What the Junk?!

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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Starbucks and puzzles....

So, I finished my puzzle today.  It was pretty intense but I enjoyed doing it.  I was on eBay last night and I ordered a new Starbucks card from Korea.  I had ordered another Starbucks card back in July and it came today.  The seller told me there would be a delay in sending it out due to a family emergency, so that was okay.  It's pretty! I'll post a picture of it and the puzzle below. I totally forgot to take a picture of the new bujo in natural light. Oops!

Speaking of Starbucks, I wanted to go tonight, but I didn't get to.  My friend's asked me up so I went for a bit.  I mentioned Starbucks and we were going, but it never happened. Boo!  Don't tease me with Starbucks and then don't deliver!  In other news, my friend's son has ended his relationship again.  I hope it's permanent this time, but I've gotten my hopes up way too many times already!

I was going to eat up there or bring home a plate, but I didn't do that either. I did get a small stack of blue post-it notes. My friend got a four pack and I got the blue ones. Yay! I keep meaning to buy a big pack of them and forget.  I've learned my lesson on buying the cheap ones!

Another great thing about Post-it notes?  You can take a picture of one with Evernote and it will put it in a special notebook or tag it.  I just have mine to go into a Post-it note notebook at the moment.  So cool!  So, I guess that is how I'm using Evernote today. But wait, there is more!

How I'm using Evernote today:  I have listed (with the pictures) of all US Starbucks cards in a notebook in my Evernote. I'm going through my collection tonight and check the ones I have.  This way when looking for new ones, I'll know which ones I have and which ones I don't.  I usually know wen it's one I have, but sometimes I can forget. This way I'll have the 'list' always with me1

Go Evernote! And now the puzzle and Starbucks card for your viewing pleasure!

Tuesday trials....

So, not really. lol I did have to mow the front lawn and that is a bit of a trial. :P I also needed to mail off one thing I forgot to mail last night.  Instead of going to the post office, I just went to a box that I usually use on my walk.  I drove to it. ^^; I really need to start walking again! 

I dropped that off and then decided to go to Starbucks to the drive thru since my car was behaving.  It did fine and I got a delicious beverage! After I drank it, I did the mowing.  I did another chore that I hate today.  I washed dishes!  When I have hot water, it's not as bad.  I just don't feel like my dishes get as clean in cold water.  I had a LOT of them as it's been awhile since I washed them.  While I was washing those, I was fixing a frozen pizza for dinner.  I have never found a frozen pizza that I like as much as the Palermo pizzas I used to get. The grocery store I go to stopped carrying them.  They were amazing.  They tasted like a fresh, pizza parlor, pizza.  I don't know why my store stopped stocking them.  I read that another local store had them, but I checked and no go. Boo!

I started a new puzzle today.  I didn't get a lot done. I got the outline and some of the candy apples done. It's a puzzle with colorful candy apples.  It looks like it would be really hard, but as i'm doing it, it seems to be easier than I expected.  It's not EASY, but it's not as hard as I expected which is nice!

I got something so cool in today's mail.  Well... from the FedEx truck, actually.  What is it, you ask?  Well, Evernote swag! ^_____^ . I messaged Evernote and asked about swag and they sent me some!  That was so cool! I got a very cool long sleeve shirt. It fits, but it's tight.  So now I have a motivation to get back to losing weight! :) . They also sent several cool Evernote stickers and a cool Evernote post-it pad.  I love all my goodies.  I am going to scan all my stickers in so I can make myself backups so I can use them on stuff. ^_^   There is one that is the coolest.  It has the Evernote elephant on a black background, it has two green arrows pointing at the elephant and it says, "Say hello to my little friend" LOL I LOVE IT!  

Before I post the puzzle picture, here is my "How I'm using Evernote today." So....

How I'm using Evernote today:  I have linked IFTTT with Evernote and I'm using that to add a lot of cool things to Evernote.  I love it!  If you have any suggestions for things to add in Evernote or IFTTT let me know! 

Another way I'm using Evernote today:  My bluetooth is being bitchy from my phone to my MBP so I send the picture to Evernote. :)

Busy day!

So, I got the puzzle out today and put it on my bed and work on.  I never got a chance.  I was relaxing at home when my friend called and wanted to go eat.  I decided to go, so I put the puzzle on the bed to work when I got home.  We went to lunch and then got Starbucks and went to Dollar Tree.  I got six new puzzles. Yay! I also got a lot of other stuff.  I always spend way too much in there!  She dropped me home and I put away my stuff and relaxed a bit.  I went to pay my bills online and she called me again. She wanted to go somewhere else. I had just started my bills, so I just wanted to do that.  

After I finished those, I called her back and she wanted to go somewhere else completely different!  We did that and then went back to her house. I ended up staying a lot longer than I had planned.  I finally get home and have a few things to do here, so I never even got to the puzzle today.  I might try to put a few pieces in after I post this.  We'll see!  Among the necessities I bought at the Dollar Tree, I picked up these adorable little notebooks.  They are soooo cute! 

Hot water denied!

My friend came today to try and get my water heater working again. Unfortunately, he did not.  I rode with him to Lowe's and to Home Depot to look for parts for it.  He couldn't find the part he needed, so he had to order it online.  It won't be here until next week. Oh well! :(  While we were out, we did stop and get food, so it wasn't all bad!

We came back here and he packed up his tools and headed home.  I was hoping to get my other friend to go to Starbucks, but that didn't happen. Phooey on that too!  I didn't start another puzzle today. I'll do that tomorrow.  It was a bit later in the day when I got home and I had some other things to do, so I just didn't get the other one out. It's the other old one from Goodwill. I surely hope there are no pieces missing in this one!    

Right now, I need to go get my laundry out of the dryer and put it away.  I need the dryer free for bed linen tomorrow. :)   I hope to be able to stay home and relax tomorrow afternoon.  Buzzr, the channel I watch the vintage game shoes on is having a "Christmas in July" marathon tomorrow with a bunch of shows that were filmed around Christmas and are Christmas themed.  Should be fun! ^_^

Puzzle, puzzle, puzzle!

I worked on the puzzle today and got a little more done.  I found that there are more outline pieces missing than I thought. Phooey! I feel like I didn't get a lot done on it today, but I know I did more than I think I did.  Hopefully i can finish it tomorrow or the next day.

I did some more edits on my NaNo project.  I have some things I need to work on when I start the next book. I am glad to have all my character profiles done, though.  Guess what I found out today?  Scrivener has a built in character name generator! What!? Yes, it does! I'm so glad to find out about that.  So cool! 

I went to Starbucks tonight and hit the drive thru.  It was 50% off Frappuccinos, so I got a caramel ribbon crunch. Soooo delicious!  My car did okay, but my gas light came on. Boo!  I went back out later this evening and put a few gallons of gas in my car.  That should see me through until I can fill up.

Hoo Boy

So, it's been a day.  I didn't get to sleep until after 4am last night but at least my Fitbit woke me up today.  I got up and had my coffee and did my morning routine. Then, I had breakfast and lay back down for a bit.  I still don't feel great.  I wasn't sleeping, but I think I was close to it when my phone beeped.  I had a text.  It was from my friend's son (the one who is 21 and also a friend) He wanted to know if I would come up and hang out with him for a while.  I figured something was up, so I agreed even though I didn't want to get out of bed. lol

He was having relationship issues and I'm HOPING it's truly over this time.  I stayed up there for a looooong time.  I got there about 2 and didn't leave until after 9:30!  He drove us to Arby's to pick up lunch for us and his grandmother.  We ate and played Skip Bo.  We used to go to Starbucks all the time when he was younger and play card games (and board games!) . His mom was taking night classes and we'd go hand at Starbucks to wait for her. It was so funny because at one time, one of the baristas thought he was my son. LOL

So, anyway! We played Skip Bo and it was so funny,  We both had forgotten how to play.  We had to re-read the rules and we were good.  That was fun.  When his mom got home, she had go to a doctor's appointment so I stuck around with him until she got back. Then, we went to Starbucks. Whee! lol It was 50% off so we did that.

I went back and spent a little time with them.  My friend's husband and I got talking about books again.  I finally left and came home to fix some dinner.  I really needed some dinner since it had been a long time since lunch! lol . I didn't do anything for NaNo today, but that is okay. I'm actually ahead.  I also didn't get to work on my puzzle at all today.  I thought about getting it out when I got home, but I decided to just put it off until tomorrow.  I had to do my French and post here, so I knew I would be rushing to do everything.  

Hopefully tomorrow I won't have to leave the house.  That would be ideal! :) . Of course, I won't say no if anyone wants to take me to Starbucks. LOL!  I'm on a star streak and got 50 bonus stars today.  I was able to do it because my friend's put the money on my card for their drinks so I got the stars. ;D

Thrifting and stuff :p

My friend is off from today until Monday for the holiday. He texted me and asked if I wanted to go eat.  i did. lol . We went to Reidsville to go to Carmela's pizza, but they were closed for the holiday.  We went to Pete's Burgers and More instead.  I love Pete's.  SO GOOD.  We went to the Salvation Army thrift store and I found a set of fitness resistance bands, a coffee mug, and a BOC purse that matches the BOC wallet I got some time ago at Belk.  The bag is not really my style, usually, but it matched my wallet. I took a picture of the bag alone and then with the wallet to show you.  

At the Goodwill, I got three puzzles (big surprise), a cute fall bowl,  and another coffee mug.  Here is the goodies sans the puzzles and the resistance bands.  You'll see the puzzles  when I work them. ;p

I love all my finds.  Thrift shopping is so fun!  I also went to the grocery store after I got home and got my groceries.  My friend carried me by Dollar General while we were out so I could pick up some supplies I needed.  I have paid my bills and now I'm broke. LOL  Oh well, I have lots of good food so I'm happy!

I forgot to add that the purse had a power bank in it and it works! 

Goodness!

Sorry about yesterday.  It wasn't really a great one.  I only did a little more on the puzzle yesterday, too.  I did finish it today though!  I went to my friend's house and we went to the Starbucks drive thru.  I stayed up there later than I wanted to  and then came home and ate a protein bar.  Not what I wanted, but I was sick from not eating and I did NOT feel like fixing anything.  I had two slices of pizza left, but I wanted to save them for today, which I did!

My friend whose mom is sick, texted me very late and asked if I wanted to ride around a bit with him before he headed home.  I did, so we did.  We ended up at Arby's about 1:30 am getting food. lol I needed some comfort food and this did not disappoint.  I got a beef and cheddar combo. Yuuuummmmmy!

I came home and read for quite a while.  I didn['t get to sleep until after 4 again.  Oh well!  Oh! When I went to my friend's house, we walked over to her mom's house (she lives next door) . her friend John was visiting and he had his dog Zeus with him. ^_____^  I haven't seen Zeus in quite a while, so I had to go and see him and love on him before we left for Starbucks. John used to live in the neighborhood and I would see Zeus lots of times when I walked.  I always had to stop on my way out and my way back in to love on him. :) . It was so good to see him.  He is a shepherd mix and cute as pie!

Today, I called my friend to see how things were going up there and she said that a friend's dog was over visiting for a bit.  It's a schnauzer named Abby and she is adorable! :) After I left their house, I have been feeling pretty bad. I thought I'd go check my blood pressure. I did and it's quite high.  I came home and sat down and relaxed to hopefully de-stress and bring it down some.  I'm feeling a little bit better now, but I have laundry to fold and put away and then I need to dry my bed linen.  It's so stinking hot in the rest of my house, I'm sort of putting it off! lol