What I Learned (and Accomplished) in December 2020

It's been a month of celebration and joy, but it's also been a month of learning! And I accomplished a thing or two as well, so I'm excited about that. Nothing like ending the year on a win! 

First up...some of the things I learned! 

1. Eye doctor = chemist. 
I started following someone new on Instagram, and it turns out she lives across the pond. She talked about how one morning her son woke up with an eye infection, but she was pretty sure a trip to the chemist would take care of it. Did a double take on that one! I looked it up and though I didn't comprehend everything in this article, at least I figured out a bit! 

2. The wool balls you use in your dryer can wear out eventually. 
Ryan said he thought we should get new wool balls for our dryer, because we've had some overactive static electricity lately. I didn't even know they could wear out, but apparently they do actually have a shelf life - and I'm pretty sure we exceeded it a while ago. 

3. Milk sometimes comes in bags.
Mind. Blown. I learned this from Natasha's blog this month! I'm gonna be honest with you - even putting it into a pitcher to pour seems like a disaster in waiting for me. I better stick to cartons. 

4. Schuyler Grant, who plays Diana Barry in Anne of Green Gables is Katharine Hepburn's niece.
I was reading some trivia about Anne of Green Gables one day and ran across this little tidbit. Guess the acting genes ran strong in that family!

5. Ten years of daily blogging = a great discipline.
Can you believe it? After I press publish on tomorrow's blog, I will have officially blogged every single day for the last ten years. Every. Single. Day. Have they all been magnificent writing? Of course not, but they have been present and accounted for. I began this kind of writing as a personal discipline, and I am grateful for the way it has proven to be just that in the last decade. 

There were so many times I had no idea what to write about. There were times I shared my heart and then wished I hadn't been so bold. There were times when you walked with me through the difficult and celebrated with me in the good. Thanks for being here for whatever portion of that decade you've been here. Thanks for being part of this journey. 

And now...for the things we accomplished in December!

1. Address and mail Christmas cards.
We did it! We worked on it over our anniversary getaway, because we are the coolest like that. Coffee, a movie, and card-stuffing. LOL! But we enjoyed sending them out and reading the ones we received! Christmas cards are one of my favorite traditions!

2. Finish shopping and wrap all the gifts.
We did it! We used one of our days off to have a Christmas shopping date, and we watched Elf while we wrapped all the gifts. It was a fun day and evening. 

3. Work on (dare we dream to COMPLETE?) the backsplash and flooring - and more? - in Abby.
Well it was a good dream. The flooring is done, and that was a huge accomplishment. We did have help in completing that, but we are no less excited that it is done. We did not get to put up the backsplash as we were sure we would. We just ran out of time this month. But we'll hope again for next month, right?

4. Try out a mini capsule wardrobe.
I did it for about the first half of the month, and then I needed to switch up my color scheme. A mini capsule doesn't work for me, I've decided. It's too limiting. I love my pared down wardrobe, but a mini capsule is too pared.

5. Enjoy whatever version of the Christmas season comes to pass.
Done! I loved every single decoration in our apartment. I loved looking at lights with Ryan. I loved having Christmas day with Ryan. I loved Hallmark movies and the fireplace channel and special coffees at the coffee shop. It was a unique Christmas, for sure, but I did love every moment.