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The Christmas season has begun!

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 Its a beautiful Saturday morning here. We had a few days of temperatures in the high 30’s (C) during the week so its nice to back in the mid 20’s for the weekend. We had our Christmas party yesterday at work. Our local team joined with the state wide team via zoom. It was fun with lots of staff making funny videos about 2020. Later today we have a Christmas luncheon for DH’s work. It will be nice to eat out again and to just enjoy lunch outside in the good weather.

I finished my crotchet rug this morning.  Our cat loves to sit in amongst the crotchet and chase the balls of wool. I’m keeping this one for myself as I love the bright colours and its just the right size for keeping warm when I’m sitting on the lounge or if I have a quick nap. 

I have spent a bit more money than I planned in the last few weeks.  We have a LOT of big bills every November but I really needed to buy some summer dresses and some new shoes after several years of no clothes buying. All were bought on sale which is usual for me, but I need to plan better for the end of the year expenses next year. 

My plans for the weekend are to go to the Christmas lunch today and tomorrow do some housework and set up the Christmas decorations. I am enjoying seeing all the different Christmas posts and even snow for some bloggers. Time to enjoy the Christmas season!

One day at a time…

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Over the weekend I started working on a new quilt top. I initially wasn’t too keen on the colours and was going to donate it but its really grown on me as I’ve worked on it so I think it will find a home here once its done. Its no particular pattern, I just make it up as I go along. It was good to do a bit of sewing again,  I miss it and its a good distraction from all thats going on in the world right now.

Heres a pic of the fabrics I’m using. It was a set of fat quarters from my stash.

In other crafty news my crotchet rug is growing nicely. Mostly I’m using up leftover wool. However my temperature blanket is behind by about a month, so I need to get back to that this weekend and do some catching up.

On the work front I’ve been back in the office for a few hours this week, next week I’ll go a few more days and work up from there. I’m finding it all a bit stressful to be honest. I’d be much happier just continuing to work from home but I guess we’ll see what the next few weeks bring with Australias covid cases on the rise.

 Is anyone else finding their concentration is not so great? I think I’m just mentally a bit weary of it all. Right now I’m just focusing on ‘one day at a time’ as best I can, not thinking too far ahead. I’m grateful we are safe and well & have all kept our jobs, we are more fortunate than many at the moment.

DH had some good news yesterday!  Along with increased work hours he received a long overdue pay rise so that will be helpful. We’ve had a few additional expenses this month and the car has more repairs booked. This reduced how much extra I could pay on the mortgage this month but if all goes to plan I will hit that half way mark next week.

Blue skies fresh air!

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I’ll never take blue skies and fresh air for granted again. In the last 4-5 days the smoke has cleared and the air pollution has gone down to normal levels as the fires move further away. We can finally open our windows again and we’ve started walking three days ago. I took this photo on our walk yesterday.


I’ve missed seeing this everyday SO much in the last few months! And I’ve missed being able to see the views around town and out to the mountains. Views I’ve just taken for granted everyday of my life. Fresh air and blue skies are #1on my gratitude list at the moment.

I had a good week at work last week, getting lots done before most of the staff come back to work today and the busy time starts. I’ve gone back to doing my flylady routines at home and cleaned out all the bathroom cupboards over the week. I tossed a lot of old makeup, lotions, electric razors and just rubbish that collects over the years. I have plenty of soap, shampoo, make-up & skin care to use up once I sorted it all so that will save me money this year using up all the half empties.

I started a temperature blanket this year, a different colour for each 2 degrees. Heres my progress so far.


And because I was enjoying it I started another small blanket in bright colours for myself. Just in single crotchet. I love bright colours.

One of the nice things about walking again is that thats when DH and I get time to chat and catch up. Mostly we’ve been talking about retirement, what we need to do before then, and how we will spend our time. Sometimes one of us will say ‘when we’re retired…” it feels more real now somehow, not so far away. We’ve both worked out our retirement dates, our holidays and our long service leave. We’re really looking forward to it.

Now – its off to work for both of us – one day closer!