Knitting the Shawl and Reading On

Hello Friends,


I hope you are doing well. It has been too long since I have been on here blogging. I missed it! I have been busy with work mostly and knitting the shawl here and there. I have knitted quite a few more rows since the last photo. The shawl was too big to take a photo on my usual white chair, so I had to move to the couch to take photos of it. I am following the casual lace knit shawl pattern by Linda Thach found on Ravelry. I like the design from doing the yarn over, and knit 2 together it adds a nice texture to the shawl.

I finished reading Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. I started reading it on New Year's day because it borrowed it automatically from OverDrive library site. I felt like it was a sign to start reading it and working on my money goals this year. It is a great book for getting real with yourself about your financial situation. I am also continuing to read The Miracle Equation by Hal Elrod. It has had a bit of a slow start I am hoping there are some steps to take to live as a "miracle maven" soon. I have been doing better lately with meditation, reading, and writing in the mornings and feeling more on top of things.

This weekend I will be working on a lot of wedding planning as it is getting so much closer to the wedding now! (3 months away!) 

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Happy New Year! Progress on Knitting the Shawl and Reading On

Hello Friends,


Happy New Year! We are in 2020 now and I am feeling very positive and excited for this year. On New Year's Eve, Liam and I went over to hang out at one of his friend's apartments and we played games and chatted. We also watched the ball drop and celebrated with champagne at midnight. It was a nice group to ring in the New Year with. So far the year has been good, I have been getting readjusted to regular life after the holidays have ended. Next week will feel long at work as it is the first full week back after the holidays. There will be new training happening soon at work and lots of change coming soon so I am anticipating that happening.

I started knitting the shawl again. This week I knitted some more rows of the Casual Lace Knit shawl found on Ravelry. I love how it is turning out so far, the details are so lovely. I really like the green color of the yarn as well. The yarn is the brand Vanna's Choice by Lion Brand in the colorway 'dusty green'. I got a few skeins of it last year when it was on sale at Michaels and thought it would be perfect for this shawl.

I finished reading Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben and I liked the book. I really liked the tip from the book on pairing tasks to get things done. I think I will try to do that more often such as pairing going to the gym with watching a show while working out as a pairing. I think do that pairing with knitting and watching YouTube videos. There are some types of videos I only watch while knitting, a lot of the videos of vloggers just talking make me feel like I should be also knitting while watching them. So I get a lot more knitting done while watching those videos, and will wait to watch them until I have some knitting to do while watching.
I started reading The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey this week. It automatically borrowed for me on OverDrive on New Year's Day morning, so I got a jump on reading it that day. I have been following Dave Ramsey's steps to getting debt free and have paid off my student loans and still have some more to pay off from when I was in school and when I was in between jobs and changing careers. I am on baby step 2 and then the next step once debt is paid off is baby step 3 which is to start saving for 3-6 months of expenses. I am interested in reading more about his steps to keep on working towards building a positive financial future for Liam and I.  I have also started reading The Miracle Equation by Hal Elrod and have been enjoying his inspirational words and hope to learn more about making my mornings more productive. I really enjoyed his first book called The Miracle Morning so I am looking forward to reading this book too. I have also been listening to the audio book called Give a Sh*t: Be Good. Live Better. Save the Planet. by Ashlee Piper. I hope to learn more about living more waste-free and helping to save the earth. So far I feel like this audio book is very motivating and I am looking forward to listening to it on my drives to and from work.

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I hope that you had a good first week of the new year and are enjoying life getting back to normal after the busy holiday season.

Have a great day!