Knitting and Reading On

 Hello Friends, 

I hope you are doing well. I have been busy with getting back to the regular routine and back to work after the holidays, getting my condo furnished, and working on my knitting project, and reading books as usual. 

I am working on knitting the headband with a twist pattern by Mirella Moments. Her video tutorial on YouTube is very helpful to knit along with. I have made this once before and loved how it turned out. I am looking forward to wearing the headband when out for walks around the neighborhood. 

I finished reading Beach Read by Emily Henry. It was such a good book and lived up to all of the hype. I am glad I gave it a read after seeing it everywhere last year. I have been reading it off and on since last September. I am currently reading Home Body by Rupi Kaur which is a lovely collection of poems and thoughts. It is always a joy reading through her poems before I go to bed. I have also been reading Didn't See That Coming by Rachel Hollis which is a good book to be reading to deal with feelings brought by Covid-19 affecting my wedding plans. I also started reading Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg as my book for working on my professional development. I hope to learn some things from her experiences she shares in her book. I feel like I have a million books on the go right now, but it keeps things interesting.

Joining along with As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. In Toronto, the Covid-19 situation is continuing to get worse and we are staying home and only going out for essentials as recommended. It has been going on for so long and I keep reading about all of people dying in long term care homes. It is such a sad situation in the homes, and hopefully we can get a handle on this soon now that the vaccine is here.

Stay safe!

Getting Back into Routine, Knitting, and Reading On

 Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. It has been a slow start to the New Year, getting back into work routines and trying to get back to and start healthier habits. One I have been focusing on trying to improve is getting to bed earlier. This one is so hard for me because I like to stay up later at night, but also like to rise early around 7:30 am. I woke up today and did a yoga routine. It is the first time while being in our new condo that I have done an exercise in the morning before work. It was nice to get back into that routine.

For knitting, I am finally getting back into it and I have casted on Headband with a Twist pattern by Mirella Moments on Ravelry. I am using the Lion Brand heartland yarn in the colorway Carlsbad Caverns. I have knitted this project before and knitted it in white for my sister. Blog post on that project is here if you want to see how it looks when completed.

I am currently reading Beach Read by Emily Henry. It is such a good book, and I am enjoying the storyline. It has become so much more enjoyable to read as I continued on. I really love the depth to the characters, and how they help each other to work through their difficult pasts together. I am also reading the book Didn't See That Coming by Rachel Hollis. It seems like a guidebook to getting over big life events that are difficult. So far, Rachel has included the news of her divorce from her husband. She is tying in her own past hurdles as well and her current ones. I look forward to reading more.

Joining along with As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday.

Thank you for visiting my blog today! How is your New Year going? I am feeling a bit tired and trying to motivate myself lately. I always find it a bit hard after the holidays, because I look forward to Christmas so much, and then it is over. I really loved posting for Blogmas and enjoyed it so much. Thank you for joining me for those posts. In 2020, we especially needed a little bit of Christmas in our lives to feel comfort and joy. I hope that you are doing well if you are feeling this way too and giving yourself some grace during this time. 

Have a good day!

Happy New Year!

 Hello Friends,

I hope you had a good start to 2021. It was a nice New Year's Eve here with Liam. We had some buffalo chicken bites, a caesar salad, and some hors d'oeuvres for dinner. Then we watched Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve. It was a lot different this year without the large crowds and the people were standing in their zones to keep distance. It was nice that they invited the health care workers to this event to honor them. Our night was really nice and calm and a good end to a crazy year and nice start to the new Year. We had champagne at midnight and we called my family. The photo below is taken last night after midnight which I shared on my Instagram. A sleepy, but happy photo to start the New Year.

This morning, I was motivated to create a habit tracker to start the year based on what I read from Atomic Habits by James Clear. I am excited to start tracking my habits daily and do all the things I want to do daily even if for only 2 minutes each day. I just used Microsoft word and made a spread sheet with my habits listed with the numbers for days and the months at the top I can circle each month. Please see my layout below to create your own.

I saw this photo from IKEA leaning against the wall in our second bedroom as inspiration for the New Year. I love this quote it is my favourite. It motivates me to go for what I want even it is does seem impossible or a big goal. I hope that it motivates you too!

We can do it!

I haven't shared much in the way of knitting lately! I purchased this lovely yarn last year, and I will be knitting a project using it soon. It is Heartland yarn by Lion Brand in the colorway Carlsbad Caverns. I will have to visit Ravelry for some inspiration today. What will your first knitting or crochet project be for 2021?