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Dec. 29th, 2022 11:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darchildreThings:
- We had a nice, quiet Christmas, which was lovely. And everyone liked their knitted gifts, hooray!
- My sister was at our house for 10 days - the 17th through the 27th - and that is entirely too long. I love her a lot, but she takes up a lot of space, both physically and otherwise - she's untidy and her stuff gets everywhere, she's loud and talks over people (mostly me), she tends to dominate any conversation or activity. It's a lot to deal with. Bits of her visit were lovely, but I'm mostly relieved that she's gone home now.
- I've been doing a lot of hand sewing - I'm making a pillow using English paper piecing - and it's really enjoyable. And I'm learning new skills! So far, I'm mostly learning how to sew with a thimble, but that's something.
- I'm not a New Year's resolution person, really - that kind of goal-setting doesn't really work for me. It makes me feel pressured, and then I don't do the thing, and then I feel guilty about it. I do love to have a project where I can make lists, however, and starting projects at the New Year is fun. Last year, the project was all the gift knitting and some experimental baking. This year, it's making lists of sci-fi novels to read, planning to knit down my sock yarn stash, and rejiggering my schedule to make room for regular music practice.
- Re: that last, I got my recorder out for the first time in probably a year last night. I've basically forgotten the few things I learned the last time I played it, but I still enjoying messing around with it. So now there's dedicated time in my schedule for doing that and hopefully this time I will stick with it long enough to actually improve.
- I have three hours left on my current audiobook and about 30% left of my current book. It's ridiculous, but I really want to finish them before January 1 because it will make my spreadsheet look neater. It should be entirely doable, but it's honestly stressing me out a little.
- We had a nice, quiet Christmas, which was lovely. And everyone liked their knitted gifts, hooray!
- My sister was at our house for 10 days - the 17th through the 27th - and that is entirely too long. I love her a lot, but she takes up a lot of space, both physically and otherwise - she's untidy and her stuff gets everywhere, she's loud and talks over people (mostly me), she tends to dominate any conversation or activity. It's a lot to deal with. Bits of her visit were lovely, but I'm mostly relieved that she's gone home now.
- I've been doing a lot of hand sewing - I'm making a pillow using English paper piecing - and it's really enjoyable. And I'm learning new skills! So far, I'm mostly learning how to sew with a thimble, but that's something.
- I'm not a New Year's resolution person, really - that kind of goal-setting doesn't really work for me. It makes me feel pressured, and then I don't do the thing, and then I feel guilty about it. I do love to have a project where I can make lists, however, and starting projects at the New Year is fun. Last year, the project was all the gift knitting and some experimental baking. This year, it's making lists of sci-fi novels to read, planning to knit down my sock yarn stash, and rejiggering my schedule to make room for regular music practice.
- Re: that last, I got my recorder out for the first time in probably a year last night. I've basically forgotten the few things I learned the last time I played it, but I still enjoying messing around with it. So now there's dedicated time in my schedule for doing that and hopefully this time I will stick with it long enough to actually improve.
- I have three hours left on my current audiobook and about 30% left of my current book. It's ridiculous, but I really want to finish them before January 1 because it will make my spreadsheet look neater. It should be entirely doable, but it's honestly stressing me out a little.
