Happy Wednesday

Some of today's happy things:

• One of the roses has opened just a little.  It is supposed to snow a little overnight.  I don't expect much change in the flower. 

• All of the physical therapy I'm supposed to do for my back today is done.  This is the first time I've completed them all.  Some of the exercises are morning and/or night.  I seem to get those done.  One of the exercises I'm supposed to do ten times over the day.  I've been having a hard time fitting those in.  Today, I made it work.
• I found this list on a cousin's Facebook page.  It is a list of gift ideas that won't clutter a home in the process.  Brilliant!

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Currently listening to: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Sunset

Some happy things from today:

• There are medications that have been bothering my stomach.  I think I figured out the right way to take them.   It means changing when I have breakfast.  I'm good with that, especially since it seems to mean I feel better.  The routine change will take some getting used to.
• Again, I am awake longer than I wanted to be.  It meant that I got to get a look at the sunset, and that was good.

• There are two rose buds out.  I am not sure if they will open.  The touch of dark pink is nice.

• I have decided to listen to The Hunger Games books.  There is a fourth story that I haven't read, so I'm refreshing my memory on the original trilogy before reading the latest book.

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Currently listening to: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Monday Walk

 Happy Monday things:

• This morning I had another appointment with the physical therapist.  I have some more new stretches to add to the ones from last week.  The good news is that there are some he isn't having me do because I don't need them.  
• My errands were completed.  I'm in a bad phase right now.  I love edible cookie dough. 
• This afternoon I had a really nice walk out with friends.  We had great conversation and lovely views around Dorrs Pond.  

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Finished reading: Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Archery

Happy things from today:

• Archery was fun, but I didn't score as well as I have been.  I did get two golds on two different rounds.  My scores were inconsistent.  I'll work on it more in the spring.

• There were two people at archery practice who completed their third set of Royal Rounds.  Royal Rounds are a way we keep score of the archers to provide a ranking system.  When the third set of Royal Rounds are completed and turned in the names are added to the list and they are official East Kingdom Archers. They can get a badge.  We decided to hold an impromptu mini court to award the badges at practice.  It was fun cheering on their progress.
• As I write this, I am sitting next to Gideon in the living room. He is watching something on his phone.  He watches things at increased speeds.  It reminds me of Alvin and the Chipmunks.  😆🐿

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Currently reading: Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Crown

Happy things from today:

• It was an SCA event day.  Keziah went to an Arts and Sciences event in Connecticut.  Gideon and I went to Massachusetts.  The three of us left very early and got to see a beautiful orange sky as the sun rose.  We drove together to Nashua, NH.  Then Keziah went with a friend to Connecticut, and Gideon and I picked up a friend to go to Massachusetts. 

• Gideon, our friend, and I went to breakfast next.  I decided to be good and ordered an omelet instead of French toast.  A good breakfast was the right way to start off our day.
• The event we went to was Crown Tourney.  Last month the new King and Queen stepped up.  This month their successors were chosen by winning the day's fights. In this case a man fought for a man so we have two Princes.  It was a good day with good friends.
• I met someone today who is a metal craftsmen.  He gave a buckle he made to me and one to my friend.  He also showed us a spur that was made in the 1350's or thereabouts (I think).  He had this spur in a box with the things he made.  It seemed like it should be in a museum, but we all got to hold and look at it.  Pretty cool.  I should have taken a picture of it.  Here is the buckle he made:

• Gideon came to the event with me so he could be there when some of his friends got Tiger's Cub awards.  It was a long day for all of us, but he was especially ready to leave when the event was over.
• After dinner we dropped off our friend in Nashua and picked Keziah up.  On the drive home we all got to share stories from our event experiences. 

More pictures from the day:

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Currently reading: Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Store Happenings

Happy Friday things:

• On the first Friday of the month, Keziah’s store, DIY Craft & Thrift, is open until 8 PM instead of 6.  That night the city has a theme of some kind and lots of other stores stay open late too.  Tonight the theme was Arts.  Keziah set up a couple tables with coloring sheets with crayons, colored pencils, and markers.  Kids enjoyed getting to sit and color for a while.  They could take home their work or hang it on the wall to display for November. 

• The building that Keziah's store is in used to be a CVS.  She only uses a small part of the area.  For November and December the rest is being rented out to pop-up artists and craftspeople.  One of them is a friend of ours.  It is kind of weird to be in the store with so many other people.  It is louder.  One of the artists will be bringing his dog occasionally.  She is the nicest pet.  She came to see me often for pets.  Later, while I was eating, she came over, started to smell what I had, then realized it was human food.  She stayed back, looking at me occasionally with this side eye that said, "I see you, I'm ignoring you, are you done yet?"  
• I came into the store tonight and someone had written on the sequin wall.  It is nice to see the goodness in people.  It says, "This store is awesome."  I even captured Zed and Keziah in the picture. 

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Currently reading: Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Rosebud

Some happy things for today:

• I made it through the work week!  Having only a 30 hour workweek can be wonderful.  More importantly, my back made it through the week and heavy lifting, too.
• There is a new rosebud.  Temperatures were below freezing last night, I'm not sure if this bud will open or not.  It looks healthy though.  They are protected some by the house.

• Gideon snuggled with Nanni today.  They were so cute.  He asked me to take the picture.  Right after Nanni saw me taking the picture, she got up and walked away.  

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Currently reading: Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.