You know my thankfulness lists? I want to add joyful lists to that. And here will be my first.
The joys in this moment of mine are as follows:
The breezes coming from the open doorways flanking my table (I'm at an adorable coffeehouse)
The texture and character of the art in this corner right in front of me
The peaceful friendliness of this place, of the people who work here and are lounging here- I can learn from them
The peace I feel with my recently tumultuous thoughts right now
The cool richness of my soy latte
The delight in finding my potentially perfect tattoos
I like to do these lists, and I haven't done one for a long time.
Things I'm thankful for:
~I'm developing healthy eating habits that will probably keep me disease free.
~I'm starting to play tennis more, and the feel of moving my body around so actively is so fun!!
~I just bought the game Cranium, and it's going to be so fun to play....
~BBC murder mystery DVDs are like atmosphere in a bottle, and since I love atmosphere, and since I have some, this is a good thing for me. (I'm watching one right now.)
~I learned how to plant a squash plant this week.
~The sun felt nice on my heavily sun-blocked skin today, and it will again tomorrow.
So last night, after feeling pretty comfortable with the simple chain stitch, I decided to try the next step, crocheting into that first chain. I had been planning on just waiting till someone else could try and teach me, but instead I busted out my Stitch'n'Bitch Happy Hookers book, and attempted to translate the instructions into skill. (I am usually really, really, really bad at this.) And it was hard, I wasn't getting it, I shelved the yarn, then decided to try a little more. And I came up with this! I'm not sure if this is what it's supposed to look like, but it might be, and that was enough for me for the night. :) And the best part is, I was able to struggle up to this point without any silly outbursts of frustration. I kept it calm. :)
