Fish Foray

UH OH, MOM IS GOING TO COOK

I decided to try.

To cook

Paul is the cook.

Paul is the Chef.

He cooks every night. Except one

Sunday is free.

Maybe a slot for fish.

Paul does not do fish

Oddly

I have no memory of cooking for myself when I lived alone...9 years

and I must have eaten

I lived to tell

I have the NYTimes cooking app

https://cooking.nytimes.com/ 

I found a doable recipe

for halibut

I don't like steaky fish...that would be salmon, tuna (in a salad it is fine with tons of mayo) swordfish... you get the idea

no halibut in King Kullen

so tilapia subs

I needed help with the stove

I rarely look at it. 

recently discovered the burners are different sizes. Imagine

there is a light in the oven. one can look in...

there is a timer

and a clock

what a marvelous piece of work is the stove

the following collage has the purchased tilapia, the recipe and the ready to go in the oven fish

Liam wants in

but in his bowl

he likes salmon kibble

I am not envious

I despise salmon

I give him some kibble

below

on the left Liam waits

on the right

I used my phone for a timer

the oven too complicated even with Chef Paul assisting

Here it is

Liam is curious wants to try

Liam is gloomy

where is the salmon? 

Woof, Woof

Urge to Purge

DO I SPARK JOY?

The Urge to purge

is strong

not bulimia

I suffered from it

I recovered

but I found something better

I 

donate

discard

 destroy 

 I found Marie and was Konned

If you don't know her, here are some links 
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/tidying-up-with-marie-kondo-netflix-show-kon-mari-review/579400/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kondo

Here is Marie on Stephen Colbert

 

and I set about applying her
principles
this resulted in an incredible ongoing purge of clothing, housewares, accessories, electronics


and almost threw myself out

and am realizing that much in my house did not spark joy...I set about to reduce my items

 everywhere 

tidying
up

SO NO MORE CAN BE PUT OUT

AND I TRY TO SPARK JOY

MY TOY SPARKS JOY

STARE MOM DOWN

NIGHT SHIFT

don't worry Liam
you are safe

you Bark joy

Woof, woof

The Last Tattoo or the Latest?

I swear it is.
The last tattoo
hmm
not sure
or is it the latest?

 

and it is in here...the quote

bolded

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life.

It goes on.

----Robert Frost

The past year has offered up

lots of life to think about

celebrations

milestones

tributes

and lots of loss

passings

illness

absence

      I wanted life       

                                                                      explained   

                              expressed                                                                   defined                          


                                             
                                                                     summarized

and now it will be there on my arm to remind me to keep going forward...I reflected on my tattoo history


all have a meaning

1- plumeria for Hawaii
    inked on Hawaii trip
    in Maui



2 semicolon for the sigmoid colectomy
 and we wrote of it
https://liamlicks.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2017-04-12T12:36:00-04:00&max-results=7&start=5&by-date=false

3 Celtic strength for surviving pain
   and blog story

https://liamlicks.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2017-09-23T12:48:00-04:00&max-results=7

4- Barb butterfly tribute
     reversed

https://liamlicks.blogspot.com/search/label/Tattoo%20Tribute

I have a Tattoo board on Pinterest

check out, borrow, post
https://www.pinterest.com/cbiz50/tattoos/?eq=ta&etslf=8876


and now
 5- It Goes On

thank you Jason June

https://kingsavetattoo.com/ 

Woof, woof

Liam has a half birthday

 

Liam has had them for 11 years...birthdays...

they have been announced, documented, celebrated

his birth date is August 1, 2007

and

when I attended school those with summer birthdays observed what were called "half birthdays"...those who had birthdays during the school year were feted with cakes, singing, corsages from classmates... those with summer birthdays were left out...an event device was introduced to fix that...

The half birthday-

mine is February 9th

Liam heard about mine and asked we add his half birthday to our calendar. He argued that he has to pack in more fun in his later years as there is no guarantee of longevity and age has its added health issues

He pointed to his growing number of lumps (lipomas) and the cancer scare we endured in November 2018

If you had not heard
here is the link

if you had

here is a refresher

http://liamlicks.blogspot.com/2018_12_02_archive.html

we will not wait a year to say happy birthday

we agree
Happy Half Birthday Liam

Liam at home photos follow

LIAM WITH DADDY PAUL

GOING TO SLEEP 

YOU GOING OUT?

THE "PET ME" POSE

FEED ME

WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY

 Woof, woof

Barb's gifts

We have had the pothos plants for 2 years and Barb is gone a year. In late 2016, Barb gifted me with a variety of plants to cheer me up in recovery from surgery and the pothos plants took over in every good way,

Time to share her spirit

if you don't know of Barb here is the blog story about her.

if you do, here is refresher.

https://liamlicks.blogspot.com/search/label/Barb

LIAM WITH HIS AUNT BARB BABY

the pothos had grown long and leggy

in fact each pothos had vines about ten feet long...one had ascended up the stairway railing and the other curled around the AC wire and its vines along the floor had rooted and crawled in back of the couch.

what are they?

here is a wiki description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum

We were happily in a botanical garden of pothos

until I decided we had to have Stanley Steemer to clean the couches and rugs. The two pothos plants had to be removed for the cleaning. We moved each pothos to the back room and laid them on the table

TWO POTHOS WITH THEIR LENGTHY VINES

It took a while to get them up and out to the back room.

I had never done cuttings. I sought advice online 

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/pothos/pothos-plant-care.htm

from Pinterest

https://pin.it/si5vtnkus6uje4

and from my two plant whisperer friends

they had successfully propagated cuttings and were incredibly helpful and generous with their time.

As Stanley Steeemer steamed and cleaned, I cut. The Steemer assistant joined me and advised. He told me he has grown many plants from cuttings and he loves to do it.

He took home a bag of extensions for his help on the plants and a monetary tip for his rug/couch efforts

STANLEY STEEMER POTHOS

and the propagation begins

first in water on right

when roots show, in about a month

I put them in soil

and then they were gifted out with the notes
below

the Barb baby pothos gifts distributed over the holidays

 

and part two

and Liam watches over those at home from his window perch and snuggles with his Barb plant

and yes I know they are not dog friendly 

Liam knows too

no licking

 a few have been distributed this week

see below left

 our Barb spirit delivery goes on 

and some of those residing in their new homes are on the right below

Woof, Woof

Tree Treasures Redux

we have a collaboration

she brings
I receive
the tree gains


see Pinterest preface
and original blog story link
below

A friend, Renée Lewin, brings an ornament for my Christmas tree each year. Most of these pieces are not created for tree decorating. They include key chains, ribbons, jewelry, a piece of a chandelier, fridge magnets, craft items. These tree treasures are from antique shops, artists and specialty stores. They are her souvenirs from all over the world. Renée spends all year searching. Happy to share my growing collection.

https://liamlicks.blogspot.com/search/label/Chanukah%20and%20Christmas%20meet

LIAM AND HIS TREASURES

and the full collection on Pinterest

https://www.pinterest.com/cbiz50/tree-treasures/


2018 's is a starfish
made by an artist Liza
peaceramics.com

 

THIS YEAR'S GET TOGETHER

AND THAT'S A WRAP

Woof, Woof