52 weeks of blessings;

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Nicky4 Comments

This week’s been such a mixed bag but more awesome than not!  I had my camera a lot this week so my gratitude journal this week is muy picture heavy.  Enjoy!! 😀

Knitting that soothes
Blue Skies
My Little Angel
American Museum of Natural History
Union Square Sculpture Installation
Favourite Sculpture
Even The Pigeon Came Out To Play
D’s Basil
Glass Head
Vertical Farming
D & D
D’s Rose
Global Kitchen Exhibit
Best Cookbook Evah
Water Feature — AMNH
  • Knitting That Soothes
  • Great Weather — Blue Sunny Skies
  • Baby Hugs from my Baby Boo
  • Skipped out of work early on Friday with D in favour of the American Museum of Natural History
  • Sculpture in Union Square
  • Brunch with my cousin Sabs
  • Favourite Garden Sculpture in Union Square Garden
  • Even the Pigeons Came Out To Play
  • D’s Basil — some is in my kitchen right now!
  • I found a glass head y’all!!!!!!!  😀  Loved this piece forever!  I missed them at Ikea.  Ebay & Etsy = exorbitant prices.  Found one at Pier 1 for $19.95!!!!!  Eureka!!!
  • Vertical Farming because the world is running out of farmland.  Part of the Global Kitchen exhibit at AMNH
  • D & D.  😀
  • D’s rose.  Nature is so beautiful in all its forms
  • Global Kitchen exhibit flyer
  • Got this cookbook in the Global Kitchen Exhibit store for almost half off!  The illustrations and photography — extraordinary!  The recipes — so NY!!!
  • AMNH — Water Feature
  • I also hung out with D and her family.  Wonderful time to be had by all. 😀
  • 5 books for less than $100.00: Leather bound copy of “The Bronte Sisters’ Stories”, Leather bound copy of “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, Slow Cooker Bible,  The Happiness Project,  I Love NY — Ingredients and Recipes!
  • A new crock-pot!  On sale for $19.95.  Getting ready for some food/life changes!  Can’t wait!
  • My friend T getting a new job!  I’ll miss seeing her everyday but I’m overwhelmed with joy for her.
  • My other favourite cousin R in NY for the next five weeks.  Pandemonium!!!  😀

Hope you all had a wonderful week. 😀

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Nicky2 Comments

This week wasn’t without its challenges but a change in attitude and mindset made everything alright!  This week I’m grateful for:

  • Putting my feet up!  I came home on Tuesday this week; I put my feet up, exhaled and got jiggy with some yarn!  😀
  • A great hair week!  So many compliments and a long conversation with a stranger on the train about natural hair care.
  • Having the baby shower I planned with short notice turn out awesome for the young woman I supervise.  She was supposed to leave work in the next two weeks but I found out this week that her leave start date got changed to yesterday (Friday).  She was really touched and surprised and I’m so happy that the staff came out the way they did for her.
  • Dinner plans with a friend later tonight.
  • Receiving a record on vinyl that I have been looking for for the past two years!  Booyah!!!  Jamaican saxophonist Dean Frasier covers some Bob Marley tracks — totally awesome Sunday evening or any time relaxation music!   I found cd copies too and got both volumes 1 & 2.  The vinyl record was a treat to find so I HAD to get it! 😀  This collection is very special to me.  I initially got the set on cassette tape from my friend Deirdre.  I remember her and home every time I listen to it.

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  • The laundry-mat in my building has been closed until further notice so I had to find an outside one to go to.  Because of the distance I have to walk now to the new one it means that I can’t run home after the wash cycle while my clothes are drying.  I’m not looking forward to that in the winter … but …  Today I realised that I could either knit, crochet or practice my spinning while I wait.  That minor inconvenience gave me 1.5 hours of uninterrupted knitting, hooky and spinning time.  Awesome trade-off is what I say!!!  #fistpump!!!  Today gave me time to work on my first KAL/CAL item complete with a captive audience of three eight year old boys! LOLOL!  😀
  • And of course, new yarn always makes my weeks better.  LOLOL!!  I’m still on my sheep even with these.  I’d ordered these when I stepped off my sheep a few weeks ago.  The seller took some time to get them to me; she wasn’t happy with one of the skeins and decided to redo it.  The finished skein was worth the wait!  They both were!  The vibrancy of the colourways cannot be described.  Not even the seller’s photos (that I used below) captured how awesome they are.  And what’s even better, is that the colourways are from one of my favourite series — Downton Abbey!
    Dowager Countess Inspiration
    The Amy Lee Show: Dowager Countess Sock Yarn
    Lavinia Swire Inspiration
    The Amy L ee Show: Lavinia Swire Sock Yarn