More relaxing

Thankful for hot running water, safe drinking water, electricity and modern day comforts.

That we have entertainment (Netflix, jigsaws, gaming, internet)

For friends & for all the ways we keep in touch

That I remembered to hang my washing & it all fits on the dryer.

That the bunny went straight to bed & I wasn't out long in the rain.

That husband has batch cooking and dinner is easy.

For holidays & being off work.

Acquisition

Thankful we made it out, & that the shops were quiet.  That parking was easy, & reasonably cheap.  That I saw Penneys & that was empty & I remembered socks & found leggings while I was there & the tights I bought by mistake fit & feel nice.  That I was controlled and only bought what I needed, & didn't keep husband waiting long.  

I remembered to hang the bunny towels so when my new top arrives tomorrow I can get my new stuff washed.

That husband ordered a new jigsaw and we finished the existing one.

That we've found another show to watch online & spent a pleasant evening watching whilst eating cake.

That I have a scarf ready to post to friend & have her eircode.

That I answered when the solicitor rang and completion date might be brought forward.  That I remembered I'd sent in all my ID and so she found it & I don't have to send it again.

That I've started taking advantage of some of the things I have access to - like Pilates, and tabi, and I have the walk on meetup.

Space

Thankful my top arrived & fits well, & the other one I like is still available,

That I earn enough to afford treats.  

That I got a parking space at the woods, & it stayed dry for my wander.

That I made it to the range & they had another ball of the pink fluffy wool so I can start knitting a scarf.

That I found a good sized spiral hard back sketching book for my latest project.

That husband cooks & made nice dinner, & shared rice with me,

That we did weights.

Delivery

Thankful we got home just as the Amazon driver was about to get out his van - husband caught him & we got our parcels.

That I remembered to take my dad's card so now it's posted and out of mind.

That the woods are nearby and the path had dried out today.  That I got there before dark & enjoyed my slow wander.  That it was quiet & I got parked, & the woman with kids in the middle of the road moved before I got to them.

That we got the jigsaw finished & all the pieces were still on the table.  That we sorted out the bits that were in the wrong places.

That the shops were fairly quiet & I found husband easily.  That we still have plenty of time off to enjoy & I am being better at avoiding mindless Facebook scrolling.

That I have the kindle & library access & plenty of books to enjoy.  & there are plenty enough free / cheap books on the kindle.

Sleep

Thankful to have slept well, & for the lie-in.

That husband came for a walk & the weather was reasonable while we were out.

That we live somewhere safe and quiet, and can get out for walks.

That my legs have been fine since I started wearing my boots rather than my trainers.

That he makes dinner and hot chocolate, & generally looks after me.  That he's calm and gentle and sweet, & supportive.

Thankful for the support I have, & for friends getting in touch.

Rest

Thankful the take away was open & we got our food.

That the weather was fine & I got to the woods, & for that being open.  That it wasn't me that was blocked in.

For having the space to have eg jigsaws out, 

Husband found the film we wanted to watch.

For lie ins & easy days

Christmas

Thankful for having a house, heating, food, electricity, water...
For husband cooking & preparing fab food.  For having reduced the tablets enough to have a glass with him at lunch.  For work & a good company & our hampers.  For the little touches like the crackers that we wouldn't've bothered with.

For being in a good place with time & being able to volunteer, & also that no-one needed my help.

Remembered to phone my parents & they were in a good mood.

For the friends who got in touch, & the Amazon orders I placed, for being to replace some of the stuff that's still in storage & start getting my identity back (tied in with clothes).

That I cleared the table for the jigsaw - that we have plenty of space

Recharge

Got another scarf finished.

Glad to be staying home & relaxing, that we got a walk in, & there were still food deliveries - yummy.  That I remembered the bacon expires tomorrow so we're having it for breakfast.

That I volunteered & it was quiet & there were others on to chat to.  That I don't have to make any decisions about that yet.

That I decided against taking a reading, & that was the right choice.

Hot chocolate & treats.

Passed a Gloomhaven scenario we were stuck on - penultimate / final turn of the game - phew.

That I had a good day & am surrounded by things I enjoy doing, even peeling potatoes watching Netflix, & being able to do a task for husband that he doesn't like.

For hot running water & the shower, & the washing machine.  That the bunny towels dried in time for me to hang the bedding.

& relax

The meeting this morning was ok & I shouldn't have to do much for the other dept

That I found something useful and interesting to do (workwise), & discovered a problem to solve.  Also have created an index for the training so it'll be easier to revisit in future.  

That we went to the local shop so I got bunny treats & remembered toothpaste.  & the queues weren't bad, & I overheard people who couldn't even get into the supermarket carpark so am glad we went yesterday.

That I'm finished for Christmas & have a good long break to relax and spend with husband.  That I have a job I enjoy and am good at.  A warm, safe house to stay in freedom to spend my time how I wish.

That another card arrived & I'm reminded that I have friends.  That a colleague made the effort to connect on LinkedIn & I enjoyed reading the profile of another workmate I enjoy chatting with.  That we have so many ways of communicating.

Had some interesting discussions with husband today.

Getting ahead

Thankful to be able to nap as required, that the boss is pleased with my progress & I have everything urgent done for this year.

That I have made a start on a new piece of work & will have that ready to present when everyone's back after new year.  That I got inspired today & have some ideas.

That my hamper arrived, relieved that I had requested it, & there's some nice in.

That I remembered to phone my parents, & friend.

That my mum seemed in a better mood & was fairly cheerful.

That my headache had gone.

Care

Thankful to have the day off, & have husband to look after me.

That I can have off days without feeling guilty, 

& that husband had the day off so we spent a pleasant time together gaming.

That I've found a counsellor who's a good fit, & I enjoy our sessions.

For having the dining table and plenty of space for hobbies

That I remembered to transfer money

That we had paracetamol for my headache & the shop is nearby so we can easily get more.

Lights, camera...

Glad husband bought me the partition screen way back when, & the lights are long enough to drape over it.  That the others put their cameras on when I asked them to.  The boss left the meeting early so we got our usual chit chat.

That I found the missing flow chart, & had a pleasant chat with team mate in the meeting.  Also got my answers to the questions about the other software.  Baby steps of progress on another task too.

That we made it to the walk-in & it was quiet, we got straight in & there was no queue at KFC afterwards  so we got chicken for dinner.  

Husband's hamper arrived.

Thankful I have tomorrow off, & it's a short week.  That I've resisted buying more cross stitch kits to concentrate on the ones I already have.

Market

Thankful friend turned up on time, & has a distinctive coat so could see him coming.  That we got there & back safely, been a good while since I've driven in fog.

Enjoyed the market, & husband bought me the tower I was looking at, he also bought my candle when my card was having problems.  Glad we ate at the Jamaican stall, & husband is keen to go back.  Glad he came too, & that friend met friends from ages back & he found us ok after.  That there was a table & seats free by the time we'd got our food.

Glad it was dry & we had a good wander round. & that we had plenty of gaming time after, & won our scenarios.

That I have the partition screen & the lights are long enough to cover it & I have the extension from a spare socket.

That I am feeling much better now, & my energy levels seem to be stabilising.

Massage

Happy to decide to get a massage & have same day availability.  That I got down in good time & even managed to get to the fabric shop & get a massive crochet hook.  That I got cash back at Tesco the other day so I had plenty to cover it.  That it was dry for the walk and I got home before dark.

That there's a crossing near Lidl so I got across the main road safely, & managed to get all my shopping home.  Remembered to call in for my tablets & they had the right ones.  & I got my 10,000 steps.

That I enjoyed my evening gaming with husband.  That it's a great & easy way to spend time together.  

That even if I never go back to the knitting zoom, it's reminded me how I enjoy knitting, & encouraged me to learn to crochet, & now I've gone back to cross stitching.  That I have plenty of things I enjoy doing, & time to indulge / invest.

That my coat survived the wash.  & the crystal stall is confirmed at the market tomorrow, & husband's coming & friend is coming to the nearby car park to join us. 

That I had a restful day as well as getting my steps in, & that I can afford to indulge myself.  In food & material items, as well as timewise in hobbies.

Social

Thankful I remembered to request my tablets & it's getting sorted for tomorrow.

That I went to the team meeting & using teams means the others saw me & joined & we had a good laugh.  That I asked team mate about gaming & we had a good conversation & looks like plans are afoot.  

That I enjoyed designing trouble shooting guides, & I got them sensible. & I found where I saved them yesterday.

That I found my pattern for the rainbow, & the threads & cloth.

That I remembered to send a card to my brother, & put the IOU in.  That I have plenty of stamps so could just go to the post box.  That husband got me bits of tape & waited while I sorted it out.

That I was home today.

Smiles

Husband came for a walk, and it was pleasant outside.  I made myself breakfast & had time to eat it, inconvenient meeting was delayed & it meant I got to speak to someone I needed to at work.  & then I found the real answer to something I was supposed to fix.

Managed to get more info from a few people & stop being frustrated.  Had a good day & am in a good mood.  Shopping with husband after work & the traffic wasn't bad. Starting to feel the wind down for Christmas after getting my holiday timesheets in.  Remembered to send the email and it didn't matter that I was late with it.

Enjoyed gaming with husband, & we beat the mission, & I got my perk.  Enjoying getting into my crystals again, husband has picked well.

Fun things

Thankful husband came for a walk with me, & I got some steps.  

That dinner arrived.

That the Christmas thing was painless, & finished early, & that I went.  

That husband spends time with me & we enjoy the gaming together.

That I'm making progress with the counselling, & I perked up again.  

That I caught up with a friend & we had a nice chat.

That I was inspired for my final suit, 

Bounce

Thankful for a lie-in, for a flexible manager who trusts me to get the work done as needed.  That I took the half day & had the sense to lie down when I needed to.  

For getting to the gardens & seeing the lights, glad I went & it did me good.  Also sent some photos to friends.

That Christmas cards arrived, even those with insufficient postage.

That I got to the post office & my parcels are safely on their way.  Got straight inside.

That I figured out a flaw in my new design before doing much work in the live system, & have plenty of time to revise the flow.  That I found myself something to get started on.  & that I remembered to send the protocols.  That someone had saved the approved copies in the shared area so I didn't have to find them in the system.  That they all sent ok.

That boss was in & husband got to speak with him, & husband signed the card for both of us. & I remembered our contact forms at the end of the day.  

That I was still logged into the computer & saw the urgent request, & the requestor was still online & got it approved when I asked, & that I got it started tonight. 

That I found out the info for the meeting, & have plenty of time to prepare, & that when we declined it was rescheduled without a fuss.

That a problem I was having with the vdesktops is sorted, & I checked & noticed today.  That I noticed a couple of things that were wrong in my document whilst I'm still in draft so they are easy to fix.

Work days

Thankful I went to the woods, that the weather held, & I remembered to come back avoiding the traffic.  That I'd seen the traffic point on the way out, before it had built up.

That husband suggested weights so I still got some exercise in, & could have dinner instead of Pilates.  That I'm ok with being short on hours today because I'll make some up on Wed.

For apps and the internet, & all the technology we have for making things easier, for providing entertainment.  That we have the room to both work from home, & that the job is flexible so I can start whenever.  

That the stressful thing is over, & that work isn't so bad.  There are people I enjoy chatting with - either in calls or swapping messages.  That husband's only in for a little bit tomorrow so I can go in with him & not have to be there for lunch.  That I managed to jump into a hypercare session & get my question answered as well as my issue fixed, & I can do the same next time.

That the systems are global so I can see what else has been submitted and my proposal is first,

That we have nice chocolate for treats, & I was better at rationing myself today.  That I can jump on the elliptical & listen to podcasts for a few mins, that I've found a speaker I like.

That I calmed down, husband is a good influence, & I enjoy being around him.

Friends

Thankful I logged in to do the reboot and got the reminder to do my timesheet.

That nothing came through as urgent on Friday.

Enjoyed my time at the woods, & had a pleasant afternoon gaming with husband.  That he is good to me and knows how to keep me happy. That I couldn't get into the zoom & he spent the afternoon with me instead.

That I have friends, & people to share with, & who support me.  That the rocks sparked a couple of conversations at the woods, including a heads up about ones I wouldn't've seen otherwise.  That I enjoyed a break resting against one of the trees, & felt better after being there. That I can get to the woods and back in a lunch time & that I've remembered that.

That I found friend's address & envelope is plenty big enough.  I have plenty of time before last Christmas post.

Blog coordinator has seen and appreciates my latest submission.  Happy to be able to help.  Relieved I had that stint of covering the blog so I knew to say no when they asked me to take it on permanently, also that I can support the current volunteer, & that I can keep having ideas for posts.  

Better

Thankful it's the weekend, no obligations. That I'm feeling better today.

That I got myself to the woods & discovered the rock art.  & that led me to hosting a rock hunt tomorrow.  Being at the woods is good for me, & the knitting zoom is tomorrow too.

I remembered to write a Christmas card for family friends, & still have plenty of stamps.

Hopefully I've been awake enough of today to sleep tonight.

That husband & I have started a new Gloomhaven campaign so we have that available as another way to spend time together.

That an author / speaker I like has podcasts on Spotify & husband has shown me how to find them.

That husband isn't fussed about our lack of housework, & we get by.

Recovery

Thankful to be able to take the day off and stay in bed.

That I was feeling better by the afternoon, & husband looks after me & feeds me.  That he suggested the bottle bank & me waiting for him outside Tesco while he went in for treats, & the bottle bank was fun.

Unsolicited hot chocolate, yummy.  & he doesn't mind me sharing his food, & pays attention to what I like.

That I got what I needed at the shop, & it open late for Christmas shopping & was fairly empty.  That I might actually get friend's scarf finished & posted for Christmas.

That I got a blog piece written on the cards.  That people like the cards, & I've enjoyed designing them.

Hobbies

Thankful for waking up in the morning, & for being able to go back to bed.  For husband snuggles, and having a job with flexibility.  That I saw the meeting invite & remembered to join, & we managed to restore our numbers.

That I managed to think of an answer & get it sent.  & that I was helpful to a few people without taking much effort.

That the scarf fit in the envelope I have, & that I have money to pay the bills.

That husband feeds me & looks after me well.  That I've had lots of support.  That there's a talk I'm interested in & managed to see advertised in time to book a ticket.

That I got inspired for a few more cards, & it's an interesting project.

That I found a pattern that works for friend's scarf, & I picked up the other one without getting confused / making mistakes.

My video loaded ok into Facebook.

Rest & recovery

Thankful for a slow start to the day & that I caught miserable thoughts & changed them.

That counselling was good, interesting, & I remembered my dragon.

For the support I've had & the friends I've made, & the people who've helped.

That my boss appreciates me dialling in on my day off, & I'm glad I took care of a few things.

That I have the scarf finished, & can start on a new one now.

That friend will make a card & hand deliver it with flowers for me, & that she is getting extra support for the little one.

That I got inspired for a new project & have submitted an entry to the Christmas competition.

For my unsolicited hot chocolate.
That husband automatically remembers treats for the bunny.

Teeth

Thankful my boss is supportive.

& that I am still making baby steps.

For husband pointing out that my energy levels & mood seem more stable these days, & they are.

That he cooks for me, & looks after me,

That he filled my advent tree for me, & is full of sweet gestures.

& showed me how to use the water flosser & got me my own tips for it.  That the airer with tub lid makes a handy height table for it, & the socket is handy.

That it doesn't matter I won't get the scarf finished tomorrow, & I have plenty of interesting wool to look forward to.

That there's no deadline for the crystal homework, & I feel better for having started it.

That we got registered with a dentist & managed to get check-ups.

Woods

Thankful friend was happy to come to the woods, & be a passenger while I collected someone new.

That the drinks van was there & everyone was happy to stay for a cuppa & more chat, & that meant I got to talk to some of the others.  That a couple of people are signed up for the next one, & everyone said they enjoyed it, & I got to catch up with an acquaintance from last year.

That mentee cancelled so I had the afternoon to myself & made loads of progress with the scarf.  & husband played Marvel with me (& chopped up melon). 

& I finally made a start on my crystal homework, & found my lined paper.

That the house is warm and cosy & we have safe drinking water, & hot tap water, & central heating.  & books, plenty of books.

Day by day

Thankful I found my nose stud.  That the Parcel left on the door step was there when we got home.

That I made it to Pilates and did better than I expected.

That I was OK today, well and made it through without a nap.  That I remembered to tell the others about my contract extension.

That team meeting finished in time for me to get to hypercare. That it was dry for our lunchtime walk, & husband came with me.  That I remembered the bread from the weekend and it's still good to ear.

That I remembered milk in the supermarket at lunch time.

Social

Thankful for chatting with friends.

For a good sleep on the tablet, & husband not waking me up.

That I was functioning when I awoke, & got into the post - office (no outside queue), & finally got cross stitch posted.

That my parents got my stuff ok, & home safe.

That I resisted cheesy garlic bread & had healthier option, which I still enjoyed, & husband bought nice chocolate treats.  

That I enjoyed the zoom & knitting is coming along nicely, & I know who the cream one is destined for now. 

That husband has spent plenty of time with me today too.

That I'm enjoying getting to know my crystals again. 

That I decided against volunteering & then husband suggested a game.

Bedtime

Thankful I made it to my meetings.

That the team meeting was a laugh.

That husband made my hot chocolate, & shared his chips.

I got supervisor feedback from last shift

Next scarf is coming along nicely

That it's bedtime

Teeth

Thankful we got to the dentist's ok & there was parking right opposite.  As a bonus the parking is free for December.  That there's no urgent work required, & plenty of time to sort out filings etc.  & the jury's still out on the root canal & it seems to have settled down again.

Friend wants a scarf, glad I asked.

& that I have plenty of wool, & the 100g ball looks to be plenty for the one I'm already working on.

That I made it to Pilates, & had a nice chat with friend.  That I'm reminded (once again) to do my crystal homework. Maybe a task for over the Christmas holidays.  That I resisted cheesy garlic bread with husband & exercised instead, & there was plenty left over for when I was finished.

Got today's urgent thing done, & the next thing has plenty of time.

That my contract extension is progressed, so I'm good til June.

That we have the exercise machine & weights bench etc. so I can exercise anytime I want really.

Relaxing

Thankful for the walk at lunch, & for husband taking care of the meals.

That I made it to the woods & it stayed dry while I was there.  For the meetup group, & having people to walk with.

That there were shopping baskets at the end of the row where I dropped everything, & I found everything I was looking for & got nice wool.  That I'm enjoying the knitting, & have access to everything I need.  That I'm working & can afford to treat myself.  That I got the numbers for the advent tree.

That I've had a nice relaxing day, & even made it to Pilates.  That there are opportunities there for me, meetup, online and in person.

That volunteering was enjoyable, social & I did ok with the conversations.

That I got some useful insights today.

For kindle books and instant downloads, library books, & online ordering.  For postal deliveries, and shops.  

For safe drinking water, and hot running water.  For nearby shops, within walking distance.  That my dose reduction is going ok.  For husband filling my advent tree for me, & today's being very apt rose quartz.