAST BURRITO. 

I MADE THE BED. PUT TATER'S DIRTY BLANKET IN THE WASH.

I PUT AWAY MORE CLEAN DISHES. I PUT CLEAN CLOTHES IN DRYER. 

I CLEANED OFF THE COOKTOP AGAIN. I PUT DIRTY DISHES IN DISHWASHER.

I BLOGGED.

HUBBY SAT DOWN TO WATCH AUTOMOTIVE SHOWS ON YOUTUBE.

RILEY SAT ON HUBBY'S LAP, TATER SAT NEXT TO THEM ON THE SOFA. THE DOGS TOOK AN AFTER-BREAKFAST NAP.

TALKING WITH GIRL ON FIVERR ABOUT DOING BLUEPRINTS FOR US.

PUT COLLARS ON DOGS. TOOK THE FMF TO GET MY DIET SHOT AT ENLIVEN. THEY ARE NOT OPEN FOR INFUSIONS TODAY. ONLY WEDNESDAYS. BUT NEXT WEDNESDAY IS A HOLIDAY - JAN 1. NEW YEAR'S DAY.

I TALKED TO A NICE WOMAN NAMED HOLLY AND HER HUSBAND. THEY HAD SEEN TATER (THE PITBULL) WHEN THEY CAME INSIDE. WE TALKED ABOUT DOGS. THEY HAD GONE TO GREGORY'S ON XMAS DAY. I ASKED HOW THE MENU WAS. THEY SAID IT WAS OK.

I GOT MY SHOT AND PAID MORE AS I UPPED THE DOSAGE.

THEN WE DROVE TO WALMART TO GET MILK, EGGS, BACON, BALL FOR RILEY, CAT LITTER, AND WATER SOFTENER SALTS (SINCE THE GUY WE PAID TO REFILL IT FOR A YEAR HAS NOT BEEN BACK IN A YEAR).

WALMART WAS A MAD-HOUSE. WE HAD TO GO IN THE GARDEN SECTION TO GET WATER SOFTENER SALTS AND THERE WERE 80 PEOPLE IN THE XMAS AISLES GRABBING EVERYTHING THEY COULD FOR 50% OFF. THE GUY KEPT TELLING EVERYBODY THAT IT WOULD BE 75% OFF TOMORROW.

I HAD LIFTED THE CAT LITTER & WATER SOFTENER SALTS BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT HUBBY TO HURT HIS SHOULDER; BUT I ENDED UP CUTTING MY MIDDLE FINGER ON MY RIGHT HAND. 

I NOTED THAT I WAS BLEEDING WHEN WE GOT TO THE CHECKOUT. I WENT TO THE BATHROOM TO CLEAN IT.

THEN I HELPED HUBBY CHECK OUT IN THE SELF-CHECKOUT LANES.

SOME STUPID WOMAN KEPT BACKING UP IN FRONT OF THE BATHROOMS AND I HAD TO LOUDLY SAY "EXCUSE ME" BECAUSE SHE WAS AN IDIOT. LOOKING UP AT THE WALL.

WE LEFT THERE AND PUT GROCERIES IN BACK SEAT OF FMF. 

TATER POPPED ONE OF THE BALLS RIGHT AWAY. THANK GOODNESS WE BOUGHT 2 FOR $5.

DROVE TO THE SOCCER FIELD ON HARDY WAY AND RILEY IGNORED THE BALL. SHE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

I LEFT THE BALL AT THE KIDS' PARK. 

I PICKED UP LOTS OF DOG POO FROM PEOPLE THAT HAD NOT PICKED UP THEIR OWN DOG'S POO.

WE LEFT. I WALKED ALL THE WAY AROUND WITH RILEY AS THERE WAS A FAMILY WITH 3 LITTLE GIRLS COMING IN AND THEY WANTED TO PET TATER.

WE LOADED THE DOGS INTO THE CAR AFTER HUBBY GAVE THEM WATER.

DROVE HOME.

UNLOADED GROCERIES. PUT WATER SOFTENER SALTS IN WATER SOFTENER. 

HUBBY MADE CRACKERS AND CHEESE BALL PLATE FOR ME. 

HUBBY MADE BACON STUFFING ROLL-UPS.

WE LET THE DOGS INSIDE AND OUT. HAD THE FRONT DOOR & BACK SCREEN OPEN FOR CROSS-VENTILATION OF AIR.

NICE DAY. WARM SUNSHINE. 

HUBBY ORDERED A NEW ELECTRIC FIREPLACE AS OURS HAD CEASED TO WORK. IT SHOULD BE HERE BY NEW YEARS EVE.

WE WATCHED VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE OF A COUPLE FROM TURKEY THAT GO ON VACATIONS IN THE WILDERNESS AND TEST CAMPING SUPPLIES. 

RATTLER STARTED WATCHING VIDEOS ABOUT BIRDS.

RATTLER WATCHING VIDEO ABOUT BIRDS

SAGE WAS SITTING ON THE STOVETOP AND WATCHING THE POTPOURRI. 

SAGE WATCHING POTPOURRI ON THE STOVETOP

WE WENT TO BED LATE - ABOUT 11:30PM.

WEDNESDAY / DEC 25 / XMAS ! / DOG WALK AT MESQUITE COMM CENTER

WEDNESDAY

DECEMBER 25 2024

XMAS

I WENT TO GET TATER'S DRIED BLANKET FROM THE DRYER AT 11:45PM.

THEN I COVERED HIM UP AND WENT BACK TO BED.

I COULD NOT SLEEP. RESTLESS. HOT. SWEATY.

UP AT 2:30AM. WENT TO SLEEP ON THE SOFA. IT WAS STILL TOO HOT. I COULD NOT SLEEP.

BRIEFLY SLEPT THEN WOKE AT 5AM WHEN THE DOGS NEEDED OUT. I PUT THEM OUT AND LET THEM BACK INSIDE. HUBBY WOKE UP WHEN TATER BARKED TO GET BACK INTO BED. 

I TOLD HUBBY THAT I HAD ALREADY PUT DOGS OUTSIDE.

I TRIED TO SLEEP ANOTHER FEW MINUTES, BUT GOT UP.

HUBBY HAD MADE THE BED. HE HAD FED THE DOGS THEIR EGG BREAKFAST.

XMAS 2024 TREE WITH PRESENTS

I GOT UP AND DRESSED. FOLDED MY BLANKET. 

MADE HOT EGGNOG LATTE FOR HUBBY, PLAIN LATTE FOR MYSELF.

THEN HUBBY MADE CINNAMON ROLLS IN THE XMAS BAKING PAN.

CINNAMON ROLLS IN XMAS TREE PAN

WE HAD CINNAMON ROLLS. WATCHED CHRISTMAS VACATION ON AMAZON PRIME.

I RAN DOWN TO THE MAIL BOX TO PICK UP HUBBY'S SOCKS THAT I ORDERED FOR HIM.

OPENED OUR PRESENTS. HUBBY WENT OVERBOARD GETTING TOO MANY JUNK GIFTS. 

WE PUT AWAY THE WRAPPING AND BOXES. 

RILEY PLAYED WITH HER NEW SHARK FROM RAVEN'S FAMILY.

RILEY & SHARK

I ASKED SOMEBODY ON FIVERR TO DO A 2D/3D BLUEPRINT FOR OUR HOME. 

AT NOON, WE RODE OUR MOTORBIKES. HUBBY HAD REPAIRED THE FRONT TIRE ON MINE, BUT THE BACK TIRE BLEW OUT AS I WENT AROUND A CORNER. HUBBY RODE IT HOME FOR ME AS IT WAS WOBBLING REALLY BADLY.

AT HOME, WE PUT THE BIKES AWAY.

PUT DOGS IN FMF AND DROVE TO THE REC CENTER IN TOWN TO WALK DOGS ON THE FIELD. RILEY POOPED. I HAD DOGGY POO BAGS THIS TIME TO PICK IT UP.

THEN WE STOPPED AT RAVEN'S TO DROP OFF THE ZIM'S MINI NUTCRACKERS. THEIR FAMILY HAS A COLLECTION OF NUTCRACKERS.

WE DROVE HOME. NOBODY ON THE ROADS. 

AT HOME, HUBBY MADE CARMELIZED ONIONS, LOBSTER, SHRIMP RING, SHRIMP SCAMPI, AND I MADE A CHACUTERIE BOARD. I FED MOST OF IT TO TATER. HE CAUGHT EVERY PIECE AS I THREW IT ACROSS THE SOFA TO HIM.

CARMELIZED ONIONS

SHRIMP SCAMPI

CHACUTERIE BOARD

HUBBY SAT DOWN TO WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS. 

RILEY SLEPT IN THE FRONT ROOM FOR HOURS. 

I PLAYED BALL WITH HER AT 5:30PM.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS EXHAUSTED. I HIT A WALL.

I LAID DOWN ON THE SOFA AND NAPPED.

AT 8:30PM, I WOKE UP. HUBBY WAS SNORING AND WATCHING HIS AUTOMOTIVE SHOWS ON YOUTUBE. 

I HAD TO GO SLEEP IN BED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I WOKE UP COMPLETELY. SO HUBBY RUSHED TO GET THE BED READY, FILLED MY WATER BOTTLE WITH ICE & WATER. 

I UNDRESSED AND FELL INTO BED. RILEY CAME TO BED WITH ME FOR A WHILE, THEN MUCH LATER HUBBY BROUGHT TATER TO BED AND LIFTED HIM UP.

I SLEPT UNTIL 2AM WHEN I WOKE UP AND HUBBY WAS SNORING ON THE SOFA. HE STILL HAD THE TV ON, SO I TOLD HIM TO TURN IT OFF. HE CAME TO BED.

TUESDAY / DEC 24 / XMAS EVE /

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 24 2024

CHRISTMAS EVE 

UP AT 6AM WITH RILEY AND PUT HER OUT FOR POTTY. THEN I HAD TO PEE & POO. 

BACK TO BED BY 6:30 AND SLEPT WITH MY ARM AROUND HUBBY UNTIL 6:45AM. 

WE GOT UP AND LET THE DOGS OUT AGAIN. 

HUBBY MADE EGG BREAKFAST FOR DOGS AND FED THEM. 

I MADE A HOT EGGNOG LATTE FOR HUBBY, HOT PLAIN LATTE FOR MYSELF.

I CLEANED UP THE KITCHEN; PUT MORE GARBAGE IN THE BAG-READY TO GO OUT TO THE GARBAGE CAN OUTSIDE. I PUT THE ENVELOPE WITH $ FOR THE GARBAGE MAN ON THE COUNTER. 

THE GARBAGE MAN CAME AND I RAN OUT TO GIVE HIM HIS XMAS GIFT. 

IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE THIS MORNING. DARK CLOUDS. 

DARK CLOUDS IN MORNING

AT 8:30AM, WE DROVE TO THE SHOP WITH THE DOGS IN THE FMF. GOT FUEL AT THE CONOCO STATION ON THE CORNER. THEN WE MET JOHNATHAN AT THE SHOP AND HE FIXED THE TIRE ON MY MOTOR BIKE. 

OUT ON XMAS EVE

WE DROVE TO THE USPS, HUBBY HAD TO MAKE A U-TURN WHERE A SEMI WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WHERE THE GREEK RESTAURANT IS; A CAR WAS IN FRONT OF HIM SO HE WAS STUCK. 

WE GOT TURNED AROUND FINALLY AND DROVE BACK TO THE USPS WHERE HE COULD DROP OFF HIS RETURNS FOR AMAZON.

WE DROVE TO THE LITTLE STORE IN SCENIC WHERE HUBBY RAN INSIDE TO GET LOTTERY TICKETS. 

WE DROVE BACK TO SMITH'S TO GET HUBBY'S MEDS. 

THEN WE STOPPED TO WALK THE DOGS AT THE INFORMATION CENTER. 

DOG WALK AT INFO CENTER

DROVE BACK TO SAMURAI 21 TO SEE THE NOTICE ON THE DOOR. THEY ARE OPEN TODAY, BUT CLOSED ON XMAS. WE WANT TO ORDER CRAB RANGOONS FOR XMAS DAY.

DROVE TO WALMART AND PICKED UP GROCERIES. MILK, EGGNOG. HUBBY DEPOSITED HIS CHECKS.

RILEY'S HEAD OUT THE WINDOW WITH THE WIND UP HER NOSE

STUPID OLD FUCKING MAN AT THE CORNER WITH HIS SIGNS AGAIN. I GAVE HIM THE FINGER EVERY TIME WE DROVE BY. 

WE THEN DROVE TO TRACTOR SUPPLY. 

BEFORE GOING INSIDE, WE TRIED TO FIT INTO THE TINY JEEPS THEY ARE SELLING OUT FRONT. HUBBY WANTS TO BUY ONE AS THEY ARE ALL THE RAGE!

MINI JEEPS AT TRACTOR SUPPLY $6000

PICKED UP A PINK PIG BECAUSE HUBBY CALLED IT GAY. I WILL REMIND HIM EVERY XMAS THAT WE BOUGHT THAT PIG ONLY BECAUSE HE SAID THE WORD GAY. 

PINK XMAS PIG

ALSO BOUGHT PEPPERMINT CANDIES FOR ME. I HAVE TO QUIT THOSE. THEY ARE MAKING ME FAT AGAIN.  BOUGHT STUFFED XMAS TREE & SNOWFLAKE FOR THE DOGS. I SQUEAKED THEM AND SOME YOUNG GUY WALKING BY SAID "DO IT AGAIN" AND HIS WIFE ANSWERED "IT WASN'T ME". I SQUEAKED IT AGAIN AND SHE SAYS THAT NOISE TURNS HIM ON. I TOLD HER TO BUY HIM A STUFFED XMAS TREE. BUY TWO! THEY LAUGHED.

STUFFED XMAS SNOWFLAKE

STUFFED XMAS TREE

WE FINALLY DROVE HOME. ONE MORE FINGER TO THE OLD MAN. FUCKING DIE, OLD MAN!

AT HOME, HUBBY UNLOADED GROCERIES. I PUT DOGS OUTSIDE FOR POTTY AND TOOK OFF THEIR COLLARS. 

I PUT GROCERIES AWAY.

HUBBY CAME INSIDE AND MADE BACON STUFFING ROLL-UPS. IT MADE THE HOUSE SMELL GOOD. WE LISTENED TO XMAS MUSIC BY BROKEN PEACH ON YOUTUBE.

I UPDATED OUR PLANS FOR THE NEW HOUSE IN OREGON.

I ORDERED MORE BLACK LONG SLEEVE TRENDY QUEEN SHIRTS FROM AMAZON. 

I THREW BALLS FOR RILEY. HUBBY FINALLY SAT DOWN ON THE SOFA AT 2:20PM.

AMY, OUR NEIGHBOR, CAME OVER WITH A LITTLE BOX OF CANDIES FROM DANIELLE'S. SHE SAID THEY ARE PLANNING ON STAYING IN THE HOUSE WEARING PAJAMAS ALL DAY TOMORROW.

WE WATCHED SOME SHOWS ON YOUTUBE. ONE ABOUT A GUY WEATHERING A CABIN ON LAKE SUPERIOR WITH HIS DOG IN A LITTLE AIRB&B CABIN & OUTHOUSE. IT WAS CUTE. 

THEN WE WATCHED SOME A/I VIDEOS ABOUT BARNDOMINIUMS.

I PUT EVERYTHING AWAY AT 5PM SO RILEY CAN'T CHEW ANYTHING UP WHILE WE ARE GONE AND CHARGED MY PHONE. 

I CURLED MY HAIR WITH MY NEW HAIRCURLER.

WE LEFT AT 6PM TO ARRIVE AT RAVEN'S FAMILY HOUSE BY 6:15PM. MICHELLE WAS BUSY COOKING DINNER/STEAKS. RAVEN & MIRABELLE ENTERTAINED US. BELLE SHOWED ME ALL THE NUTCRACKERS THEY HAVE. QUITE A COLLECTION.

WE SAT DOWN FOR DINNER AND HAD STEAKS, POTATOES, ASPARAGUS, AND MUSHROOMS WITH GARLIC BREAD KNOTS. THE DINNER WAS EXCELLENT. 

IT RAINED WHILE WE WERE TALKING AT THE TABLE. 

MIRABELLE SHOWED US HER TWO OUTFITS SHE HAD WORN FOR HALLOWEEN. SHE HAD GREETED US AT THE DOOR IN HER BEAUTIFUL GREEN DRESS AS PERSEPHONE, GREEK GODDESS; THEN LATER PUT ON A SHARK OUTFIT. IT WAS SO CUTE.

 

MONDAY / DEC 23 / HOURS BEFORE XMAS

MONDAY

DECEMBER 23 2024

I NEVER WAS ABLE TO FALL ASLEEP EVEN AFTER OUR MASSAGES. AT MIDNIGHT I GAVE UP TRYING AS HUBBY WAS SNORING. HE REALLY NEEDED HIS SLEEP. 

I GOT UP, WENT POTTY IN THE FRONT BATHROOM AND LAYED DOWN TO SLEEP ON THE SOFA IN THE LIVING ROOM.

I MUST HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE SLEEP BECAUSE I WOKE UP AGAIN AT 4AM. 

HUBBY GOT UP WITH RILEY AT 5AM TO LET HER OUT, AND THEY WENT BACK TO BED. 

I GOT UP. HUBBY GOT UP AT 6AM. GOT DRESSED. MADE THE BED.

HUBBY FED THED DOGS EGG BREAKFAST AND THEN LET THEM OUT AGAIN.

I MADE HOT EGGNOG LATTE FOR HUBBY, HOT TEA FOR MYSELF.

I DID BOOKWORK. HUBBY CHANGED THE O-RINGS FOR MY TEETH.

HUBBY HAD A BAGEL SANDWICH. HE SAT DOWN ON THE SOFA TO WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

HUBBY & TATER LEFT FOR THE SHOP AT 8:40AM. I HELPED PUT TATER'S BLUE SWEATSHIRT & COLLAR ON HIM.

RILEY & I STAYED HOME.

I THREW BALLS FOR RILEY ALL DAY.

I PUT AWAY CLEAN DISHES. I PUT AWAY CLEAN CLOTHES. I WASHED MORE CLOTHES. I WASHED MORE DISHES. 

THE USPS LADY CAME AT 1:30PM. I GAVE HER A BAG OF CANDIES, $10, AND A GLASS ORNAMENT THAT I BOUGHT THE OTHER DAY AT THE MESQUITE ARTS CRAFT SHOW.

OSCAR WAS BLOWING AT 2PM AND LATER. I PUT HIS GIFT OUT ON THE FRONT BENCH - A GNOMES, A BAG WITH CANDIES, TWO $50, AND ANOTHER GLASS ORNAMENT.

I WAS SO TIRED AND WANTED A NAP, BUT OSCAR WAS MAKING SO MUCH NOISE.

OSCAR WAS HERE. HE TOOK HIS GIFTS. HE WAS BLOWING FOR OVER 3 HOURS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 

HUBBY GOT HOME AT 4:30PM WITH TATER. TATER WENT IN THE BACK YARD TO PEE. 

HUBBY AND I WALKED DOWN TO GET THE MAIL. A CHECK FROM THE FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY REFUND FOR OVERPAYMENT OF ESCROW. 

IT WAS TOO LATE TO DEPOSIT CHECKS. WE WILL DO IT TOMORROW.

HUBBY HAD BROUGHT HOME A GIFT FROM TATER'S BEST FRIEND, RUSS. IT WAS A RAWHIDE CANDY CANE-REALLY HUGE. CAN'T GIVE IT TO HIM. BUT NICE DECOR.

RAWHIDE FROM RUSS

WE WATCHED TV; HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT FUN SHOW. MIGHT MAKE IT OUR ANNUAL WATCH BEFORE XMAS!

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS

WENT TO BED AT 10:30PM.

SUNDAY / DEC 22 / CLOUDY & COOL

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 22 2024

UP AT 4AM WHEN I THOUGHT I HEARD TATER BARKING AT THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR. BUT I REALIZED THAT THE DOGS WERE SLEEPING PEACEFULLY IN BED WITH US. 

SO I GOT UP TO PEE AND TURN THE HEAT DOWN TO 68 DEGREES F. THEN I WENT TO SLEEP ON THE SOFA. BUT MY MIND WAS RACING. 

I MUST HAVE SLEPT BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME I WOKE UP, IT WAS 7:30AM. HUBBY HAD ALREADY MADE THE BED AND FED THE DOGS EGG BREAKFAST. HE HAD GIVEN TATER HIS MORNING PILL.

I GOT UP AND DRESSED. 

MADE HUBBY AN EGGNOG LATTE. I MADE A PLAIN LATTE FOR MYSELF.

THEN I PUT DIRTY DISHES IN DISHWASHER AND STARTED IT. 

HUBBY DUG UP THE WATERLINE OUT IN THE BACKYARD THAT RILEY HAD DUG UP. 

THE USPS LADY BROUGHT AN AMAZON ORDER THAT I HAD PLACED. BUT I HAD ORDERED HE WRONG WATER FILTERS. HAD TO RE-ORDER THEM AGAIN.

I PUT AWAY CLEAN CLOTHES. I PUT AWAY CLEAN DISHES. 

HUBBY WANTED TO ATTEND A DINNER SHOW IN VEGAS, SO WE MADE RESERVATIONS FOR EXCALIBUR TOURNAMENT OF KINGS. WE RESERVED SEATS IN THE LAST ROW ON THE SIDE. 

I PUT HANDCREAM ON MY FEET AND HANDS. FOR SOME REASON ON BOTH MIDDLE KNUCKLES, I HAVE SCRAPES. WAS I FIGHTING SOMEBODY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? 

HUBBY WATCHED YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

I PUT AWAY MORE CLEAN CLOTHES. 

I CURLED MY HAIR.

AT NOON, I CLEANED OUT THE VACUUM AND THEN VACUUMED THE HOUSE. HUBBY HELPED PUT THE SOFAS UP FOR ME SO I COULD VACUUM UNDERNEATH. THERE WERE 8 BALLS HIDING UNDER THERE AND 1 BALL HIDING BEHIND THE BARN DOORS IN THE OFFICE.

HUBBY THERW THE STEAKS ON THE GRILLE THAT HE HAD BOUGHT AT THE 50% AREA IN SMITH'S YESTEDAY.

I CLEANED THE TUB. 

AT 2PM, WE WALKED THE DOGS DOWN TO THE NEW SUBDIVISION AND ON THE GRASS. RILEY POOPED AS WE WERE JUST STARTING OUR WALK AND I HAD FORGOTTEN DOG BAGS. 

WALKING DOGS

AFTER OUR WALK, I HAD TO GO BACK AND PICK UP THE POOP WITH A DOGGY BAG. I COULD BARELY WALK I WAS SO TIRED.

CHANGED INTO BATHING SUIT, SO WE CAN SIT IN THE HOT TUB FOR A WHILE AT CASABLANCA SPA.

SATURDAY / DEC 21 / HUBBY & TATER TO SHOP

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 21 2024

I WAS WIDE AWAKE AT 3AM. I GOT UP AND SLEPT ON THE SOFA FOR A WHILE. THEN I COULD NOT SLEEP. HOT, SWEATY, TURNED HEAT DOWN. COLD, FREEZING, TURNED HEAT UP. 

HUBBY GOT UP AT 4AM WITH RILEY & TATER. PUT THEM OUTSIDE. HE SAT ON THE SOFA, BUT COULD NOT SLEEP.

I FELL BACK TO SLEEP ON THE SOFA. THEN I GOT UP AND JUST SAT THERE. 

I GOT DRESSED. PUT CONTACTS IN. MADE HOT EGGNOG LATTE FOR HUBBY, MADE A HOT LATTE FOR MYSELF. I HAVE NOT HAD LATTE IN SO LONG, IT TASTES LIKE DIRT. YUCK.

I CLEANED OUT CAT LITTER. I PICKED UP DOG POO.

I PUT TRASH FROM THE KITCHEN PANTRY OUT. 

I MADE BREAKFAST EGG FOR DOGS. I FED DOGS. 

HUBBY FINALLY GOT UP AT 8AM. I HELPED HIM MAKE THE BED. HE GOT DRESSED. 

TATER AND HUBBY TOOK THE FMF TO THE SHOP TO MEET MARK SO HE CAN MOVE HIS CRAP OUT OF THE SHOP. 

HUBBY CLEANED AND PAINTED THE OTHER HALF OF THE SHOP THAT CAESAR IS VACATING. 

I DID 3 LOADS OF LAUNDRY AND PUT AWAY CLEAN CLOTHES. 

I DID 3 LOADS OF DISHES AND PUT AWAY CLEAN DISHES. 

I WORKED ON BOOKWORK FOR 1.5 HOURS.

I PICKED UP MORE DOG POO FROM OUTSIDE AND PUT IT IN THE TRASH.

I TOOK OUT MORE TRASH TO THE GARBAGE CAN OUTSIDE.

I FILED MY DRY FEET AND PUT HAND CREAM AND FOOTIES ON THEM. 

OSCAR, OUR LANDSCAPER CAME AT NOON AND LEFT SOME COOKIES FOR US AS A XMAS PRESENT.

I VACUUMED IN THE HOUSE AND GOT RID OF THE CARDBOARD CAT BOXES THAT WERE AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE.

HUBBY AND TATER GOT HOME AT 1:30PM. HUBBY HAD STOPPED AT SMITH'S FOR GROCERIES.

HUBBY PUT AWAY GROCERIES. HE HAD BOUGHT STEAKS AND GRILELD THEM OUTSIDE ON THE GRILLE.

I DID MORE BOOKWORK.

HUBBY TOOK SOME NYQUIL. HE IS STILL COUGHING. 

I WORKED ON MY GNOMES. GOT 5 FINISHED. THE ONE NOT PICTURED IS IN A GREY STOCKING CAP. 

FINAL GNOMES FOR XMAS

AT 3:30PM, THE UPS LADY CAME AND THE DOGS BARKED AT HER. I HAD HUBBY HOLD THE DOGS BACK SO I COULD GET HER GLASS ORNAMENT FOR THE TREE, SOME CANDIES, $50, AND A GNOME.

SHE DELIVERED A PACKAGE FROM EBAY THAT HUBBY HAD ORDERED FOR THE SHOP, AND THE KNEE MASSAGER THAT I ORDERED. 

ALONG WITH HUBBY'S ANNUAL SOCKS, THIS SHOULD HAVE HIM COVERED FOR XMAS.

AT 4:20PM, THE FEDEX GUY CAME AND DROPPED OFF THE JOANN'S TREE I ORDERED. 

I TOOK SOME ASPIRIN. NOW MY RIGHT HIP IS HURTING, ALONG WITH MY RIGHT KNEE. I AM FALLING APART.

HUBBY WATCHED YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

WE FOUND A FRENCH SHOW CALLED H.P.I. WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE REAL SHOW OF HIGH POTENTIAL. PROBABLY BETTER SHOW. WE WATCHED 3 EPISODES OF THAT. IT HAS 3 SEASONS. 

I TOOK A HOT BATH AT 10:30PM AND WE WENT TO BED.