Being Positive

Good morning! It's eclipse day and, in fact, the partial eclipse should have started a few minutes ago. I am not in the path of totality and will not be driving that direction. My emergency alert has already gone off twice with warnings- high fire danger; stay off the grass & don't look at the sun without eclipse glasses. I have glasses but I'm not sure I trust them. I have a required day off so I'm being lazy this morning. I'll be working harder later but I'm enjoying a slow start. It is nice to have some extra time to do things today. The kitties think the only thing I should be doing is cuddling them. I'm thankful for the group of male friends I have that have been so good to help me out. Michael Bennett came back and fixed a hose he noticed had a leak when he so graciously went out of his way to come water my plants this week. He didn't have to do it but I appreciate it so much. Eric Cunningham house sat for me this summer when I'm sure it wasn't convenient. Jason Eagle made leg wraps for Durin at my request when he had other things to do. Chris Howerton helps often with my hauling and set up for SCA events even though he has ten times as much stuff to haul and set up for his own house. Thank you guys! I appreciate you all.

Apparently today is one of those days where I have time but no ambition. But, you know, that's ok. I don't have to be productive every minute of every day. I've managed to catalog all of my stamp and die sets by making copies of everything for a note book. I think I will enjoy the day with my knitting. If I get energetic I'll alphabetized the stamp sets.

It's the end of the day. We survived the eclipse! I got laundry done. I made a pattern for a dress- the original pattern has gone missing but I have the skills. I finished the second chart of my pretty as a peacock shawl. I alphabetized my stamp sets and put them into the appropriate baskets to be mounted on the wall. I made my Hawaiian crusted cod for dinner. All in all it's been a pretty good day.