Valentine’s Day flowers from my valentine. I love that Dale knows that a) I’m not a roses girl and b) even when I say he doesn’t need to get me flowers I still kinda want them.
I’m not sure how much I’ll be checking in on this space next week but I do promise you (at the least) a Three on Thursday post.
Happy Weekend!
Let’s get right to business this week, shall we? I’ve got three things making me happy and I’m excited to share them with you.
Thing 1: It’s Valentine’s Day and that means I’ll be making cream puffs. It’s a family tradition that you can read about here. And also, hooray for Valentine’s Day! It’s a day to celebrate love . . . all kinds and any kinds of love. And by that I mean romantic love, of course, but also the love between friends, the love of a parent and child, the love of a pet. All I’m saying is love is love and it’s a day to celebrate that.
Thing 2: Vacation! That’s right, next week is February school vacation week around here and that means Dale and I are off on an adventure. I’m calling it The Off-Season East-West Tour of Massachusetts. Why a tour of Massachusetts, you ask? Because I don’t like the idea of flying in February. Listen, I’m mature enough to know that I’m immature enough to not handle the cancellation of a flight to somewhere warm. Plus, I want a new dining room floor more than I want a tropical vacation right now. So, we’re going on a mini road trip for part of next week, revisiting some places and also going to new places we’ve always meant to visit. Sometimes it’s fun to be a tourist in your own backyard.
Thing 3: A new car! We traded in Dale’s aging Forrester and got me a brand new Outback. It’s black with black interior (which is what I actually wanted 3 years ago when I leased my current Outback but they made me such a deal on the red one I couldn’t pass it up.) and her name is Veronica . . . as in Veronica Lodge. She’s sharp and sexy (well, as sexy as a little glorified station wagon can be) and loaded with lots of bells and whistles. I think our road trip next week will be a fantastic opportunity to get to know her. And yes, I know you want photos but it was dark when we picked her up last night. They are coming, I promise.
And those are 3 things making me happy today. I hope you’re having a terrific Thursday and I wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day! If you wrote a post for today I hope you’ll include your link below.
No unraveling here, just knitting round and round on my Stopover 2.0.
I love my original Stopover from 2016 and I’ve always meant to knit another one. In fact, I’ve had the yarn for two since I knit the first one. I love the neutral gray, black and white of this new one and I’m hoping to have it finished within a week or two.
As for reading, I’ve been waiting to start Kingdom of the Blind and was basically holding out for when I didn’t have anything from Overdrive and this week that’s what happened. I’m loving this latest trip to Three Pines, I will say that.
That’s my reading and knitting for this week. Be sure and check out what everyone else is reading and knitting over at Kat’s.
Oh what a day I had yesterday. It wasn’t bad it was just . . . super full.
I had a monthly report to file.
I had some annual paperwork to finish.
I had to renew my passport agent certification. This included a web based online training thing that took the better part of my afternoon.
I fielded several phone calls about town stuff.
I had to get to the bottom of an overdue invoice.
I had to reschedule picking up my new car. Stupid impact weather day.
I had a Board of Selectmen’s meeting.
In between all of that busy stuff, though, there were good things.
A package of essential oils arrived.
I tried a really great new to me hand cream.
I had a delicious beet and goat cheese salad for lunch.
I grabbed 5 minutes to knit before I had to go out for my evening meeting.
I relaxed after the day’s work and meetings over a beer and light dinner with Dale and my cousins Len and Peg.
I got to write a blog post telling you about my day.
I felt useful and challenged and loved.
So. Even though I didn’t have as much down time as I prefer it was still a good day.
It’s all in how we frame our circumstances, my friends. Frame them in a negative way and a day can be terrible. Frame them with a positive spin and you can turn things right around.
It’s all in the framing.
That weekend zoomed by awfully fast, my friends! Here’s a quick recap:
Lunch with Jackie. He’s a good eater and on this day had grapes, goldfish, and a little leftover chicken. He’s looking more and more like a toddler every day and his personality just slays me.
Friday Night Snacks. Heavier on the vegetables these days in an effort to eat healthier. Just as good as ever, honestly.
Saturday lunch. I had fish tacos, Dale had a burger, we both had beer. Lunch out is rare for us but we had been car shopping (more on that later this week!) and it was fun to hit a local pub together in the middle of the day.
Sunday afternoon visit with Jackie. His mama needed to food shop and we offered to watch Jackie while she did. I love a good bonus visit. In case you’re wondering, the look of longing on his face is because he wants to climb the stairs and I kept saying no. Mean old Nana, that’s me.
Sunday night dinner. Seared scallops on a bed of spinach. Really delicious.
In between there was reading (Kingdom of the Blind, finally), knitting (Stopover #2), and movie watching (The Favourite).
How was your weekend?
