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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Week 45 and Veteran's Day

First off a very special thanks and appreciation for all of those who have served in our country's armed forces. 

Each week I try to remember the joys I find each day, then record them so I can read them on New Year's Eve and re-live all the joy the year had. I understand 2020 has been an anomaly but it is filled with joys, maybe little smaller than past years, but joyous nonetheless. They are out there for the taking if we just stop and look for them. And trust me, there are days I have to look long and hard, but I still find at least one thing that brought me true happiness.



Wednesday.
 My Wednesday class has restarted in a gigantic room. The room is set with tables connecting to form a square with about 12 feet of open space between them. The chairs are set up at 6 foot intervals plus every single person wears a mask. Personally I wish we were meeting outside, distanced with no masks, but this way it is saves tremendously on makeup time when getting ready! I really did enjoy the distanced interaction with other humans. 
After class I picked up My Beloved Sister and we went looking for upholstery fabric. I found one piece  (a remnant) for a small side chair but she found nothing. We immediately made plans to go other places after the weekend.

Thursday: I stayed home and got some much needed work done then framed 2 watercolors I found at Mom's. My powder room looks somewhat like a small gallery now. A very small gallery! 

Friday:  I had to run some errands and while driving I saw the first beautiful tree of the fall. Most had just started to color and several were beginning to show a little red or yellow, but this single tree was perfectly scarlet. It truly brought joy, knowing that others would soon follow. 

Saturday: We went to the lake on what was supposed to be a beautiful day. The meteorologists neglected to tell Mother Nature though. It was overcast and drizzling there. We have power now and had to reset the alarm system and check everything electrical. Everything was fine and none of the three uprooted trees on the lakeside snapped the underground line that powers the boathouse. And the biggest joy of the day was having FaceTime fun with Pip!

Sunday: We started the day by streaming church followed by our Webex Sunday school class. There is a certain joy in safely connecting with people who are outside our bubble. I am really feeling the social isolation and it is not good for me, but neither is Covid exposure.

Monday: My Beloved Sister and I hit the trail again to look at more fabric. It was great. We went to an out of the way place and both found things we wanted. Plus she found a rug for her dining room that will be very complimentary to the one from Mom's. (Edit: The rug is too large for her dining room) And the icing on the cake was that we had the entire second floor to ourselves until we had to call for sales help to cut some yardage.  On the way home the sun came out and the yellow and red leaves were popping out all over the hills. Gorgeous!

Tuesday: The day was a mostly average stay at home kind of day. It had rained a little bit in the morning and water had pooled in a couple of low spots on the swimming pool cover. Even though we do have a birdbath in the yard, it seems the birds prefer a much bigger area to do their splashing. I looked out the window while having coffee and counted 11 birds (4 different varieties) flitting in the shallows! A bird show beats housework for joy any day!

I hope each of you reading this find joy every single day. It is out there as long as we look for it!




23 comments:

  1. I'd prefer to be meeting outside too, but in a large room like that (and masks!) it should be pretty safe. And it'll be getting cold soon, so much more convenient.

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    1. I think everyone would enjoy being outside more, except for the class leader. Oh well!

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    1. There is always joy somewhere, even on really difficult days.

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  3. I love watching birds take baths, so cute. Keep up the joy posts!

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    1. I plan to! keep up with the Joys. Its so much easier than keeping up with the Joneses!

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  4. Love your joys.
    Yesterday I had a HUGE one (which will be revealed on Sunday). And you are so right, if I look there is always joy - which is a joy in itself.

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    1. Nothing is better than a huge joy! Will be looking for it!

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  5. I have not put on makeup since the middle of March!

    With all that fabric you don't have what you need? Funny! However, that would be me.

    I miss my birdbath and all the places birds found to splash around.

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    1. I brought samples home so I could decide which looked best. The peril of inheriting Mom's rug is reupholstering furniture. Not what I really want to do right before the holidays. but I am going to do it anyway

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  6. Oh the joys of being able to wander around a fabric store!!!! I think it was just before Christmas last year that I did that. Yep, it was - it was a closing down pre-Christmas sale! Still, that's maybe not a bad thing because I really DO have enough fabric - and I haven't touched my sewing machine in ages!

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    1. This is straight up upholstery fabric and now I need to get busy with my hammer and tacks!.

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  7. I do enjoy reading about your weekly joys. Thank you for sharing them with us. :)

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    1. I really am doing this for me to keep up with good things. I could just keep a journal but I go gangbusters for about 2 weeks and then it is all over. By having this as a regular post it keeps me listing the joyful things that happen.

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  8. A day out with a sister is always a great day!

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  9. In the last couple of days we have lost most of the leaves from the trees, but we did have a good show earlier of all of the colors of fall. It's a great time of year.

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    1. We are almost at the color peak now. I need to go drive on a few of my favorite fall roads.

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  10. Talking about your days with your sister made me really miss that we did not have our sisters day/weekend this year. Well, some did last weekend, but I didn't go and now the bubbles are supposed to be smaller. I love reading that your colors are just starting to pop. I must remember that for future vacation weeks where we might take a heading south driving vacation. I've always want to drive all down the Mississippi. Something to plan for a future November.

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    1. My bubble is a bubble of 6 total people. Fortunately for me My sister and BIL don't get out at all and she and I are around each 4 times a week so I do feel safe with her.

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  11. Sounds like a lovely week. Take care and stay well!

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    1. It was a lovely covid week. I am tired of being at home so much though.

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