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1. Got my to do list done
2. Leftovers for dinner, so no cooking!
3. Making progress on my knitted vest, take 2
1. Got my big project on the standing freezer done!
2. Finished one half of the upper front of my vest (down to the under arm join)
3. Heating pad
1. House cleaners
2. Serious conversations with a partner who listens
3. Curling up on the couch after dinner and watching tv while knitting in a sparkly clean living room
#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #Today
I wrote another 1000 words.
I went out and bought the two items I forgot to buy at the grocery store on Saturday.
A Mastodon friend DM'd me to say he had read and liked two of my books.
1. A warm cup of coffee in the morning.
2. All of the kind people on Mastodon.
3. Steadily checking things off my to-do list.
Free good fings du jour:
1. Local supermarket is once again stocking the crisps I like (and not Japanese Blinking Chicken flavour).
2. On call period finished with no call-outs.
3. It wasn't as foggy this morning as we thought it might be. 🫛🍜
1. Power came back this morning
2. Enjoyable f1 race
3. Finished the upper back of my new knitted vest
1. Played some Coral Island
2. Did some prep for the soup luck on Saturday
3. Overall just feeling a little bit more like myself again
1. Bubble bath in lava
2. Clean body, fresh sheets
3. Got a second 5 star wildlife refuge in Planet Zoo 2
That was a good day.
Work was busy but good. Breast screen Vic found no evidence of cancer, I got my first pay check, and I made a marble cake for our call party tomorrow night.
#3GoodThings
1. My turn to sleep in
2. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be rain-free; enough time to finish washing the rest of the curtains
3. I'm enjoying In Your Spare Time, authors reading posts from Ursula K. LeGuin's blog: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-your-spare-time-from-the-blog-of-ursula-k-le-guin/id1888272436
1. Interview yesterday went reasonably well; follow-up scheduled for Friday
2. Managed to finish up all the writing I had *intended* to do over the weekend but wasn't able to because of being sick
3. Sleep schedule is out of whack from being in bed for a day and a half, but I think I did get enough sleep to get through today
#3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition
1. Got my annual COVID and flu vaccines over the weekend
2. Despite feeling bad yesterday, COVID test was negative (just an unusually bad vaccine reaction, I guess?)
3. An old friend I haven't talked to in ages reached out to me yesterday
#3GoodThings
1. Slept through the night again!
2. Perfect weather for the twice-yearly washing of the curtains!
3. Might go thrifting later, as a treat.
1. Managed to get a bit done despite the physical pain
2. Got my Planet Zoo franchise to level 3!
3. Tidy house
#3GoodThings from #today :
1. Made some Cuban-style black beans yesterday and they were so delicious that this morning when I proposed putting the leftovers in the freezer, the fam was alarmed about being separated from the #beans
2. The new album by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, my analog synthesizer soundscape queen, has breakbeats (??) and acid house influences (?!?!)
3. Just voted in the best kind of election (municipal)
1. Migraine went away in time to have a nice evening with hubby
2. Played a bunch of Planet Zoo 2
3. Cleaners were here today and the house is sparkly
1. Satisfactory with hubby, we haven't played a video game together in a while. It was nice.
2. Made huge progress on clearing my desk to allow for making minis and other craft projects.
3. Got my turkey stock made and strained, all ready for canning tomorrow!
1. Chatting in our family group chat about the f1 quali while we all watched it
2. Started a new knitting project
3. An understanding partner
1) Finished picking weeds from our, still, rain-soaked yard. Just a bit more in a gated side yard.
2) My wife and I got our flu and COVID shots yesterday. Not too bad: slight soreness from the injection sites and feeling less than energetic today.
3) Had a lovely dinner with a couple that we just started to know. We're already planning our next meetup.
I'm cold and unhappy, so I need to think about #3GoodThings
1. I did a lot of work on my WIP today, and I believe I made it much better.
2. I don't need to go anywhere tomorrow, so I can be here when the heating person comes to fix the furnace, and I can work on my WIP while I wait.
3. Trump's $90 bribe appeared in my bank account today and I donated it to the Democrats.
3 good things for yesterday:
* a nice walk (it was very warm)
* drew a candle (satisfied)
* physio exercises (needed but not a fan yet!)
1. The October Halloween yard stuff has emerged. Saw some creepy stuff out there. (photo attached)
2. My compression gloves arrived today to, hopefully, relieve me from achey knitting hands. They feel good.
3. Made Mushroom Stroganoff tonight for dinner. It was good-enoff.
Free good fings oggi:
1. I have a new scarf because Mrs Roach has been sewing... and now everyone will get one for Christmas!
2. Mrs Roach noticed just in time that the squeezy ginger she was about to squirt into the ginger parkin mixture was, in fact, squeezy garlic.
3. Despite being awake since four in the morning, today is going quite well.
1. Knitted shirt ready for blocking then cuffs
2. Understanding hubby when I don't feel well
3. Heating pad
#3GoodThings
1. Looked up current advice on NSAIDs before/after vaccines BEFORE I took the NSAIDs (advice has changed since I last checked! https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/health-matters/getting-a-flu-shot-skip-the-advil-tylenol-for-mild )
2. The bread I baked yesterday is delicious!
3. Mini-vacation in a couple of weeks.
1. Got our bird feeders cleaned, gosh did they need it.
2. Picked up a neglected knitting project, figured out where in the project I am, and made some progress.
3. Found my tarot cards and put them in a more accessible place.
#3GoodThings
1. LAST DAY OF WORK
2. Highs in the 70s by the end of the week!
3. Family wedding coming up next month!
1. No alarm set for the morning
2. New vinyl (Howls Moving Castle, the etched and colour pressing)
3. Found some beautiful plaid fabric for a couple walking skirts to add to my wardrobe
1. I'm feeling better after a bout of flu.
2. Got an interview today for an opportunity to do good things in the community.
3. Started making music on an unfamiliar workstation, despite multiple functional setbacks and inconsistencies.
#3GoodThings (In honor of National #Coffee Day, I wanted to share some memories of ☕ . I have many more. Anyone else want to share?)
1. When I was learning how to drive (when driver's ed used to be free in HS), my mom would let me practice by letting me drive to Friendly's where I grew to love coffee. Lots of it.
2. Sitting @ the Dunkin' Donuts in Cedar Grove, #NJ w/my Dad. Eating donuts, drinking coffee, connecting.
3. Writing my dissertation in #Berkeley w/Peets. 1 cup per page!
#3GoodThings
1. Cool mornings forecast for this whole week
2. Last deliverable gets sent off today (on time)
3. Three more days of work!
1. Cleaning the kitchen didn't take as long as I expected
2. My favourite driver got pole in quali
3. Started a new craft today (loom beading)
#3GoodThings from yesterday and #today:
1. I made an outrageously delicious soup stock, which happens this time of year due to the late summer veggie scraps that have accumulated in the freezer: corn cobs, roasted pepper skins, all the stems from bunches of basil and cilantro... Very luxe trash. Plus this time I started with the leftover liquid from poaching chicken thighs. It's beyond.
2. I had exactly the right houseguests to appreciate this triumph so I got to enjoy a solid 15 minutes of people tasting and then praising the soup stock.
3. Now I get to make breakfast soup and it's going to be unreal 😭
1. Got a really strong, third party report yesterday that makes my team look 500x better than the comparable team at the company that just bought us out. It's emotionally validating and *hopefully* helps in securing my team members' jobs
2. Lost power yesterday afternoon and it was essentially a non-event; yay, preparedness!
3. Minimal effort day at work today
1. Finished an art commission
2. Did a bunch of kitchen witch things to show my hubby how much I appreciate him
3. Cleaned my desk and sewing machines
1. One year of being married to @kirrix
2. Finished a big work project, lots off my mind with that one wrapped up
3. Making fun plans with friends
Mixing it up for a change and I'm going to come up with #3GoodThings for tomorrow rather than today:
- I'll be doing my friend a favour just to make them smile.
- The teapot I painted today will have cooled and be ready for use.
- I'm going to record more of my violin for my little project and it's soooo close to being finished.
All 3 of these #3GoodThings happened today and they were indeed pretty good.
I can also add:
- I watched some 9 day old kittens being adorable.
- I felt the warmth of another human.
- My nurse told me she doesn't want to see me again (in a good way because I'm doing really well!)
1. Spent the weekend with my knitting girlfriends on Lake Michigan. Beautiful day on Friday, then heavy rain Saturday and Sunday. Photos of the cloud show before the storm attached.
2. Did lots of knitting and cooking during the heavy rain downpour.
3. Went walking in between the downpours and during light rain.
- I did a charity run, the first run I've ever done with other people, and it was lots of fun. My legs will hurt tomorrow but that's okay.
- My best friend invited me to an online spa birthday party for her in October and it sounds rather lovely.
- There was a video of me before the run and I looked happy and careless. As in, I had no cares. That was also fun. Also, SO MANY glow sticks.
#running
1. Finished my stays, they're amazing
2. My idea for attaching the top of my staff is brilliant and works just like I wanted
3. Got the wings done for my friends' costumes
1. House cleaners. Doubly nice before a super busy weekend.
2. Got a decent amount of my to do list done. Less than hoped but I'm still on a good track to finish.
3. Takeout for dinner.
1. Made great progress on my stays, they're gonna be so pretty.
2. Finished the braiding for hubby's aiguillette
3. Made a tasty dinner
1. My mental health has recovered to the point where I *can* focus on the daily good things again.
2. Finished hubby's coat for the ren faire
3. Got the corset for my son all cut out and ready to sew tomorrow
1) a lovely day with wifey snuggled up together listening to an audiobook
2) seeing the light at the end of the fibro flare 🔥 things are calming down
3) watching cat videos on YouTube there is nothing quite like it,it beats doomscrolling
Bonus item) Lidl chocolate 🤤
1. Telling my nail tech I wanna take a break from getting them painted went well (I was worried it'd be awkward)
2. Managed to ease the sleeves into hubby's coat with only a tiny pucker which I think I can fix tomorrow.
3. Dexter behaved himself when I had to leave him alone at home for several hours (such an improvement from when we first got him!)
1. Woke up and made spiced plum compote. Added a bit of sugar, cinnamon sticks, cardamom pods, star anise, and a good sized splash of cognac. Two-and-a-half pounds of plum turned into two pints of compote. It's super delicious. (photo attached)
2. Old friends came over for a visit and coffee this morning. It was lovely, and the house smelled great from above compote.
3. Our pottery studio had a meeting to plan a workshop trip to Jingdezhen, China. I'm so excited!
1. It's a beautiful day today, sunny and 80°F.
2. Picnic lunch date on the #motorcycle with Spouse, eating lunch and then walking by the river, culminating in…
3. Discovered a new ice cream place, https://www.naturalfruttiberri.com, which has absolutely amazing Saffron & Rose soft serve.
#Boston #BostonMA #Watertown #WatertownMA #food
#3GoodThings
1. Small Old Dog went absolutely HAM on the neighbor's sprinkler plume this morning and got soaked. She was very pleased with herself.
2. I love watching my dogs teach each other things. We're now on the 3rd "generation" of dogs teaching other dogs that cicadas are yummy and not scary (Lola > Henry > Sumac).
3. I offloaded one more thing that was stressing me out. At this rate I may spend October just chilling, which would be novel.
#3GoodThings @3goodthings
1. Dropped off child #5 this morning for his first year of college. Much excitement.
2. Had a nice lunch with Spouse at a restaurant with outdoor seating to celebrate our last first day of college, and the rain held off just until we got home.
3. My new 4-PC USB 3.0 switch is working perfectly (the old switch was a bit flaky) and is a pleasantly solid little box.
1. Slept in
2. Made excellent progress on hubby's jacket for the Ren Faire
3. Started playing a new to me game and enjoying it a lot (Jurassic World Evolution 2)
1. Foolishly drove through an intense storm this morning to get to an orchard and farm owned by the same family for 200 years. Loaded up with an enormous amount of food that cost only $46. Thanks to Deborah Edwards-Oñoro @redcrew for the recommendation! (photo attached)
2. Turned a peck of tomatoes into 12 pints of tomato sauce (seven canned, 4 for the freezer, and 1 for dinner tonight). (photo attached)
3. Dreaming of turning the plums into spiced jam.
1. Race weekend and my favourite announcer is back!
2. Made a delicious dinner and dessert
3. It's definitely autumn :D
1. Someone told me "You look like you go to Ren Faires" and that's honestly one of the best compliments I've ever gotten.
2. Learned some magic tricks and watched a world renowned magician do some close up magic
3. Made progress on my to do list
1. External CD/DVD drive showed up a little earlier than I was expecting yesterday and it seems to work okay; I've already salvaged 500+ digital comics from old CD-ROMs
2. Came up with a decent/new/original topic for the weekly team meeting I've been running for 5 years now; always feels like a challenge to not repeat myself
3. Very hot and exceptionally muggy outside, but the a/c is working fine, so I'm still pretty comfortable
1. Naps
2. My new sourdough starter seems to be working well, baked a decent looking loaf today (I lost my decade old starter to a heat wave this summer
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3. Got my Xbox controller dongle working so I can use it wirelessly again, finally!
I felt pretty bad last night, getting really in my head about negative things. It wasn't good.
But there were bright spots. Here's 3 or them:
1) I looked outside at a grassy hill when the sun was still up and saw a bunch of bright, tall, yellow flowers
2) I was working on a non-forklift job all evening, but st the end of the night I was able to get on one and made myself feel useful
3) I had hotdogs for dinner!
1. Got the clutter downstairs tidied in preparation for cleaners tomorrow
2. Started on my draw 100 ppl in one week challenge
3. New organizational white boards for the fridge (they'll fix me! I swear!)
- afternoon sauna and jumping in a lake
- evening sauna and jumping in a lake
- early morning swim
1. Made good progress on my embroidery
2. Last day of hot weather for at least a week!
3. Made a yummy dinner
1. Got my new grinder for my espresso beans. So much less messy than the old one, and it matches my olive green espresso machine.
2. Doctor's appointment went well, was taken seriously and she's happy with my progress.
3. Got to see my kid for a bit today, ran some errands in their town so picked them up to tag along.
#3GoodThings
1. Still enjoying "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
2. Discovered that the sauce for sesame noodles goes nicely with steamed kale (1 T each sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, rice wine vinegar & honey; 1.5 T soy sauce; use sparingly)
3. 2 more reports to finish & submit before I never have to write anothe report
1. Survived hubby's first day of work at home all by myself
2. Hubby got compliments on his big waterbottle I got him and told his coworkers I'd gotten it for him :D
3. Started the new Ana and Din book
1. I just remembered I have a chocolate chip cookie left to eat.
2. I bought unshelled peanuts for an endeavor to befriend a corvid.
3. Someone coined the word “befiend” on the Fediverse and I’m here to encourage its use.
1. I did not have to go anywhere
2. My spider plant is flowering
3. Hubby got all his BC IDs sorted, the immigration process continues.
#3GoodThings EOW Edition
1. No meetings today
2. Not a great night's sleep but still better than it could've been; roof over my head, etc
3. Payday
1. Hubby and I took kiddo out for lunch and it was delicious.
2. We got hubby's bank account set up here in Canada.
3. Great new show to watch the evenings (The Hardacres)
1. Hubby is picking up the work contract tomorrow, he starts Monday!
2. Met some friends for coffee this afternoon and it was lovely.
3. A package I thought was lost arrived, finally!
1. Hubby got a job offer! Details to be negotiated tomorrow I think, but it'll be nice to have more steady income coming in.
2. Had a lovely chat with another lady at the nail salon today. I used to be someone who was really not approachable and I love that this has changed.
3. Found the perfect charms to add to hubby's arcanist coat for the Ren Faire!
1. Everything shower and fresh washed bed linens
2. All the pocket embroidery for my Dungarees is finished. Just the bib to go!
3. Cut out nearly all the pieces for hubby's Ren Faire jacket.
#3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition
1. Even though the dog got skunked in the yard this morning, it wasn't as bad as it could've been (I think the bushes took the brunt of it) and the Petsmart grooming was able to squeeze her in early this morning to get a full cleaning
2. Stumbled over another cache of digital comics I didn't realize I had access to
3. Working through cataloging my comics collection has gotten me to (re-)realize just how many great and unique items I have
#3GoodThings
1. 51 days till I quit (I've been firmly informed that it's not a retirement since I'm not vested)
2. Small Old Dog's bloodwork came back fine, dental later this month
3. Got some rest over the weekend
1. Started on my dandelion staff for the Ren Faire
2. Got a good bit of cleaning and tidying done downstairs - now just need the weather to cool off so we can spend time down there again!
3. Started cutting out hubby's Ren Faire coat.
1. Made a delicious roast for beef dip dinner.
2. Tidied up my studio from the commission, onto new projects!
3. Started the embroidery for my next pair of Dungarees. Got one back pocket already finished.
1. I mostly managed to relax today!
2. Client's order is nicely packaged, final invoice paid, ready for pickup on Sunday.
3. Bubble bath and a good book (Liars Knot)
1. Got to spend time with my son today. Haven't seen them since they moved out. We had a good time!
2. Ordered 18000 seed beads to make a really cool necklace that I saw and haven't been able to stop thinking about.
3. Library trip! Got my new books and chatted with the librarian about the pattern drafting book I was returning.
1. Saw a cardinal in the yard.
2. Josh Johnson's latest video made me laugh.
3. The primary results in Michigan gave me hope.
- gas pump attendant alerts us to a flat tire that we had somehow not noticed
- attendant also provides coinage for their nearby air pump, to attempt to reinflate the tire
- the tire held the air, the leak was slow, and we were able to drive it to our mechanic, who finds a nail, a broken seal, and a leaky valve that he fixes the same day, despite his super busy schedule
1. I got to talk to my dear young Iranian friend for almost an hour yesterday. It was such a joy to see her lovely face and hear her reassuring me that she and her family really are okay.
2. A beautiful monarch butterfly spent some time flying around the marsh milkweed we planted 2 years ago. Such a joy to see.
3. This pretty coneflower (echinacea), left over from my patch of wildflowers that is almost taken over by common milkweed, was discovered by a leaf cutter bee, late this afternoon.
Simple pleasures.
#bloomScrolling #EllieKPosts #bees #wildflowers #simplepleasure #3GoodThings
1. Finished the shorts for the commission. They were a right bear and I'm glad they're done.
2. Took some more time to do a little painting tonight. Feels good to be building back that habit!
3. Put all my laundry away
1. My electric toothbrush finally signaled that it is time to change the brush head! (I’ve been waiting in suspense!)
2. I made my neighbor laugh.
3. I have already walked 4 miles so far today and will walk some more.
1. Got my new dress form, very excited to have one that's my size.
2. Played Everdell with hubby.
3. Got to sleep in, so badly needed!
Une idée pour l'été, au lieu de vous faire l'écho relais des phrases les plus dégueulasses et inhumaines qui soient prononcés sur les plateaux télé, faites leur le plus de mal possible en les faisant tomber dans le vide de l'oubli, en ne leur accordant pas d'attention, et par des actes concrets produisez des tranches de vie qui montrent au contraire qu'il existe encore du beau et de la solidarité dans l'humanité. Des gens qui en ont quelque chose à faire de leur prochain, des actes de soin, des mobilisations contre la haine et la peur, de la promotion de l'éducation, d'aider à vivre ensemble.
Go go go !
#3GoodThings @3goodthings
1) Free street parking in #CambridgeMA before 9am (if you know where to look!).
2) Delicious chocolate croissant and hot chocolate at Paris Baguette for breakfast.
3) Breakfast with Spouse before we each go about our days.
1. Hubby got his SIN - so he's all set to work in Canada
2. Got the hat, collar and cuffs finished for the sewing commission
3. Kiddo is kicking butt at university
1. Made a delicious dinner
2. Got my sewing table cleared for the machines and for some stuff organized in the studio to set myself up for a productive week
3. Wonderful rain all day today
1. The house is restored to functionality. Studio still needs work but oh my stars it's so much better.
2. Teamwork with hubby is the actual best.
3. Firefly the Complete Collection arrived early!
1. Made excellent progress reclaiming the downstairs
2. It rained and we were able to open all the windows and air the house out
3. Got the fabric prepped for a project tomorrow
1. Record stand set up properly now, and a crate for the records.
2. Made progress on organizing the bedroom.
3. Enjoying a new show in the evening with hubby (Ride or Die)
1. Video call with SIL and niece.
2. Air purifiers.
3. My record player works! (stand alas is too small for the speaker so replacing that later this week, then pics will happen!)
1. All the furniture got switched around and as expected both rooms are so much more functional now.
2. Fresh linens on the bed.
3. A husband who is a true partner in life.
• Getting lots of tips on Fediverse accounts that are part of the Internet of Kindness
• Getting better at understanding the EP 40 from Teenage Engineering and having fun with building beats
• The smell of freshly changed bed linen
1. Weather was perfect for Bard on the Beach.
2. Kiddo hung out with us after for a bit before going home.
3. No alarm set for tomorrow.
1. Didn't have to leave my house.
2. Got a bunch of progress done on the room swap.
3. Found my Lords of Waterdeep and Scoundrels of Skullport game.
1. Took kiddo for a big shop to set them up for the next couple weeks.
2. Phase 1 of Room Switcheroo Part 3 is completed.
3. Wonderful thunder and lightning storm.
Bonus: Everdell finally arrived! Hopefully we can find some time to play it before long.
le champ des possibles est infini (ou presque)
Bon dimanche, prennez soin de vous et aujourd'hui surtout : faites vous plaisir !