I Love Thursday #17 January Wrap-Up
This is our #17 list of our loves for the week. How can it be the last Thursday of January already? LeeAnna blogs at Not Afraid of Color and shares her ‘likes’ every Thursday. Several of our friends also share on a weekly basis – check them out!
Love #1
Idiosyncrasies. My friends are very tolerate (I think) of my idiosyncrasies. I am a germ-o-phobe to the max. If I know someone is sick, just stay away from me. Don’t talk to me, don’t look at me, go away. Of course I say it much nicer than that – oh I’m so sorry you’re sick! Why don’t you go home?? We had a fun play date with Ken and Carol last Saturday and Carol brought along some hand sanitizer for me. Not just one but TWO! Isn’t that just the sweetest thing? I considered wearing a Darth Vader mask – if I had one – to limit the inhaling of germs. ~smile~ I am not kidding all that much; just slightly.
Love #2
Physical therapy! I have had PAIN in my feet for 1.5 years. Not every single minute thankfully but enough to bring me close to tears on some days (don’t tell Sue). I went to a new foot doctor to ask him to do surgery. Please. He said no, let’s try extreme therapy first. I think those physical therapists are rather sadistic. They like to inflict pain under the guise of ‘helping.’ Anyway, yippee – four weeks of ‘intensive’ therapy, two times a week first. I truly do believe this will help a great deal. The script calls for ‘dry needling’. Doesn’t that SOUND like it will hurt? The lady who made my appointments said it really relieves the pain. I am so thankful for anything that may relieve the pain, and that I have insurance that will cover the therapy. Oh happy day! Today is my first appointment at 3 p.m.
Love #3
Layoff due to cutback. This one might be a hard one to wrap your head around. Our Godson and nephew, Richard, was unexpectedly laid off from his job. He was there for most of his adult life, and was a big SHOCK. I told him it was one door closing and another opening opportunity. It is his chance to change careers if he wanted – dream big and go after that dream. He wants to stay with the same type of job because he loved that job. Great! We helped beef up his resume and a draft cover letter so he can get it out there. Don’t forget LinkedIn, Indeed, and all the connections you already have with family and friends. I know he’ll land on his feet shortly, and it will be the best thing that ever happened to him/them (he and his wife have three kids). Don’t you agree?!
Love #4
Eagles vs. Vikings. Both teams are great! Good enough to be in the NFC playoff game and one step from the big one – the Super Bowl. Remember I said it was hard for me to say Go Vikings Go, but I meant it. I watched it last Sunday night even though it was on wayyyyyyyy too late for me to stay up. Did they make it? Do you know or care? HAHA! I do! No they did not win. Too bad as it would have been the Vikings, in their home stadium, and a possible first Super Win at home is TOO COOL! Really – New England had to win AGAIN?!!! Good grief. So it will be the Philadelphia Eagles against those darn NE Patriots in the last game of this football season.
Love #5
Guacamole! I have lived 57 years hating guacamole. It was a texture thing . . . and green thing! Last year, we visited a good friend and her husband in Tempe, AZ. They took us to an authentic Mexican restaurant where they made a rough-chopped guacamole at the table. To say it was delicious is a grave understatement. It did convert me to a guac lover though. Tonight, to cheer on the Vikings, we made our own version of that guac and I loved every bite of it!
Doesn’t that just look yummy?! With some fresh Tostitos and a nice Diet Coke Lime. Good stuff.
Love #6
I always save the best for last, and our sweet boy. Did you know I love him to pieces?! If not, (where have you been?) look at this face! Enough said, as my friend Cindy Anderson says as she shares a quote on her website ~smile~:
Yum – sweet potatoes!
He’ll probably eat guacamole with me when he gets just a little older. ~smile~ His parents entered him a cutest baby contest. How can he NOT win?! Oh yeah, I am voting as often as I can. HAHA!
That’s it for this week! I hope your week is filled with many blessings. Happy Thursday!
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You were just full of news in this post. So sorry about your feet. I hope the torture does some good and brings the pain to an end. I’m sorry to hear about your nephew. So disheartening! I hope he lands on his feet with an even better job. We are big fans of guacamole at this house. Thankfully we don’t have to deal with a texture issue. You certainly did save the best to last. The smile on that little boys face is so warming! Thank you for the mention. ♥️💃
Good Morning!
I think my feet are getting better – I sleep with a brace on one foot now. Not the most comfortable but I can walk when the alarm goes off which is a fabulous change. ~smile~ Roseanne
Now that’s progress and very good to hear! Woohoo! 🎉
Hi Roseanne, my hubby is a germaphobe. I wash my hands a lot too and I don’t like to go where I know someone is sick.
Supporting sports teams is good fun…we support our Ottawa Senators…hockey, even though they aren’t that great but you’ve got to rah for the home team.
My exercises for my fingers are really working so I believe in your therapies. Anything to avoid drugs.
I love avocado and your guacamole looks so good and healthy too.
That boy is growing so fast! He would definitely get my vote for cutest baby!
Hi Jocelyn,
Well, aren’t you sweet for saying you would give him your vote for the cutest baby. I know I’m biased – AND there are some really cute babies posted there. I doubt he’ll win but it is fun to think about. ~smile~ Roseanne
Your little Dominic is getting cuter and cuter, what a fun photo of him! The guac looks delicious – is there a recipe you used? Hope you had a good experience at your foot therapy and it solves the pain problem. I know that is not fun! ;(
Hi Diann,
Doesn’t D just look so much older there?! Mr. Little Man. No real recipe for the guac – 2 Roma tomatoes diced, 1/2 sweet white onion diced, 1 jalapeño seeds removed and finely diced, 1 avocado, and 1/2 fresh lime juice. I would have added cilantro and pomegranate seeds if I had them on hand. Add more tomatoes if you like more – just eyeball it. The lime juice keeps it from turning brown so get that on as soon as you dice the avocado. ~smile~ Roseanne
I don’t blame you. I am not a germ a phobe….but my mom laughs at me. I refuse to participate in potlucks. Glad therapy is working…big smile…you know they are all truly Sadist masquerading as therapists. I am right there with you on guacamole. Until I made my own. Do you put a jalepeno and red onion in it?
Hi Colette,
Yes indeed about the sadist therapists! Do you make your guac chunky? I do put a jalapeño and sweet onion in it – red onion would be great but I didn’t have it on hand. ~smile~ Roseanne
Mmm… guacamole. Always lovely stuff. I hope the physical therapy does the trick (and yay for insurance coverage).
Hi,
Did I make you hungry for guac?! Just thinking about how good it was makes my stomach growl again. ~smile~ Roseanne
Hope the foot therapy has started off well. If they can do something will be great.
Hi Kathryn,
Thanks so much! The pain isn’t gone yet but at least there is a plan now. Be gone I say! ~smile~ Roseanne
I’m right there with you on the germ thing. It is a pet peeve to have sick people come to a meeting! Guacamole. I grew up in Tampa with avocado trees in the yard and I’m partial to them. One day I just mushed up a ripe one with salsa, lemon juice and garlic and it was the best thing I ever had. So easy, we smeared it on sandwiches and finished up by scooping it into our mouths!
Hi LeeAnna,
Oh to have an avocado tree in the yard! YUM. Them mixed with salsa sounds just fab. ~smile~ Roseanne
So glad the therapy is helping your feet!! It’s always nice to have improvement. And I too was rooting for the vikings, but alas…. I like your rough chopped Guac, I like all guac, but I like it better with more stuff in it, and I usually make it more like salsa with some avocados in it….
Hi Shannon,
Yup, I started chopping three tomatoes. By the end of the second one I thought, hmm, this is going to be too tomato-e. The avocado was just on the verge of being too squishy but I ignored that. It was fab and a nice treat for mid-winter. ~smile~ Roseanne
These posts are so much fun to read. Although I’m sorry to say that I think I’m coming down with a cold, so I won’t be coming to visit. 🙂 Glad you are finding some relief for your feet; chronic pain is not fun. The Vikes? Well, I’m a Minnesotan but not a football fan. Needless to say, the Vikes have a long history of “always a bridesmaid . . .” so no surprise that they lost. Now I want guac for lunch, but I have no avocados, and your grandson is the cutest little guy ever. Hope your nephew finds a job soon!
Hi Wendy,
They are fun to write, too! It’s one of those things that when I say to myself I love this – then I have to try to remember to write about it and take a photo. Obviously the photos are a high priority. HAHA! I didn’t recall that about the Vikes but it seems very fitting. Yum to guac – pick some up at the grocery store soon! You won’t be sorry. ~smile~ Roseanne