Just Jot It January – Scarlett79

January 16, 2025January 18, 2025

JusJoJan/2025

Personalities…That is the prompt for today. Not sure what to do with that, but I’ll just give it go. I like my personality. I’m funny, a great listener, a good story teller. I love my life, I love my family (all of them) and I’m madly in love with my husband of 45 years. He’s my best friend of all. A great friend, provider, artist !!! He loves his family too. He just has always been there for all of us. I can’t say enough great things about him.

We started dating when I was just 16 years old. I knew from the first time I laid eyes on him that he was my forever !!!! He was a Junior at Northwestern University ( The Harvard of the Midwest 😉 ) and I was a junior in high school. It was a good thing we never met in high school b/c he was in the class of the, “Jocks” i.e. the athletic group and I was unfortunately part of the, “Freaks” the leftover hippies of the 60’s… Like I said he never would’ve dated me. I guess that’s what they may call destiny. All a part of God’s Plan.

We have a lot of songs, but here’s one that I love, love, love…

Remember When

We dated for 3 years and then were married when I was only 20 years old. I knew he was my forever and when we said, “Better or Worse, Richer or Poorer, til death do we part,” we meant it. We’ve seen worse, we’ve seen poor and he just is the guy I knew he was. Because he puts his arms around us all through those times and tells me to hold on b/c he’s got this. Just don’t let go.

We’ve buried a son, Sean Patrick. We’ve lost houses and jobs car accident’s/traumatic brain injury but we never give up. It’s called, “Life…” Which can be a tsunami at times but you just have to keep going and hold on !!!! I love you husband.

Just the best guy who is my forever. A great father, husband/provider and grandpapa. I could go on forever but I think you get it. I’ll end with our very first song…

As in every life families evolve and change but one thing that stays the same is us !!! Here’s a little bit of the change I’m talking about. You can’t change the facts or the DNA…5 Children, and 9 grand babies, and counting…

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

JusJoJan, 2025

I think I’ll post one of my fav’s movie and song’s to go with this JusJoJan post…

The ability to actThe capacity to make decisions and take action, especially without being prompted by others. For example, “Lisa showed initiative on the job and was soon promoted”.
The first stepThe initial movement or action in a series of steps. For example, “take the initiative in becoming acquainted”.

I guess that is what you can say I’ve been doing lately…Taking the initiative to get my life back on track!!!! Loving most of it. Amazing the things you can get accomplished when you plan your day 🙂 !!!

First thing I did was get back to Mz. Serena (My Planner, The Mother Ship)… Then I went out and I got to the dentist, OMG. That was huge. Really glad I talked to my bff whose husband is also our dentist. I went looking for a closer one to home as their office is about an 1 hour away. I found one but after talking to my friend I’m just going to stay with them.

The dentist I found wanted to pull my tooth on the first visit. I’m thinking no…Dr. Scott know’s my teeth and he’s the only one that gets to do that. So now that’s the next step. That doesn’t worry me so much b/c he’s pulled a lot of my teeth so I’m okay with that.

Now I can move onto the next thing’s that I need to get done and I find my life is pretty busy. Just waiting for the January Thaw, doesn’t look like it’s coming anytime soon 🙁 …. So I’m just going to limit my going out for now. It’s the frozen tundra right now…Happy Tuesday !!!!

This is looking across my street from my desk and this is my espresso shot this am, as I was out of coffee for my latte…Plan “B”

January 21, 2023

SoCs & #JusJoJan

When it comes to, “killing two birds w/one stone” you can count it on my participation. That was a very lame use of that phrase, but I think in can work. Sorry Mz. Linda, I tried 😉 …

Back to SoCS…Had a great Saturday, Mani/Pedi and a 9 hour house wake-up. How do you erase your stream of consciousness??? I did though. Husband is still working on Mr. Paul Newman and it’s looking good. I’ll feature maybe on Monday’s Masterpiece. I guess I could sneak a peak at his progress on the painting…This picture was streaming through my consciousness 😉 …

Had leftover Spaghetti & Meatloaf again. It is very delicious to use leftover meatloaf in your new spaghetti sauce. Very tasty and I made some Gooey Sugar Cookie Bar for dessert. House is cleaned and life is just moving along, no complaints from this lady.

I’m just glad I got this up for today…See y’all tomorrow for Song Lyric Sunday. Hope everything is good in your corner of the world. It’s movie night at # thename and if you know what that is then good for you <3 . Blessings Blogger’s for a quiet Saturday evening…

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

#JusJoJan

Day is done…I must get out of the January Dumps. So here I am for the January Challenge. The prompt today is, “Phantom”. When I hear that word, I think of “Phantom of the Opera” yes the musical. This is from my old day’s of when I wore the hat of Musical Theatre Mom. It was a fun time of life for me and yes I do miss it. Also a great musical for sure, one of my fav’s. Happy Friday and let’s hope we don’t get a snow storm next week. I mean we’ve come this far with nary a flake of snow, so know you don’t get to make up for lost time next week. Snow go away.

January 18, 2023

#JusJoJan

The devil whispered into my ear today, “You cannot withstand the storm.” I looked back at the devil and whispered into his ear today, “I am the S T O R M.”

#1linerWed

Happy Wednesday…A little humor to start you day, Blessings Blogger’s

Hump Day…Woot, Woot

January 16, 2023

#JusJoJan

Happy Monday evening. I hope everyone had a great day and you got a 3 day weekend !!!! It was raining all day here, a dreary January day. The one good thing I can say about January, and I say it every single day. “We are one day closer to January being over !!!! Y A Y

The kids came over for dinner tonight. It was Meatloaf, Onion Brown Potatoes. Lizzie brought over her corn casserole, it was yummy and I’lll have to get that recipe. I made my Ooey Gooey Cookie Bar Bake that was a nice end to it.

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

#JusJoJan…

They say a picture says 1,000 words !!!! One of my favorite things <3 … I think these are pretty close to “Donut’s” the #JusJoJan prompt for today. This is a big Y A Y for me. These are my favs 🙂 …

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023

2023 Resolution

I did not make any resolution’s this year but I have to say this is one of my favorite days of the entire year !!!! I love, love, love New Year’s Day. A brand new year with brand new possibilities, a blank slate. It is always so exciting in my world !!!

I always say, “Write it down, Make it happen.” I learned from making lists that this is the key. Writing things down does make it happen, it almost makes it real. Today I really did nothing today but just being happy b/c it’s a new year.

This is going to be my first challenge of the year…Just Jot January 2023

So for today, it’s Sunday so it’s my day off and tomorrow I will start my new planner. We will have a year of first’s again and those are so exciting. I’m not going to say too much of those first’s b/c I have discovered an evil troll who has done some very mean things and I would expect nothing less from that person/people b/c they just aren’t very good people. I have one thing to say to those mean, horrible people. What goes around, comes around so you had better be careful because good always overcomes bad, horrible people !!!! You know who you are and so do I. You know I have a song for everything, and this is not my song for SLS. This song is for you, I know who you are. Believe me, I’m watching and it wasn’t hard to figure out who did this. This song is for you 😉 …

Back Stabbers

There’s a reason when people leave your world and I’ve learned God’s in control and he takes the people out of your life who will be no good for you. He’ll deal with them and that’s good enough for me. The best thing to do is to live a good life and be happy and I choose that.

January 15, 2022January 19, 2022

SoCS & JusJoJan…

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “a rainy day.” Write about the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the phrase “a rainy day.” Enjoy!

That is my favorite kind of day…Spring rainy days are good as long as they are warm. Summer rainy days are good, love the thunderstorms and Fall rainy days are probably the best. Dark and comfortable as long as I can sleep in. They are the, “Maybe I’ll start some soup”kind of days that I love, love, love.

I’m pretty sure the only time I get a bit weary of rain is during the Winter. Winter in Chicago it is definitely not suppose to rain and if it does, I’m pretty sure were in for some nasty weather !!!

I too also love the smell of rain, so comforting…

*When it rains,* *remembe****r the rainbows <3***

I’m sure it will be sometime before the rain comes. Happy the snow storms seem to be going south. About 2 months before were almost done with the cold. March can be very wonky.

So excited got a prompt up in jusjojan…It’s on January 25th and the prompt is, “Journal”… Thank you so much Mz. Linda <3

Enjoy your weekend blogger’s <3 .

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022

Jusjojan…

Tempest in a teapot and storm in a teacup

A tempest in a teapot is a small problem or event that has been blown out of proportion. A tempest in a teapot is an American idiom, the British equivalent is a storm in a teacup. Other languages have similar idioms, including the French une tempete dans un verre d’eau, or a storm in a glass of water. The basic sentiment of a tempest in a teapot and a storm in a teacup seems to have originated in 52 B.C.E. in the writings of Cicero, in a phrase that translates as stirring up billows in a ladle. The Duke of Ormand, in a letter written in 1678, refers to something that is but a storm in a cream bowl. Both of the idioms a tempest in a teapot and a storm in a teacup seem to have originated in Scotland in the early half of the 1800s.

Who knew the reference was that. Like I said I always do what comes to mind first. When I looked at the prompt for #jusjojan and it was, “Tempest” this is what I thought of. Not only that in my reading for the New Year it said to learn something new everyday. Two birds with one stone, except I’m a day late as per usual with the prompt.

There are many times in my life I have experienced a, “Tempest in a Teapot 😉 ” I think that would be a good thing to control. Keeping life in a calmer perspective…How important is something ???

Like just not giving a care to how my blog is looking right now. Still trying to figure out this wonky wordpress…Whatever 😉 another snow storm is on the way but I don’t care. It’s Saturday and I’m in my warm house with my two favorite people, the husband and Rosie (albeit she’s our doogie <3 . )

What will be, will be Que Sera, Sera <3

I’m setting up my planner and going to have my leftover’s from dinner at Rosebud’s last night, so it’s all good.