November was fairly busy with a couple of extra little pushes. Overall my energy was good and I enjoyed making the most of this month! I am finishing the month sick with Covid though.
First of all, I got my teeth stuck into a pilates challenge, 16 classes in Nov. I had to push very hard to fit them in, I did 5 classes in one week, and I would have finished it, but for the last 2 classes and Covid. But I did feel the benefit of pushing myself harder for a week or two, and I will aim to do that again. Get away from the maintenance rut.
I went to Woolies especially to get some goats cheese on special, and because the tag price was different, I got it for free! Over $20 of free cheese!
I challenged myself to finish the children's book because I actually did have time if I prioritised it, and it is currently at the printer!
I played cello for a piece in an ensemble of school students at a performance of the counterpoint choir, which is an amazing local choir. I will be playing again in December.
I bought a foil balloon for Lucy for her birthday, which was just fabulous, and Lucy has wonderful manners.
Zinnias have started flowering already, the weakest died and the strongest survive, so that means I have a lot of orange which I did not even buy, but there you go. Oh well, it is a vibrant fun mix!
I decided to go to the effort of hanging my fairy lights up this year. Last year we had JK's lovely tree, and I still don't feel like owning a tree, but I do feel like little bit of ambience around the house. And I found some tiny clear 3M hooks specifically for decorations, so I don't have to put holes in my painted walls again. And if I take the lights down, the hooks are invisible. They go around 3 rooms!
I couldn't resist going to TK Maxx and smelling the christmas candles, and I had to buy this one, because it hit a nostalgia nerve TWICE. It hasn't triggered me when I've burned it at home, but it's a nice subtle smell and just the jar itself counts as a nice Christmas decoration.
I've got out my Christmas cup and plate for breakfasts. And that is all!
I had a Friday night with nothing and nobody so I decided to catch the Taylor Swift movie before it finished, and I am glad I did. A very fun concert movie.
I also organised an Austenland viewing with the church gal pals, at another girls house who has the room for it, and I made a lemon GF cake from recipe tin, highly recommend, quite easy and very light and yum. Like a tea cake.
And even MORE socialising, there was a dinner at Honeysuckle with friends on a Friday night, I even put on special earrings and a going out shirt. It was horrendous finding a car park so I won't be doing that again in a hurry.
Back to my happy place, my home, and my current obsession, interior design. I often get an obsession for organising, but never for decorating. I'm loving watching Caroline Winkler on youtube, and some others. It has inspired me to get out some the paintings and things I've had stored away, and hang some up. I still have a lot of large blank walls which I enjoy as white space, but I've copied her way of clustering smaller groups of things in corners and narrow walls and also been encouraged to layer things.
I had a day off to go to the oral surgeon and podiatrist. It was an exhausting day, and I discovered more horrendous parking situations in Newcastle at Charlestown, but I got my weird gum lesion biopsied, got my feet scanned for new orthodics, and then after a little rest I took my newly finished x stitch and the one G did that matches it, out to the framers and chose frames for them.
I also got a few wee small frames and for now I have filled them with some native bird cards.
I also went to a 2nd hand furniture place, so that was fun. I am obsessed with facebook marketplace so I'm trying to get around to the vintage shops as well. I have been avoiding excess furniture but if I can fill some empty gaps at a good price, that would be nice.
And then late in the month I suddenly settled on a couch I liked. On the website it had a lot of different small sizes which helps me a lot, so I could get a half sized ottoman for example, or a 2.5, 3 or 3.5 seater lounge, because I do not have the space for a big modular thing or even a large ottoman. So I went in to Nick Scali last saturday and sat in it, and I have to say it was comfier than I expected.
It is not the MOST comfortable, but it is one of the cheaper ones there so you get what you pay for, and the sizes sealed the deal. If I had the room to be generous, I would have bought the Iva, it was supreme comfort plus ticked some of the same boxes, but for small rooms, the Atlanta fits better and has the price. An insta friend recognised it as the model she is looking at which her SIL also has, so it seems to be the pick for small rooms. It was black friday sales so that helped, I spent $2550 on a 3 seater, armchair and small ottoman, which is now priced at $3300.
On Sunday I was tired and had a headache, but it wasn't a surprise bc it had been a very busy week, and I probably forgot to drink water on Saturday. I had a bit of a weird throat but that is not unusual, and the headache was the main issue for me.
On Monday though, after singing on Sunday night (we sounded great though!), my throat was WHACK!!! So congested and raw and kind of lost my voice. That was a surprise. I've had a raw throat before after singing, because as I said, bad throat is not unusual. I didn't feel sick, but I did a covid test, it was OK, so I went to work thinking I just sang too hard.
Started to get tired around lunchtime so I went home and slept. Had dinner and it tasted bland and weird, I thought I better get some more RATs. Parents dropped me over a few on Tuesday morning, as I was definitely sick, and they were positive.
M from church dropped me over some bread, bananas, chicken crimpies and lollies. Super thoughtful. This time around has been better, more like a cold than a flu. Throat congested but not tonsilitis so it doesn't hurt as much. Aches and tiredness, blocked nose. I watched a Christmas movie, some Friends, now I am checking out Murder House Flips. Sad to be missing the end of the pilates challenge and the work Christmas lunch (I get to keep my secret santa gift lol, always get something you want is my tip!). But, when I am feeling better I hope to do some little decluttering and organise some little areas, like the jar cupboard!
So I do feel like I had a good November and had a few challenges and did my best and spread some joy. What else can you ask for.
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