2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

All I wanted to do this morning was stay warm in bed.  And so I did.  Eventually, I got up, showered, and had breakfast.   Here are some happy things from the day: Getting out of the house, even for a little bit, seemed important to me today.  I took a small walk.  The fresh air was nice.  There was ice on the trail puddles.  I think the walk helped this cold I have been fighting, or it is really allergies.   My goal today was to clean off the futon that has been covered with boxes.  I reached that goal.  The futon cover is in the wash.  I can't figure out how to turn the futon couch into a bed, but hopefully someone else can.  This means that there is a place to sit while sorting through boxes.  This also opens up another option for Bel to sleep on.  I'm not sure that either living room is better than the other, but it is a choice.  I even vacuumed and washed some of the floor. Someday this wall will b...

Happy Friday things: The only purchase I made today was to fuel my car. 😊 Earlier this week a shift opportunity became available for today and I took it.  It was weird leaving for work in the daylight.  The sun had been up for a little while when I left for work, but there were some pretty pastels in the western sky. Things were already in full swing when I got to work.  Yesterday we worked to get the packages ready for delivery, but there was no delivery because of the holiday.  Today we only had to get things ready to put on the delivery trucks so they could be delivered.  I only worked from 8:30 to 12:30.  When everything was done, I was able to work in Hazardous Materials.  It is amazing how many things break during shipping.  I enjoy working to get those things sorted out. Since I am still coughing and sniffling I stayed home and rested much of the rest of my day.  I don’t have to work again until Tuesday.  I’m scheduled for 40 ho...

Here are some happy things from my day: Work was wild.  It was busier than I expected it to be.  They assigned me to be the QA for the AB line.  We started out low on people and without the aisles being prepped for us so there was a lot to do.  It stayed busy all night and then we worked late to get everything done.  I feel like I earned every bit of the holiday pay.   After a brief rest at home, I made a French apple pie with some help from Gideon.  Zed brought it to his family's Thanksgiving dinner.  I was invited, planned to go, but I seem to be fighting a cold so I stayed home.   An evening alone meant laundry, a movie, pizza, and ice cream.  It would have been nicer to go out to feast with family and friends, but getting rid of this cough that came on today is more important.  Keziah brought me home a piece of my pie!  It is delicious.   🍎 ☮ 🍕 Continued listening to: Daindreth's Outlaw , by Elisabeth ...

Happy Wednesday things: When I left for work my car was covered with a thick layer of frost or thin layer of ice or a combination. When I got to work I noticed all the patterns on my rooftop. Even though I was running later than I wanted to, I took some pictures because, pretty. Work was good. It was one of the few times that the building seemed cold. This was great when I was moving around a lot. Once they moved me to Problem Solve, I put on my fleece. Everyone was home when I got back from work. Keziah has been busy cooking for Thanksgiving. Zed works from home or the store. Gideon has the long weekend off from school. They were just finishing lunch. There was enough for me to have some too. I'm kind of amazed at how much I relaxed when there was food ready that I didn't have to prepare. Zed went to work from the store after lunch so he could be available to the helpers there.  The rest of us did more prep work for tomorrow.  I'm still not sure what I'll b...

Here are some happy things from today: Keziah's friend made a commercial for her!   At work I did a little bit of almost everything that I have been trained in.  At least it felt that way.  Plus I worked just shy of twelve hours.  It was so good to be home! The lighting this afternoon was the kind that made me look West, even though I was looking East.  The sunset was lovely. ☮ Finished listening to: Daindreth's Assassin , by Elisabeth Wheatley. Started listening to: Daindreth's Outlaw , by Elisabeth Wheatley. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

This morning, I expected to hurt more from yesterday's hike and I didn't.  I also had more energy than I expected.  Here are some other happy things from this lovely Monday: Keziah had a pickup this morning of donations for her store, DIY Craft & Thrift.  It was from one lady that has been donating since the beginning.  I helped fill Keziah’s van with craft supplies (mostly yarn).  Then we unloaded at the store.  The picture is the pile at the store. Afterwards, we worked in the living room of the apartment.  Things were moved around and better organized.  There is still a bunch more to do.  I'm hoping to get the room a little more usable this week, while still storing lots of boxes.   After lunch, I met friends for a walk at Livingston Park.  The park has been partly closed for renovations for a while.  It was good to be back there.  It is a more or less central location for the four of us that met there this tim...

Happy Sunday! This morning I actually got up and going faster than I usually do.  I did some reorganizing in the room that wants to be a living room but is more like a box room.  Progress was made. Some friends and I made it up Pack Monadnock today and climbed the fire tower located at the top.  It is wonderful having people to share adventures with.  I have visited nine of the fifteen NH fire towers over the last few years. Boston skyline. Zoomed more. Gnarly tree. Two fabulous ladies. The geomarkers were under the tower. There seems to be snow on Mount Monadnock.  Waterfall on the Raymond Trail. Big downed tree. At home I got a quick dinner ready for the family.  Then the exhaustion hit.  I think I'll sleep well tonight. ☮ Continued listening to: Daindreth's Assassin , by Elisabeth Wheatley. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Here are some happy things from today: This morning I woke up earlier than I wanted to. I kept warm under the covers for a while. I kept getting automated messages from work about extra shifts. One of them was for 9:10 this morning. I had plenty of time to get ready, but I didn’t. I researched tents instead. Around 8 AM it was still available. I decided to take a shower and get ready to go, if it was still available after all that, maybe I would go in. It was, so I got an extra two hours and ten minutes or so of work. Usually I hesitate and the jobs are gone. This weekend, people aren’t snapping them up. I’m glad I went in. After work I did a little bit of grocery shopping. Friendly’s Ice Cream is on sale this week at Market Basket. Their seasonal flavor, peppermint stick, is available for the holidays. I bought two. Now that I am using the refrigerator in the apartment, I’m stocking up on a few things. There were two boxes in my room that I needed to go through. I have...

Happy happenings from today: This morning I think I fixed my toilet.  It wasn't horribly broken, just annoyingly.  The handle needed to be pushed very hard to flush and then jiggled so it wouldn't run.  A few adjustments and it seems much better. Gideon and I took the new-to-us cat, Boo, to the local vet this afternoon.  We had them check for a microchip and they did a quick local search for similar reported cats.  No other owner has been found.  I told them that we would keep him for now and see if he will integrate with our current cats.   Gideon and I came back from the vet in time to see the beginnings of a lovely sunset. Bel, my youngest, is expecting to be here sometime in the middle of the week.  We had a nice phone conversation today.  We have a bunch of planning to do during the time they are visiting.  I am looking forward to their arrival. ☮ Continued listening to: Daindreth's Assassin, by Elisabeth Wheatley. Thank you fo...

Thursday's mean sleep to me. Here are some happy things from Thursday: At work, I got in early and stayed a little late. It is something I get to do when I am training people. Today at work I finally had time to organize the web addresses I need to get various tasks done. Since every laptop I use is different, just saving bookmarks doesn't work. I have messaged them all to myself so they should be easy to find in the future. At home I ate, played a game on my phone, and slept. There was a little bit of watching the Mandalorian too. I even got a load of laundry done. The best part about laundry is that it can be happening while I take a nap! The Google Game for Thursday. Distractions happen. I should make that into a sticker. This is a brief sketch of a place my mind went today. I'm going to show it to Keziah tomorrow. It needs some embellishment and color, but I think the idea might work. Either way, it was fun to try to do.  What it doesn't need is an apo...

For what seems like the first time in a long time I didn’t reach my step goal while at work. I haven’t maintained a streak in quite some time, but at work, I would at least hit the 10,000 step goal for a day. Today, I helped with Day One Orientation of new hires at work. That involved lots of sitting and watching videos. My FitBit is also in my pocket instead of my wrist since the strap broke last night as I was getting ready for bed. It was a good day. Here are some happy things: Sometimes people from HR hand out snacks. Apparently that happened today during break, but I wasn’t there. However, while working with the new hires the person from HR came by after everyone else had a break, and handed me a packet of Dunkaroos. He tried to do it slyly, but failed. I found it very special that he remembered that I liked that particular sweet. When I was able to take my break, the Dunkaroos were very welcome. We use QR codes at work to denote different locations, like bags or end ca...

Here are some happy things from today: As is usual for my first day back to work, I didn't sleep well.  That said, work went pretty well.  It was busy enough that things went by fast.  Especially that last hour that I worked late.  🙃 After work I ate, napped without wanting to, and did some spinning.  I haven't worked on the spinning a lot, but it hasn't been forgotten in a corner yet.  It's only been a few days, there is still time. 😀 Sunset! ☮ Continued listening to: Daindreth's Assassin , by Elisabeth Wheatley. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

 Here are some happy Monday things: This morning, as I avoided getting out of bed, I swiped to this reel:  LINK .  If you aren't able to watch that video, let me just say that the person was suggesting that people aren't necessarily lacking motivation as much as they need to work on being more disciplined.  I'm not saying that he is correct, or that my interpretation is correct.  I have mixed feelings on this. I am saying it got me out of bed.  🙂 Keziah and I spent some time at the studio organizing things.  Between the arts & sciences over the weekend, researching my cousin Mary and  buttons, and spending time at the studio; I'm feeling inspired.  Keziah has been working on carving linoleum to do printing.  She has been selling some prints as patches.  I'm going to try to work more on projects, too. A friend has a cat they were given that doesn't like their dogs.  We are going to try and see if our cats will accept them....