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Finishing Friday

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May 9, 2025

I’m still slowly coming around. I’m still doing little bits of everything. What I’m learning in my old age is how even little bits get the job done. What am I on some kind of race? Just with myself. I just need to be patient.

There are a couple rows I’ve added to these watermelon socks.
I’ve added several rows on this pair. I don’t know why I favor this pair over the watermelon but I’m nearly to the arch ribbing.

While we’re watching local news I use the stationary bike while working on Duolingo. It’s interesting how the exercise my legs helps my brain.

When I move to my Dabbling Den, Chris hops on the bike. He’s working very hard lately.  He went from five minutes to 30 minutes for 5 miles (like I do). We are neck to neck in this gentle race.

I’m averaging about 45 minutes playing and learning improvisation. I try to do my vocal warmups before playing so that when I’m playing something fun I can sing along. These are some of my favs right now.
And Shiloh our black cat wants to make sure I include her song. That white and blue book? The journal I’ve been keeping up for piano and voice.

From around 10:30 Shiloh and Sammie gather in my Den. Shiloh will walk on the piano keys to let me know what I’m supposed to do. I’ve begun to call her ‘Mom’ as she gets insistent about my practice time. Sammie just sleeps in a little bed under my diamond painting table.

As you can see the sunset beach is nearly finished. Just a bit of sky. All the pinks are done. On to the blues.
This made me laugh. Milo is forever jumping and dancing about. He’s always making me laugh. And when he looks at me with his serious brown eyes, I can hear Morgan Freeman’s voice
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Finishing Friday

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May 2, 2025

What a busy but good week.

Sunset beach diamond painting is nearly finished. Just a little piece of sky. (Why did I suddenly hear Yentl in my head?) And I sealed the smiling turtle. As soon as I can I will hang it in my bathroom.
My fingering weight socks are coming along. Not very fast as thin needles and skinny yarn take more caution, time, eye-strain, nimble fingers.
Guess who got a new watch? I’m still learning my way around it. I haven’t figured out how to capture my stationary bike time, distance, or levels. But the work should get reflected in other health numbers.

My new air plants found pinecones for homes.

Some things like the bike are hard to show progress. But my feelings about the tasks should be the quantifiable attainment. The gold star sticker is the happy accomplished feeling.

I’ve been working on “Shilo” on the piano in honor of

Shiloh. She and Sammie find their places in Dar’s Dabbling Den at practice time. I like their company as I stumble through 4 or 5 pieces a day. Once I’m bored with a song it goes by the wayside. But sometimes a song challenges me to the point of playing itself in my sleep.

I keep a practice journal and some pieces shine with my own praise of how well it went, others I actually draw faces sticking out the tongue in raspberries. I keep promising another ‘warts and all’ session. Stagefright keeps stopping me. Soon.

Duolingo is still fun for me. I do it while on the bike as the 11AM local news plays. I think movement while learning helps.

Well here’s to the weekend!😁

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A to Z Challenge, Z

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April 27, 2025

There’s a bit of month left over but by meandering through the alphabet I’ve hit Z. No more letters And…

Zero stitches to knit on Chris’s birthday socks!

A quick review of my favorite sock pattern:

Turkish cast-on starts the toe. Increase to width of foot. Work width until nearing the arch. Rib the arch. A couple inches of width-knit. Then start Fleegle Heel. Knit width of ankle for a couple of inches. Then rib desired cuff length. Jeny’s stretchy cast-off finished the sock. You can research this site or YouTube for each of the identified bits of the Chiaogoo Two At A Time Socks.

Now on to the other socks I started earlier but had to put away for the birthday socks. Yay!

Zero angst!

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Finishing Friday A-Zish

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April 25, 2025

Yay! Yarn! Yet more projects are waiting, yearning for attention.

Finally made it to the cuff! I will finish these this weekend.
Made it to the upper third. This is the time I turn it upside down to work on the top.
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Finishing Friday A-Z

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April 18, 2025

(R)eviewing the creative week.

Yay! I’m more than halfway finished. The sea is done. Into the sky.
Birthday socks. The Fleegle Heel increases are nearly finished. There’s a chance I could finish these this weekend.

I’ve finally added vocal warmups to my music time. And as of today I actually accompanied myself to Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and God Bless The Child. True my voice was weak as my concentration was on playing. But I take the win that I sang the words. That’s one more line to keep track of.

I seem to only have a half hour on the piano. I’m working increasing my time. I think I’ll try a few quarter hours in the evening.

This is working on the exercise bike. Increasing time or mileage in one sitting. But then grab a ride here and there helps.

And now the daily walks around the yard with Milo, I’m feeling healthier.

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Forgive Me Friday

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April 11, 2025

I’m sorry A-Z Challenge, I’m so behind. But I’ll try to make up the alphabet soup on Monday. I’m two book reviews behind, too. My brain thinks we have a newborn. And Finishing Friday is sadly behind.

I did finally get to the doctor’s office for my routine physical. Yay, ME! Now for all the follow through.

Shiloh is making herself at home. During my piano/diamond painting time she sleeps on the Yamaha keyboard while Sammie found the bed I set up for him under my hobby-table. Sorry no pics yet but he’s getting braver.
Milo is equally happy with Chris so I can spend time with the cats.
I did make a small dent in the pre-Fleegle heel. The birthday socks will be done on time.
About halfway through sunset beach. I’m going to need to find new projects soon.

I found this on one of my favorite groups on Facebook, Returning Piano Students. This group is inspiring and challenging.

Speaking of piano, I gave myself all Fs a couple days ago. And gave up at 10 minutes. Lack of sleep can make the brain into mush. I couldn’t stay in any key signatures and misread ledger lines. But today all went well. It was fun.

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Finishing Friday

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April 4, 2025

I was going to do a couple of reviews but my back is hurting and I need to blog something a bit easier.

Bottom 1/4th of the beach sunset diamond painting is nearly finished. I’m loving the colors.
Chris’s socks are coming along. I need only a couple more rows of the arch hug and then the heel. It always seems so much faster once the Fleegle Heel is done.

With the furry ones much of my creative ventures are curtailed. But I feel a win. With so much going on finding music time without distractions is impossible. And I need to leave the screen open so Milo doesn’t freak out. So I’ve found myself able to play in spite of an audience or distraction. In fact, I found myself enjoying it. Yes, I will soon record a session or two.

And the bonus… Shiloh is a musical kitty. She hits the ivories with soulful, quiet feelings. Then she lets me know it’s my turn. She stays in my music room while I play.

Though I don’t have as many finished projects, I feel happy and content with our accomplishments of the week.

Not my piano or sheet music. It’s a free source picture.
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Finishing Friday

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March 28, 2025

Already? This week is a blur. A fuzzy blur.

I pulled out my knitting for the first time this week. So I can only claim a couple of rows in Chris’s socks this morning. So it’s not worth taking a picture. I still have a couple of inches of arch ribbing until the heel. The other two pair, I’ve done nothing.

I did a bit more on the sunset beach.

I did finish more books so over the next few days I’ll post reviews.

I didn’t even get around to playing piano today and the week has been full of short sessions. One day I only managed 15 minutes. Today, none.

I’d love to blame the trio of fuzz but honestly, I drank too much caffeine yesterday so spent my night in bed as a tree full of owls. I’ll try to make up for it over the weekend.

The real progress has been our fur babies.

Milo, oh, by the way, that’s the pup’s new name, finally did his business outside instead of the kitchen and hallway. He rarely barks at us as we come out of other rooms. It was so hard at first. He seemed never to recognize us.  And he was over-rambunctious around his black buddy, Shiloh, now he’s calming down.

Sammie is finally joining the rest of us. So it may not be long until he feels his confidence again.

Hopefully, we will all be able to be calm and sleep.

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Finishing Friday

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March 21, 2025

Yay! Crushed Crush! Well, I still need to seal but he might look good in my bathroom.
The last of the beach set. I can’t wait to get something new

Arch ribbing is coming along on hubby’s slipper socks. At this rate I may finish in time for his birthday.
Not much progress here.
Not here.

Thing is… We’re “baby proofing”. 🤞🤞🤞The new fuzzy kiddos are coming up tomorrow. So we’re busy around here.😀

I’ll try to ‘stream’ the babies in if I can, tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Sammie doesn’t seem very worried.

Always lap adjacent, never on the lap.
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Finishing Friday

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March 14, 2025

Dude! Crush is nearly finished just stray gems to be placed.
Nearly finished with my hubby’s slipper socks. Toes done, ribbed arch next.
Still just in the toes on the purple Knit Picks
About the same for my watermelon shorties.

The poor basket weave hat hasn’t progressed at all so, no pics. When it can show off on its own, it’ll share the limelight.

I want to start walking, but we woke up to this this morning. Still too cold.
Sammie finally discovered his fun-house.

While Sammie is happy, we got a phone call from my son with good news for us. And I hope for Sammie. I’d tell but I don’t want to jinx it

Today I went back to Phantom of the Opera. I used to play and sing these.  Thirty years ago. Not for an audience, just for fun. My friends and I gathered at the grand piano on stage after voice class and sang our hearts out with these. I was surprised at how much my fingers remember, though there was a lot of sight reading. I can’t sing at the same time, yet. Soon. I am doing daily vocal warmups now.

Anyone out there go through this? I find a saturation level on pieces and put them aside for other songs. Those seem to draw my passions and energy.

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