A snow day by the numbers

1 Book read for work.  

2 Pots of homemade soup   

    Lunch - Tomato (with a side of grilled cheese, of course)

    Dinner - Chicken Noodle

3 Vehicles cleared of snow/slush

4 Slushie/slippery miles first thing this morning

5 number of things I list daily in my gratitude journal

6ish...pieces of torn newspaper stuffed in my running shoes to help them dry out after this morning's run

7 or so times I may have listened to The Family Madrigal from Encanto. 

8 different selfies taken before I settled on two that would best display today's outfit

9+ puddles I wadded through on my run.  They are far less fun when it's crazy cold outside.  

10th day in a row wearing the wool& dress!   

Until tomorrow...

#100daydresschallenge

#wool&

Church, cake, chicken & burnt sprouts...

All in all today was a good day.  
Church - check.  In fact, at the end of the late service I was a bit weepy as the organ prelude came to a close and our youngest acolyte finished extinguishing the candles.  Good & holy stuff. 

I made a cake...from the cheese I made yesterday! So it's healthy cake!

I roasted a freakin' delicious chicken. 

While carving said chicken, I burned the Brussels sprouts.  
womp.  womp.

All morning I wore the dress with one of my favorite skirts over it.  I love the skirt, but feel the fit was too tight to layer the dress and the clerics.  

The skirt may come back, next time with the dress knotted on the side.  I'm not sold on it, though.  But it was worth trying something new today.  Especially the extra layer when it was so stinkin' cold out today.  

Until tomorrow...

#100daydresschallenge
#wool&

Cheese glorious, cheese! (Day 8 in the dress)

Today's adventures included making cheese.  

It's a new hobby.  

The first recipe was ricotta and it was a success.

I kept the outfit simple today...but accented it with my trusty apron,, cheese socks & pink crocks.  

Good times, also good cheese.  

Until tomorrow...

#100daydresschallenge
#wool&

Apron for the win! (Day 7)

Low key clothing day for my day off today...fun leggings and sneakers.  

A shout out to Barb (from the congregation I served in Indiana) for the fantastic (and reversible) apron.  

The apron, which I have used in the past, has become a staple when it comes to meal prep & clean up.  

Good stuff.

Keep it clean, friends.

Until tomorrow.  

Day 6 - walkin' with swagger

I loved my outfit today.  

With the fun leggings I knew I wanted to sport some black boots.  

The only pair I have (at the moment) is the pair of Harley Davidson boots from my mother-in-law.  

Yet, as soon as they were on, I had some swagger in my step.  Good times.  

Billy took the picture so we could send it to his mom.  Not only did she love the outfit, she's interested in the challenge.  It would give her 100 days to accessorize!  Ha!  

I do like these boots, but this has sparked my love of Doc Martens.   Now...to decide on a pair...

May your outfits inspire your swagger. 

Until tomorrow...

Day 5 (a late night post)

It's late, well late for me.  

Quick selfie before zooming with some fabulous women. 

And now it's time to read before bed.  

If you haven't zoomed with some amazing folks recently (that's happened a bunch for me this week) then make the time to do so.  

Heart = full

Soul = fed

New level achieved = full body laughter (truth is...I've hit this level before, it's just been a while and gosh I've missed it.)

Hugs, y'all!

Until tomorrow...

#100daydresschallenge

#wool&

 

Day 4 - Adventures in the dress

Today’s adventures included…

Enjoying a homemade maple latte

Going to work

Texting my mom (Hi Helen!)

Chatting with a colleague

Discovering the sauna in the basement of the church (aka- the water flowing in the boiler room)

Learning how to switch off the boiler and stop the water flow

Warming my hands around a hot coffee from Dunkin (a gift from Robin) 

Eating a cold lunch - salad - in a cold office. 

Texting friends. 

Working from home (in warm conditions) 

Completing my first wordle 

Having an amazing Zoom call with a fantastic young woman discerning her call to ministry

Watching some TikToks

Attempting to smoke a squirrel out of the chimney (unsuccessful outcome) 

Making and eating tasty fish tacos #tacotuesday

Reading for 20 mins. (Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler) 

Sipping Mandalorian Warrior Herb Tea

Leading Zoom Bible Study (& finding out the heat is back at church)

Putting my feet up and watching Jeopardy

Until tomorrow…

PS...yes, the tree is still up 😉

#100daydresschallenge

#wooland