ALL the Hygge

It looks like I haven’t shared that pic of me here yet, just in other places. That’s the wintry robe I got for both myself and my daughter, along with a red sleep shirt for underneath, so we could be holiday twinsies on Christmas, even if she’s like a thousand miles away. We will at least talk or FaceTime, and I may ask her if we can both wear our winter sleepwear for that occasion.

I don’t really go to sleep in that much makeup, but I had just put together a look with a red-damask-print-on-black cami with black lace accents and spaghetti straps, and a cute overpiece. And I couldn’t resist taking one more photo in all my winter coziness, with the makeup still on.

I haven’t been writing or creating much lately. Been feeling fried. But I am just about done with holiday shopping. I still have to get things for friends, which I will likely do after Christmas, since I may not see them ahead of that, and will be paid again on the 27th or so.

Been enjoying simulated fireplace streaming on the Roku channel and Netflix. And doing LOTS of reading. Squirreling away into fun fictive worlds.

Actually picked up two MOAR new-to-me books today. Not like I absolutely NEED more reading material…lol…my TBR is giving me mad side eye, like the meme with the boyfriend checking out another woman in passing.

Wicked, the novel, was the first new book. I read it many years ago, along with Son of a Witch. Never read the rest of the series. Might have checked them out before the rest had been written? Just found out about the rest of the books in the past few days or so. Still have to see the movie.

Second, I found a YA murder mystery novel that looked SUPER compelling, at a thrift store. Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

Tonight, I poked at some poetry. I’ve roughed out a few things in my journal, as well, here and there. Need to give them another once-over and get them typed up and made pretty and added to my Google Docs.

Been a bit limited in many senses recently by back pain– an aggravation of an old back spasm injury from back in 2020. Hoping in spite of that and the cold outside, that I can once again hit the trail. I get a lot of steps in at work, but I think the fresh air does me good, too.

I panicked because I was up two pounds at the end of the day with my shoes on, at a recent ER visit. Hopefully it was end of day and shoes adding on the pounds. I really want to keep up my progress on slimming down with fewer calories, more exercise, and some metabolism-regulating stuff. Logically, I get that it’s silly to fret over two pounds. But hey. BAH body issues are tough. But I have to respect when my back says “enough.”

I am practicing my physical therapy exercises and doing all the things for it.

This morning, I made Eggs in a Basket for the first time in over a year. I’ve been working up to making more things at home, without using a microwave (unless I’m heating up tea… but I am humbly asking for a newer kettle for Christmas).

You know what else happened this morning? My daughter called on her way to work, and picked up a Kolache and some coffee at Dunkin. She ate as she drove, as we talked, as the cat meowed in the background while I had my daughter on speaker, as I made then ate my breakfast. So we had breakfast together! Kitty, too, eating her cat food.

Later on, she called on a break, while I was having dinner, and she was eating a PB&J in her car. So we had that meal together, too!

And she said she may call once more, on her way home from work.

I’m so thankful she’s a part of my life, even long-distance, and that she takes time out of her days and nights to catch up with me.

Anyway, just checking in mid-holiday-season.

Happy, happy to you all.

And if winter is a tough season for ya, if you are, indeed, somewhere dark and chilly, hang in there. Don’t give up. Here I am, cheering all of us onward, sparkly, in front of the magnetic poetry door.