Life Adventures for Miles

My battery life is about consistently 6 months, I guess. Then it seems to be a slow recharge, which means I doubt I will backlog any dates I missed between my last post and now (Sorry) or when I will post again...  Lately, I have been watching mental health videos , and one in particular hit me in the guts so hard I had to subscribe. I am always impressed with people youtubing but these vlogs about themselves and their life always seem to hit me harder. It made me think about melt downs, masks and relationships and all the non--fiction tot he fiction of it all. I still find it all so confusing a path to navigate. There hasn't been many NEW adventures, just busy nothings, as it were. Daily imagination play, screens, books and developments. The toilet training seems to be hitting a high note this time around, as she found that she doesn't mind toileting and under-wearing so much (even going on her own and even holding it until she is there-at least once so far. We hit celebration

Today was a day out (sorta). The normal morning of toy play, screens, and books, though the husband came home early so the afternoon was out and about town. The goal was to end our day with pizza out and grocery shopping, however, we left too early for our window shopping AND our errands so instead we just played and looked at our shops, then went home for pizza delivery, forgoing the food shopping altogether.  The shopping plaza strip we ventured into today had stores from sports, to furniture/snacks, to computers/electronics. We got fruit snacks and St. Patrick "snowball" cakes. We practiced our putting skills checked out the new selection of phones. We wandered the Dollar Tree and Walmart.  I found styles at a local clothing store that interested me.  The evening play consisted of a "shopping plaza" hallway and certain stuffed animal figures shopping for their house. After a fuss (that had all involved) for the cleanup, pizza was delivered and eaten and the eveni

Crafting with yarn this week: To make a popcorn stitch is to several things. 1) make a foundation chain, 2) chain one and single crochet (USA) 3) link into chain one 4) single crochet, 5) repeat step 4 with 3-5 rounds, this will result in looking like a ball, repeat process until the project is done. Crafting with food this week: Jambalaya: 1) using a pot (or instapot) poor rice pouch in and cover with water to just above the rice 2) chop choice of meat and add to pot 3)Boil and let simmer till rice is soft 4) add veggies (we used frozen so they are sized appropriately already) when rice and meat are almost cooked through Cook time: boil 10-15 minutes, simmer 30-45 minutes Pasta: 1) boil water into a pot and add noodles, 2) add chopped meat (if browning brown meat first) 3) add veggies (we added bell peppers towards the end to keep the crunch) 4) drain when fully cooked (noodles are soft but not mushy, meat is cooked through) Cook time: 15-20 minutes

Today's adventure was a most normal adventure indeed! Screens, books, toys, and imagination. We went to the doctor, played house (cleaned, cooked, groomed), learned at school, and had many a games such as: hide-and-seek and cross ways (in which we time bearhugs). We also had a singing contest and dance party. Sausages for dinner and starting our new routine up again, the dreaded (but really fun) bubble bath!  

Today while Luna made a mess of the living room (again) and frequently curled up with her blankets to watch the big screen, I found myself deep diving into LOTR territory after listening to some LOTR/Hobbit music.  I also found myself trying to create "popcorn" crochet stiches with the yarn luna used to practice her cutting skills. I figured I could somehow attach it to the side of a blanket in which the sides were too short to properly secure.  The channel I found that has the lore and myth and theories of Tolkien's work is aptly named Nerd of the Rings . Have I posted about this channel before? He has full playlists dedicated to each era (first, second and third) and most of the main pivotal characters. Some of my favorite videos are the theory videos and of course, being the bookworm I am, the readings and review/reaction/discussion videos! I have been reading or retreading "chosen one" trope books lately and was curious about Tolkien and his exploration. Thi

  Yay me! As it was the first of the month I did our monthly bedding change (also our weeks of laundry), dishes, trash, and puck g messes from a Luna Belle. It was happily fairly quiet. We also did the normal screens, play, and books. The main adventure was Luna decided this day was a good day to practice her workbook and her cutting (lots and lots of my yarn and paper). As I agreed with myself that the workbooks were for her to do, the...trials of her doing the work(ie, me only doing the show and tell or hand over hand) came and went throughout the day and this adventure. To end this day, my husband brought home Popeyes and we had more cake. Yum!