Share Four Somethings - January 2024

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 The 2024 layout for Share Four Somethings is a little bit different so let's see how well I can adjust! We're now sharing Something Loved, Something Accomplished, Something Improved Upon, and Something Noticed. As with most new things, it will probably take a bit of getting used to, but I think these are great categories! I'm going to continue adding my Something Read and What's Coming Up Soon. 

Something Loved (and/or Disliked)

I loved that we kicked off this month and this year with a family sleepover! Our son and his family came over for New Years Eve and we had our Christmas together, since they didn't come to Maryland with the rest of us. They stayed the night and we enjoyed a nice brunch together on New Years Day. It was a good start to the year.

I also loved being able to spend last Saturday in Louisville at a regional Sweet Adelines event. It was a lot of fun to get together with all these women that share a love of singing, and be able to perform for each other. I didn't love having to get up early and do that drive by myself in less that fantastic weather, but it was worth it.

I disliked the discomfort of getting a dental implant post put in my mouth, and disliked having a bout of bronchitis immediately after that. But yay - I'm almost done with all that dental work, and I'm on the mend now too!

Something Accomplished

I am working full time now! And have survived the first month of working those long days every day! 

Something That Needs Improvement

My Word of the Year is Rhythm, and a big part of my choice was my realization that I need to establish healthy balanced rhythms of work and rest and all of that in order to manage my time and my home now that I have longer workdays and less "me time". Well, I did okay this first month. I don't want to minimize my achievement because I did improve on my rcord, but I didn't do as well as I'd wanted to, and there's much that needs improvment in this area. I want to be a bit better organized in the mornings so I'm not rushed in leaving for work, and still get there on time. I want to improve my organization of things like the phone calls I need to make so I can knock a few things off that to-do list during my lunch breaks. Seriously, when do people that work all day make phone calls? And I can still do better with my meal plans and making good use of my Saturdays. It's all a work in progress!

Something Noticed (In our Lives or Around Town)

Right in front of the spot where I usually park at church is this huge, huge tree. Today I tried to take a photo of it in the rain. It's not a great photo, but I was just curious about how old the tree is and all the changes its seen over the years.

Merida is doing well here and is very calm and happy, for the most part. She's still not willing to come out of be sociable when Veronica is here, sadly.

We thought she was contented to stay out of our drawers that are under the bed, but a couple days ago I noticed that I had been wrong about that. She was still sleeping in my drawer far more often than I'd like, and it's annoying to find her fur all over the pajamas and socks and whatever that I put in there freshly laundered, y'know? So I made use of an old flannel sheet that I'd cut up for scraps anyway, and put it over top of my pajamas. Now Merida can sleep on top of that and it will hopefully keep my pajamas fur-free. Fingers crossed!

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Something Read

I'm currently reading:

The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham

Ticker by Lisa Mantchev

I recently finished and reviewed:

The Crumbs Off Heaven's Table by D.M. Griffin

All of my reading news is at Just A Second if you're interested.

What's Coming Up Soon?

What is coming up soon? Hmmm. Doing our taxes. Meeting with a financial advisor about our retirement plans and all of that. Nothing big though. We don't have plans for vacations or anything else big in the next couple of weeks, although we're hoping the weather is nice enough that we can go on some walks on the weekends. It's been wet and cold every weekend in January!

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