Category: My Life

Thirteen Things I Did Today

1. Went to Weight Watchers and I lost another 2.4 pounds!!!

2. Came back home, stopping at the Post Office to get our mail, and found I’d gotten a box from Amazon.com with a new book, and a recipe book!

3. Picked up Hubby and we went out to lunch at the Chinese Buffet.

4. Stopped to get dog food and gasoline. The gasoline was depressing, but we are still paying under $4.00. At least this week.

5. Did our grocery shopping.

6. This was actually a big week for that because we wanted to do a double shopping so we don’t have to go next week.

7. That’s because it is Bike Week in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and they expect the area to be flooded with motorcycles!

8. Came home and spent about an hour unloading and putting all the groceries away.

9. Talked to my daughter. That was the highlight of my day.

10. Made baked scallops for dinner.

11. Cleaned that up quickly.

12. Went to a community movie that I was supposed to “help” with.

13. No one else showed up on the committee, so guess who did all the work?

Time for bed!

Got this one from Melli yesterday! I’ve done it before – but not for awhile… soooooo… here goes!

It’s all about Meme!!!

Two Names You Go By:
1. MB
2. Mari

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. white top
2. jean shorts

Two Of Your Favorite Things:
1. Newborn dackel babies
2. Watching the dogs play

Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. Cooler temperatures (It’s nearly 100!)
2. A new pair of shorts. (Only have two pair of shorts that fit)

Two Favorite Pets You Have Or Had:
1. Shubi
2. Do I have to pick? Ah, FritzGretaArnieAnneliese!

Two People You Hope Will Fill This Out:
1. Janet
2. Renny
(but that’s NOT a tag! Anyone else is welcome to do this too.)

Two Things You Did Last Night:
1. Made a Weight Watchers Potato Salad!
2. Grilled a couple of steaks.

Two Things You Ate Last Night:
1. Steak
2. Potato Salad

Two People You Last Talked To:
1. Hubby
2. Mel

Two Things You Are Doing Tomorrow:
1. Weight Watchers
2. Shopping with Hubby

Two of Farthest Trips Taken In The Last 5 Years:
1. Alaska Cruise
2. The Panama Canal Cruise

Two Favorite Holidays:
1. Christmas
2. Thanksgiving

Two Favorite Beverages:
1. Coffee
2. Tea

It was recently pointed out to me that I wear a lot of polka dots. By this I mean that my usual bland wardrobe of blue jeans, black pants with solid colored tops, are contrasted occasionally by polka dots.

I am not a super fashionista. In fact I am afraid of bright colors or wild prints. My dressing motto is, “wear whatever will get you noticed the least”, so polka dots, small sedate polka dots have been safe.

Let’s take a peek in my closet. You see the two bathing suits and the numerous shirts with the polka dots? You see the two shirts hanging behind the ones I set out. Yep, I missed those when getting my line up ready.

However, now that I am losing weight and starting to buy some new things, I want to develop a new style, but the question here is, what’s my style?

Am I a floral or funky pattern girl? Do I want tartans or leather? Would paisley do me justice, or perhaps lace?

I’m just not certain, but I have promised myself one thing,

No More Polka Dots!!!

I got an invitation from Coldwater Creek to attend a sale that they are having. I think they see a woman losing weight in need of clothes and figure that they can sell me some. Since they sent the invitation I should go and at least look, right?

I wouldn’t want to be rude!

Did you ever wake up and find that even though you hadn’t slept particularly well the night before, and even tough you really hate house work, you suddenly find that after two cups of coffee you have the energy of a teenager?

That’s what happened to me today. I finished my breakfast and I was off. I vacuumed and dusted (a dreaded task), I cleaned out the fireplace, and also watered my plants.

I found myself flitting from one room to the next cleaning, dusting and putting things away! This is not me. On a good day I move around slowly and if I actually get something accomplished, well, that’s a great day.

Today I got a lot done, and I made a fabulous dinner for Hubby at the end of the day! Tonight I am sitting in a clean house, with vacuumed floors and dusted shelves and yes, a fireplace that is clean and has a pretty white birch log in there, “just for display”.

Ah, life is good!

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Anneliese is nearing the end of her heat and I have to tell you, I will miss her in her little pants! Now doesn’t she look cute?

She has been a good girl, and pretty easy to cope with during this heat. In many ways better than Greta. We brought her with us yesterday when we went out to look at furniture. She was so good in the car, even when we left her for about half an hour to grab some lunch. Of course the cookie we brought her when we came out did a lot to make her day. In fact right after that we stopped at a shop to look at their recliners and when we came back to the car Anneliese was looking for her cookie!

Oh, they sure do learn fast!

Thursday Thirteen brought to you by the letter

Thirteen things about Maribeth that begin with the letter J.

1. J is the first initial of Hubby’s name. I never use his given name, but always call him by his nickname. This also starts with the letter J.

2. Jellybean. This was our sailboat’s name. We had her when we first got married. We spent our honeymoon sailing her up the eastern seaboard. That was such a great trip!

3. Jetty. I grew up in Falmouth, on Cape Cod. One of the things I loved to do as a child was walk out on the jetties and then sit looking across the ocean.

4. Jet. Hubby was a pilot and so I have flown in many Jets, with Hubby piloting them!

5. Jam. I love to make jam! I think my favorite jam is the plum jam I make. Oh man, that is just so delicious!

6. Java. Yep, I’m a big coffee drinker, my favorite blend being mocha java.

7. Jessica. The name of my step-daughter. I’ve always loved that name.

8. Jokes. I love a good joke, not the mean kind, but the ones that just make you laugh with glee!

9. “Junior“! Have you seen that movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Oh, it just cracks me up!

10. Joy. What I thought I had lost but eventually found again.

11. “Juno“. I love that movie, too. What a sweet, poignant film.

12. Jarlsberg Cheese, one of my favorite things to eat and now no longer allowed due to my cholesterol. Rats!

13. Janet, my favorite cousin!

And here is a plus one. My middle name is Jewel. I’ve never liked it, but what are you going to do?

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Ah yes. The many faces of Maribeth!

I’d decided that with Anneliese in heat it was easier to keep her close so that she wouldn’t chew up her little pants. So far, this has worked very well. She is a little doll in bed, curling up by my stomach, and cuddling me.

Of course the tough part is that Arnie was alone and he really hated that. So we’ve been trying to get him to sleep with us too. Now this isn’t so easy. Arnie likes to stretch out and is bold enough that he will try to push you out of bed.

So half way through the night he would be unceremoniously dumped back in his crate. That was, until last night. The boy finally settled down and slept well.

Thus giving us a “three dog night“.

Greta sleeps comfortably by Hubby’s feet, and in the morning comes up for a cuddle with us both. Fritz sleeps by the door, forever on guard. Yes, it really is amazing how our little family huddles together now in slumber.

Of course in another few days we will have to put Arnie back in his crate until Anneliese finishes off her heat. I’ll miss the little guy then. But for now, it’s nice having him with us.

I am just thankful that my bed dogs are dachshunds and not St. Bernards!

I was going to write about the lovely Art Exhibit we went to, and I will do that tomorrow when I have time to think, scan some pictures in, and write. Tonight I am exhausted, and….dealing with a disaster.

After we finished up at the Museum, we stopped to buy a new orchard ladder and we noticed the traffic was getting bad. It’s Memorial Day Weekend here, and that means that today people in Boston were leaving work early to drive north!

As we listened to the radio they kept reporting that no one is traveling because of the high fuel prices, but all I can say is HA! It was bumper to bumper all the way from Boston to Concord, New Hampshire. I hate traffic. I get nervous in traffic, so we kept going in hopes of getting past it.

We got to Concord and Hubby was feeling hungry and so we stopped so we could eat, and as we sat there enjoying the peace of our meal my cell phone rang.

Emily: “Ah, there is a big problem. But the dogs are all okay and the house is fine.”

Me: Okay, so what’s up?”

Emily: “Anneliese is in heat, and it got all over my friends jeans and we washed them in the washer, and the door wasn’t closed all the way and it leaked all over the laundry room!!! I am sooooo sorry!!!!!”

Me: “Okay, you need to get everything off the floor and put it in the garage. And we’ll deal with it when we get home. Just mop up what you can.”

Emily: I am so sorry!!! I didn’t mean this to happen!”

Me: It’s okay. We’ll be home soon.”

I could tell that Emily was upset, and I made a game plan before we even arrived. I was pleased to see that the flood wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. The girls had handled themselves really well and done a good job cleaning up and had even gotten a fan going to help dry up the laundry room.I’m washing the clothes and towels that need it and lets face it, that old carpet well, it actually looks better now!

Anneliese looks adorable in her pants, and is being a sweetie, and tomorrow I will work on writing a more complete account of our visit to the “El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III” exhibit.