Day 3648: An important date

Today is an important date because

• it’s the third anniversary of when Michael and I got married (after many important dates),
• my son Aaron is coming over to stay for a few days before we take a trip together to New York,
• every day is an important date for somebody, and
• I have all these images to share with you.

Today is CLEARLY an important date.

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “an important date.”

Thanks to all who make every day an important date for me, including YOU!

Day 3634: Bringing it all together

Last weekend, when I spoke to my ex-sister-in-law Deborah about our shower remodel, she suggested ways of bringing it all together. For example, since we’re going to use this shower seat because of space considerations …

… we talked about a teak look for shelves and elsewhere, bringing it all together.

Also, using this tile for the shower floor and maybe a trim …

… is another way of bringing it all together.

Honestly, it’s taken so long to do this shower repair and remodel that I can’t imagine bringing it all together.

Also, because all my photos aren’t loading this morning, I’m having some trouble bringing it all together for this post. I’m going to turn my phone off and on, because that often helps in bringing it all together.

That didn’t work, so now my thoughts are bringing it all together this way:

• What if I can’t post new photos any more in this blog?
• What could be causing this?
• How can I fix this?
• Who can help?

I’ll turn off my phone again to see if that helps me in bringing it all together here today.

That didn’t fix things and now I’m realizing that I’m running out of space on my phone so I need to delete photos if I want to keep bringing it all together on this blog.

Do you see bringing it all together in my other images for today?

I don’t know why I’m encountering so many challenges to bringing it all together today. The National Day Calendar has changed its website and it took me twenty minutes to figure out a way of bringing it all together, above.

It seems like whenever I’ve figured out ways of bringing it all together, something changes. I’ll just keep bringing it all together the best I can, over and over again.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “bringing it all together.”

How have you been bringing it all together lately?

Thanks to all who support me in bringing it all together in this daily blog, including YOU.

Day 3286: Hearts

For some reason, I woke up with a heavy heart today. As I connect with other hearts, though, my heart lightens.

What hearts can you see in my images for today?

If you have heartburn from bacon (or anything else), Happy Bicarbonate of Soda Day!

Here is “Hearts” by Marty Balin.

Heartfelt thanks to all who help me create this blog every day, including YOU!

Day 2962: Life was a lot easier when …

Is it easy for you to finish the sentence is today’s title? When was life a lot easier for you?

Blogging is a lot easier for me when I have the Daily Bitch to quote.

Even though life was a lot easier when we weren’t dealing with a worldwide pandemic, yesterday my biggest decisions included:

• which Godiva chocolate to eat,
• which Tweet to respond to, and
• what images to capture with my iPhone 8.

Life is a lot easier — for me, Amy Siskind, and many others — than it was a month ago.

Here is “Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard?” — a Ted talk by Jon Jandai:

It’s always easy for me to express gratitude to those who help me blog every day, including YOU!

Day 2961: Gratitude list

As I return to work, remotely, after my birthweek vacation, I’d like to start out the day with a gratitude list.

Here and now, I am grateful for

• my son Aaron,
• my husband Michael,
• our cat Harley,
• my friends,
• family members,
• our good health,
• my work as a group therapist,
• my very unusual heart,
• my doctors and my dentist,
• my home near the sea,
• the delicious nutritious meals Michael cooks,
• chocolate,
• popcorn,
• unsalted sunflower seeds in the shell,
• humor,
• music,
• nature,
• this blog,
• my other creative outlets,
• The Daily Bitch Calendar,
• Twitter,
• “Jazz,”
• “RuPaul’s Drag Race”,
• “Match Game” reruns,
• “Call My Agent” (a/k/a “Dix pour cent” in French), and
• my iPhone 8, which allows me to stay connected with those I love AND capture images like these:

If you could see yourself through my eyes, you’d see how wonderful you are.

Here’s the opening music for “Call My Agent!/Dix pour cent.”

What’s on your gratitude list? Until tomorrow …

Day 2960: All I need

It’s wonderful to be able to write, here and now, that I have all I need.

Before my birthday last week, I let my husband Michael know that I had all I need. I told him that if he needed to give me a gift, I would be happy with his replacing a bathroom lightbulb.

All I need is to share this photo …

… and this joke:

How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb? One, but the lightbulb really has to want to change.

If this therapist had changed that lightbulb, she would have needed a ladder.

If you need more lightbulb jokes, here they are:

https://www.scarymommy.com/lightbulb-jokes/?amp

All I need is to share these other images with you:

Because I have all I need, I didn’t need to buy any of those items I photographed in the market last night.

All the Collies, I mean the Hollies, need is the air that they breathe and to love you.

Here’s “All I Need” from Jacob Collier featuring Mahalia:

All I need now is to ask for comments and to express my thanks to YOU.

Day 2958: Plans

My plans for yesterday included seeing my fabulous dentist Dr. Del Castillo about an unplanned missing filling.

My plans for today include singing my new and timely lyrics for Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” at a remote Open Mic, which you can hear in this planned YouTube video.

My plans for my vacation this week included testing out a new microphone before tonight’s performance. Because of the distortion on the high notes, I plan to post a new video of “Vaccine” tonight right after the Open Mic.

Before I share my other plans for today with you, I plan to share some thoughts about plans:

• I enjoy plans when they combine structure and creative freedom.
• There is a big difference between worries and plans, although we tend to confuse and combine the two.
• It is possible to plan without worrying and I plan to continue to get better at that.

My plans for today include sharing all my planned and unplanned photos from yesterday with you.

I hope your plans for today include leaving a comment about this “Plans” post.

Every day, my plans include ending my daily blog with gratitude, so thanks to all whose plans included stopping here today, including YOU.

Day 1811: Throw Aways

Let’s start this throw-away post with a  definition of “throw away.”

throw·a·way

ˈTHrōəˌwā
adjective
adjective: throw-away
1. denoting or relating to products that are intended to be discarded after being used once or a few times.
“a throwaway camera”
synonyms: disposable, single-use, nonreturnable, unrecyclable
“throwaway packaging”
2. (of a remark) expressed in a casual or understated way.
“some people overreacted to a few throwaway lines”
synonyms: casual, passing, careless, unthinking, unstudied, unconsidered, offhand; underemphasized
“throwaway remarks”
noun
noun: throw-away
1. a thing intended or destined to be discarded after brief use or appeal.

Here are a few throwaway lines from me:

• Some years ago I asked Michael, “Did you throw away the cards and letters I received from clients when I left my previous job?”
• Michael said he would not throw away anything valuable and he was sure they’d show up some day.
• The cards and letters have never shown up, so I assume they were accidentally thrown away.
• My memories of my previous clients remain in my heart and mind, never to be thrown away.
• It looks like Michael did throw away my favorite boots.

 

• I don’t think Michael meant to throw away my boots. I think he temporarily threw them in the wastebasket while he was cleaning.
• I fear that the new U.S. tax bill is going to throw away a lot of valuable things.
• If my fears are true, I’m hoping the “careless, unthinking, unstudied, unconsidered”  parts of the tax bill that Congress is almost certainly “passing” will be “discarded after a brief use.”
• Yesterday,  I won a box of chocolates that I will not throw away.

Here are some more throw-away photos  from my non-throwaway camera.

If everything I’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear, I guess it’s time to throw away fear.

The FCC has thrown away Net Neutrality and I wonder how that’s going to affect my throwing in YouTube videos like this one (which came up when I searched on “throw away”):

 

Let’s not throw away our shots.

Please leave any throwaway remarks below.

As always, thanks for reading my throwaway lines, here and now.