January doings

I always have the best intentions of following thru on a project I want to do.  But as you can see, I haven't done so well with my Project 366 (it's one more than normal due to 2012 being a leap year).   I keep trying to stay focused on the project - honestly.  I do take pics. I do get projects started. I do see things outside but I just don't get them posted... 

Here are a few of the things I have done in January 2012.

Hung clothes out on the line in the middle of winter - more than once...

Still working on the reading table..

  Got a bit done on the hat (maybe done for the winter of 2013...

Went on a work related road trip to Central WY...

 Love seeing these magestic arms waving to us as we drive by..

The sunsets are not as amazing as AZ's are but they are spectacular anyway...

 

Took my Mr. out for a little afternoon treat at Gardner Village...

Tatting is an needlework art that is very intricate... (the owner of the shop makes these)

Rode the lightrail into downtown to visit the Family History Library to research a new branch of my Family Tree - the CYR's.  Go figure, my nephews current squeeze is a CYR and our lines connect back at my 3rd Great Grandmother - his 4th.

 My January cookie = White Chocolate Raspberry chips from Prepared Pantry. Thank you Connie!

Started a project of love for Feb...

Red, White & Blue

This year has been very abundant for fruit crops for us. We harvested close to 10c of fresh, sweet yet tart strawberries. The plants were planted abt 4-5 years ago and this is the first time to get such a bumper crop. Of course, they didn't all come at once so eating them was the best option. Some on cereal, some in drinks, some just as candy and some in desserts. As the commercial says "I'm lovin it".
The next crop of fruit to come on was cherries. They are the neighbors tree, but a branch hung over in our yard and after talking to them, that branch was OURs to pick. YEAH. They aren't as sweet as I'd like but they were good anyway.
I am still working on eating all the blueberries that were picked last summer and am so looking forward to a new crop. Should be in late Aug or so. I love eating frozen blueberries the best. More healthy candy type fruits. For breakfast on the 4th of Jul, I have cereal with strawberries (red), blueberries (blue) and milk (white). That was the most colorful breakfast I've had in a long time. "I'm lovin it".

Phones and Lists

Abt getting a new phone.... sometimes it's just easier to talk abt when Walt isn't around. hehehe He hates the idea of a cell phone in the first place so to buy a new one isn't important to him. Colleen is ready for a new phone next week. She & I have been studying lots of dif kinds. Want to get the best feeling one and the best one I can hear out of. When the time is right we will be getting a new one. We don't need it to have internet on it but do like the ones that you can get VZNavigator on (something you pay extra for - maps to places). That might be helpful in my job and our travels. Camera phones are nice, but it's easier for me to get pics off my camera to the computer than it would be from the phone to the computer. I keep looking at newer laptops than my antique, but so far nothing is out there that I can afford.
We (all of us) were laid low by the air pressure changing. We actually did little other than nap, eat, watch tv, water the container plants outside and read. We were in bed after the news. B & J had invited us up to their house for a BBQ and close proximity to Sugar House park for fireworks, but the idea of being around a drunk who is self centered was too much for us to deal with. We really didn't want to have to navigate thru hordes of traffic afterwards. So we just enjoyed the neighbors driveway festivities. Besides, at 102F, we don't do well outside.
I love lists... I make lots of them. And actually get lots more done that way. Don't forget to put "check emails" on your list...