Friday Smiles 462: The good, the bad, and the ugly truth

 

I guess we should get the good news out of the way first, since it is, after all, Friday Smiles.  I'm sure you know that Friday Smiles is hosted by Annie (at A Stitch in Time).   Let's visit her and the other wonderful ladies who also share their smiles each Friday.  The good news is both my furbabies are well and as rambunctious as ever.  It appears I fed them a can of cat food that didn't sit well on either of their tummies.  I was cleaning up messes for a day and a half as a result.  That is all behind us now, though.  Way behind!

The other good news is, today is my friend Erika's birthday.  Some of you know her, some know her as Bio Art Gal, and some of you will not have heard of her before.  Now's the time to visit her and wish her a very happy birthday.

Now for the bad news.  Several days before the end of January, I took my planner to (I thought) the kitchen to photograph the rest of the year.  I had not photographed anything other than the blank January pages.  

I had already added the tea cups to all the pages, and had decorated each month, too.  The next day, when I went looking for my planner to write the previous day's activity, I couldn't find it.  I hunted high and low for it.  I have looked EVERYWHERE I can think of.  To this very day, I cannot find it.

 

I moaned and groaned to my friend Sally, who gave me this planner in the first place.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do, so I wrote daily notes of what I would add to the pages if I ever found it again.  A few days ago, she brought me her Day Timer pages.  She told me they had changed the format, and she found she didn't care for it.  She gave me her monthly Day Timer and I had just enough time to fill in all the cups, but no time to decorate the pages, except the one for March.  She gave me March through December, so I have nothing I can show for January or February.  I'm still searching for that original planner, though!

The bad thing is, I had to start all over again, and this calendar is not as friendly, in my opinion, although it is easier to scan, since the entire month is on a single page.  I give you March, 2022 ready to be written in.  Since it is also decorated for spring, I'm joining Valerie at Bastelmania, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Bleubeard and I hope to see you there, too.

There hasn't been a whole lot to smile about in my world this week.  Having two sick cats in a freezing house wasn't exactly smile worthy.  Further, I think the whole world, or at least MOST of the world, feels the same as I.  Today, instead of humor, I give you something to think about: Ukraine.

And my personal favorite:

Thanks again for visiting and spending a bit of time with Bleubeard and me this Friday.  Bleubeard said it would be fun to s*it in those woods.  Bleubeard and I want everyone to know we stand firmly behind the people of Ukraine fighting a dictator for their homeland. We further feel sorry for the poor uninformed Russians caught in the middle of Putin's war.