Thursday

 Good morning.  It was such a gorgeous day yesterday.  Yes, very cold, but, oh, the sunshine!  At one point in the morning, it clouded over and there were a few flakes but it must have been blown from somewhere else because out came the sun again. 
The main problem was that it really showed how dusty the outside of the windows are.  Ooops!
It's going to be another cold one today - definitely a jeans AND leggings day again.  😊

Yesterday, as always, was quiet but went really well.

Val and I finished our chat early because there were some connection problems but continued it in the afternoon.  She and hers are all well and her husband has had his vaccination, being over seventy and with a few health issues too.  Val and I just have to wait!

As always, I really enjoyed personal training.  Lindsey pushes me just a bit more each time and it's really very satisfying.  I don't know if I have any readers who knew me when I was still teaching but who'd have thought I'd be in this place now, eh?  Enjoying exercise!!  
She's recommended some better resistance bands; the ones I have are just wide stretchy plasticky sort of things and can be awkward to hold and use, while the ones I have now ordered have proper handles and do all sorts of other stuff as well.

I've started crocheting together the hexagons.  It's going OK really, although the slightly different sizes mean a bit of stretching and pushing and I can see I will need to employ the steam iron again at some point and it will look 'rustic!.  Not to worry, it is serving its purpose in using up yarn and keeping my hands busy.
I've already found my next project.  It's really a kit for a scandi blanket but the actual kit is out of stock.  However, the pattern can be downloaded separately and is free so I now have that printed off.  It uses aran yarn, of which I have collected several different colours over the years, although not necessarily quite enough.  I have a week to have another rootle through my stash of yarn, consider what I have, whether it will work and what I need to order.  

This is the actual pattern although the colours will be different.  I think it is lovely and am really looking forward to getting started.

Today is the same as every other Thursday right now.  In the morning, I have an online chat with Chris, in the afternoon I am taking some parcels over to Beth (all perfectly within the rules and Alex has now been at home for a fortnight and has obviously not brought any covid germs home from Uni) and staying for a coffee and a chat, hopefully, although it will depend on Beth's work, of course.  Early evening is the weekly Slimming World Zoom meeting and these are turning out to be great fun during this Lockdown.  There's enough people there to make it varied and enjoyable but not so many that Jen has problems getting round to everyone.

Those social things, together with the usual housework, knitting, reading and telly watching, plus exercise are going to make this day really good, I think.  I'm happy about that.
What are your plans for today?  xx