#WeekendCoffeeShare – Tackling Backyard Project


Good morning! Welcome to our second #WeekendCoffeeShare of 2023! Come, sit, and don’t forget to grab something warm to drink.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – First Work Week of 2023


Good morning! Welcome to our first #WeekendCoffeeShare of 2023! Come, sit, and don’t forget to grab something warm to drink.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Christmas Party in midst of snow storm


Good morning! Please grab a mug of something and join me on this super cold Saturday.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Finally Winning at Christmas Party


Good morning! Please grab a mug of something and join me on this gloomy Saturday.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Something to be proud of this week


Good morning! Please do come join me for a cup of coffee and if you’re in a warm place, can you may be spread some warmth?

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Thanksgiving 2022


Good morning! Would you like to go for a walk in the park? It’s a lovely wintry day to grab a mug of coffee and enjoy nature.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Planning for Christmas


Good morning! Come on in! Sit down, have something hot to warm your hands and let’s catch up on the week.

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Reflection on the 2022 Garden – Lesson Learned


If there is ONE lesson I learned from the 2022 garden, it would be plants like the sun but not love the sun. I learned that most vegetables like cucumber, squash, beans, and even tomatoes benefit from a bit of shade.

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Reflection on the 2022 Garden


When I went out to try to rake the leaves and dead grass to try to expose the soil on Saturday morning, I found the ground was frozen solid.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Indulging in Breakfast and A bit of Fun


Good morning! Come on in! Sit down, have something hot to warm your hands and let’s catch up on the week.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – First Winter Storm


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Making Important Life Decisions


Good morning! Come on in! Sit down, have a hot drink and let’s catch up on more of this week’s going-on. I jotted some thoughts and updated on my physical health yesterday, feel free to go read that post first.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – October 2022 Garden Update and Driving Anxiety


Good morning! Come on in and grab a coffee or a tea, and sit.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – The Longest Day of the Week


Good morning! Come on in and grab a coffee or a tea, I have lots to tell you.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Last Day of Vacation


Good morning! My my my, is it October already?

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Birthday in Canada


Good morning! I am on the road to Ottawa today from Toronto and since it’s my birthday, Starbucks is giving me a free drink. So take yours and join me on the road.

If we were having coffee, I would tell you I have a feeling this would be a special birthday because I’m in Canada. Hopefully, mom will not ruin this day like she had ruined day 3 of the trip aka Thursday, September 22.

Today is day 5 of the trip and we are already a mess. My gums has been swollen since arriving in Buffalo, New York, probably from being dehydrated from the lack of drinking fountain in Canada. I can barely talk at times because of the pain and I’ve been irritated by the way mom makes me shout sometimes just so she could hear me even though shouting exacerbates the pain in my mouth.

Mom was having on and off fever yesterday, which she thinks might be an infection somewhere and not COVID. She was having pain in her legs before we left on our trip, which caused her to barely able to walk. Having walked almost 30 miles since Tuesday, she’s almost constantly complaining about the pain in her legs and guess who had to put up with it?

I swear, if we were a married couple, I would be the husband, putting up with all the complaints and temper tantrum and never getting what I want while needing to do everything else like keeping an eye on Google Maps while paying attention to the road signs because it seems like, when in Canada, one is unable to read road signs and drive at the same time. I hate being the navigator because sometimes, I have trouble reading the GPS and sometimes, the GPS has trouble pinging my location. That’s when the one-sided shouting matches begin because mom wanted everything to be perfect.

Unfortunately, I’m far from it.

Last night, she actually called me selfish for wanting to finish the trip. 4 days in and she’s wanting to go home. Well, we can’t because our plane tickets are non-refundable and to modify our plane fares cost more than the original plane tickets alone. She also suggested we could go hole up in Richmond or Philadelphia. Who’s the selfish one now?

I knew this would happen, why did I even agree or be excited to go on this trip in the first place?

Anyway, here are some of the memorable photos I shot on the trip so far. I have posted an entry for Day 1-3 of the trip so far, you can read each one by clicking on the links.

#weekendcoffeeshare is hosted by Natalie of Natalie the Explorer. I appreciate you stopping by and hope to chat again same time next week.

#WeekendCoffeeShare – 4 Days ’til Road Trip 2022


Good morning! Come on in, sit, and enjoy a drink. I discovered something good this week.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – An Exceptional Long Week


Good morning! Come on in, sit, and enjoy a drink.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – September 2022 Garden Update and Anger Management


Good morning! Come on in from the heat and cool down with a drink.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Something Good this Week


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – My Brain won’t shut up about it.


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Monday Thoughts


For some reason, I’m feeling anxious about this Monday.

It’s my final counseling session with my therapist and as I ponder on what to discuss, all I can think was yesterday, Sunday. So much about yesterday peeved me. The only parts that didn’t peeve me were the solo walk along the forest trail and all the wonderful photos I took on my walk.

It was actually mom’s idea to go to the forest yesterday. “I need to go breathe in some fresh air.”

She didn’t want to drive her car though and she didn’t want me to drive, so she dragged her sister and brother-in-law (BIL) along, assigning him the role of the driver for the trip. As usual, I was the navigator, which is the most annoying task ever since mom was doing the navigating from the backseat while telling her BIL to ignore everything I said.

The forest was wonderful – so cool (temperature-wise) and lush with greenery. I had a suspicion that it rained the night because the ground was wet and there were water droplets on the plants. I hurriedly abandoned the adults while I hunted for a location to practice long-exposure photography.

After taking all the long exposure photographs I had wanted, I began wandering down the forest trail while paying attention at my surrounding to find interesting photo compositions. After a while, I caught up with them as they were returning to the parking lot.

The next activity on mom’s agenda was food and her BIL suggested the only restaurant he knew – Burger King – and that was what mom wanted as well. In fact, it’s just about the only restaurant mom will eat at these days. Unfortunately, there was no Burger King nearby, which was odd considering all the other chain restaurants were nearby. I tried to search for the next best thing but they don’t like any other fast food restaurant. So I suggested Texas-style barbecue.

Her BIL agreed. However, when we arrived at the restaurant, she refused to order anything, and in the oddest fashion, she asked for a coffee. Um, coffee in a barbecue joint on a Sunday afternoon? The guy looked at her and then replied apologetically, “Sorry, we don’t have coffee.”

As the food arrived, after taking a bite of the beef brisket I ordered, she said, “The meat is overcooked. It’s terrible.”

Then she started reflecting on the barbecue joint we once gone to just outside of Austin, Texas. “The line was out the door and round the corner,” mom said and as she said, my anger level ticked up ever so slightly.

Why can’t she keep her opinion to herself? I thought and before I could stop myself, I said, “I ordered the brisket for me. If you don’t like it, order whatever you want for yourself.”

“I don’t want anything.” She pouted. The only reason you don’t want anything is because this isn’t Burger King, I thought.

As we got up to leave, while mom and her BIL went to dispose the trays, my aunt whispered to me, “Just do what she says,” which was the other thing that peeved me about yesterday’s outing.

Um, excuse me, I wanted to say, I’m not a yes-woman or a robot or a dog. I am entitled to my own emotions and opinions, but that’s when mom returned, ushering us to leave.

Wow, it looks like I have quite a bit to discuss with my therapist.

Monday Thoughts


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