2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

LHere are some happy things from today: At work, after lunch break, I was moved from the path they started me in.  It seemed like out of the blue that they had me start training someone in the stow path.  Actually, train one person and try to keep an eye on four or five others.  There was a mistake made in the beginning of training the one person.  I think it ended up being a very good learning experience for them though.   Tomorrow, I'll be helping to train people as well.  I'm hoping to sleep well. Rear view foliage. The penultimate Inktober prompt is violin.   ☮ Currently listening to: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity , by David Graeber & David Wengrow. Currently listening to: Abhorsen , by Garth Nix. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Here are some happy things from today: The position I was in at work was Problem Solve.  There were many problems and I ended up working late.  Thankfully, TF was available for a phone call on my ride home.  She helped me stay awake! There is still a little bit of color in some of the trees.   For Inktober I was able to do two of the prompts, jumbo and navigation.  Completing these makes me caught up.  Just in time since there are two days left in the month!  🤣 ☮ Currently listening to: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity , by David Graeber & David Wengrow. Currently listening to: Abhorsen , by Garth Nix. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Today we had the first snow (flurries) of the season.  Here are some happy things from today: Work sometimes offers up gifts for good performance.   This morning I had an email with gift options to choose from.  Considering the snow flurries this morning and how that and the cold sent me back under the covers, I chose a snow shovel.  Not just any snow shovel, but a Snow Joe Shovelution.  I watched some YouTube videos about it and decided that it is worth a shot.  Hopefully I won't need it often this winter.   There really were flurries, just not enough to see in the picture.  Thankfully, the weather cleared.  With temperatures close to 50 degrees and a bright sunny sky, Amy and I went for a walk.  We chose the same rail trail as last week.  We went about half of a mile more.  There was a tunnel, more ponds, and we found a parking lot that we can use if we want to explore farther down the rail trail.  For Inktober...

Here are some of the happy things from today:  After yesterday's long day, I got up early today and went to an archery practice.  This is a different practice than I usually go to. It is in Massachusetts, about an hour away.  I used to go to this practice all the time when I was living with my aunt and my children were small.  They held a special shoot today for Halloween.  There were pictures of spiders on the targets.  There were also balloon spiders and ticks on the ground to shoot at.  When there were only a few balloons left, spears were pulled out to throw at the arachnids.   It was a fun shoot. Because of yesterday's long day, when I got home, I did some laundry and became a couch potato for most of the rest of the day.  I needed that.  The prompts I did today for Inktober are scarecrow and camera. ☮ Currently listening to: Abhorsen by Garth Nix. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Happy things from today: It was an early morning.  I left the house before sunrise and headed west on the highway.  The sun rose behind me and I could see the sky changing colors in the rear view mirror. The SCA event I attended today was the Crown Tournament.  This is when the next set of Royals is determined through rattan sword fighting.  A good part of my day I spent visiting with friends I haven't seen in a while and then watching the rattan fighters until there was a winner so we have a new Prince. Keziah was at work today.  We ended up having a video call so she could watch some of the fighting with me.  There are less pictures because of that.   It was nice to see people I know get awards during court in the evening.  It was a lovely, but quite chilly day.  The drive home was long and warm.  I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep.  ☮ Finished listening to: Lirael , by Garth Nix. Started listening to: Abhorsen by G...

 Here are some happy things from this Halloween Howl day: This morning I got up early for my yearly doctor's appointment with my endocrinologist.  I have Hashimoto's Disease and get my thyroid scanned and checked every year.  That is, until next time.  My scans haven't been showing any signs of change so I get to wait 18 months for the next appointment.  Yay! While walking through the grocery store I was told by two different people that they liked my shirt.  I only wear it around Halloween. Every year Concord closes up part of Main Street so the children can go trick or treating at the stores (Halloween Howl).  Keziah’s store, DIY Craft & Thrift, is part of this area.  This year she brought tables outside for the kids to stop at instead of having then come into the store.   The store remained open and became a quiet place that people would come into.  I stayed in that quiet place.  I wish I could say that I helped, but mos...

Happy Thursday! Stepping outside in the extreme early morning I got to see the moon as it was just about to rise over the tree line.  A glow with just a spot of bright through the trees.  Orion was also in the sky, but not in the picture. At work, I ended up helping to train some new people.  It was good, I just wish that they had included me earlier in the process.  With the particular circumstances and number of people, two trainers would have been better from the beginning.  It was a good week.  I'm happy the work week is over.   I stepped outside as the sun was getting low on the horizon and the trees were reflecting an orange that I didn't see in the sunset.  It was very pretty.   In my struggle to get up-to-date with the Inktober prompts, I have not fallen further behind.  For today I did prompt 23, rust. ☮ Currently listening to: Lirael , by Garth Nix. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Happy things from today: For the second night in a row at work I spent some time in the Problem Solve area.  I also trained someone else in the hazardous waste area.   The leaves in the back of the house have mostly fallen.  The trees close to the house have found their prime.  The temperatures have been in the upper 70's so far this week. For Inktober I chose to do two drawings again.  This puts me closer to being caught up.  The two prompts I drew today were uncharted and rhinoceros.   ☮ Currently listening to: Lirael , by Garth Nix. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.