52 weeks of blessings;

Today:

I’m looking forward to: treating my cousin Sabs to dinner and fun times this coming Friday. Happy Birthday today love! ❤

I’m learning to/practicing to/working on/embracing: honest introspection and a commitment to renewal.

I’m enjoying: crocheting and knitting these. Getting ready to cast on a new project this week. New and more importantly, free yarn. 😀 yarn sent as a thank you for my contribution to Kristin’s Crohn’s Fundraiser. Donated by Alina Shea Creations. Colourway is Sweet Pea

I’m creating/planning to create: a quilt. No, I’ve never done it before, but this tutorial from In Color Order gives me a perfect platform to start from.

I’m grateful for: good mental health. Much needed encouragement this week. Returning to work to meet two, potentially three frivolous lawsuits from two former employees. What they did was strengthen my resolve to leave this job I have and made me grateful for my work ethic and level of integrity. Having enough accrued time to start taking short work weeks (four day weeks) from this week coming. A heavenly reminder to bloom where I’m planted. Lesson came at the end of the work week through my little garden.

In my kitchen: stuffed vegetarian manicotti pasta being baked using basil from my garden. 😀

I’m planning later in the coming week to: walk home from the train station, get to work half hour earlier, get to bed by 9 pm (Monday – Thursday), take either my Craftsy Short Rows class or the Photography Primer one.

Today:

I’m feeling: something mixed. Happy to see another day, excited to really kick off my exercise routine this coming week but depressed to have to go back to my work environment tomorrow.

I’m thinking: of the tasks I want to complete by 1:00 pm today so I can have a good long relaxing afternoon, of going to bed early in preparation for my first day back to work.

I’m reading: Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now ~ Maya Angelou. I’ve been reading this compilation annually since March 1995. It is that good!!! The Venetian Bargain. Tell me I’m not the only one who picks books from the library because of their covers. 😀

I’m looking forward to: finish playing catch up on my Mood blanket rounds today. Jumping back in the saddle with spinning.

I’m enjoying: growing in my fiber arts skill-set. It’s been a joy to knit and crochet this week past. Now I want to cast on all the things!

I’m grateful for: a NO CANCER PRESENT report based on the tissue sample testing from my last surgery. To a cancer survivor that’s like saying “You’ve won a MILLION dollars!!!” 😀 The rest I’ve gotten while out on leave. The signs that’s confirmed with no uncertain terms that I need to leave my current job. Tamiko — who made herself my full-time nurse while I was on leave. Daily renewal — life can be tough sometimes, but every new day is an opportunity to start again.

Around the house are: the scent of sweet and sour pork chops that were cooked overnight in my crock-pot, yarn skeins waiting to be caked to start projects, books needing to be read.

In my kitchen: sweet and sour pork chops, granny smith apple and strawberry bread, brown rice, steamed kale and bottles of “Happy” water (water with lemon slices, grated ginger, cucumber slices and mint leaves”).

I’m planning later in the coming week to: finally mail my tax returns. It’s a good thing I don’t owe. Oye vey! This happens every year. Do some serious budget crunching. Put some time in on my Flax sweater. Finish two projects for my HPKCHP classes. Go clothes shopping with a gift card I got from participating in a wellness program. Start spinning again.