Pumpkin Sunrise

daughter's new digs! This week has been a little stressful for me.  I was frazzled and my patience wore thin with simple everyday happenings.  I found myself getting angry with others and myself, not liking how I was answering questions or my worried state of mind. a sign of fall I think we all get like that.  When events are overwhelming and you are just overflowing with many thoughts and feel, well, feel stressed.  So in the spirit of winning the battle of life's challenging moments, here is what I do to find my Happy Place. finding my happy place 1.  I decide to find my happy place.  I make a resolution and they usually start in the morning 2.  I talk a long walk-walking and moving my body releases physical and mental stress 3.  I opted to buy a pattern on Ravelry that I've been thinking about.  That instant purchase gave me joy! 4.  I quit saying "at the end of August, I will do ______" 5.  I spent time alone in my studio balling

I've been sporadically knitting on two projects.  My sock blanket is showing more progress but now that it's almost lap size you cannot see the hours I've put in.  I love this project so!  Unfortunately my shawl has seen maybe four or five rows added this past week due to my life being busy with relocating one adult child. I finished my socks over the weekend and here's the post if your interested! My reading is the same, so far the book is good!  The plot is relaxing and slowly evolving.  I'm excited to read each night and visit with characters I care about. What are you knitting and reading this week? joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

Over the weekend while moving our daughter from the old apartment to the new apartment, I finished my socks.  You know, the maleficent socks . Are you a matchy matchy sock knitter?  I am.  I take pride in how close the matching is and this pair I think I'm within a row of identical socks.  This is without counting rows, just using locking stitch marker clips and a measuring tape. I'm keeping this pair for me and I've tucked them away in my woolen sock drawer.  Waiting for those crisp fall days that will be here in three months.