2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

Happy Sunday things: This morning I woke up to see that I fell asleep before I posted yesterday's blog.  It was a long day.  My apologies.  I'm glad I noticed and got it posted. This afternoon I went to visit a friend who is helping me work on a super secret project.  I've decided to write about this separately to post when the project is no longer secret.  For now, I'm learning new things and skills.  It's fun. The sky was gorgeous this evening. I got home late and had very little time or energy to downsize.  I found a couple of things though, and added them to the donation pile.  Yay! ☮ Started listening to: The Book of Margery Kempe , by Margery Kempe. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Today I went to an SCA event that I have not previously attended.  The only reason I attended was to help out by being a retainer for her Highness.  From what I could tell, it was a good event with a fair amount in attendance.   For me, it was mostly a bubble day.  Had the weather been dry, I would have wandered more and watched the people fighting and fencing.  I would have wished for my archery equipment to have fit in the car.  Instead, it rained.  Mostly, I stayed with my bubble of friends. Here are my happy highlights: The three+ish hour drive to the event was with three lovely ladies where we had conversations and shared stories. During the event I was able to do some shopping.  I also was able to talk with the person that will be making new coronets for the Barony.  I look forward to seeing how the design looks. While retaining for her Highness, I met some new people and reacquainted with friends I haven't seen in a while. ...

Last night  I was only able to get around five hours of sleep.  I tried to sleep in, but couldn't.  Here are some happy things from today: My morning was productive.  Not only did I get most of what I needed for this weekend's SCA event packed, but some cleaning, laundry and other random chores also got done. With my downsizing tasks I was able to go through another notebook and get rid of a few more things.  I got the shredder and filled the bucket one time. Keziah was around in the afternoon and we were able to sit and talk for a little while.  It seems like it has been a long time since we were able to just sit and talk about things.   It was nice.    At the studio, the person I've been trying to help make garb, finished all but the hems and embellishments.  It is good first garb.  I am sleeping at a friend's house so we can get up early to head to an event in New York in the morning.  I was able to see someone about th...

Happy Thursday! At work I enjoyed my last night parking in the Safety Committee Member of the Month parking spot.  When I go back to work next week I'll park far from the door.   Way too much of my time lately has been spent doom scrolling the internet.  I've been enjoying one person's videos working with wood.  Did you know that lilac wood has purple hues in it?  I did.  I hadn't considered how much that color pops when it is wet though.  Beautiful.  My nap after work left me tired, but unable to really fall back to sleep.  At one point I opened my eyes to see some lovely shadows dancing on my wall as the sun got low on the horizon and the wind blew through the trees.  Have you ever wanted to paint or draw shadows? ☮ Currently listening to: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity , by Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford (Editor).  Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Here are some happy things from today: For the first part of my work night, I felt like I had everything under control.  Eventually things got crazy and I needed help, but that was okay.  Pretty much everyone on my line needed help.  It was a busy work night, and that felt good.   After work, I was weary.  I've got over 27,000 steps on my FitBit, so I think it is a good weary. I trekked out to the front yard to see what is blooming.  There are two types of daylilies and evening primrose.  The butterfly bush isn't quite blooming yet. Orange daylily Yellow daylily Primrose Butterfly bush on the left, not quite blooming. ☮ Currently listening to: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity , by Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford (Editor).  Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Here are some happy things from today: At work this morning I ended up with some heat related badness.  It was within my first hour of work.  They let me take a break.  When I went back to work I went slower.  After 3 AM I was able to work outside for a bit.  That helped a lot!  I'm happy that I made it through the rest of the shift and that I'm feeling better.   At home I decided to take it easy.  I stopped to notice the orange daylilies.  Soon there will be many more blooming. According to this website , today is Color TV Day.  Here is a little memory.  Every year The Wizard of Oz was broadcast on TV.  Every year I watched it.  If you have never seen the movie, and don't want spoilers, stop reading now.  At some point I noticed that it claimed to be recorded in color.  We had a black and white TV.  So every year I watched it in black and white.   Eventually, when I was a teenager and my old...

Happy Monday!  I didn't sleep in, this is good.  Unfortunately, I lacked motivation.  When I finally did get going, I kept going.  I went to make a list, since that worked so well yesterday, and remembered that I already made one last night.  Until the last month or so I had lists I was using in an app.  For some reason I stopped looking at them. I'm not sure if going back to paper is the best choice, but it is what is working today.  Here are some other happy things: One of the first things I did was get something out of a box.  Some downsizing had to happen. After looking through it, I ended up pulling apart a notebook.  It was notes from my last year as a Paraeducator.  Now it is a pile to shred and an empty notebook with a lot less pages. My Monday errands got done.   Outside our studio there is a jughandle with lots of plants growing in it.  One pink flowering plant caught my eye.  I thought it looked like a pea ...

If you read this blog regularly, you may remember that I sometimes use a Tarot Card app to choose a card for the day.  Normally I look at it and forget about it.  Today the card was the Eight of Wands.  This is a card of momentum and purpose.  Because of the card I made a list and tried to stick to it.   Perhaps I should pretend to have this card every day.   😆 The only thing I didn't quite complete was the laundry.  I had to wait for the rest of the family's laundry to finish before I could start mine.  Mine is drying now so I can finish that in the morning.  Here are some other happy things from today: On Sundays a group of friends try to meet at a local cafe for breakfast.  The original group of people were writers.  Lately I've been using this time to do some research, mostly on medieval pilgrimages.  Today also included some SCA shenanigan planning.  It was a productive morning. From there I went to the stu...

 Happy Saturday things: This morning I didn't get going as early as I wanted.  This meant that I didn't spend the time I wanted to on my downsizing task.  What I did do was to remove the skirts from the house and put them into my car.  I meant to unload them at the studio, but they are still in the car.  I'm calling this a half step forward. At the studio I met with someone to work on the banner we are making for Pennsic, the large SCA event in Pennsylvania.  It will hang with other sheet walls outside of our Kingdom encampment.  We worked on it until mid afternoon.  We walked to a restaurant in town for lunch.  It was nice and it was a lot of focused work. ⁵ Around four in the afternoon, I headed to DIY Craft & Thrift. I helped fold and measure fabric.  I also helped to make small bundles of fabric that were supposed to be themed.  I'm only okay at joining similar fabrics together.  Towards the end of the night I had group...

Happy things from today: This morning I sorted through a few things so I could move forward in my downsizing adventure.  I found more skirts, wool ones.  Two weeks ago I found six skirts.  Today I found four more.  None of them will fit me.  I'm in love with the green plaid one.  I thought they would be easy to get rid of, I was wrong.  I'm seriously considering finding ways to repurpose the wool, like making one skirt out of multiple skirts.  Dear reader, you may ask, what about this makes me happy?  I'm feeling excited about being creative with them.  Sure, there is some trepidation too.  But what if I create something fun or beautiful? The shirt at the top has the letter F embroidered on the sleeve.  It was my mother's and will not fit me.  I am ready to say goodbye to that.  That green and blue plaid is fabulous. Downtown Concord is closed for Market Days.  When I tried to go to Keziah’s store, the parking ga...

In bed, doom scrolling the internet, I suddenly realized that it was dark out.  That is the late afternoon I had.  Here are some happy things from today: Sometimes at work packages jam on the line and we have to shut it down for a few moments.  When that happens, packages stop being received.  Someone usually shouts out, “Line down!” so the people who didn't notice can stop working.  Because of where I was along the line I was asked to be louder, the people up from me couldn't hear over the music.  So I got loud.  It isn't something I do often.  Being loud, when one normally isn't, can have an element of fun.  😁 After work I took my tired self to visit a friend who had knee surgery and needs some help while they recover.  According to the weather app on my phone it was 95 degrees outside and felt like 106.  I took Andi, our friend's dog, for a walk.  This was my first time meeting Andi.  She is a very good dog and let me ...

Happy Juneteenth!  It is also Keziah and Zed's fourteenth wedding anniversary.  I hope they were able to do something to celebrate.  Here are some happy things from today: The other day on Facebook a memory came up where I put out to the universe things I wanted from a job.  My current job actually fits into most of what I wanted.  It was a nice reminder.  If I could move my job from nights to days, that would be almost perfect. Speaking of streaks, I almost lost my DuoLingo one the other day. I'm thankful for streak freezes. Just as my work day was coming to an end, I reached my step goal for today.  That makes two days in a row.  Sometimes I miss having a step goal streak.  Sometimes it is nice to just be. The milkweed is starting to bloom.   ☮ Currently listening to: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity , by Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford (Editor).  Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday things: It is warming up outside this week.  I'm happy that today, at work, I was able to stay inside, where there is some air conditioning.  It was still hot because we are active, but it would have been worse outside. After work I helped Gideon make eggnog.  He wanted to bring it to share with his Dungeons and Dragons friends.  I hope it came out alright.  It was my first time making it.   The privet bushes are starting to bloom.  They have tiny but fragrant flowers.  The plants are also much larger than most bushes at this point. Nanni! ☮ Currently listening to: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity , by Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford (Editor).  Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.