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May 21, 2017

39 for 39

Today, I am officially  one year away from 40. I’m planning on making the last year of my 30’s my best year yet.

Here’s my list for 39:

  1. Mail a handwritten letter each month. 
  2. Try the bullet journal method & don’t obsess about making it pretty.
  3. Get my health indicator numbers inline. 
  4. Finish an entire coloring book. 
  5. See Hamilton on Broadway.
  6. Take a firearm safety/shooting class. 
  7. Try paddle boarding.
  8. Smoke zero cigarettes. 
  9. Try a new food.
  10. Run/walk a 5K.
  11. Run/walk a 10K.
  12. Run/walk a Half Marathon.
  13. Take a family vacation – just the 4 of us.
  14. Knit myself a sweater.
  15. Read 30 books.
  16. Purge craft space – donate supplies that won’t be used.
  17. Finish quilt top. 
  18. Buy a new lens for my camera.
  19. Have family pictures taken.
  20. Continue to practice unapologetic self-confidence. 
  21. Go on a picnic.
  22. Take the kids camping. Even if it’s in the backyard.
  23. Buy a new box of high quality colored pencils.
  24. Learn to back up boat trailer quickly & accurately.
  25. Attend Mass.
  26. Take a break from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. for at least one month.
  27. Abstain from purchasing any sock yarn. 
  28. Embroider something.
  29. Create a photo album for each of the kids.
  30. Get a mole check.
  31. Quit drinking Diet Dr. Pepper.  
  32. Establish a regular sleep/wake time.
  33. Buy a record player and some records. 
  34. Cook more.
  35. Listen to my gut.
  36. Celebrate my people. 
  37. Update master list of home projects.
  38. Find a project/cause that could benefit from my time & talents and donate.
  39. Make my bed. 

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Last year, I made a list of 38 things I wanted to accomplish while 38. I didn’t manage to do them all, but you can read about that here.

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October 3, 2014

Grandma's China

Actually, it’s my great-great Grandma’s china. And since it has been in my possession it has sat safely wrapped and stored.

Until today. Because having my great-great grandmother’s china in boxes in the basement while a china cabinet sits empty in my dining room is a real waste. I’m still having visions of 100 year old china fragments lying everywhere, but I’m hoping that will pass (and the kids will continue to stay out of the dining room).

The teacups have been lost and replaced with mismatched ones at some point in history.

A few pieces are chipped, some have been broken and mended. A few are from a different pattern. In searching for some information I learned that the stamp on the back refers to the manufacturer and the plate style but I couldn’t find the pattern information. After another couple hours digging online, I found the pattern. The internet can be so amazingly handy.

As an added bonus, I had this leftover teacup that didn’t have a hook in the cabinet. I’ve been trying to find a few things to place on these wonky little shelves at the end of my kitchen cabinets because I’m not a decorator and little knick knacks aren’t things I think about so wonky little shelves sit empty for two years and look even wonkier.

Anyway, I put this teacup with an old recipe (I need a little frame for it) on one of them and am calling it good. They’re still wonky shelves, but now they are wonky shelves that make me think of having my Grandma in my kitchen.

**I’m participating in the write 31 day blogging challenge by sharing my adventures in creating a beautiful and useful home. You can read more about that here. For updates and sneak peeks, please find me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (I’m @ohkatiejoy).**

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May 22, 2014

What Abram's Reading Now (Or Having Read to Him)

I know I often share the books that I’m reading for myself, but with two kids who are developing a reading love that rivals my own, I thought it might be nice to share their reads as well. Here are the books that Abram has been having me read (and reread) daily.

Caps for Sale (A calls this “Hubcaps for Sale”) | Press Here | I Took The Moon for a Walk | This is Not My Hat | The Pigeon Wants a Puppy | The Day the Crayons Quit | Extra Yarn | The Peace Book | The Jolly Postman

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May 21, 2023

45.

  1. Stay cigarette free. (3+ years and counting!)
  2. Get the second floor remodel finished. (Please let this be the year.)
  3. Hang the family wall.
  4. Unpack and organize arts and craft room.
  5. Continue to practice unapologetic self-confidence.
  6. Take impeccable care of myself.
  7. Celebrate my people.
  8. Tend the garden.
  9. Go to Michigan.
  10. Go to Italy.
  11. Work on confidence in skiing blue squares.
  12. Invite people in.
  13. Get V their license.
  14. Frame & hang embroidered cities.
  15. Start another x-stitch project.
  16. Get a mole screen.
  17. And a mammogram.
  18. And a colonoscopy. (Yay 45!)
  19. Read.
  20. Make artistic messes.
  21. Embrace work.
  22. Take V on college campus tours.
  23. Purge bookshelves and reorganize.
  24. Set up a home gym area.
  25. Use it.
  26. Earn at least silver in monthly Peloton challenges.
  27. Purge/deep clean basement storage area.
  28. Propagate and repot the windowsill cacti.
  29. Repot the monstera.
  30. Practice identifying bird calls.
  31. Knit Jesse socks.
  32. Knit the sheep pillow to learn bobbles.
  33. Buy no yarn (excepting yarn club renewal).
  34. Continue to develop comfort in all things boat – docking, driving, trailering.
  35. Start step one of the backyard landscaping project.
  36. Clean out the garage.
  37. Find a record stand for the office.
  38. Attend the local knit night at least three times.
  39. Meditate.
  40. Sew the recreation blanket.
  41. Fix the family room cabinet.
  42. Keep practicing manicure skills.
  43. Take a class.
  44. Renew kids’ passports.
  45. Leave room for surprises.

I love making these lists every year. I surprise myself with what I do (and don’t) manage to check off them and what I find myself repeating year after year. I wonder at what point I’ll stop adding numbers to the list despite adding years to my age. I’m not there yet. Here’s a look at past years: 44, 43, 42, 40, 39, 38

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April 11, 2023

Tuesday Things

It’s spring. The snow is mostly all melted. Windows have been opened and will continue to be throughout all of this week. Abram beats me at chess at least once a day. He’s been watching YouTube videos and playing against friends and bots. He uses words like “file” and “fork” – words I know only from watching/reading The Queen’s Gambit. On Friday, I played him to a draw (I had him in perpetual check but didn’t know how to actually beat him) and it felt like such a victory.

I took a part time job at a local bookstore. I met my coworkers last week. We talked War and Peace and Jane Austen – about teachers and writers and writers who are teachers. I came home with a stack of books that I had ordered the week before and another stack of pre-published works. Jesse and I laughed when I curled up on the couch and said, “I have to get to work”. In the end of March, I decided my 30 day project would be to read at least 30 minutes every day so the timing of everything is quite fortuitous. Abram’s more likely to read if he can do it alongside someone and my goal is to make a reader out of him yet.

I breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday last week, but not too big of one. We still plenty of things to be worried about, but I’m trying to focus on my corner of the garden.

Let’s talk some things.

Watching: I finished The Last of Us (so many feels) and watched the first couple episodes of Ted Lasso. I’m behind on that and Succession because I’ve been watching Vanderpump Rules reunions (I’m on season 8) My arm has been twisted into watching all of season 10. (It didn’t take much of a twist to honest.)

Reading: Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller (so good), The Winners by Fredrik Backman (I’ve loved this series, but this was probably my least favorite of them), The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel, Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (this took me a long time to get into and I almost quit, but am so glad I didn’t. Definitely one of my favorites), and I just finished The Fall of the House of Tatterly a middle grade book that I think I’ll buy for Abe when it comes out in August.

Knitting: I’m working on square 105 on my blanket. I have a half finished scarf that I really need to get done before I switch from knitting to gardening mode.

Making: A recreation of a favorite blanket. My grandmother had this blanket I loved as a kid – I used it whenever I stayed over at her house (which was a lot) – and when I was telling my mom about it, she told me it was a home ec project she made from a set sheets. A search of vintage sheets (these are the same style), an Ikea duvet, and I’m ready to make my own version. I just need to get the boxes from my office unpacked and dig out my sewing machine. Garden plans. We renewed our plot in the community garden and it’ll be 80 this week before it drops back to more seasonable temps. I know where we live and know better than to get too far ahead of myself, but I am thinking about what will go where once we are planting out.

So that’s me. I hope you are well. I’d love to hear what you are -ing when you have the chance!

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March 17, 2023

Friday Finds

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I came down with the worst cold this week and while I have a couple soap box posts in the works, the ranting and raving will have to wait until I’m more coherent. I do, however, have a few links to share.

  1. I’m always amazed at the creativity of people. (Do you have a favorite? I’m torn between a few different ones.)
  2. I wonder if I can get my teenagers to indulge me in sketchbook or craft time this summer.
  3. No beach vacation for us this spring break, but I’m daydreaming.
  4. Another place featured in my daydreams.
  5. Best list of lists.
  6. I watched this, agree, and would watch another season. Feel free to judge me. I judge myself.
  7. March watches on Hulu and Netflix. (I’m Apple+ Ted Lasso watching.)
  8. Found this article on Montessori interesting.
  9. Just…squeeeeeeee. I’m in love.
  10. I used to have this happen as a kid and I still have left behind-esque rapture dreams. (What’s really messed up is I still think “God’s warning you to get right” when I wake up from them.)
  11. Close up.
  12. “All True At Once” (TW: suicide. Thank you for the link, Rita.)
  13. Thinking about a 30 day challenge for April.
  14. Lisa Olivera is someone I recently found this post of whispers and nudges contained lots of wisdom.
  15. I worked here the summer between high school and college. So many stories.

Unrelated, I’m wondering (after a debate this last weekend) are Sesame Street characters muppets or does that designation belong to muppet show titled characters only? What do you think?

Happy weekend!

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Hi there, I'm Kate! I love yarn, photography, books, and a good cup of coffee. I blog like it's 2007. I write a lot about knitting, Netflix, and any other nonsense that strikes my fancy. Sometimes I get ranty. Welcome to my little corner of the internet!

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