Weekend Visiting and our 7 year Anniversary

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. I had a good and busy weekend, On Saturday I got groceries and we just mostly stayed in and then got takeout at a restaurant we enjoy to celebrate our seven year anniversary. It was nice celebrating and then we watched Knives Out again that movie is so good! I can't believe we have been together 7 years already, it flew by. On Sunday I did a zoom call with Liam's Dad, step mom, sister and her boyfriend. It was nice catching up with them. Then I went to visit with my family and my brother in law was also there so it was nice to expand our bubble a bit more and see him. It was nice to also see the cats at my parent's house I really missed petting them and spending time with them too. Today Liam and I are both off work. Our companies are encouraging people to use vacation before August, so I am taking off days here and there. 

I took a day off in May and then have a couple other days in July. I will be taking more time off in the Fall for what I hope will be our wedding we shall see. It is nice to have today off to do nothing and just relax. I have knitted so far and watched YouTube videos, we also started laundry and played Unlock!.

Unlock!

I got the 52 lists for Happiness journal I ordered it on Amazon on Saturday and was happy to receive it in the mail today. I love the photos in the book they are inspirational and I have so far starting added what makes me happy right now the first list in the book. I wrote few things like spending time with my family, a hot cup of coffee, a quiet morning reading, writing in my journal, and knitting. I will be adding to it more throughout this week. There are 52 lists, so my goal is to work on a list each week for a year to eventually fill the book. It is a fun new addition to my morning routine that I think I will enjoy.

I have continued knitting the Sunshine on my Feet Socks by the Kitchen Sink Shop. I found the pattern on Ravelry. I am pretty close to being done and might have a finished project to share on Wednesday.

I am also continuing to read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. This book is so good and she explained in the pages I read today that it helps with whatever creative endeavor you are taking on, that you do not put any financial pressure on it because then you might just give it up all together out of frustration. This is good advice from a successful writer that she did work a day job while she wrote four books, the fourth being Eat, Pray, Love which did really well before she quit her job to become a full-time writer. She did not want to put too much pressure on her creativity to support herself financially. I like this advice. So often we think that if we want to be considered a "professional or legit"writer, blogger, vlogger, or artist in any capacity, we need to be doing it full-time and supporting ourselves financially. But that can't always happen and sometimes we do need to work and create at the same time in order to establish ourselves. I find this book has tons of good advice for people in the creative field and I have learned a lot so far from her experiences and wisdom.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! I always like to come on here and discuss what I have been up to and then read your blogs too. 

Have a great day!