On the first month anniversary of the first day of retirement...

Posting after midnight, but yesterday WAS the first month anniversary of the first day of my retirement, and THIS is a [somewhat loose] commitment to make a daily post to document what often seems like very little progress, despite a busy day.

Not a lot of crafty progress yesterday, but a full day nevertheless.  Breakfast with my younger daughter, and a visit with my Edward Jones advisor to begin the process of moving my retirement funds from my former employer's 401K.

In between errands, I began the BIG project of refreshing my natural hickory cabinets with a coat of mineral oil.  It's been 9 or 10 years since our remodel, and the cabinetry was begining to look a bit thirsty.

Before & After

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I've decided that my arms and shoulders are not “up to” more than four hours of a hand-rubbed finish at a time.  Hope to finish the rest before the Easter gathering on Sunday.        

A bit of progress on Amy Mitten's Tour Van Holland this evening - the eyelet stitches for the letters H, I, K and part of L in the third alphabet:

Just a couple of rows on my spring-y socks, knitted from my own hand-painted sock blank, while waiting for my appointment this afternoon:

  

Lastly,  24 hours in the making, a couple of loaves of "fermented" sourdough bread.  Can't wait to dig in and see if these have a bit more acetic flavor than the first loaves I tried a couple of weeks ago.