Fibermania

Looking Ahead

Today I am 62 and I am counting my blessings.

What a fabulous year it has been. One of the best if you ask me. Just having my family move here would be all I would need to make it great, but so many other things have happened too.

Dave has been so happy, which I loved watching. With baseball this summer and now playing with his guitars, and working on the yard, he has been so active and healthy, mostly.

And making lots of new friends is so wonderful too. The Dead Plants Society and the new knitting group, plus all the great gals I met when we did the dye workshop in May. So much fun for me.

Finally setting up my studio and getting the deck and hot tub done is so satisfying. These are things I use daily.

I learned a lot of new things this year too.

Several knitting techniques, which I had never understood before, became clear.

I learned a big trick to cleaning my kitchen, which is to put away everything first and then start to clean. Simple but revolutionary to me.

I learned that impatiens and nasturtiums reseed here. Wonderful!

And that my goldfish reseeded too.

I learned how to relax and just read all day on the porch feeling the summer breezes.

I learned to hook up my laptop to my tv and watch internet things on the big screen. LOVED that.

And my sister taught me all sorts of ways of getting around Chattanooga that saved me time and avoided traffic, getting me to the stores I wanted sooner.

I am so glad I have good health back again, with my knee being pain free and walking around (shopping!) again without getting worn out. Nothing like it.

So I am looking forward to being 62 for a whole year and wonder what wonderful things will happen this year. To start, I am going to the foot doctor, just for a check-up, and then on to see my sister, because I'll be so close to her place.

Dave is going to a doctor in another town and so we are apart for most of today. Knowing this, we celebrated last night. I made a special birthday dinner and this cheesecake bar recipe. Deelish! You should try it before the big diet starts on January first.

I love having the blog and keeping in touch with y'all. (I'm getting that Tennessee twang going).

Thanks for your kind attention.