AaaLoooone!!!! Alone!!! Aaaaaloonnnnnee!!

DH’s boss came to our house today to give him his yearly job review/evaluation. DH got gold stars and a raise. DH is THE man!!!! I guess his being out since January 14th drove home the “WOW, we really need him! He really is an asset we can’t afford to lose”

Personally, I thought the whole having a heart attack was kinda a dramatic way to go about it… but hey, that’s just me.
Soooooooooo when the boss called and said “I’ll need a couple of hours with you, when would be a good time?” My first thought was “I’m okay with right NOW?”

But since the plant is an hour away, they agreed on today. Okay, okay, fine… that works too. (Now a normal person would freak out…A COUPLE OF HOURS!?!?!!! A normal person would think WTF?! Why is a yearly job review going to take a couple of hours??) But ya all know I’m not the most normal person on the block. I was thinking I will HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS aloooone time….. I can do what ever I want!!! I CAN leave the house ALONE!!!!!

I was so excited by promise of alone time I was wide awake at 1:25 this morning. 11:00am as promised the door bell rang and I’m pretty sure I saw the boss’s head do a cartoon whirl around as I passed him in the doorway. SEEEEEEEE YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! You’re in charge… don’t leave him alone …. I’ll be back. At the 2-hour mark, I was here… they weren’t done. I even had time to go to the library!! I had 4 HOURS of recharge time!!

I came home more relaxed than drinking a whole bottle of wine. (FYI it was hard to find something around the house that said ‘relaxed’ so I chose a bottle of wine…. then set it in front of my orchids… that was a cheap way of saying HEY!! LOOK AT MY ORCHIDS!!! I have so many blossoms on them both!!! Look at me with my mad gardening skills!! Even my poinsettias are still alive!! It’s February 24!!! Yup…I rock too!!

I’m Refreshing My Blog (and Exorcising Some Digital Ghosts)

Updating old blog content is like digital archaeology—except I’ve unearthed a full-on resident spirit: The Ghost of Peanut Butter and Whine.

This digital poltergeist has been causing absolute chaos behind the scenes. If things look a little haunted around here, here is the proof:

• The Vanishing Act: The ghost keeps deleting my best images and video tutorials, leaving behind sad, empty boxes.
• The Link Graveyard: It’s been sneakily stripping away my trusted brand partners and replacing them with sketchy “AI Crypto” links.
• Font Sabotage: Apparently trapped in 2001, it keeps reverting my clean layout back to “Geocities-era” antique fonts.

My 2026 Blog Refresh Plan

To banish these spirits and keep my traffic climbing, I’m launching a step-by-step exorcism plan:

1. Exorcise the 404s: Running a broken link checker to track down every dead end and missing image.
2. Modernize Recommendations: Swapping out outdated products for my absolute 2026 essentials.
3. SEO Deep Clean: Refreshing metadata and strategically placing focus keywords.

Stick Around Please!

Don’t let this be a “one and done” visit. While I’m cleaning house and banishing spirits, check out these (very much alive) links:

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: Check out the sidebar for my current giveaway. I promise this one is fully alive, kicking, and ghost-free!

Earn Cash: Some things never go out of style. Rakuten still pays you to shop, and in this economy, who is turning down free money?

Hey, while you are here you could shop through my link on Amazon, or Walmart.