The past few months have just flown by. There has been a lot going on...renovations on the house and also a lot of medical stuff.
Here is what has been happening around here lately:
July 2021
...flooring came up
...Lily found a pile of blankets
...new flooring went down
...Jar is busting out of his shirts
...we get these many bananas every week
...Jar's beauty products
...Kelly saved me some strawberry shortcake and sent it in these cute containers
...finished floors
...burgers for dinner
...Cam's daily afternoon nap in the sun
...Jar's new face products
...treats for Cam
...produce for the week
...new essential oil perfume
...no dairy ice cream to try
...the stain on the ceiling led to this mess
...this is what Cam looks like when he goes to soccer
...another day in the sun
...groceries for the week
...I got these for Cam (reminds me of when I used to drink one every day the first summer I worked at PCC)
...buff Jar
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...Michael's photo for work
...Jar got new weights
...Cam takes Lily outside with him on his brake while he writes in his journal
...fixing the garage ceiling and putting in the attic stairs
...Jar's sandwich
...attic stairs installation
...selfies
...Cam and I
...more selfies
August 2021
...I went to Iron Clad Coffee here in town
...Cam writing in his journal
...getting their Covid-19 vaccine
...cool dude
...cool dude too
...Jar got a new sauce to try
...the treats I got Jar for his birthday
...Jar's 22nd birthday
...Love when I get this magazine
...went to the downtown summer concert
...found this at Costco
...Cam got his Liberty free stuff
...my lunch
...reading and taking notes
...Jar's lunch
...Michael in Fredericksburg, VA for Aunt Jeanine's memorial service
...I mowed the grass for Michael while he was gone
September 2021
...Lily with the scarf Mom Smith gave to me
...it took me 5 minutes to decorate for fall
...Cam and I tried the pumpkin spice cold brew
...Kyle tore this barn down
...how ironic; Michael is quitting Dr. pepper
...getting ready to go to Logan's wedding rehearsal and dinner
...making homemade soup
...going to Logan's wedding rehearsal
...texturing the ceiling
...Cam heading to Logan's wedding
...the stud in his first wedding
...the fall decor at night
...Jar brought these flowers to me from the wedding
...notes and pictures Mom brought back from Grandma's memorial
...Bonnie stopped by and brought me gifts for my birthday
...Jar went out and tried out his new Polaroid camera
...some things I bought myself for my birthday
...Cam got this for me for my birthday
...what Michael got me for my birthday
...some shirts I got myself
...what Mom got me
...I made some dairy free gluten free chocolate chips cookies that were delicious
...the supplements I take every day
...I watered Mom's flowers when she went to Grandma's memorial
...Michael and I went for a drive in the Malibu on his birthday
...Michael's birthday gifts
...Mom's flowers that I watered
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first time in a moving truck together...usually I would be driving a vehicle behind the moving truck |
...Grandpa and Grandma Berguson
...the roller of the vacuum at the duplex after vacuuming
...Jar loading up the Goodwill drop-off furniture
...Kyle taking a selfie at Grandma Sindlinger's farm
...housewarming gifts for Kelly
...Cam installing the sink drinking faucet under Michael's supervision
...this was Mom's stuffed dog from when she was little
...I love this photo of Mom and Dad
...gifts from Mom for watering her yard
...books that I read the past three months
...the two cuties
...found these at the bottom of a bin (old Nissan key)
...marriage books Cam is reading
...Jar's newest drawing
Other things happening around here lately:
- Michael and I met Kelly's parents
- Cam went to Kelly's apartment every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (they did things like the zoo, Sauvie Island, Bubble tea, coffee shops, Red Robin, movies, Target, movie theater for Free Guy and The Courier, Washington Square Mall, Powell Books, and such)
- Michael had some eye issues and went to the eye doctor (it is a common eye issue at around 50 years old)
- Michael and I watched some tv shows together (Alone, America's Got Talent, Ceasar Millan dog show, Beat Shazam)
- Michael and I watched some movies together (The Tomorrow War, The Hitman's Bodyguard, The 2nd, Double Trouble Dog, 2 Hearts, Ice Road, Rat Race, Agatha Christie's: Crooked House, Spenser Confidential)
- Michael got a pinched nerve in his back that caused issues in his shoulder, under his arm, and down his arm into his elbow...lots of inflammation and swelling
- Cam, Michael, and I watched The Naked Gun and ate Roth's burgers
- Michael and I went to Cracker Barrel and to look at counter-tops for our kitchen...after Kelly's wedding dress fitting
- We watched Mortal Combat for Jrod's birthday
- Michael did more renovations on the house (flooring, built wall for kitchen island, and baseboards and door trims)
- my friend Nicole died
- I went to Iron Clad Coffee with Kelly
- I got my Imperfect Foods order every week
- Mom got in a fender bender
- Jared worked a lot and had a lot of college work
- I read Not My Happy Family book
- I wrote and recorded my testimony for the Women's Conference
- I did 4 sessions of hydrocolonics
- Grandma Berguson died
- Michael and I watched Ted Lasso (too much language in second season...so we stopped)
- I washed the truck and mowed the grass while Michael was at Aunt Jeanine's memorial in DC
- Michael and I watched Only Murders in the Building
- I watched movies and shows while Michael was gone to Aunt Jeanine's memorial (WILD, All American, POMS, 7 Yards: the Chris Norton Story, Fractured, Dawson's Creek, The Out of Towner's, Chesapeake Shores, Choosing Happiness: Jonas Brothers and Happiness Continues: Jonas Brothers, No Escape, Moxie, Welcome to Plathville)
- Michael and I shopped for my birthday (Fred Meyer, car wash, Goodwill drop-off, Trader Joe's, and MOD pizza)
- We watched The Sun is also a Star for my birthday
- Michael went to many chiropractor appointments, as well as a doctor appointment for his pinched nerve
- We watched The Misfits for Michael's birthday
- Michael and Jar got both doses of the Moderna vaccine
- Cam got the first dose of the Moderna vaccine