Runs for Cookies: Friday Night time Photographs #135

I did not notice simply how few footage I’ve taken not too long ago till I uploaded them to my laptop as we speak. Sadly, I do not even have any good tales to jot down! Hahaha. However here’s a little of what is been occurring this week…

I used to be in the lounge one morning once I heard an odd noise from the kitchen. It gave the impression of “Shhhh (pause) shhhhh (pause) shhhh (pause)…” and so forth. I had no clue what it may probably be. In case one of many cats (ahem, DUCK) was entering into bother, I snuck in there to catch him within the act.

It seems, he’d taken a bag of onions from the pantry and was sliding it throughout the ground together with his enamel! He grabbed the drawstring for the bag, then walked a couple of steps, pulled the bag to him by the drawstring, walked a couple of extra, and so forth. The poor cat loves taking part in with strings a lot; I want I may let him!

Chick would in some way discover a option to swallow the whole drawstring of this produce bag.

I reached 1,000 days sober on Sunday. Once I consider it as 1,000 days it does not appear that lengthy however, in February, that will probably be three years… the place did that point go?! Quitting ingesting was an enormous turning level for me so far as caring for my well being, and I am SO glad that I stop. It was exhausting to do–as exhausting as, if not tougher, than shedding over 100 pounds–but fully price it.

I do not wish to name Luke and Riley “spoiled”, as a result of they do not act spoiled at ALL; however it’s exhausting to think about issues to do with them or to reward them as a result of they’ve every part they usually’ve been in every single place they usually’ve accomplished every part! Hahaha, not completely correct, in fact, however it seems like that generally. I wish to ship them issues within the mail, however I additionally do not wish to purchase extra “stuff” for them to build up.

I like doing handmade issues as a result of it will likely be one thing they do not have already got. When Jerry and I first obtained collectively in 1999, I made him slightly Altoids tin reminiscence field. I glued an image to the within cowl, a quote on the underside, and put a couple of mementos in there. I not too long ago made him a brand new one and it gave me the concept to make a tin for every Luke and Riley.

Once I searched Pinterest, I used to be shocked to search out that so many different folks already had the concept to make use of Altoids tins for crafts like that! I actually appreciated the concept of a tiny stuffed cat for Riley and a few type of sport/puzzle for Luke. That is what I got here up with:

Luke’s seems so plain, however I believe it is applicable for him. I printed out tangram diagrams on slightly card that I’ve since glued to the highest of the tin. I printed out the tangram sq., with shapes in numerous colours, to match the items within the diagram. Then I caught the sq. onto an adhesive magnet and lower out the person items. Lastly, I coated them with Mod Podge. The magnets keep within the backside of the Altoid tin and Luke can put the completely different shapes collectively per the diagram. Because the children fly on a regular basis, I believed slightly pocket toy could be one thing they will convey on the airplane with them.

Subsequent, that is completely ridiculous. Loads of occasions once I cannot sleep, I discover myself falling down the Reddit rabbit gap. I do not even keep in mind what I used to be studying one evening, however I got here throughout the remark of somebody saying that she has this bag of little plastic infants and he or she hides them round for her husband to randomly come throughout. The entire thing simply sounded so bizarre and–fun! I purchased a bag of them on Amazon.

I put a couple of of them round the home the place Jerry may discover them that day or perhaps not for a yr… I did not need them to be in locations that have been tremendous apparent. I selected one random jacket within the closet and he simply so occurred to put on it the following day. He laughed when he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the plastic child. He stated that Riley will need to have put it in there and he did not discover.

I do not know what he did with it, however the subsequent day, he discovered one which was hidden in a can of espresso. He thought it was the identical child and began laughing… he thought I would taken the one which “Riley” put in his pocket and simply re-hid it. This went on for a few days and it was fairly humorous. Jerry then determined to cover it himself and Eli discovered it in his shoe. Eli thought Noah did it as a result of, apparently, it is a development to do that with the plastic infants?!

I assumed that the individual’s remark I would learn was only a prank she performed on her husband and I had no concept that it was truly a factor. I ended up telling Jerry what was occurring with the infants (he was getting so confused, pondering there was nonetheless only one child). I am nonetheless going to cover them from time to time, although 😉

What began out as, “I will make a fanny pack!” one morning was an even bigger venture than I deliberate, however I believe it turned out fairly cute. Whereas looking for fanny pack concepts, I got here throughout “bum baggage”, “hip baggage”, “sling baggage”, “crossbody sling baggage”, and a number of other different names and baggage with slight variances.

Slightly than making the fanny pack I would been picturing, I ended up making this crossbody sling bag that has a cellphone pocket on the strap. (The strap crosses your chest, with the backpack half in again, so the cellphone pocket rests in entrance of my shoulder.) Normally, I like both written instructions or I simply wing it alone, however this one simply had a YouTube video. So, I needed to preserve referencing the video for every measurement and step. It labored out, although. (Right here is the YouTube video)

Lastly, now we have SO a lot fruit on our counter proper now. Jerry’s employer provides the entire staff a turkey or ham every Thanksgiving, and Jerry did not understand it till changing into plant-based, however you’ll be able to go for a fruit basket as an alternative of the meat. I might have appreciated to see an even bigger number of fruit–it has apples, oranges, grapefruit, and a pineapple–but it is fruit, nonetheless. It does not appear to be a lot when it is within the basket, however holy cow–there is a whole lot of fruit in there! I believe I will make home made applesauce within the crockpot.

And that is all I’ve obtained. Have a terrific weekend! xo