:: taking the picture above. Because I love looking at these tiny salamanders. And because that provided me with a picture for this post
:: being done (or close to done) with the photobook project.
It was fun working on it, but I got a little bit too absorbed in it. I started dreaming about making the book (and failing) , about ancestors I never met and about being forced to move back to the village I grew up in. Not the good type of dreaming. Nightmares. And when I wasn’t dreaming, I couldn’t sleep. My mind kept going over the names, dates and pictures, trying to put it all together. Because of that, I spent four full days being glued to the computer screen in an attempt to finish it before it drove me crazy. Also not the best idea.
But the end result will be worth it.
:: phone calls with my daughters. Long phone calls with my daughters. We broke the record yesterday: 2 hours, 22 minutes.
:: videocalls with my grandson popping in and out. He’s starting to talk for real now. So cute!
:: knitting. I’m still not back into the real knitting groove (you know, where you pick it up without thinking much about it), but I am enjoying myself
:: being quite sure I can finish the sweater before we leave (8 days to go).
:: preparing for our trip to the Netherlands next week.
:: knowing that it will be a short one this time. Just enough to celebrate two birthdays and Christmas. Oh, and hopefully to get some quality time with the grandson too (i.e. not during busy birthdays or Christmas celebrations). But after that, we will be back home, even before the new year starts.
:: being able to keep a bit of a blogging routine the past month. I do hope I didn’t jinx it now…
:: reading your comments to my silly little blogposts. Thank you so much for taking the time to “talk” to me!
I need to be more mindful of counting blessings and recognize the things that I am thankful for each day. Good luck on finishing the sweater. I have a shawl that has been on the needles all year!!! Time to make progress on it.
I’m not as mindful as I’d like myself, but it helps to sometimes write blogposts like this. Thanks! I’m still struggling with the sweater, but I’ll get there. Good luck with that shawl!
when I lived far away from my mom years ago, my phone calls were very expensive and long and worth every single penny! I have fond memories!!
I’m very happy this technology exists! These days, it doesn’t even cost that much money. We have a subscription with unlimited calling to The Netherlands and we also often use Whatsapp. I don’t know I I would have moved here if we had to rely on sending and receiving letters…