SammaSpot SnapShot 9.8.26

Hey Peeps!!

The calendar may say September but Texas weather did NOT get that memo.   Ya'll we are 50+ days of no rain and almost as many over 100 degree days.  It's hot and everything is dead/dormant, fires are popping up everywhere....we need rain and cooler temps.   And don't say, aren't you one of those that says they'll take 95 over 30...well, yes "Karen" I would take 95 but that's like a cold front for us right now!   Anywho, you guys keep sending your prayers and good vibes for the firefighters and those that are losing so much from the the fires.   

Let's get to this week's meals. life and very little fashion because my little Rouxby Sue is having her lady surgery/hernia repair tomorrow and the next two weeks are going to be slim pickings around here. 

Let's jump back to last Tuesday, I have zero clue what I wore but we did have Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato sandwiches for dinner.  You already saw what I was wearing from last week but I managed to wrangle some form of dinner at least AND get a picture!!

Normally we have BLt's pretty often in the summer but this was the first time we've had one this summer.  It was yummy indeed!

Wednesday our neighbors invited us to go out and we ended up at Bronc's down in the Stockyards.  The burgers were delicious.  The menu is small but the actual meat on the burgers is what makes them so good. 

In case you are totally curious, I had the Leta burger and Hubster had Nota Whata Patty Melt.   Went to dinner, this means I got dressed!! wooohoo, go me!!

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I ended up changing shoes but these sandals are several years old from Tory Burch, these aren't  good walking sandals so I switched to my miller sandals which are much better for walking.

Here's a close up of the jewelry, it all came from World Market but the small butterfly necklace looks like it's no longer available.  I got it last October for Court's wedding reception.  

Moving on to Thursday, we made pizza at home on the Ooni oven, nothing you haven't seen before so I didn't bother with a picture.

Alas, I did have to run a quick errand to Tractor Supply so I put on something "decent".  

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Friday was the usual chores and then later that evening Hubster and I made a grocery run for us and for our local Blessing Boxes.  He grabbed a sandwich at WallyWorld and I had a cheese sandwich when we got home.  Exciting times we're living in, Right?!

Saturday morning Hubster did some yard work then we decided to run over to the Outlet mall to check out the holiday weekend sales.  I must have been in a hurry to leave because I didn't get an outfit picture and I honestly don't even remember what I wore.  I know it was something easy to get off and on since I knew I'd be trying on clothes.   After we were done shopping we stopped at Portillo's for a late, late lunch or extremely early dinner, however you choose to look at it. 

I told the Abogg that I was pretending I was in Chicago visiting him while I was having my hot dog.

It was yummy, but not as good as having one in Chicago with my boy. 

Sunday morning I started washing the clothes I picked up on Saturday and then we made a quick trip to Costco.   Later that evening we got cleaned up and headed out to dinner with the neighbors, it was JK's birthday and we went to Istanbull Grill.  I had the grilled shrimp kabob with rice pilaf  and  veggies.  Hubster had the Baked Beef Greek Moussaka.  It was all delicious!  

The dress is a small and it's from Walmart, the Free Assembly brand.  I don't see it anywhere on the website but I got it in early spring so I'm sure it's all sold out by now.  It's a nice weight cotton dress, perfect for this heat dome we are living under.   The tennis shoes are Keds (8).  They aren't as comfortable as I remember Keds being but maybe that's because they are platforms.   They are about 2 years old but they do still make them. 

Monday was Labor Day.  I got up and got dressed and headed to Wallyworld to pick up a few things that we didn't get Friday evening because we had several neighbors over for a little swimming cookout, casual afternoon.   

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I picked up those shorts last summer so that color is no longer available.  The t-shirt I got on Saturday at Vineyard Vines.  I can't find it on the website but I included a picture of the back for you. 

It says. Fries Salad Dirty Martini (extra olives) on the back.

Love it!!  definitely me. :-)

Everyone arrived a little after 3 and we sat around chatting then we all chowed down!

I did not get any photos because, well, I was just enjoying my friends and their company.

We had burgers, brats, beans, Mac & cheese, tater tots,  dips, chips, queso and Kentucky Butter Cake and Wendy's frosty ice cream. JK brought some tiny mini donuts too.  Needless to say we were stuffed and we're eating leftovers alllllll week long!

It's Tuesday but feels like a Monday and I threw this on. You've seen this Wallyworld outfit a bunch so I'm not even linking a thing for you.   It was comfy and I was trying to let little Rouxby Sue get as much pool time in as she wanted because Wednesday is surgery day.  

As previously mentioned we had leftovers for dinner. 

The ketchup is over the tater tots but the rest is pretty self explanatory.

Rouxby Sue and I had to get up early and be at the vet's office by 8 am.  I got her checked in and I came back home to do as many outside chores as I could get to.  I also took the time to scrub the pool down really well since she can't get in for two weeks and I have an appointment Thursday so I knew I'd miss tomorrow's cleaning.   Then I took some time to get things ready to bring little bit home and made myself the perfect (IMHO) lunch. 

Peanut Butter & Jelly with BBQ potato chips.  That is the best combination!

After I showered and washed my hair I threw some clothes on because it was time to go get my little girl at the Vet.    She did marvelously by the way, even though her little umbilical hernia wasn't so little and required a lot more effort than anticipated but the Vet said she handled anesthesia like a champ.  She's  spayed, hernia repaired, anal glands expressed and nails trimmed so she is ready to roll in about two weeks after she heals.  No pools, baths, furniture, stairs and has to be in her crate or attached to a leash and me at all times.  It's going to be a long two weeks so you'll see this outfit more than once I'm sure.

And this is another one you've seen so many times, I'm not even linking the shorts. They are from Wallyworld and the t-shirt is old.   

Hubster came out to the car when we got home to help me lift her out of the seat and then he brought her in while I got the car unloaded and parked back in the garage. She went straight to her crate to finish sleeping off her anesthesia.  She's been here ever since.  

Hubster had some brats with grilled peppers and onions for dinner.  I had a bowl of that Southwest tomato soup.  Then I came in to our room to see if Rouxby needed to get up and go potty but she's gone back to sleep so I'm using this opportunity to FINALLY finish up this post.

She is going to have to get up at some point so let's finish the recap and get going.

Also, I'm on the floor and my booty is falling asleep and my back is killing me.   

Reading:  I finished Murder Most Cryptic, it never got better.  The book comes out next February but I honestly can't recommend it.  The concept was cool, the execution just didn't work for me. 

I'm now reading A Trick of the Light by Louise Penney.  It's #7 in the Chief Inspector Gamache series.  Court gave me the first book for Christmas several years ago because she knows my love of a good mystery series.   These books are so good, they're not fast reads like other cozy mysteries because Louise Penney's character development is excellent.  You feel like you are a part of the Three Pines community and that's the sign of a great writer.   

I'm about ¾ of the way through the audiobook Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line so by next week we'll be done with it and starting on a new one.   

Watching:    We are still moving from Sunday to Sunday for Lioness. I think there are 2 episodes left and I'm going to be so sad when this is over.  I HOPE they get renewed for season 4!!   We watched the finale of The Great Food Truck Race and Hubster is watching the second season of Chad Powers.   I feel like I'm the only person who hasn't watched the Preacher's wife on Nefflix so maybe Rouxby and I will watch that while she's recovering.   Hubster won't really care to watch it.  

Ok, I need to go try to rouse my little biscuit and get her to potty and take her pain medicine so she can go back to sleep.  We're both ready for bed, we don't like 7 am wake up times!

Ya'll have a good week and let me know if you're watching anything good!

Peace, Love, & Snores

SammaSpot Snapshot 9.1.26

Hey Peeps!!

Happy Tuesday!!  We're still baking here in Texas and the dinners and the photos this week definitely show my lack of enthusiasm for getting dressed or cooking.   Ya'll we're just burning up, and in some places I do mean that literally.  Please keep all the firefighters and families of the Ross fires in your prayers, it's still only 31% contained and so many people, livestock, animals, land have been affected.

I've also noticed all the fashion influencers talking about bringing the fall into your wardrobe or let's switch out the closet to our early fall wardrobe....uhhh, hello, is my sad, tired looking bathing suit considered fall?   Also, I really do not want much of anything touching my body, we are still WELL over 100 degrees with no rain or relief in site.  So all you enjoy your pumpkin spice latte's and closed toe shoes, the rest of us are over here still dreaming of 90 degree temps and it not already being 80 degrees at seven in the morning!

Ok, let's get to the meat and potatoes of today's post!  When I left you last week it was Tuesday and little Rouxby  Sue had her vet appt.  Her bloodwork came back great and we are scheduled for surgery on the 9th.   She'll be trapped inside and contained for two weeks so I'm gonna need all the good vibes sent my way to contain this little bundle of energy.

Now let's move on to Wednesday because IT WAS A DAY!  Yep, it was a day to be remembered.  Let's start us out nice and easy because I decided to get dressed and make a Trader Joe's run.

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I did end up changing my jewelry out because I decided I didn't like that necklace.  Then I hit up TJ's and came home.   So just after Hubster finished working for the day we got a delivery that had some new dog toys.  The stuffless kind and there were 5 in the package.  Little Rouxby Sue is a toy lover, like she plays and plays with her toys so we gave her one.   Reggie is a toy destroyer, I mean 5 minutes and it's a goner.  We felt sorry for poor Reggie so we said, you know what, just give him one and let him destroy it .  We'll stand here and grab the squeakers (there were two in each toy) so he doesn't swallow them.  I noticed he had chewed the end off the toy so I took it, pulled the first squeaker out and gave him the toy and I turned around for less than 10 seconds to throw the squeaker away and when I turned back around the toy was gone.  At first I thought little Rouxby had stolen it as she's prone to do but nooooo, she was over on the other side of the room just playing away with her little yellow duck so YEAH, he swallowed an 18 INCH LONG TOY!!  We tried the peroxide to try and get him to throw up but it didn't work so we called the vet down the road and they were in the middle of an emergency with only 1 vet in the building so they sent us to VEG ER.  I called ahead to tell them we were coming and explain that Reggie turns into the Tasmanian Devil when he's required to be at the vet.  We put Rouxby in her crate and loaded Reggie in the car and off we went.   I could go on for hours about how amazing they were at the ER center but for the sake of time let's just cut to the chase,  they got a shot in him, we waited, he FINALLY vomited but not enough, we waited some more then he REALLY started vomiting.  Up came the toy then the vomiting wouldn't stop, another manhandling of the dog for another shot to make him quit vomiting, more waiting and $700 later we headed back home.   Here's the photo overview but missing the actual photo of where he vomited said toy because...well, it was gross!  

This is Rouxby's toy, I took it with us so they knew how big the toy was that Reggie swallowed.

Here we are waiting while they come up with a treatment plan.

It's an open concept ER kind of like an ICU unit is setup, it's actually very impressive.

Here we are waiting for it all to begin.  They had to throw down a lot of puppy pads and towels before we left but they always assured us it was fine and not to worry if he vomited on the floor, which he did, a LOT. 

And this is the poor little guy after the second shot, he was wiped out for sure. And yes, that it two leashes on him and at one point there were a total of 4 leashes on him.  I might have mentioned he becomes the Tasmanian Devil.    

Back at home and he was like this until the next morning.  So very sleepy.  We got little Rouxby fed and Hubster ate some leftovers and I had a bowl of cereal because we were supposed to be going to dinner with the neighbors.  We all went to bed early because it was in fact A DAY!  Those toys are still in a bin on top of the dryer, they will only come out when Rouxby is being supervised and Reggie is nowhere around.  

Thursday brought another busy day.  I cleaned the house all day, our MereBear had to have a tonsillectomy and Reggie stayed on his best behavior.   We went to dinner with the neighbors since those plans got interrupted the night before.  Our favorite local pizza place, Tony's Pizza & Pour House

Nora Muscle Tee (s) from last year Joe's Jeans shorts (27)

It's Friday and since I went to Trader Joe's and we already ate out we stayed in for dinner. I just took these ingredients and came up with dinner.   I put the meatballs and the marinara in the crock pot earlier in the day so all I had to do was warm up the pasta primavera.

The pasta sauce was in the pantry, I always keeps several jars of marinara in the pantry, so many ways to use for a last minute dinner.   The turkey meatballs were good the night we made them but leftover, they were not at all. I probably will not purchase those again.  The pasta primavera was good but it barely served the two of us.

That's how I served it. It wasn't bad, don't get me wrong, we just weren't fans of the meatballs.

This was my outfit on Friday, you've seen it before, all old from Target.

Saturday we were a little stir crazy and it was hot so we ran over to the pizza place so the Hubster could collect his prize for the Cowboys/Saints pre-season game so we grabbed a drink and a pizza for a late lunch.  It was sooo good, I mean the pizza is always good but this one was fire.  We even complimented the pizza baker when he came out from the kitchen to get a drink.  After that we decided to run over to the Home & Garden show.  About 3 aisles in we looked at each other and said "why are we here?"  It was roofers, gutter, bath and kitchen remodelers ALL things we've just completed.  We did buy some yummy nuts and talked to the Tea Chemist and purchased some teas so it wasn't a complete loss.   Made a quick stop on the way home and grabbed some steaks for dinner.   I totally forgot to take any pictures but we grilled the steaks and I mixed up this Trader Joe's Cranberry Orange Spinach Salad mix. 

It was delicious and that's all I have for you.   I slapped on the same shorts I wore to eat pizza the other night with this t-shirt.  Every time I wear this I forget to get a picture. oops!

It was especially fitting to wear this week! 

Sunday came and we were not feeling like doing anything again so we headed out to get a sandwich for lunch.  We went to Cheba Hut and I had the 4 inch Power Plant and Hubster had the 8 inch AK-47.  We love their sandwiches and they have 3 flavors of Kool-Aid in the machines.  

Here's my sandwich before I started munching away.

I didn't grab an outfit picture but I wore this outfit and the pic is from last week.

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We headed home and hung out there the rest of the day and had leftovers for dinner.

Yesterday was a new week and we did all the Monday things around here and then had a clean out the refrigerator night.  We are probably going to have a few neighbors over some time this weekend so I wanted to start the week with a clean refrigerator plus Tuesday is trash day.  

t-shirt  bike shorts (very old from J-Crew)

I was supposed to have Jury Duty today but it was resolved over the weekend and I'm ever so grateful, it was going to be a horrific case to sit through and not scream public castration with no anesthesia for punishment.  Hopefully justice was served appropriately.

I did have to run to the bank to deposit a check from the insurance company (we've FINALLY got all the storm damage claim resolved) so I threw this old WallyWorld outfit on.

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I was gone such a short time little Rouxby Sue never budged from her chair. 

I'm unsure what's for dinner tonight so I better get this wrapped up and figure that one out.

In the meantime, let's do our wrap up.

Reading:  I finished up the Easton Island: Small Favors Big Rewards book and started on Murder Most Cryptic: A Mystery.  It doesn't come out until February of 2027 and so far I'm not enjoying it at all.  It's an ARC copy so I will finish and review it but that won't come soon enough!   I am listening to a book in a favorite series of mine:  Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line.  This series is hilarious and I love the narrator so much that I've listened to every book so far. The 7th book is due out in March of 2027 and I've already pre-ordered it.   Allegedly Tina Fey is adapting the series for Peacock, we can only hope!

Watching:  We are caught up on The Lioness so now we have to wait for Sunday to get a new episode.

Ya'll, I'll say it again...Taylor Sheridan knocks it out of the park with this series!  Also, in case you wondered, Kyle is my favorite on the show.  What about you?  

We also started watching the second season of Leanne on Netflix.  They are short episodes and the parents are quite hilarious this year as is Carol, the sister.  Needless to say, we are eagerly awaiting the new show seasons to start!

That's all for today, and I realize it was quite lengthy again but let's be honest, if I tried to split this into two posts, I'd never get them done.  haha.  I'm well aware of my own shortcomings.  You never know, I may do something astounding and post a recipe or some Amazon goodies this week, hard to say! 

Peace, Love, and Send Rain