Hike!

Old Pipeline Bed Trail, Leavenworth, Washington

"There is no illusion greater than fear"

Saturday at the Folks'

Sweet, Sweet Friday

Took C to work, ate us some Starbucks, deposited my check.

Hair: Ever since the Great Haircut Debacle of July 2018, with only two exceptions, I've been cutting my own hair ("No touchy!!!! NOOOO TOUCHY"). Early on in the growout process, I gave myself bangs, and now I'm kind of wishing I hadn't and am contemplating growing them out.

Since yesterday I've been channeling Faye from That Thing You Do!.

Yesterday me:

Today me:

These rotten white hairs are so dang pokey.

I mentally slick you back, white hairs!

Rented a pickup:

Packed our stuff and now we're heading north on I-5:

Arrived in Napavine, Washington, about 1:25 PM and bought R a fruit and cheese protein box from Starbucks. Hubby and I took our chances at Arby's.

Potty break at 2:55 PM:

Meanwhile, at work....

And back at home....

Back to our trip: We went east on I-90 through Snoqualmie Pass...

....and eventually, we found these folks: 

We ate steak, told stories, laughed a lot, and went to bed.

P.S. This crib has been in my mom's family for generations. I love that it's still in use.

The New Job

My new coworker:

With Alfonso, his former school teammate:

Doing a great job with the binding:

C and his old buddy Ethan, Barbara's son. C and I are now one of four mother-child combos working at the shop. Pretty cool.

C is doing great at his new job. His official title is "production support" and he spent the day learning to iron binding and mask pieces, and to sanitize our "touchy" surfaces with Ethan. He's fun to work with (proud mama moment) - he learns quickly, works well, and once had Nadia laughing pretty hard. I think this will be a good fit for him. 

And, as of today, I am officially a member of the production team - no more shipping. Shipping was fun and a great way to learn new skills and gain confidence, and I'll miss working with Barbara, but at the moment, she doesn't need my help and production really does.

It's been a great transition. I love sewing, I love the production people, and somehow sewing the same pieces over and over again is so much easier than I thought it would be. Watching the production team in the past, I just knew I would die of monotony, but so far no deaths have occurred. I'm surprising myself! It's a fun job and an awesome, positive atmosphere.

Life is crazy! Guess I'll need one of these now:

Mask of the day: my Yvonne mask. I love Yvonne. I mentioned how much I loved this pretty floral fabric and she took a scrap of it and made masks for herself and me, with this burgundy binding that really sets off the colors. She wore hers today too so we could be twins. ❤

Fingerwatch:

The part that's flaking off, I'm not excited about. I keep going after it with the clippers, but I can only go so far. I may have to put on a Band-Aid again so it won't catch on things and kill me off.

I think I was stressing out about C's first day, because after work, I was so tired. We had Costa Vida for dinner and I dozed through Jeopardy! and ended up going to bed early. It was a very good day.

The Day of Rest

It's Wednesday. Time for the chillin.

Found this mess on our way to take Hubby to work this morning. These cats will be lucky to make it out of this pandemic alive.

(B cleaned this up. Good B.)

These neighbors dress up their mannequin and post a new sign every day. Funnest pandemic everrrrr!

Meanwhile, we're chillin.

Then, time to go to Target.

Movies and a nap. I watched Dinner For Schmucks which was kind of funny and one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.

Your daily finger:

This girl in her banana-jamas, with her Pop-Pop:

So sweet.