What the Junk?!

So far ahead!

I went to do my September habit tracker in my bullet journal.  I ended up doing all the weeklies for September! lol . It's polka dot themed and it's really cute and colorful.  I didn't want to do a lot of fall in the September layout because it's still warm and summerish here until at least October.  In October I go all out Halloween! LOL!  October's theme is definitely fall/Halloween/Jack o lanterns. 

I got all that done, and I did a few chores that needed being done.  I carried branches to the street for tomorrow's pickup.  I had quite a few down after those storms this past week.  I also put away the load of laundry that I washed yesterday and tossed in my bed linen.  I just have to put it back on the bed.  I washed my hair, ran an errand, and worked on the puzzle.  I didn't finish it.  I will finish it tomorrow.  It's not a lot left to do.  The hard part about this puzzle, is it's one of those where the pieces fit in more than one spot and sometimes I put the wrong one at the wrong spot! Crazy puzzle. :p

Saturday cool down

I went outside today to run an errand and was surprised at how cool it was.  It was a nice change.  We've had storms the past few days and some rain.  I think that cooled everything down.  I had to mail a package and that was an ordeal. lol  I went to the post office that has a drive up drop box.  I realize that the part that faces the street only has the little opening. It's a small package, but it still wouldn't fit in there.  I drive around and park and walk up to it.  The other side had a pull down opening.  It only opens the slightest bit. ~_~; I still couldn't do anything.  So, I took a chance and turned my car off and walked inside.  I was able to get it in the drop box in there and then went back to my car.  Thankfully it started up and I was able to drive home with no issues.

The post office is very close to Starbucks, but it was right at my lunch time, so I didn't go.  I might pack up and go tomorrow afternoon and write letters.  Next Sunday, I will be leaving for Myrtle Beach.  I am so ready to be there.  I miss it so much when I'm not there!

I started a new puzzle today. I didn't get a lot done, but I did some.  I got the outline done and some of the top part and the bottom part.  I will do more tomorrow.  I thought about going to Dollar Tree while I was out, but I forgot after I got out of the post office.  Oh well.  I'll get some more soon and if I don't, I can stock up at the beach!

Lazy day for sure!

I didn't do much of anything today.  I didn't even start on any of my puzzles.  It stormed quite a bit this afternoon.  The rain is insane.  The power went off in several sections of the city, but not here, so that was good.  It was too hot for a power outage. lol  

I created a QR code for Evernote referrals and I also created a Bitly link so that I could share the link with friends without a loooooong url.  I put the QR code up in the sidebar. You can go to the link by using your smartphones tag reader, or click on the link and go to the sign up page.  You get a free month of Premium if you are a new Evernote user.  Pretty nifty.  I love my Evernote and I love it even more now that I have Premium!  It's so handy to organize and keep everything.

I had leftover tortellini for lunch today and it was awesome.  I wish I had more. Oh well!  Oh, I have decided that when I buy my groceries next month, I'm going to try to get back into eating healthier.  I have got to lost weight.  It's depressing to know how much weight I lost and then I just put it back on by being lazy and overeating.  I can get back on track.  I also hope to start my daily walks again in September. It should be cooler by then, at least I hope so!  I'll be walking at the beach, so I'm hoping to work up to being able to just start walking when I get home.  I'll eat and enjoy myself food wise that week, but I'm going to try to do better here at home in the coming months. I'd like to start out next summer in some of my smaller clothes that I bought when I lost all that weight. I know I can do it, I just need to get dedicated!

How I'm using Evernote today: Well, I'm saving important emails and copies of receipts in there. I'm also setting up easy ways to refer people to Evernote! I love Evernote, I use it daily and it's keeping me organized and happy!

Starbucks again...

My friend that bailed yesterday, came through today! I went up there and they had tortellini.  I love that stuff and I got to bring home the leftovers for later! Also, there were cupcakes. Not the kind I like, but the one I had wasn't bad.  Then, we went to Starbucks! lol Did I mention that I got gift cards, too?  One from Starbucks and one from Food Lion (my grocery store).  I'm quite satisfied with those goodies! I'll enjoy that gift card for Starbucks while I'm at the beach!

I finished my puzzle today.  It wasn't easy to finish either. LOL!  The puzzle is just so busy. I got it done though.  I guess tomorrow I'll start on the one I got at Dollar General. Then I'll just have that crazy one that has the tiny pieces.  Oh, and I have another one like that too.  Boo! lol

Happy Birthday? Yeah, right!

The only good thing about today was that I did get to go to Starbucks.  My friend carried me over there when the other one bailed.  I went in because he doesn't like to go through the drive-thru and order my 'weird drinks' lol   I'm glad I did go in because I got one of the cards I was missing from a set AND several cards I didn't have. Yay! I'm always happy to get new cards to add to my collection.

My friend took me for a ride for an errand he had to run and since we were out, he got me a beef and cheddar from Arby's. Yay!  That was delicious! After that, we ran his errand and then we rode around a bit as it was storming off in the distance.  We drove that way to see it. After we circled back around, I found out that the friend I was depending on to go to Starbucks wasn't going to take me, so he offered.  I got my cascara latte and brought it home to enjoy.

I worked on my puzzle today, too, but I didn't finish it yet.  I will finish it tomorrow.  It's busy.  I have a headache that is not helping matters any. I didn't sleep well at all last night and I've felt like hell all day.  I hope to sleep well tonight.  I really need a good night's sleep!  

So, it's my birthday and it pretty much sucked.  If you want to make it up to me, you can join Evernote by following my referral link. You'll get a free month of premium and so will I! ^_^ . Here is the puzzle and I'll link the referral after that.

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Starting another

I actually started the puzzle today and had only gotten the outline.  I was going to let that be it for the day, but I got back to working on it later and got a few of the balloons done too.  I will work on it more tomorrow. I ran out to the grocery store and got a few things that I needed this afternoon.  It was so hot out there. BLEAH!  I was so glad to get home where my air conditioner is! lol

Tomorrow is my birthday and the only thing I have planned is to go to Starbucks to get my free birthday drink. I've asked a friend if she'll take me, but I got no definite answer. ~_~; I guess we'll see how it goes tomorrow.  In any case, here is the puzzle so far:

Oh dear!

It has been a long, boring day. I haven't really done anything.  Well, I did wash my bed linen and my hair.  Oh, I also finished the puzzle.  Other than that? I haven't done anything.  I still need to create my weekly in my bullet journal for next week.  I was thinking of doing a birthday spread in there, too.  My birthday is on Tuesday.  The only other time I made a birthday tracker, I thought I would have lot of fun stuff to put in it and I ended up with nothing!  I covered it up and moved on. ^^;  Therefore, I'm not sure if I should even bother this year.  I do have the free Starbucks drink on my birthday.  I'll be sure to get a receipt and put that in there.  I'll have one thing. Whee. lol

I talked to my aunt today that I haven't talked to in ages.  I am horrible about answering the phone.  I finally did today when she called and talked to her.  I was telling her about that crazy lighthouse puzzle.  She is the one that gave it to me. lol . I told her it took two different attempts, but I got it put together. ;p

How I'm using Evernote today:  I found an article about a work around for integrating Scrivener and Evernote.  I saved it to Evernote and plan to read it and learn how to do it.  That will be fun to learn and helpful.  As I've mentioned before, I used Evernote character templates in Scrivener for Camp Nano.  

Here is the puzzle. Isn't it pretty?  It's houses and tulips in the Netherlands.  Everything must be so colorful and pretty there!

A day of puzzling and relaxing

I started a new puzzle today and did a lot more on it than I had planned.  I was only going to do the outline and the sky.  I started on one of the buildings and ended up doing them all. I only have the tulips to do tomorrow.  I only have two more puzzles after this. Oh no! I have one left from my Dollar Tree trip and the new one I got yesterday at Dollar General.  I am hoping to find a bunch of puzzles on the beach trip next month!  I got 21 puzzles on the last trip, I'm hoping to get at least than many in September. lol

I ran out to do a quick errand this evening and my car was actually doing well.  I'm not saying it always will, but at least it was working well this afternoon. Of course my silly butt didn't go to Starbucks while I was out.  I figured that what money I have on my card, I can save for the beach trip.  My friend finally picked which place we are staying.  We are staying in Myrtle, so I'll be taking my daily walk to the ocean front Starbucks. ^_^ It's a nice little location.  The best view and the best coffee.

I also hope to go to a new Starbucks that I spotted last year near the end of our trip in North Myrtle.  When my friend and I go up to North Myrtle, I am going to ask him to take me to it so I can cross off another new Starbucks. ^_^

Hello from Friday evening

Sorry about last night.  I was doing things and had totally planned to make a blog post and then I realized how late it was.  I just decided to show the completed puzzle and call it good. :p   I didn't sleep well again last night.  I've been so tired all day, but I would not let myself take a nap.  I'm hoping it will help me sleep tonight.  We'll see!

I had to run to Dollar General to pick up a few things I needed, so I went to the one where I knew they had the puzzle I wanted.  I bought it.  I also bought some cute Halloween goodies.  Two pair of socks and a little jack o' lantern container.  They don't have a lot of their Halloween stuff out yet, but they do have some.  I'm hoping to get some jack o' lantern mugs! 

I saw something in Dollar General that I'd heard of but hadn't seen yet.  They have really cute planner supplies now!  It's a little display that has undated weekly pages and undated monthly pages. They also had dividers, clips, sticker strips, magnetic bookmarks and more. Everything was $1 each! So cool! It's for a small ring binder planner.  I have one of those that I bought many years ago. It's still in excellent condition. Now I can fill it cheaply.  The inserts are cheap, but they aren't cheap.  Does that even make sense? LOL . In other words, they are nice inserts, they are just inexpensive.  You can't beat $1 for supplies.  I purchased three packs of the weeklies, two packs of the monthlies, a pack of the clips, and a pack of the magnetic bookmarks.  I meant to get a divider and forgot.  

Oh, I have a story to share.  I have been playing a game on my iPod touch for many, many years. It's called Virtual Families and I love it.  When I got my iPad mini, I backed up the game on my iPod touch and transferred it over. I never deleted the game on my iPod, but I haven't played it on there.

So, last night, I go to open Virtual Families on my iPad and it has reset to the beginning. OH NO! This happened once many years ago and I just had to start over and I was not happy.  I contacted their support last night hoping they can get the game back.  I figured they probably could not.  Then, I remembered that the game was on my iPod touch. I went through a ton of programs before I could find one that would back up the game on the iPod and then transfer it to the iPad. It worked!  Of course it's not the same family I was on in the iPad version, but I had gotten most of the extras in the game already so I won't have to start over and start collecting all that again.  Thank goodness. I am never going to delete the copy of the file I put on my computer in case this happens again.

The game has trophies you earn throughout play. I have almost every one.  I also need to collect two more things and get their trophies and that will give me the rest and I'll have them all.  When my game reset the last time, I had everything but ONE thing to finish.  Ahhh!

Okay, before I go, here are the cute Halloween goodies I got!

D'oh!

It has been a long day. Lack of sleep is making me nutty. I shall post tomorrow. Until then, enjoy the puzzle I finished.