They say time flies.  It flies really fast sometimes.  Sometimes it is just mind-boggling to find out it is FRIDAY AGAIN ALREADY.

Time is on my side this time though I think.  I decided to deplete some of my yarn stash and make hats for my family for Christmas this year.  That would include 12 grandkids, 6 kids, and 5 significant others/spouses.  I am currently on hat #9.  So far, so good.  Still need to also knit a baby sweater for #12.  Yes, 2 grandbabies coming yet this year...mid October and late December.  At the rate I am going, maybe next year they will all get a scarf...lots of yarn to use up.

I love the Fall, the smell of fresh air, you can finally open the windows again for a few months and get the house aired out.  

I love the smell of campfires...and the beautiful colors the trees exhibit.  

Fall is time for Harvest if you are in the North, time for planting if you are in the South.  I started some seeds for planting already that will be ready to plant in the ground here in just a few weeks.  Tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant.  The tomatoes have already poked their heads up thru the peat pots and are about 2" tall...some are still hiding but they will come out soon.

Yesterday, August 31st, marked the 1 year anniversary for living in our new home.  It has been a very full year, and just flew by.  I think I will miss the change of seasons but life is good.  

The Simple Life

I've always been a simple person.  I don't need much to keep me happy.  Don't get me wrong, I love things as much as anyone else but I don't need them. 

We moved from Indiana on August 30, 2019, to Sebring, Florida leaving behind all the family and friends that I'd known and the town where I had been for about 60 years.  Big change!  Granted, all of our kids are grown and live elsewhere, but we left our church family, my siblings, and all of our friends behind.  Dogs and cats came in the Tahoe with us, pulling a small Uhaul trailer with some belongings that we didn't want to ship in the Pod for safety reasons.  And we were coming down in the face of potential Hurricane Dorian.  Thank goodness he changed course.  I had never been to Sebring, but my husband came ahead of our moving to search out employment and housing while I stayed home and packed.  Exciting.  Depressing....all the emotions that one could imagine.  My mom just passed away in April so I had that on my mind and heart as well.  I have survived.

Over the weekend, I showed my husband a picture of a room that I would love, one that was so peaceful.  It was labeled as Hygge Lifestyle.  My husband asked me what Hygge was and I told him it was a feeling of coziness.  Later that day, I googled it because I'd only heard the term in a yarn group that I am in...this is what it is:
 

Description

Description

Hygge is a Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment. As a cultural category with its sets of associated practices hygge has more or less the same meanings in Danish and Norwegian, but the notion is more central in Denmark than in Norway. Wikipedia

This is the picture I showed him:

Isn't it beautiful and cozy?  I love it.  Now, here would be my issue though...I don't like snakes and I know there would be snakes lurking around under some of the blankets.

I guess I've always practiced Hygge and didn't know it had a name.  I love lots of candles, and plants, and natural things.  I love quiet, cozy, and Romantic.  

Right now, I'm finding myself...my happy self has been lost for a long time.  Since moving here, I've gained almost 10 pounds, which is probably boredom, depression, new surroundings...just a lot going on.  I am finally settling into my new role here though.  I'm still not working, only at home so far, one day I will find something that I really love though and then I'll do what I love.  Until then, I'm dabbling in painting and haven't done that for years.  I'm loving that, it is so relaxing.  I'm trying to organize our home and just want to be there in the evenings when my husband comes home from work and listen all about his day while we eat a good relaxing meal.

I hope to write more here....if you join in, let me know what you think from time to time.