I really love what we have done with our living room — for all kinds of reasons.
Harper B for Be in Two Places
Some people have a gift for making spaces beautiful — Suzanne has that. Her house is so lovely! I admire that ability but it is not one of my strengths or maybe it is, but I have not spent the time to nurture it. I imagine all of us have many talents, hidden by the realities of time and priorities.
Pozy
My priority is to thrive over the Pandemic Winter.
Harper and Rosebud
I spent some time thinking about what would support that goal, reflecting on what has helped in the past when things were tough. There is no need to re-invent the wheel — if we know what helped, we should trot those strategies on out!
Pozy with a felted wool ball — they are excellent for retrieving.
I have a love affair with cycling.
Enter the Peloton bike.
I worry about the amount of sitting that happens when we are working from home in a pandemic.
Solution: Cheap Craig’s List treadmill turned DIY treadmill desk.
It helps me to be working steadily towards established Hopes and Wishes (aka goals), and so I set some for my dogs and created a training space to support progress through the Pandemic Winter.
Claire’s SuperPower seems to be obedience.
Claire
I am hopeful that someday I will get to show her again and finish her CD. And when I do, Claire will be ready to march right into Open and then Utility. That is my Winter Want for Claire: All three obedience titles in 2021.
The space that was the living room is now the Training Hub — for me and the dogs (yes, Dear Husband has many saintly qualities and tolerance is one of them). It supports not only training but also Hopes and Wishes, and related — health, broadly defined.
Sparkle and Claire
The space inspires me to keep marching towards the end of this long, dark Pandemic Winter.
What inspires you?