Meg Evans

I put on a pink blouse with sparkly sequins when I woke up to a dark, rainy morning. The sun never came out. My house had some Internet issues, and something weird has been going on with my laptop’s connection to a secondary monitor. Also, there was a power outage in the afternoon. But it was all okay; the generator switched on and ran just fine, and there was nothing to disrupt my focus too much.

Overall, I think it’s fair to say that I had a good sparkly Thursday.

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

My husband and I have both been spending some time during our workdays mentoring coworkers who want to improve their knowledge. It’s good to see them becoming more confident as they learn from gentle suggestions. In addition to getting work done more efficiently, developing more skills helps people to feel better about themselves in general, which can carry over into many areas of life.

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

When I am traveling, I often bring a yoga mat and do online sessions with my Hydrow app. Yoga is included in the subscription for the rowing machine. I don’t bring the machine itself because our Concept2 erg is easier to transport. Still, I’m grateful that I can stay connected to the online Hydrow community.

Several people regularly post comments on yoga sessions, with emojis of seated yoga poses, lotus flowers, surf (for yoga flow), and hearts. It’s a lot of fun to see middle-aged women playing with emojis like kids. Those comments always make me smile.

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

Although my husband was very busy with work today, he got the car mostly packed for the road trip south, and I’ve washed (but not yet put into suitcases) all the clothes we’re taking. We still have some work to do Friday morning, but we plan to leave in the early afternoon, if all goes well. Great adventures await!

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

More snow is on the way tomorrow morning in my area, and the past two weeks have been unusually cold. The winter is getting closer to its end, though, and however much it may snow in the morning, it won’t be long before it all melts. Beaches and other good things are not far away!

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

My daughter got her New Zealand “Straight to Residence” visa approved this week. If she stays and works there another two years, she can get a permanent resident visa. Good news to start her year.

She’s certainly living an adventure after deciding to jump into the unknown and go get it!

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

This weekend’s giant snowstorm is forecast to reach my area on Saturday afternoon, but I am not worried. My husband and I are well prepared; both of us work remotely, we had a generator installed over the summer, and my husband also set up a backup cellular modem just in case the broadband cable goes out. He is so well organized that he was charging his car battery today because he hadn’t gone out in a while. The only thing left is the grocery shopping, which I’ll do tomorrow on my lunch break. It’s all good.

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

It’s Friday afternoon now; last night the time got away from me, and although I remembered that I hadn’t posted anything to this blog when I was getting into bed at midnight, hurrying to do it didn’t make sense when Thursday was already over.

Anyway, what I like most about winter is that it’s an unhurried time of the year.

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

Sharing a cute word-art image with a list of New Year’s resolutions. As for the one that calls for wearing more lingerie, I bought a pack of ordinary cotton panties this week. A little more creativity in that regard probably wouldn’t go amiss. It fits well with the cheerful tone of the other resolutions, anyway.

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”

I still take the week between Christmas and New Year’s off from work, as does my husband, even though our kids are long since grown and we don’t do much of anything for the holidays. Not doing much is what I like about this week now; it’s a peaceful, uninterrupted time to let the pace of life quietly wind down, while reflecting on what has gone well in the past year and what there is to be glad about as another year begins.

Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to encourage self-nurturing and to “give the planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.”