journal – Jwls Mac Ray

Walking and Doctor

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 by 2bcreativeblog

Today was doctor three lately. my main doctor, second one was actually good, third think he just didnt listen. he was an internal doc. the previous one was trying to get a kidney doc. my lab work the kidneys were in the 2.0 range. the other two ranges was so low it put me in the chronic kidney range. basically i dont drink enough water,havent since leaving high school. bad girl. i got sick in may from getting my teeth all pulled and really didnt drink. i finally started to like the water. i think i was tired of it because i didnt eat much to swish the food down. i liked water before i had my stroke in dec 12,2020. weird things have happened. i didnt care for the last doc but he said he’s going to get me in kidney doc just hope its near. gas is a little pricey. he told me to stop all supplements without even looking at them. maybe i too much detail. i didnt think they were bad. vitd3, magnesium, coq10 for my statin im taking, iron, vitamin.these were doctor not prescribed just copies presciption ones, different ones. i needed easy to swallow ones because no teeth doctor ones,big and no coating. i get the feeling he doesnt like ones without doctor approval. my family doctor seemed ok with them. confusing. he ordered new blood labs with my meds already taken and to see him next week. what good is that going to do already took them they will be on bloodwork. i also have an ultrasound next monday for kidneys but he wanted the appointment on monday. i would wait until after but we didnt make the appointment.he didnt really listen to my stroke information.i think he was as confused. not saying he is a bad doctor. the second doctor new to listen about the stroke. i liked her. she is the one that got me the kidney ultrasound. see what happens next monday.

we went walking at our pond again, i usually walk about 3000 steps which is good, stroke was dec.12, 2020. last two times without my cane. hubby holds it if needed. no bench breaks.i hope it doesnt get too cold early.good exercise. sorry for the errors right hand still doesnt work, yet. i wrote two of my kids left handed today. hopefully they can read it. lol

Ramblings

thoughts on decorating

Posted on August 15, 2021 by 2bcreativeblog

i watch hgtv regularly, noticed they like to put books on shelves backwards. OMG i want to see what the book is. i want to know what people have to read. im nosy like that. just looks weird.

im still one hand typing, sorry things are not capitalized.

most shows like using all white. i like color! some white is cool.

i love to decorate for all holidays. i dont know yet if i will do much this year. decorations are downstairs and one hand makes it challenging, but will take time. makes me cry to lose another thing i enjoy. losing a hand one one doesnt realize what they lose.

i cry everyday when a memory comes up. i try to not take the crazy med even though its low dose,0.5 mg. sometimes small cry fits other times big. it does clear my nose. lol i go through a lot of kleenex! my family asks what is wrong and i cant say because ill cry more.

but i took crazy pill, eating a cupcake, and drinking a pop. but i am drinking a veggie fruit drink too. i know not to eat sugar but damn i got to enjoy life!

Oh This or That

Been A Wee Bit

Posted on April 22, 2019 by 2bcreativeblog

I hope this is the beginning of more blogs. It has been a busy year, so I didn’t put blogging at the top of that busy schedule. I’m ready to now. I miss it and reading everyone’s blogs. I want to believe I’ve slacked on it because I was out of ideas but I think it was simply not writing them down.

I began a different calendar/journal book and it’s taken time to figure out how I wanted to use it. It is a mix of personal and business stuff. It is meant to get me motivated. Some of the weeks I do great and other weeks I bomb completely!

Before when I wrote the blogs, it was open word and write. No planning. I’ll still write some that way but now I will try the writing on paper and planning. My calendar/journal has many cool inserts I can buy and so I’ve been having fun buying a few and experimenting with how I want to use them. I don’t always use them like it is meant to be used. I like to be creative and use them a bit differently. Like my blog posts is actually going to be wrote on an insert that is meant for lists and notes. I’ll use the list portion for the ideas and then use the note side for writing the post. Of course, when I write it in word I tend to add and change it a bit. I seem to think of more things once I start typing. It does get the ideas going. Good insert! I found it on a clearance shelf and grabbed it because of the price. I didn’t know for sure what I was going to use it for, until today. 🙂

Oh This or That, Ramblings

What Have I Been Up To?

Posted on August 28, 2016 by 2bcreativeblog

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Survived 2nd week of boys back to school! 🙂
Solved middle son’s health issue. So relieved it turned out minor. He is a smiley boy again.
Surviving the oldest and only daughter invading our house. LOL. She moved back in for a while. It’s been nice to have a female around once more.
Began editing my novel, again. I believe I have solved the first chapter whoas. It was holding me back. Now on to checking grammar and flow of the rest of the book. 🙂
Getting a lot of computer work done. Some paid, some not. Lots of learning being accomplished. I love learning. I soak in all I can.
I have started going to the library again. It helps that my middle son’s school is close by. 🙂 Win, win situation. I go a little early and spend time reading. End result, reading more! 🙂
I have been going through totes, boxes, and files. Tossing, sorting, and finding forgotten treasures. It has been way overdue. I have separated the 4 kids’ stuff into their own tote. Plan on making memory journals instead of traditional photo albums. It’s been fun. 🙂

Oh This or That, Ramblings

Calendar Journal

Posted on January 12, 2016 by 2bcreativeblog

I like to jot things down through the year on a calendar. Last year, I bought a quarterly calendar and it had a lot of room to write things where the date was. Then in April of last year I decided to go with the binder and filler pages. I enjoyed it and it had a lot of room to add pages if need be.

This year, I bought the binder again. I was surprised the store no longer carried the calendar refill. I pondered for the last week of what I wanted to do. I know I could have gone to an office supply store or order it online but my mind was thinking go more creative. What do I do but head to Pinterest for ideas. 🙂

Lots of neat free printables to choose from. 🙂

The one’s I chose.

I am pretty happy with them so far. Eventually, I want to make my own. I like doing that kind of stuff. 🙂

I put them in three sections.

I used my teddy bear stationery cut down to size. I have tons of stationery because we once had a small office and computer store. I am eager to get it used up so I can justify buying new stuff. LOL (I keep telling myself it needs all used up first but now I do have room for more so just maybe I can buy a couple new ones. 🙂 )

This is the front cover. 🙂

I figure the calendar is the perfect way to know what year the journal is. 🙂

The reason I use the smaller binder is when I carry my big purse I can place it in it. Plus, the smaller size uses less ink to print. 🙂 lol

How do you organize your year?

I had a good hair day today so I am going to post my selfie for the month. LOL

I chopped my hair about a month ago. She actually cut more than I wanted to but I like it ok. It will grow. I am thinking I want some color to it. I might even go brave with a hint of teal. ???? It will be a few months pondering time. 🙂

5 Year Journal

Journal Time…Sept 20-26

Posted on October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 by 2bcreativeblog

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Sept. 20th

Question? What’s your favorite television show?

2012

I have so many! NCIS is at the top!

2013

I do have a long list but it is still NCIS by far. I love the characters. They are fun. I will miss Ziva when she leaves the show soon.

2014

I bet it was till NCIS. LOL

2015

Love Blacklist! New top favorite! But I still love all the NCIS and CSI shows. I should have went to school to be a CSI! 🙂

Sept. 21st

Question? Where do you think your road is going?

2012

In a good way. Going to succeed.

2013

It’s going slowly but that’s ok. I’m not rushing and messing it up. I believe it is good.

2014

none

2015

A much better direction than about five years ago. I’m happy just getting a little bored at home. I think I need a part time outside job to mingle with people. 🙂

Sept. 22nd

Question? What shocking news have you recently learned?

2012

None.

2013

I do not have any shocking news. I believe that is good though.

2014

none

2015

None. Nothing shocks me anymore. It’s a crazy world anymore.

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Sept. 23rd

Question? Write down a quote for today.

2012

Be True To Yourself.

2013

Reach For The Stars.

2014

none

2015

Anything Is Possible.

Sept. 24th

Question? When was the last time you went dancing?

2012

Way too long ago. Forget when it was.

2013

I do not know. I use to dance a lot. I do miss it. I was on my high school dance team. Always made me happy dancing.

2014

none

2015

In my mind, today. 🙂 LOL I miss dancing. Hubby and I use to in the beginning of our marriage. Hope to start again someday soon. 🙂

Sept. 25th

Question? Do you plan, or are you flying by the seat of your pants?

2012

Half plan, half fly! 🙂

2013

There are certain things I plan and other things I do not. I don’t like to plan everything cause things happen and I don’t want to be disappointed.

2014

none

2015

A little of both. Plan the bigger things as much as possible. Day to day can be flying by the seat of my pants. 🙂

My kids when they were younger. 🙂

Sept. 26th

Question? Today was amusing because _______

2012

Kids are funny.

2013

The cats were being goofy. They were chasing each other and running into things. Lazy was pushing things off the end table. 🙂

2014

none

2015

Hubby was home, enough said. 🙂 He makes me smile and laugh. The boys enjoy him picking on them and that’s fun to watch.

5 Year Journal

Journal Sept 6 – 12th

Posted on September 14, 2015September 14, 2015 by 2bcreativeblog

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Sept. 6th

Question? What was the last online video clip you watched?

2012

On writing a novel by using plotting.

2013

It was a YouTube video on writing. I am always watching short information videos by other authors. It helps to learn what works and what doesn’t.

2014

None

2015

Art Journaling videos. I’m getting ideas to do family albums with the journaling art.

Sept. 7th

Question? What’s the newest thing you’re wearing today?

2012

I have nothing new. LOL

2013

My grey shorts. They are comfy, stretchy and got them on clearance for $4.00! Yay for markdowns! 🙂

2014

None

2015

Nothing. I haven’t bought me clothes in a couple years. If it fits and looks good I wear it forever. 🙂

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Sept. 8th

Question? Who are you jealous of?

2012

Those who have big families like Aunts, Uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc and that they still get together for weekends and holidays.

2013

I’m actually letting go of jealous feelings. They interrupt your life and are not good.

2014

None

2015

I’m not. Jealousy causes problems. Best to not have it in your life. Let go.

Sept. 9th

Question? What comes to mind when you think of fear?

2012

Dying before I’m 80.

2013

Losing a close family member or friend. Always a sad thing to go through. It is happening more in our family as I get older. The part of growing old that sucks. ;(

2014

None

2015

My kids being unhappy and feeling alone. Kids drifting away from us. Kids not being a huge part of the family circle.

Sept. 10th

Question? This is utterly confounding ______

2012

Money. It really does make the world go around.

2013

Government. Always. Doesn’t matter what party. Needs to go back to basics and for the people. A smaller group.

2014

None

2015

People who are close minded. They see only their side and not anyone else’s. World is becoming scary.

Sept. 11th

Question? What advice would you give to a second-grader?

2012

Be nice to others. Love your family. Play. Learn.

2013

Don’t bully. Respect adults. Love your family. Learn. Play cause someday you will not get to play as much.

2014

None

2015

Do your work. Respect others. Play outside lots. Listen to your parents. Never bully, it hurts.

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Sept. 12th

Question? What are you chasing at this moment?

2012

My dream to be a writer.

2013

I am chasing my dream to publish my first novel.

2014

None

2015

To be a better person. To be a writer. Enjoy life. Be healthy.

5 Year Journal

That Journal Thing, Week Aug. 9-15th

Posted on August 19, 2015August 19, 2015 by 2bcreativeblog

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August 9th

Question: Write down your last sent text message.

Year 2012: nothing.

Year 2013: I deleted it. Usually don’t text much. No one texts me much either. 🙂

Year 2014: nothing.

Year 2015: It was a smiley face to hubby. We do that a lot. 🙂 Only texts I do is hubby and kids. Once in awhile a friend. Call me unsociable on the phone. 🙂

August 10th

Question: What are you running from at this moment?

Year 2012: Oberlin. Small town life. Want a change for a while. New opportunities. Still like the small town just want something different for awhile. Running from a broken house there. Will be nice not living in it while fixing it. 🙂

Year 2013: How much weight I have gained since high school. I guess running from mirrors. 🙂

Year 2014: nothing.

Year 2015: My bathrooms! LOL…they need cleaned bad! Well, they are not gross. I just find other things to do. LOL

August 11th

Question: How many stamps are in your passport?

Year 2012: Do not have one. 😦

Year 2013: None

Year 2014: None

Year 2015: None still. Probably never will have one. Bummer. I would love to travel, but time and money blocks that!

August 12th

Question: What is your resolution for tomorrow?

Year 2012: Get organized! Pack!

Year 2013: Edit my novel. Step it up and get busy! 🙂

Year 2014: Nothing.

Year 2015: Clean those bathrooms. LOL I have three of them. Yep still putting it off. 🙂 Of course write. Always write.

August 13th

Question: What is your favorite thing to do on a Saturday morning?

Year 2012: Sleep in a little. Family time. Chill. Relax. 🙂

Year 2013: Chill out. Big breakfast. Watch TV with the hubby. Watch son bowl during season. Other son play football.

Year 2014: blank.

Year 2015: Chill with the hubby and kids. During school year the son and I go to bowling. He bowls on a city league that earns scholarship money. 😉 And this year the youngest son will be playing tackle football for the school.

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August 14th

Question: Did you complete your to-do list for the day?

Year 2012: Nope. Rarely do.

Year 2013: Nope. Some done. My lists are usually LONG. I got emails read, laundry for boys done, YMCA, read blogs, and wrote a blog. 😉

Year 2014: blank.

Year 2015: No. A little bit done.

August 15th

Question: What do you like best about your body today?

Year 2012: My hair. I recently got a hair cut.

Year 2013: Well…that’s a bad question! LOL I suppose my legs. Only a few old lady markings but in good shape. Exercising again. Soon look even better everywhere. 🙂

Year 2014: blank

Year 2015: I’ve lost about 20 lbs on my own and have kept it off for over a year. Now to lose 20 more. 🙂

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5 Year Journal

That Journal Thing Again…June 14-20, 2015

Posted on June 20, 2015 by 2bcreativeblog

What my journal looks like. Spans five years. 2012-2016.

As I take a look in my journal, I see lots of empty spaces during the first six months. I would think that would be a better time to write than during the last when all the holidays happen.

Weird.

Maybe I have more to write about then. 🙂 I will add a goal to do better at writing in it and add a post once a month or twice. I don’t think I want to fill up my blog with every week, that is a lot of entries. 🙂

June 14th – question? Did you exercise today?

2012 Actually did walk on treadmill for 20 minutes and sweated like crazy. I am trying to do regular exercise because it does make me feel better.

2013 Blank.

2014 Nope. I thought about it. Should have done it. Motivation was nowhere to be found.

2015 A little. Played in the front flower garden. Pulled weeds, removed the old mulch, and placed stone pavers down.

June 15th – question? What’s your favorite gadget?

2012 The apps I have downloaded on my phone. Love them. It helps to keep track of things. Organize. Budget. Awesome. I use the apps more than call or text.

2013 Blank.

2014 My favorite would be my NOOK! I love it! I love it for all the apps. I love it for reading new authors that I would not have known about. 🙂

2015 My Galaxy Note 3 phone. I like the apps as always. It is nice being able to look stuff up on the internet on the spur of the moment. Love the camera! Lots of cool features.

June 16th– question? What makes you cynical?

2012 Fake friends. Especially when they are only out for themselves. Makes me want to disappear and hide in my own little world.

2013 Blank. Thinking it was not a good year. 🙂

2014 “distrustful of human nature”, mocking. When someone you thought cared about you ends up not making an effort to be there when you need them most. Trust disappears.

2015 Fake people. People who lie a lot. People who ignore me.

June 17th– question? The best hour today was_____. Why?

2012 7pm. Eating pizza with my boys. Nice to eat together. Plus Shay will be at college soon and not eating with us as much.

2013 Blank. Shock!

2014 5pm. Being at the movies with the boys and then eating afterwards at IHOP. Spending time with them. It was Shay’s treat which made it even better. 🙂 We had fun and got out of the house.

2015 6pm. Watching the boys play baseball. Love baseball.

June 18th– question? What’s the last meal someone cooked for you?

2012 Have to be when hubby was home on R&R in May. It was his favorite mac & cheese with hamburger in it. Miss him. Deployment almost done.

2013 Blank.

2014 Monday Shay made the sloppy Joes while I caught up on dishes. It was yummy and simple. He is learning.

2015 A few weekends ago hubby cooked supper. I’m usually the one cooking.

June 19th– question? What was the last personal letter you received?

2012 Gosh can not recall. Have had cards but not much wrote in them and those were from hubby. I think last letter was Farra when she went to school in Colby.

2013 Blank.

2014 It’s been since Christmas and that was a newsletter type letter. We get mostly junk mail. Blah.

2015 Last week from a LetterMo pen pal! Love pen pals. Now I need to return writing to her.

June 20th– question? Write the first sentence of your autobiography.

2012 I am a creative but quiet woman who loves adventure.

2013 Blank.

2014 Who am I?

2015 Once upon a time I was a social butterfly, then I preferred the quiet life.

Oh This or That

I Swear It Was Not That

Posted on January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 by 2bcreativeblog

A few weeks ago I ordered a new 2-page quarter year calendar journal from Day Timer. I was excited to open it when it arrived. The first thing I noticed was that it was for October, November, and December 2015. WHAT?

I can not believe I did not notice that when ordering it. I remember thinking October was an odd time to start a date book but I know you can get one’s that start in September, so I did not think anything of it.

I should have paid better attention.

But, all is not lost. January actually began the same day October will. I scratched out the October and put January on all the month’s pages.

February has a few extra days since it is actually November, crossed those out.

March is a bit more tricky. I crossed out the day of the week and will write above it the true day.

This all led to thinking, I can doodle and put color on the pages to hide the month and day when needed. Works pretty well. I always doodled on my notes when I was in high school and college. I also wrote with colored pen. Love colored pens.

Why, would I not send it back and get the real one?

I did not want to wait. LOL

Plus, why waste it. It is easily fixed and it was my error. I will make sure to double check the next quarterly calendar that I order in March!

I really like this one too.

It has a place for

To Be Done Today (Action List): I use this for the day’s task I want to complete. Some days it is huge and others I am rather lazy. Interesting to see what I really get done.

A section for appointments with the time beginning at 7am – 10pm: I put down kids’ schedules and mine. I write what I get accomplished plus how long. Good for making me write.

Phone call section, expense record section: Not much goes here. I do not get many calls. I sometimes use it for other things I want to track.

Next page is an entire page of work record: This is where all my ideas go. When I complete them I flip back and check them off. It includes my writing ideas plus all the art stuff I want to get done.

It even acts as a diary in a way. I will jot down funny stuff that happens or things I want to remember. I wish I had done this a long time ago with things the kids do or say. 🙂

In the beginning, I wrote down my New Year Goals. It will be fun to see what I achieve at the end of the year. I did another page with my creative goals. I put these on the beginning days 1-5 because the calendar did not arrive until after the 5th.

The best part, it fits in my purse. 🙂