June 13, 2025 @ 21:06 Good evening family & friends❣️ Did a lot of sleeping today, was a nice cool day outside and good sleeping weather. And I had a hard time staying awake so there's that. And then when I woke up a reheated my evening meat and sat here to do some meme hunting for Wed Wags...it was an hour or more when I realized today is Friday. (Welcome to my world hahaha!) So Friday Funnies got out late - but at least I'm ready for next Wednesday! 🤷‍♀️ I hope you had a good day, and I will see you in the morning, good night, sleep tight, God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Friday Funnies (humor meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/friday-funnies-june-13-2025-edition/
What I Ate Today (#keto #lowcarb #AnimalBased) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

June 10, 2025 @ 22:15 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today turned out nothing like I expected but God had His hand on all of it, in many very obvious and concrete ways. And I am so comforted by those clear confirmations of His care of us... There are more photos of Gloria's garden I wanted to share and took a whole bunch but a lot of them didn't turn out so I will try again tomorrow - what DID turn out, and beautifully I might add - are those that I did post on her page a little while ago! As for the Sharecast, still working on it and excited to get it up and running; ran into a little snag with the software today but am working with their support staff and am confident it will happen. And with that I need to go to bed, this is late for me! I will see you in the morning...sleep well, God bless, and good night❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Tuesday Titters (humor meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-titters-june-10-2025-edition
Picture Day! (personal pics from the last week) - https://chia.owly.net/picture-day-june-9-2025-edition/
Gloria's Page Updated (new photos) - https://chia.owly.net/gloria/
What I Ate Today (#OMaD #Carnivore #AnimalBased #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

June 7, 2025 @ 22:57 Good evening family & friends❣️ I came up to bed a few hours ago, thought I'd turn on the TV for background noise and found Doctor Blake Mysteries - one of the few shows I enjoy watching. When I run across I usually watch if I have time and tonight I watched 3 episodes. Excellent television that show is, it's an Australian series. The 2 older grands were here until mid-afternoon and I don't remember much about my day once they left, that's how exciting my life is hahaha. Tomorrow will be a very busy day with lots going on but still hoping to get Supernal Sunday and Don's Guest Post posted. At any rate I will see you in the morning, I hope you are having a lovely weekend! Good night and God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Caturday! (cat-related meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/caturday-june-7-2025-edition
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Keto #Carnivore) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

June 6, 2025 @ 22:39 Good evening family & friends❣️ Another day for the books...got a lot of housework done today while Pete was gone, and also played my keyboard, and also worked on my sites quite a bit, plus finally getting my health page updated with info about my test results last month. AND I got an unintended nap. When I was done with the housework and sore and tired I went to sit on my day bed and the top collapsed. I pulled it out, fixed it, and when I pushed it back to the wall the brace that holds the top up once again folded back. At that point I figured I'd just go sit on the bed to work on my sites instead. I woke up a couple of hours later. But it's all good, what is retirement for if not for napping? So that's it for me for today! We'll have grands here with us in the morning so I'll be getting to bed shortly, and I will see you tomorrow - good night & God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Friday Funnies (humor meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/friday-funnies-june-6-2025-edition/
Gloria's Page (updated pics/info) - https://chia.owly.net/gloria/
ChiaChow (diet/blood lipids results update) - https://chiachow.net
What I Ate Today (#carnivore #AnimalBased #Keto ) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

June 5, 2025 @ 21:25 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was a busy day, I had a ton of stuff to do online, as well as a lot of background work to git 'er done. Some things I post only take a few minutes - others take a bit of work first, from 30 minutes to several hours. Anyway, it's all enjoyable to me so it doesn't really matter, I'd rather be working on my sites than many of the other things I do! Later in the day we decided to run up to one of the meat markets because I was pretty low on beef; on an animal based diet I really need some ruminant meat every day and that's the only one I like or can tolerate - or afford! We stopped for a birthday hug for Luna (and one for everybody else too of course) and had something to drop off for Bill on the way. I got a big stack of 16 ribeye steaks, about 1# each +/-, for just over $100 on sale, so that was worth the trip. We usually go up to Pinconning but I wasn't up for a 40-mile round trip so settled for a 14-mile one :). Tonight I had to come to bed early (what today's health page update was about) and Pete brought my laptop in so I could get Don's Guest Post up and say good night - I hope you had a good day, it's another Friday already when we wake up so YAY for that! I'll see you in the morning, good night and God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Fursday (pics, memes, info, vid - wombats) - https://chia.owly.net/fursday-june-5-2025-edition-wombats
GUEST POST by Don (Reversible Dementias) - https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-reversible-dementia/
VIDEO (bird feeder clips) - https://chia.owly.net/video-bird-feeder-clips-june-5-2025/
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Carnivore #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

June 2, 2025 @ 22:12 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was another busy one, though I did get about an hour's nap this afternoon. Spent the morning working on this site, as usual. Went to Lyra's 5th grade graduation, now she'll be in middle school. Afterward I came home and worked on the site some more, ate, napped, worked outside on the garden and planting seeds, ate, and ran out for a few little things we needed. I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow though, and I really need a day - or 10 hahaha - to get things done around here and take a break. I'm pretty much wiped out. But things are looking good around here; I will take more photos to share on Gloria's page tomorrow. But for now...I'm out! Hope you had a great day, will see you in the morning...good night & God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Picture Day (personal photos from the last week) - https://chia.owly.net/picture-day-june-2-2025-edition/
GUEST POST from Gwen (Finding The One) - https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-gwen-finding-the-one/
What I Ate Today (#carnivore #AnimalBased #keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 31, 2025 @ 20:42 Good evening family & friends❣️ A lovely dusk, but windy and chilly. There is a lot of wind here, I'm not sure why but this is a really windy place! That will be nice in the hot weather though. Could it be just naturally windy living so close to one of the great lakes? I'm guessing the atmosphere must be different near big shorelines? I've lived on and near water in the past, but this is more like living on a fresh-water ocean than is living on inland lakes. Anyway, it doesn't matter that much, just some musings. Casey picked up the grands at about 10:30 I think because the family had plans for the day, Leelan came back in the afternoon and met Charlie here, they did a lot of yard work and the place looks great! (I was able to do my "web work" on my sites before they arrived.) They were also very careful of the new plants. My baby cherry tree still appears half (or more) dead but I will keep working on it, I want it to live. After the boys left I fell asleep for a while, then took care of my plantings, made dog food, and now I have a ground beef patty cooking, I wasn't going to eat again but just started getting hungry again so 🤷‍♀️. Fed the dogs and will take care of the birds after I eat...then...not sure...but I will be back in the morning unless Jesus takes me home tonight and will see you then. Sleep well, good night and God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Caturday! (cat-related meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/caturday-may-31-2025-edition
Don's Digest (bits of wisdom from Don) - https://chia.owly.net/dons-digest/
Gloria's page (updated with some photos) - https://chia.owly.net/gloria/
What I Ate Today (#keto #AnimalBased) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 31, 2025 @ 22:01 Good evening, family & friends! Golly it's been a day! Nonstop from morning 'til now! Finally got Friday Funnies up, at least...but we picked up the grands after school so they're here for the night, we've been having a great time with them, the girls just went to bed, and Leelan went to Walmart with Pete - they should be back any minute now. So this is a quick goodnight, I'm sure the kids will be up early in the morning...which is when I will be back - sleep well and God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Friday Funnies (meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/friday-funnies-may-30-2025/
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Keto #OMaD) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 28, 2025 @ 22:22 (!!!) Good evening family & friends❣️ WHAT A DAY! FANTASTIC DAY!! When you see Gloria's page updates you will get it :). Spent all day on Gloria's yard with Jared & Emma...and after everything that Bill did for her yard yesterday...LOTS of changes!! It's taken the evening to get everything from camera to web page but it has been GREAT! I am on cloud 9... Spent quite a bit of time these last 2 days chatting with neighbors too, they all know Pete but now are just getting to know me - and I, them of course - except our closest neighbors on the other side of the driveway, with whom I've chatted a few times. This is such a wonderful neighborhood that God provided...anyway, that's pretty much it for the day - well, I did play my keyboard for a little while early today - and I'm totally wiped out so I'm going to bed but I will see you in the morning! I hope you enjoy seeing the first changes to Gloria's yard and - dare I say - landscape! God bless, and good night❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Wednesday Wags (dog-related meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/wednesday-wags-may-28-2025-edition
Gloria's Page Updates (TWO days of photos/videos added) - https://chia.owly.net/gloria/
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Keto #LowCarb) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 27, 2025 @ 22:18 Good evening, family & friends❣️ WELL! THIS was a busy day! Bill was here working from morning through half the afternoon, during which I was kind of keeping an eye on things if he needed something or whatever, being available I guess but working on my site. Pete left for his appointments (3 of them) plus he did some shopping for some summer clothes, so was gone a long time. During that time I vacuumed the house (moving some of the furniture to clean under it), did the dishes, clipped Maisie's nails, set up the new outdoor living area just enough so that I could use it (which involved a lot of carrying/lifting/dragging stuff), and whatever else I did; I was busy and productive and those are the kinds of days I like! Later Maisie and I ran up to Casey's to get a few dozen eggs from their hens as I had already broken into my last dozen and of course visited for a little while...all in all it was just a busy day - and I didn't get a chance to edit and post the photos I took but I will definitely do it tomorrow one way or another! Anyway, I'm feeling fine and back up to speed now so it's all good and I'm hoping for another great day tomorrow! ?J&E are coming tomorrow and I'll be looking forward to getting my new plants and tree in the ground, plus getting some flowers to make arrangements; I think that was one of the most fun things I did with Emma last year! (There are photos of what we did on the Myrtle's Garden page if you are interested.) So I am really looking forward to doing that again! Those are the main things but there's plenty for them to do if we have time. Anyway, that's it for me today, I've earned my sleep...good night, God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Tuesday Titters (humor meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-titters-may-27-2025-edition
Tuesday Truths (truths about truth gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-truths-may-27-2025-edition
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Carnivore #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 26, 2025 @ 21:17 Good evening family & friends❣️ Busy day today, and I STILL didn't get my seeds planted! That's because I couldn't find where I had put them. So frustrated, they weren't where I thought they were and I didn't find them until I went into the girls' room to get some diced squash out of the freezer...and the seeds were on top of it - ARGH! I don't suppose one more day will hurt but really? I did get the dog food made, did a lot of work on my site, am about to clean the PoiBoiz since I didn't get to that yet...but did have a very productive day. It was sunny and warm too! My baby cherry tree has droopy leaves and is losing a few so I spent some time with it and watered it again, not sure what else to do? It will be getting planted on Wednesday though, so it only has to hold on for 2 more days... The shrubs and grasses all look fine. So I'm going to finish up here since I have to clean cages yet, so I can get to bed at a decent hour and I will see you in the morning...good night, and God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Picture Day (personal photos from the last week) - https://chia.owly.net/picture-day-may-26-2025-edition
Video: The PoiBoiz Hanging Out - https://chia.owly.net/video-how-the-poiboiz-hang-out-together
ChiaChow Chat (updated with new pizza crust recipe review) - https://chiachow.net/#chat
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Keto #Lowcarb) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 25, 2025 @ 19:50 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today didn't turn out ANYTHING like I expected it to, but it was a great day! First time out anywhere since the 15th and it felt good. There will be a few photos on tomorrow's Picture Day post, and I also added some to Gloria's page today (link below)...I worked on the site all morning and then went out to eat with Pete & the girls; Leelan was in E.Lansing with his mom and Auntie Sari to see the stage production of Alexander Hamilton at the Wharton Center - which Casey tells me was fantastic. After we ate the girls wanted to go to the playground at the Bay State Park which is in the general area of their house, so they spent an hour playing on the playground there. After we dropped them off at home we went to Ollie's and Walmart (ugh!) before coming home, when I worked on my site the rest of the afternoon until now. So it was a good busy day. Pretty wiped out but I can go to bed any time after this, and after getting the PoiBoiz tucked in :). Yup a good day indeed, for my first day in a while! Anyway, I will finish up here and then will see you in the morning, God bless and good night❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Don's Guest Post (Wisdom Is Smart) - https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-wisdom-is-smart/
Supernal Sunday (Trust & Peace) - https://chia.owly.net/supernal-sunday-may-25-2025-edition/
Gloria! (updated with new photos) - https://chia.owly.net/gloria/
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 24, 2025 @ 21:55 Good evening, family & friends❣️ Just finished tucking the PoiBoiz in for the night...I learned many years ago, when I had 17 parrots, that filling food dishes at bedtime ensures that they don't start screaming for breakfast at dawn! And though they get snacks during the day, their dishes get filled at night. I've been pretty busy today, getting a lot done between rest periods, did a little minor rearranging, got outside for some fresh air, did a big stack of dishes, cooked my own supper, and overall had a really nice day! Now that my new shrubs and tree are unboxed and waiting to be planted I wanted to get a photo to show you but didn't get to that yet, will have to do it tomorrow. For now, I'm ready to crash - Pete and I changed the bedding, we all know how wonderful fresh sheets feel right? So I'm anxious to get into them...and I will see you in the morning...good night and God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Caturday (feline based meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/caturday-may-24-2024-edition
ChiaChow Chat (new short video; updated) - Chiachow.net/#chat
What I Ate Today (#carnivore #AnimalBased #OMaD #keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 23, 2025 @ 20:29 It is nearly bedtime again, I slept most of the afternoon and have been up for a couple of hours to eat and spend time with the PoiBoiz and in the living room. This has really been a dud of a week but tonight, I think - I THINK! - I might be feeling slightly brighter? I'll see how I feel in the morning. Next week will be sunny most days and in the 60s so I'm glad I'm sick this week INSTEAD OF next (that's my plan!). There is SO MUCH to do to create my garden and I had planned to have all of the prep work done this week! Now Gloria's shrubs and the cherry tree are here and I am totally unprepared, but I will be calling on any and all help I can get next week if J&E and Bill have time for me! I am so very anxious to get out there and get the things done that should already be done. But for today I only have to share that I am listening to an audiobook by an author with whom I wasn't familiar but even on Chapter 3 I can't wait to hear more, her name is Pepper Basham and I love the light-hearted style, though it appears she also has some more serious stories too. Anyway, I keep falling asleep while listening but can easily go back to get what I miss, and it is worth my time to do so. OK that is it for tonight, I'm not sharing the graphics to the other sites like I usually do, to save time and energy everywhere I can; I'll be able to get to bed quicker. Anyway I will see you in the morning, good night and God bless❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

GUEST POST from Don (It Ain't Meat +) - https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-it-aint-meat
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 20, 2025 @ 21:48 Good evening family & friends❣️ Didn't do much today, as expected. Slept, mostly. Prowled the internet when awake. Breathed. Hoping today was the worst day and tomorrow will be better. Going to bed and will see you in the morning, good night❣️🙏🤒🌛💤

Tuesday Titters (humor meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-titters-may-20-2025-edition
What I Ate Today (#OMaD #AnimalBased #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat

May 19, 2025 @ 20:20 (!) It would be cool if I happened to start my evening update at this same time tomorrow, eh? 4 twenties: May 20, 20_25 @ _20:20 would be fun one! (Hey, small things really DO amuse small minds!) Anyway, good evening family & friends❣️ I just got out of bed after a good nap, I just realized I never copied my morning update from my site to the other platforms that I usually do, I'm sorry about that guys...the originals are always available here (http://chia.owly.net - plus the extra stuff I put on this page but don't share elsewhere) but I will say that my day was nothing as I had planned. I was busy during the time I was awake but not doing the things I thought I would do. I'm still pretty miserable and still have a fever blahblahblah maybe tomorrow will be better. I enjoy the cooler weather, we won't be back up into the 70's for over a week, let alone back into the 80s but it is early in the year so no worries I will try to take advantage of it while it lasts! And that's it for me today I guess, I'll try to stay awake for a little while yet tonight but won't be doing anything so I will see you in the morning...good night❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Picture Day! (personal photos from the last week) - https://chia.owly.net/picture-day-may-19-2025-edition
Gloria! (added new content/photos) - https://chia.owly.net/big-news-leaving-the-country
Food: Help Yourself! (new content added yesterday) - https://chiachow.net/food-help-yourself
What I Ate Today (#OMaD #Keto #AnimalBased) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat

May 17, 2025 @ 22:46 Good evening family & friends❣️ This was a DAY!!! I worked really hard around here, did some good deep cleaning and some rearranging, all by myself (thank you Jesus!), did the dishes a couple of times, and some other stuff that I don't remember. But it was a very busy very full day! Leelan came and mowed the lawn, Bill, Casey, and Luna (Lyra was at a birthday party) spent some time with us, plus with everything Pete did today a LOT was accomplished! Then this afternoon Pete & I decided to take a nap because we were both feeling kinda puny...he'd been coughing a lot, and I spiked a fever and developed a sore throat with yellow spots on my tonsils...and that was that. We're not going to be going to church tomorrow so we can rest because we have another busy week coming up...BUT we got so much done and it's pretty darned COOL that we were able to do that before crashing.
In other news, I'm SO EXCITED about Bill's new endeavors I've got it posted at the top of my page - which is why you had to click to read tonight's update - until I give his information its own space...soon! Monday I am hoping. Until then I will provide the clickable links as I did tonight. But I want to give him some prominent space anyway here so there's that.
OK that's it for tonight, I'm feeling snacky but haven't decided if I want a few bites of something before I go to bed...either way I will see you in the morning, hope you are having a wonderful weekend, good night❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Caturday! (cat-based meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/caturday-may-17-2025-edition/
Food - Help Yourself! (added content) - https://chiachow.net/food-help-yourself/
ChiaChow Chat (added content) - https://chiachow.net/#chat
What I Ate Today (#OMaD #AnimalBased #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

[this was shared with my friends here from one of my updates at https://chia.owly.net]

May 16, 2025 @ 22:44 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a fun Friday today! I spent the morning working on this site, played my keyboard, then ate, then started working on ChiaChow as it was getting hotter in here - not unbearable but just enough that some of the things I was trying to put together were kind of jumbling in my head until I started falling asleep - my body's answer to everything HAHAHA! When I got up after a few hours I wasn't able to concentrate so that was enough of that! The rest of the evening has passed quickly and I'm about ready for bed, so I will say good night and will see you in the morning❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Friday Funnies (humor meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/friday-funnies-may-16-2025-edition
What I Ate Today (#Carnivore #AnimalBased #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/

May 15, 2025 @ 20:57 Good evening family & friends❣️ I guess the day got away from me, I'm not sure how and don't remember much about my afternoon once we got home, but I realized just after 20:00 that I hadn't yet posted my 2 posts for today even though I had been operating under the assumption all day that I had...SHEESH!!! So I got those finished up and now here I am - with or without my brain, I'm not sure at the moment hahaha! It was quite hot today, I am still learning how to keep this house cool (since we moved in in late Oct last year); today was my best test so far. I'm sure the new curtains to diffuse the morning sun through the kitchen window helped, and we kept the south-facing back door closed also. Once we had some shade at the front of the house (north) I opened the living room window a few inches and put the fan in front of it to pull that shade-cooled air in; I had the fan aimed up toward the kitchen ceiling. Anyway, it worked quite well! Tonight we are expecting some severe storms with tornado risks so I will probably stay up late to keep an eye on the Michigan Storm Chasers who are now reporting that these storms are starting to reach land from Lake Michigan; it will take a couple of hours to cross the state and reach us, I think. So I will see you guys in the morning, Lord willing...sleep well❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

GUEST POST from Don (Gas-Lighting part III) - https://chia.owly.net/?p=47474
Fursday (photos/CaptainDonKirk/links: donkeys) - https://chia.owly.net/?page_id=47444
What I Ate Today (#OMaD #AnimalBased #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/ @GoatsLive

May 14, 2025 @ 22:34 (!) Good evening, family & friends❣️ It is very warm and muggy outside, we've kept the house closed up as much as possible all day to keep the humidity out but I think we may need a dehumidifier or something; this house doesn't have a/c but I'd like to have a through-the-wall unit installed in the living room, and a very small one in the bedroom as well; the entire house is just over 700 sq ft so it won't take much, but since we only have 6 windows in all, I'd rather not block any of the light with a/c units. When I had my business I used a through-the-wall a/c in my shop and it lasted and performed well for years! Anyway, Pete did go to his appointment, and I played my keyboard most of the time he was gone; I don't play nearly often enough, I need to make it more of a priority as I'm noticing too much slop, especially in my technique... After that I sat down to work on ChiaChow and fell asleep. At some point Pete came home, but I slept most of the rest of the afternoon (incoming storms = high pain levels = escape into sleep). After I finally woke up and had something to eat I discovered an utterly fascinating website - https://www.ridinghighministries.org - and was lost in watching that the rest of the night. If you love "horse whisperer" type things, you should check this out! And now here I am, finishing up for the night before I go to bed. I hope your day was more productive than mine was 😉...I will see you in the morning...good night❣️🙏🥱🌛💤

Wednesday Wags (dog-related meme gallery) - https://chia.owly.net/wednesday-wags-may-14-2025-edition/
What I Ate Today (#AnimalBased #Keto) - https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat/