Today’s theme from That Artsy Reader Girl is a little less bookish than some! This time we’re talking about “Things That Make Up My Perfect Day”, which is a fun prompt.
- Plenty of time to read! I’m sure variations on this will be common answers among this crowd, but it’s nonetheless true for me. If I can carve out at least an hour overall for reading, that’s ideal, though I haven’t been super good at meeting that recently.
- New books. It’s not the be-all and end-all, but I can’t help but enjoy having a good stack of new books to acquaint myself with!
- Time with my rabbits. I work in the same room with them which is nice — they get to snoopervise me, I get to watch their antics. And sometimes pick them up for a cuddle.
- A bubble bath with a book. I couldn’t do this in the summer, the weather was just way too warm and humid, but now we’re in the thick of autumn it’s a perfect way to unwind at the end of the day. The book part is a necessity, though; I like a long soak with a book to keep my brain busy, and no distractions from social media, text messages, etc.
- Wearing something cute/nerdy. My mood fluctuates, and I don’t always feel like leaning into femme… but I love my dinosaur and kitty dresses from Popsy, my nerdy t-shirts like my Scum Villain “OOC! OOC! OOC!” shirt, my “cultural awareness” petri dish shirt, etc.
- Gaming time. Which game I might be logging into fluctuates a bit — at the moment I’ve not been spending a lot of time in FFXIV, for example, but I have been chugging along with Dressmaker and some puzzle games.
- Crochet time. I only recently started being able to find time for crochet again, but it’s been a fairly constant companion in the last three months, which is nice.
- Cheese in dinner. I mean, I don’t have to have cheese, but I do love it. Chorizo works, too.
- Being in Wales. This isn’t likely in the very near future, but I prefer to be home in Wales. And who knows, maybe soon, if my parents move as planned.
- Getting a chance to go cycling. I wouldn’t want to do this every day, because it’s time-consuming to get kitted up and go (though less if I’m just riding for fun and don’t need to take my panniers) and right now I get pretty tired. But it’s so good to be cycling again after a year of being unable to thanks to my wrist injury!
I’m sure I could think up some other factors, but these sound like a pretty good time to me!
Someday I will learn how to crochet!
It took me a while to get used to it back when I started, but I got there in the end and thankfully didn’t lose the knack in my long break from it, haha.
Lots of lovely things here! Time with rabbits sounds amazing, but in my house I fear Badger would just want to chase them
Haha, yeah, I don’t think they’d get along with Badger, sadly.
A big yes to cycling and bubble baths and new books!
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Any day can be made pretty much perfect with all of those, in my opinion!
I just recently got back into crochet! I made myself a spiderweb top for a halloween party last week, and it was a hit ^.^ I just love all the different things you can do for it. Makes my brain hum in happiness.
And aww so lucky you get to work around your rabbits!! I’m fortunate too that I get to work from home with my dog and kitties <3 Truly lucky
Ah, cool! Crochet is a lot of fun. I started doing it again comparatively recently, had no time when I was also studying!
What do you make the most of? Wearables, amigurumi, blankets, etc?
Amigurumi and blankets, really. You can see my current project in last month’s wrapup!
OOOOOH MY GOSH. I am in awe. That is so amazing!! I’ve always wanted to do a tapestry blanket like that, but I’m so intimidated by it. Is it hard or just time-consuming? Or both haha
It’s not actually tapestry crochet! It’s mosaic overlay, and it’s really easy. Time-consuming, but there’s only two stitches!
Oh snap. This may need to be my new hyperfixation project then
Are you following a pattern?
Sort of! I used this design as the starting point, and some of the sections are directly from that, but a lot of it is out of my head now.
Amazing!! Thanks for the pattern 🙂 I’m so excited, I’ll have to start that as soon as I finish making rave outfits for me and my friends for the end of this November ^.^
Enjoy! I love it. And the outfits sound fun!
I do agree that having a solid chunk of reading time brings a lot of joy to this crowd (and me specifically). I long for a soak with a book but my tub is terrible and impossible to soak in so I haven’t done that in years! Mmm cheese !and omg this is the second time i see someone mention Dressmaker, I need to try it out! I wish you so many of these things that make you happy soon!
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Aww, boo for the tub being bad for soaking! One day I’ll own a house and get the perfect tub installed somehow, ahaha.
I love Dressmaker, it’s a very fun game.
Everything sounds fantastic!
Now here’s hoping for a day like that!
Ah, so many happy things to do. We all need those to look forward to.
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Definitely.
There have to be mice in my house, given how much cheese we go through. There are 3 of us, and we go through 1- 2 450 g bars of cheese a week. Sometimes it’s even more. Oh, wait, we’re the mice. LOL! That said, cheese is a part of at least 1 meal a day.
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Hahahaha, yeah. I love cheese a lot too (though I had my gallbladder out, so I can’t have as much of it as I’d like).
Yes to cheese and yes to chorizo! 😀
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Great post! I love your perfect day!
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I’ve really been enjoying Dressmaker lately! Though sometimes I wonder if I’m putting too much effort into getting perfect quality…
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I’m a perfectionist, soooo… the only time I don’t try to get it perfect is if I deliberately cut things cross-grained in order to make use of a gradient/pattern.
You have rabbits!!! I love rabbits so much. And those dresses are so cute too. I had a look-see around their site and the dress with foxes is adorable. I might need it.
Yup, Eclair and Biscuit!
The dresses are a lot of fun.
Plenty of time to read is always the sign of a good day! I hope you manage to get back to Wales soon, I always love going there on holiday.
Maybe in the next couple of years I’ll be living there again… here’s hoping.
Lots of leisure is a blessing.
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Always!
Swap rabbits for cat and I’m all-in on your top 5! 🙂
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Haha, cats are fun too!