What makes me tick?

There are so many things I am and what I like. I am a wife, mother, friend, nurse, quilter, knitter, cook, and I am sure some things I can’t think of right now. 🤔

I have been married for a very long time, and have two grown children. I love to spend time with my family and friends. When I am not in working as a night shift nurse, I am either knitting or quilting. I also like to cook. I haven’t figured out yet if it is because I enjoy the process of creating, or out of necessity.

I love to knit clothing items. Sweaters, cardigans, and socks are most of my knitting projects. I find it very calming to sit down and get lost in a movie or audio book while having my hands do the repetitive motion of knitting.  I am not fast at it, but occasionally I do get a project finished.

I like traditional piecing and block patterns for my quilts. I can appreciate a nice, modern, or art quilt. However, I enjoy piecing traditional patterns and blocks.There I am also not fast in finishing, although I do get projects done. Slow and steady wins the race, and I am definitely going at turtle speed.

I like to cook for my husband. Dinner time is always a special time at our house. We make it a point to sit at the dinner table together on a daily basis. He appreciated my cooking, and I feel a carefully prepared homemade meal is a lovely thing to do for someone. 🥘

Sadly work does take up a lot of my time. Because of me working nights only it is not easy to switch back to a day schedule. I sleep the day before my first shift and the day after my last shift. This takes up two additional days that my day shift counter parts get to enjoy. However, I do like working my night shifts, because of the people I get to work with. Night shift is not easier than day shift, just different. Perhaps, some time in the future I might switch to days, but for now I am sticking with my schedule. I am planning on going back to school this autumn to get my BSN. After I reach that goal I will reconsider switching shifts. 😉

I mentioned above that I like to get lost in a movie or audio book. I like watching all kinds of movies, Not so much horror movies, but enjoy a large genre. I like audio books, but not necessarily mysteries. Unless they are very well written. I usually like to read about love, friendship, and adventure. I do not have a favorite author, but find myself getting caught up in series more and more often. Matter of fact I am on the hunt for a good book to get caught up in. I recently finished the last of the Outlander series and have not really found anything that catches my eye yet. 👁  If anybody has any good suggestions I would be grateful for them.

For now this is all I can ramble on about. I hope to have something interesting to share. Perhaps a finished project or something from my life that could be of interest.