Sunday Salon/Sunday Post - July 13, 2025: 637 months old!

Lucky number 13! Last month, June 13, was my birthday. So apparently I'm 637 months old today! LOL I had a hard time getting my free movie ticket to work, so today I'll be finally going to the movies with our son. I think we'll see Elio. I'd like to see Materialists base on feedback from those who have seen it, but I'd rather have company :) 

Happy Weekend! I'm joining up with Deb at Readerbuzz and Kimberly at Caffeinated Reviewer for my sort of regular weekend post. 

What I'm reading this week:

I'm still working on reading Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini in print and Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell Hall on my kindle.

Three Good Things:

1. My exterior home improvement stuff is almost done! There's still a dumpster at the end of my driveway, so I'm guessing they'll be back for some detail work, but the obvious rotten wood around some windows and porch posts has been replaced with beautiful (and durable) concrete fiber logs that look JUST like the wood style they've replaced. And my loan check arrived before the bill is due! Yay!!
2. I worked 56 hours last week! And payday is while I'm in  Toronto with hubs! All the pieces seem to have fallen into place. I got Thursday and Friday off this coming week so I can go to Toronto with hubs (he'll be working, I'll be doing whatever I want!), and my mom is coming to stay and take our son to and from band day camp and sleep in the house overnight (since our nearly adult daughter is camping with her girlfriend this week). Hubs says Toronto is one of the fun locations he works from time to time, and I'm looking forward to a fun long weekend.
3. High School graduation number one is nearly in our rearview mirror. Graduation was early June, and the party celebrating our daughter was at the end of June. She finished the thank you cards just before leaving for camping, so now it's my job to finish getting postage/mailing the thank yous. See goal below. LOL

Three Goals for this week/month/whatever:

1. Yeah. Ima finish getting those thank yous return addressed and stamped. I'll deliver them to the post office early this week. Once she gets back, we do the big ole bank run to cash the checks and deposit the cash so she has money for her life at college!
2. I really, really want to get my camera bird feeder installed! It's a birthday gift from my mom, and SO perfect for me! But I'm feeling technologically and construction challenged to get it mounted and installed. I've asked for help, but it hasn't come through, so wish me luck!
3. Another huge push to clean my office is on the agenda today. I made a good dent last weekend, but it needs to be done already. My biggest motivator (besides just being able to better enjoy the space) is to set up a table for my LEGO. I'm getting ready to start my biggest set yet (The Sanderson Sisters' House), but we have our daughter's birthday party in a couple weeks, and I don't want it out on a table in the middle of things. So the office must be a useable place for LEGOing before I can start that set!

I probably won't be posting next week, but I'm sure I'll be thinking about ya'll while I make my own adventures.