I Got Married! & Knitting Scarf

 Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. It sure has been some time since I blogged and the reason is that I was in the process of finally getting married! I got married after four postponements on September 26th. I am so happy we finally tied the knot and are married. It was such a lovely day and I will probably do a post later on once we have more photos. Here is a teaser photo my photographer has provided below.

I casted on for a scarf just to ease back into knitting and work on something fun! I am knitting this pattern Blustery day in Berkley  by Bridget Dean on Ravelry. It is a simple one row repeat and nice to knit up while I watch a show. I am using yarn I found and loved at Michael's. It is super bulky Loops & Threads Eco-Luxe in the colorway blush blend. I will also be working on a secret project going on the needles soon as a Christmas gift.  I was taking photos of the scarf below and my kitten Millie was investigating what I was doing. I snapped a few pictures with her in it. She is growing a lot now and is 5 months old! She is so sweet we love her so much.

I am still working on reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I like it so far and think it is a good idea to create goals like that to focus on different aspects of your life each month. 

Joining along with As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday. Join along for her weekly link up party to see what others are knitting.

Thank you for visiting my blog today! I will be back posting to my regular weekly posts now. I got off track due to so much going on with the wedding planning and focusing on those things. I hadn't been knitting since I finished the bunny toy and I have missed it. Happy to be back! Take care and be safe :)

Have a great day!

Long Winter with Covid

 Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. How has 2021 been going for you? I feel like this month has being going by so fast. For a lot of this month, I have been feeling a bit different and down. I have been trying to find motivation and looking forward to more hopefully positive times. I think with the holidays come and gone, it has been a bit difficult. With Covid still keeping us all indoors and at home most of the time, it is a long and bleak winter. I am trying to keep busy with reading and knitting and other hobbies to keep my spirits up. I also really enjoy posting here and I look forward to also visiting your blogs each week. Blogging and this community has made this time more bearable. My family facetime chats have also been helpful to connect with them. I really miss seeing them in person and hanging out like we used to. 

This week, I have been knitting the headband with a twist by Mirella moments. I love this pattern because it is easy once you get the hang of it. I like to knit while watching shows and it is relaxing knitting this one. It is exactly what I need right now. I look forward to being done soon and to wear on my social distanced walks outside.

In reading, I have been reading Home Body by Rupi Kaur. I like reading her poems before bed and they are reflective. I have also been reading Didn't see that Coming by Rachel Hollis. I like it so far, and think it helps reading a book like this during these uncertain times because we all didn't see Covid coming, and I definitely had no idea it would last this long.  I also have Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg on Overdrive and I read it on my phone. I think it will be very inspiring and give me some good tips. I hope to make some good progress on these in the next week and start some new reads for next week.

I also just wanted to give you a quick update on my wedding plans. We have decided to postpone yet again. This process has been very disappointing and sad that we have to keep moving our wedding date. We keep moving it to a hopefully better time, and then it isn't better but worse. We moved it from October to March. Now in Toronto, we are in an emergency state and a required to stay at home. We don't have curfew or anything like that yet. Liam and I are only going out for necessities like groceries. So, our venue would not be open once March came along. Now we have moved the wedding again to July. We really hope that July 2021 is the month that we get married. I hope that by then, most people are vaccinated and we are heading in the right direction. The photo below was taken at my virtual bridal show in October 2020 when we thought we would be getting married later that month, and then we postponed 20 days later. I really appreciate the support that you have given me during this time it means a lot. I also feel bad for other bride and grooms going through the same thing right now. 

Joining along with As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. Hope your week is going well and I am happy we are in the middle of the week now. I am happy that the inauguration day went well today and Biden is the new president. I look forward to a more positive future for the US with Biden.  

Take care and stay safe!

Virtual Bridal Shower, Knitting and Reading On

 Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. I have been busy with wedding planning lately. It is now only 16 days away. Today we sent in the final details for the wedding to our venue. It is feeling more real and close now. This has been a process for us because we postponed in May to have October wedding due to the coronavirus and here we are in October finally. We were on the fence about postponing again, but we didn't want to risk moving it to next year in case it didn't get better. Also we just really want to get married. We got engaged in November 2018 and decided to have the wedding not the next year, but the year after to have time to plan. We have definitely had time to plan now. I had my bridal shower this past weekend. My mom and sister planned it, and we held it virtually over Zoom. I was at my sister's townhouse as we hosted the zoom event with family and friends. It was so nice to still celebrate and have the bridal shower at a distance. 

My sister and mom did such a wonderful job decorating and making me feel so special. My mom made the flowers hanging from the greenery out of paper. She is so talented and also made flowers for my sister's bridal shower and we took many photos in front of it.

This cake was delicious! from Fortinos

Then I stayed over night at my parent's, and on Sunday I spent the whole day with them and the cats. It was fun to see them and spend time at their condo. They just recently moved in September from their house, and are moving in and adjusting to the change. I really like their condo, it is very spacious and a nice layout.

I haven't been knitting much with how busy it has been lately. I took time out tonight to write this post and it was so nice sitting with a glass of wine and writing this. I will try to take some time to knit after I work on our seating chart later. There is always something to work on with the wedding being 16 days away. It still hasn't sunk in that it is only 16 days away. I have knitted a bit of the ridge rib men's scarf for Liam for Christmas. 

I have been reading Beach Read by Emily Henry. It is so good so far and I can tell it will get even more interesting as I read on. I am also still listening to Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis. It is so motivating and I am really enjoying it.

Photo source 

Joining along with Frontier Dreams for Crafting On and As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday. 

I hope that you are having a good week so far and are staying safe! The cases are still creeping up here and I have been thinking that now is the best time to keep away from shopping or unnecessary trips anywhere before the wedding. I hope that we can get this under control and get a vaccine soon. It has been a crazy year!

Have a great day!