Day 95 of  #tracywearswool, and I’m staying alive!!

It is quite interesting… I seem to be having more fun — more of a life — than in any other part of my life.  I guess I was too busy having babies,  raising them up, being married, and working hard to get ahead, that I lost track of having fun.  Sure, when the kids were little, and i was a stay at home mom… we had tons of fun.

But now, it is different. I h ave only myself to answer to… and I get to pick who I want to be. Artist, entrepreneur, activist, compassionate communicator, musician, gardener, knitter, dancer — these are things that I can choose.  And theses aren’t the only ones.  I am sure there are things that I want to become that I haven’t even thought of… yet.

It’s all about staying alive.

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

A bit of a rainy day at the coast.  Tomorrow I will be heading back to Portland to check on the garden boxes. The garden up here is coming along, sunflowers growing taller everyday, and nasturtiums poping up everywhere.  And the deer haven’t found the primroses!

I just want to take a moment and thatnk the folks from Wool& for putting this challenge together.  And also, thank you for bringing us such thoughtfully made, and fabulously styled clothing.  It has been a pleasure!

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

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 Day 94 of  #tracywearswool, and here comes the rain again!

And from what I understand, it might start raining tonight… through the end of my challenge.  I may have to find and ultracool site, and an untracool outfit, for my 100th day.

It is amazing to me that I have worn a dress everyday for the last 98 days.  And … it has been the same dress.  I can say that I have gotten the value out of this one.

More amazing, I have a new Wool dress for after the challenge — a sleeveless gray number.  And I will be ordering my reward dress, so that will give me 3… How long do you thik I can go, if I rotate dresses??

It also means that I have blogged everyday for the last 94 days! Mostly about the dressm but also about knitting and Appalachian flatfooting and clogging.  I will continue the #tracywearswool posts, but probably oly once a week, so that I have more time for my next blog subject…..

But you will have to wait on that one — and tune in on day 101!

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

A gorgeous day at the coast.  And back in Portland, there are planter boxes just waiting for me to come plant them!!

But the clematis is starting to climb up the poles, and the deer haven’t gotten to the primroses.  

And Boo Boo the black bear hasn’t been around for a few days, digging in the trashcans.

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 Day 93 of  #tracywearswool, and the final countdown week. Yeehaa!

It seems to be that the t-shirt over the dress has become my uniform of sorts.  Kinda looks like a skirt.  And shortens it a bit.  I feel like it is more efficient, in a way, not so much fabric as wearing it loose.  And… super comfortable.

I have a confession to make.  I found another swing dress — 100% cotton– that I have been wearing with cotton leggings at a nightgown. Because I can jump out of bed and lounge around in it until I take my shower and get dressed in my challenge dress.  Eventually, I might just get another Rowena for sleeping!

Down to the bottom ribbing of Sweater #4: Love Note for Sarah — It’s part of my 12 sweaters in 2021 challenge. I just have to pick up and knit the sleeves, and put in a neck ribbing — the gold yarn is a provisional cast on and will go away.

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

Just getting things wrapped up before I head to the coast!  I made a little movie with my photos today:

Wool socks, and my Keen Kaci Slides.

Ready to take on the day.

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 Day 92 of  #tracywearswool, and apparently, I can’t count.

There a couple of Wool&ers who started on the same day as I did — Innnaguration Day, January 20th.  And somehow I missed a post 2 or 3 days back… so this is it.  I dug the photos off the cloud… and originally, I was going to say something about how I wasn’t happy with the photos, and I goofed up… and blah, blah, blah.  All the negative junk that rolls around in our heads and tells us we aren’t the perfect creatures that we are.

But then I thought, screw it.  We all make mistakes now and then, so let’s be kind to ourselves.  Be happy with the result, no matter what.  Because, it is the process, not the result that is important.

So day 92 is a little out of order, but I don’t care.  I would rather sit in the garden and count the flowers….

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

This was somewhere in the hectic move between the Washington Coast, and arriving in Portland….. not sure exactly … but here goes!!

As Usual, Rainey is photobombing!

And I have on my favorite Keen Sandals.

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Day 91 of  #tracywearswool, and hey! Where did the time go??

This challenge, for me, has been a giant experiment in trying new things.  It didn’t start out that way but has slowly evolved into an exercise in creativity.  I look at my clothes in a new way… and am starting to do clothes combining.

It is sort of like eating.  Some people eat serially — first the meat, then the potatoes, then the green beans.  And there are some people who eat of bite of one, then a bite of the other, and so forth.  Thirdly, there are the people who stack the fork.  I am falling into the third category, but with clothes.

So I look at what I have, and think ” should the shirt go over, or under the dress, should I add a vest, leggings, or a sweater… and in what order?” And I have been having fun, dressing in ways that suit my creative instinct, instead of what is the most flattering.

Best of all, I get to see what others in the group are doing, and it is a great source of inspiration.

Today, I couldn’t decide if the skirt should go under or over, so I played around with both.  You can decide!

Day 91 of #tracywearswool photobomber: RAINEY.  She’s got her own page, but she keeps photobombing on mine!  RAINEY’S STORY HERE!

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

It is a gloriously sunny day here in Portland Oregon, but I hear we have rain on the way.  Our garden beds are almost complete — I’ll post photos tomorrow.   I started doing a program called Miracle Morning... based on a book by Hal Elrod, and have been loving having a structured morning ritual.  I actually wake up before  5:30 am alarm rings –just to get started. More about  MIRACLE MORNING on my LINKS PAGE!

Rainey Dog doing her usual photobombing.

She wears diapers because she has Spina Bifida, which makes her very mobile, but fully incontinent.  And she is a total lovebug!

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Day 90 of  #tracywearswool, and actually no need to send in the clowns… because they are already here!

Today I met up with Carolyn, and we had a great time!! I met her through another wool peep — who commented on my post — you have to meet my friend Carolyn.  Anyway, we hit it off, and she decided to join the challenge!!

I ordered her a Fugetek tripod  —like the one I use. Seriously, the best $20 investment for taking selfies!! And today, we met up on Hawthorn Street in Portland, to eat and do the hand-off. (For the most part, we wore masks, and just removed them to eat and take photos!)

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

Thai food lunch on Hawthorn, because the Greek coffee place in the double-decker bus was closed.  Lots of giggles, and great fun.  And a little clowning around. Check out the great tiara and wonderful shirt Carolyn is lending me for my 100th day photo!!

We ordered from the food cart, and sat outside under the covered patio.  

And… there is parking!!  Bonus!!  Carolyn had the Pad Thai and Thai Ice Coffee and was pretty happy.

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

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