2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

Here are some happy Thursday things: In an attempt to make a long story short, last week I fell and things didn't seem too sore.  Then I went hiking and backpacking, again, not too bad.  Follow this with work where I needed to get up and down from the floor and now I am having enough aches and pains that I've been taking ibuprofen.  Why is this part of my happy list?  The ibuprofen worked.  It wasn't perfect, but while on it, there was a lot of improvement.  So much so that around 5.5 hours after taking it, I could tell the pills had worn off.  Okay, maybe the story wasn't short.  🙂 I remembered to mend the seam on the gown I'm planning to wear Saturday.   It needs a little more done, but not today. Before After The Inktober prompt was boots.  I am no artist. Pencil Pen Sunset ☮ Currently listening to: The Silmarillion , by J. R. R. Tolkien.  Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday things: After working part of my night I went home to get ready to go to court.  I was summoned for the possibility of jury duty.  131 people showed up and they were looking for 14 jurors.  Only 100 people fit in the room with the judge and I was not part of that first hundred people.  I never had to go to that room and I was not chosen.  I am okay with that.   When I got home, I had a nice visit with Zed.  He and Keziah were away last weekend and he showed me some pictures of where they were in Vermont.  It sounds like they had a good time.  They were productive too.  They arranged a meeting with someone who has a shop similar to DIY Craft & Thrift.   The studio was my next stop for the day.  I still have a tunic for SCA wear that I am trying to finish for the son of Their Highnesses.  The arms were originally measured wrong and needed to be shortened.  I used scissors and the sewing machi...

It was important to me that I wake up early today to do laundry.  I forgot.  Eventually, I remembered that there were hands on my time and I jumped out of bed to start my day.  Here are some happy highlights: The studio was my first stop.  Someone had given me fabric for favors and I needed to finish getting the fabric sewn so that another person can use their Cricket to put a design on them.  I'm happy to say that I sewed together thirteen favors and they should be on the way to their next step. Using the sewing machine this morning while the sun was shining in the window was very pleasant.   At home, I helped Keziah clean the kitchen.  It is overdue for a deep clean.  That won't be finished today, but there has been a vast improvement.  ☮ Currently listening to: Tales From Earthsea , by Ursula K. Le Guin. Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

The SCA event this coming weekend is a little complicated.  I am doing more things for it than I planned to in a smaller amount of time.  There are surprise awards that are happening that need preparation.  Some of that happened today.  Here are the happy things I can talk about: This morning, I drove to a friend's house and dropped off the sewing I was helping her out with.  That is now out of my hands. Yay! Earlier I had been perusing Facebook Marketplace for a treadmill.  There was one for free not far from my friend's house so I checked it out.  The first thing I decided after seeing it was that I probably couldn't fit it into my car.  I drove by and pulled over at a parking lot to do some more research.  It seems that it is a good possibility that the treadmill weighed over 100 pounds.  So the second thing I decided is that I wouldn't have been able to lift it by myself.  The third thing I decided is that if I ever get a treadm...

It wasn't a very exciting day.  Compared to my last two weekends, today was bland.  Here are some happy things from today: Much of my day I stayed in my room with Netflix and stitching.  I finished my task on the garment and it is going back to its maker to be completed.  Yay! Between the apartment and the house is some goldenrod that I've been meaning to pull.  There were at least three bees pollinating it when I walked by.  I'm glad the bees were enjoying it.  I'll try to pull it before it goes to seed. Bee on goldenrod plant.  Later in the day I took some time to shuffle through some papers.  Some are in the shred pile, but many are in the recycle bin.  A tiny step toward downsizing was achieved!  Recycling.  I've opened my window and turned off the air conditioner.   There is occasional fresh air wafting in on the breeze.  Rain is gently falling and tapping on the house and yard. ☮ Currently listening to: Tal...

Happy Friday!  Here are some things that made my day happy: Almost my entire day was spent at DIY Craft & Thrift.  I parked my car up the street about ¾ of a mile away and walked to the store from there.  As we get closer to Autumn the days are cooling, making walking more comfortable.  It made for a lovely walk.  I remembered to bring my headphones and listened to music as I walked the city street to the store.  The music put a smile on my face and some pep to my steps. At the store I helped Keziah organize her plant.  She has had a pothos plant for about a year (since she opened the store) and it is flourishing.  We spent time untangling the vines and then carefully hooking them to the ceiling.  Keziah puts beads on the ends of the vines to note growth.   Most of the time I was at the store sewing.  Finishing seams is my priority right now.  I have another project to work on before next weekend too.  At this poi...

Again, I fell asleep while trying to write this.  I know I needed the sleep, but falling asleep with my finger on the screen only means I have to start over again.  Here are some happy things from today: This week at work I was all over the place. I liked that.  I ended my week taking care of all the hazardous waste.  I had some weird things to dispose of.  What I ended up doing was to ask a bunch of questions when I wasn't sure how to do things.  This was the right thing to do in this case.  Also, I was given a cool travel mug. It's Orange!! It was National Cheese Pizza Day.  We got pizza at the end of the day to celebrate. After a short nap when I got home from work, I sewed.  The TV went on with the first season of The Rings of Power and I sewed while listening to that.  I sewed while Gideon did his homework.  The sewing came back to my room and I sewed while I talked with TF on the phone.  I'm about a third of the way done...

Happy things from today: There is an SCA event coming up next weekend.  I have a bunch of things to do before then.  One of those things is hand sewing.  I've slowly been finishing some seams.  Tomorrow I go into overdrive so I can finish by this weekend. I think I'm getting better at hand stitching.  Gideon has finished day two of eighth grade.  He is already complaining of being bored.  🤣 ☮ Finished listening to: Tehanu , by Ursula K. Le Guin.  ---This was the fourth book in the Earthsea series.  So far it is my favorite of the series.  Oddly enough, according to an author's note, this book was not well received.   Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Happy things from today: This weekend the people at the SCA event that planned the food did a super job of making the food allergy friendly.  The pancakes they served for breakfasts were buckwheat and therefore gluten free.  They were good, but each time I had them I wished they had blueberries in them.  For some reason the tater tots really hit the spot for me this morning, though.    My friend and I took our time packing up today.  We would pack a little, then sit a little.  At one point I commented to the friends gathered around that we were having a great time sitting around doing our crafts and visiting while an event went on around us.  I believe two of us were sewing, one weaving, and one crocheting while we sat and visited with each other.   Stitching.  Toddler with his auntie! We left the event, stopped for food on the way to my house and went for ice cream after her truck was unpacked of my things.  Unpacking my new c...

Here are some happy things from Friday at the Pennsic War: This morning I took a few minutes to start reorganizing the common tent.  We had more people arriving today so it was a good time to put things away.  Reorganizing helped me feel good before heading out for the day.  It was also a nice step toward planning for Game Night this coming Monday. The rest of the day I spent at East Kingdom Royal sewing for His Highness.  I was able to finish a few of the seams.  When I got back to camp, I worked on sewing the apron that Keziah started making for me.  I need to finish the apron to wear with my Italian garb. The inside, with seams that need finishing.  I was walking somewhere and stopped to take this picture of the clouds and sky.  I love the sky. After dinner some friends and I got into the van and drove to Dairy Queen for ice cream Blizzards.  It was good to be in the air conditioner for a little bit and spend time with friends.  The e...