Dec. Checking In

I was getting ready for Christmas up on a step stool and fell off hurt my knee. So that was a set back over a weekend. I had a lot more sympathy for football players that had an injury. I knocked over the small tabletop Christmas tree that I had just decorated put up and had lights on. That was a do over! Nothing serious for that tree or me. 

I got some progress on the prompts journal I was working in, made some great progress on that. I tweaked some of the prompts or put washi tape over them and just wrote about something else that was of interest to me. 

I am getting over this and back to leaf duty most of the leaves are down an off the roof now I have raked and bagged & loaded them up now. That feels great we have had awesome weather this week for this. 

I have been doing shorter walks but at more interesting places I took the dog to a fishing place I like and wanted to check out the new dock for handicap folk at one but each time I drove by it was in use, I found it open and stopped took the dog with me and we strolled on the concrete path and I appreciated the hand rails out to the dock especially this week. The dog came on the dock with me a new experience I was pleased that she came with me to it. 

Another place we walked along the river in the afternoon sunlight I grabbed a walking stick and we had a fun trek on one of the area walking paths the water was calm. It was a great reward for some of the yard work I had gotten done earlier in the day. 

I walked in the field the next time that was great fun in the sun we have had mild weather this week here. 

I have carded up some wool to spin when I get a minute to do that. I am knitting on a red white and green project that will not be done before Easter I suspect! But pastel yarns did not catch my fancy this go round. 

I was pleased to get gift bags ready and coins in them the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coins hubby had collected went to the grand children. I love it that I had festive holiday print bags that I had made up with drawstrings for this. 

 I rounded up a few other items for some on I knew might appreciate them I was right almost immediately the person was sketching and said they had been wanting to do a journal, the journal wss smaller than I like. I knew the size of sketchbook this person had used before and had an extra one! 

I have started a 100 day project. Mine is 100 days of grace. I have been putting scriptures in a soft cover notebook some drawing and inspirational quotes and notes will be going in this with other things yet undecided. It is a strange time to begin a 100 day project but when the 100 days are over I will be past the one year mark of hubby's passing away so it was timely for me to begin it now rather than waiting. 

I am practicing some hand lettering  also in another spot. To be honest it helps me to focus and slow down that helps reduce stress. I have a Woman's gratitude journal  with 200 prompts and inspirational quotes I am excited to start but I am still working on the other one. It has brought up something for me to process prickly stuff that is not fun but also some other things that were great to be reminded of as I wrote so it has been a mixed bag.   I had discovered Ambient music and enjoy that for back grounds when I am doing some of these writing tasks.