tracywearswool day 63 out of 100 — just loving my Woolamina

I never thought I would love her this month.  I was skeptical in the beginning… I mostly wore pants… 95% of the time… and she was, well, a dress. But all relationships require compromise — so I have gotten to be a “dress” person, and she doesn’t care what I wear with her.  And the nice thing about the iron-gray Rowena — everything goes with it.  So, for us, it works marvelously.

I am starting to become a makeup and hair person. That is definitely new — and I like to think an improvement.  I don’t necessarily want to look all made up…. but maybe not look older than I am.  That works for me!

But I still reserve the right to have messy hair and hiking boots with my dress! Just I case I do want to go down on the corner!

I am kind of excited about getting my reward dress — going for sleeveless for the summer.

And not surprising — some of us are a LOT alike.  Nice when that happens. Finding a group of people you connect with.  This is so much more than 100 days.

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 was a rainy day in Portland, And I hung around the house, inside, dancing, and writing, and playing music in an online jam in the evening.

See more of my Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging journey HERE!

Other MUST-HAVES for jamming, are the

BEST TUNER

FAVORITE NO_DROP PICKS

1 HAND CAPO

RETRO HIPPY GUITAR STRAP

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tracywearswool day 62 out of 100 — I’m definitely hooked on a feeling — and it is not just the super fine merino wool!

It’s a liberating feeling — not having to worry about what to wear, not have to worry about doing all sorts of laundry, and a feeling of general satisfaction that I am doing something good for the earth.

It’s also a feeling of friendship, as I link arms with women from across the globe, all on the same mission.  Although we are from different countries, different backgrounds and have different reasons for participating in the challenge, I am finding this to be true:

And not surprising — some of us are a LOT alike.  Nice when that happens. Finding a group of people you connect with.  This is so much more than 100 days.

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:

Off to Portland, where I danced in the Fred Meyer store. Just because I could.

See more of my Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging journey HERE!

Although I love the weather of the Pacific Northwest, there are times when I would like a little more sun, and a little less cold.

It’ll be here soon enough, though, and I will be sporting my new wool dress — I have decided on the Sierra in Canyon Red!

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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#tracywearswool day 61 out of 100 — and spring means it is time to get out in the garden! Yahoo!!

I love growing things.  I don’t know how many different gardens I have had.  Practically one at every house.  Some flower gardens, some with vegetables… but the best were the ones with both.  Sometimes, I only had container gardens, or hydroponic gardens, or cactus gardens.  But I always had something growing. Even at the beach, I have a couple of flower beds, and an herb garden.  And in Portland, we are undertaking a huge project.  The front yard… all grass… is becoming a huge veggie, flower, and herb garden, complete with giant sunflowers, and lots of tomatoes.  I can’t wait. Nice thing is, we are putting a drip watering system, so I won’t have to be there every day to water in the summer.

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:

Rain… so I’ll be inside most of it.  But there is dance practice, and videos to make, and photos to take and some knitting.  The usual stuff.  Plus, practice for upcoming uke jam.

See more of my Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging journey HERE!

This is the clubhouse. It is where i video my dance sequences for my dance page.  And sometimes, I do my photos in here, especially if it is rainy and windy outside.  

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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#tracywearswool day 60 out of 100 — and I can’t believe all the ch-ch-ch changes so far

For one thing… I would never in a million years think of wearing 2 dresses at once.  Or … knotting a dress to hitch it up.  Or, wear them with leggings and Frye boots.  And certainly, not all three together. (Ok… maybe the  Frye boots part… but that’s the only plausible one…)

But, thanks to my new peeps at the #100daydresschallenge Facebook Group, I changed my ways.  But heck… I wore a dress more in the last 60 days than the last 3 or 4 years combined. I started wearing makeup every day.  And jewelry.

And there have been other changes too! For one thing, in the last 60 days,  I cut off about 2 feet of hair and lost 15 lbs. I took up Appalachian Flatfooting and Clogging.  I learned how to play the bodrhan. I reevaluated my relationship with my possessions — mainly clothes — and purged and donated a lot. I started some personal challenges, like knitting 12 sweaters in 12 months, and a podcast of the entire Bible in 365 days.  And I blogged every day (daily for the dress challenge, weekly for that dance challenge, and monthly for the sweater challenge.)

But best of all… along the way, I met a lot of really interesting people, with really interesting stories.

Of course… there are still some folks that think the “cheese has slid off the cracker”, but I don’t care… I’m still wearing the boots with my dress!  That way, I can do my clogging practice on the linoleum floors pushing my cart up and down the supermarket aisles.

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:

Gorgeous day at the beach.  But still pretty darn cold.  I had my dance class… so much fun.  

Wore my new Frye boots , and then just left them on for the rest of the day… super comfy.  Other than that,  podcast, and some knitting, and playing with the dogs.

See more of my Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging journey HERE!

Boots are by FRYE, but I got them off EBAY. They are technically mens… which means they have a thicker sole… and make better noise for clogging!

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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#tracywearswool I can’t believe that it is day 59!! And I have that song in my head: good day sunshine…

Do you ever get a song stuck in your head, and it keeps popping up all day?  I do, almost every day.  It is one of the ways I title my blog posts. 

More often than not, someone will say something… these days, I am more likely to hear it on the radio!  And it triggers a song… which then plays over and over again.  Believe it or not, they have a name for that!

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:

Rain and lots of wind her at the beach.  Gale warning, in fact.  I’ll be spending most of my time inside.

I did wear my new Frye boots and practiced my shuffles and chugs, and all sorts of bits and bobs.  I’ll be doing my videos for that on Sunday, so I better get some more practice in!  I don’t know what I am going to do when this is over, I have been having so much fun learning!

See more of my Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging journey HERE!

Desert sand-colored long sleeve t-shirt added an additional layer. 

This challenge has definitely changed the way I dress.  And It has been a lot of fun.  It is day 59, and I have still not worn the same outfit twice!

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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#tracywearswool and singing in the rain!

Which is easy to do in the Pacific Northwest!  But really, any reason is a good reason to sing.

In 2017, I had spine surgery on my neck. I went in as an alto in a church choir.  When I woke up… I sound like a middle-aged, alcoholic chain-smoking man… with a 4 note range. Seriously.  Not only was my range limited, so was my volume… i had no voice when I went to call my dog… nothing… not noise at all. And totally unpredictable. I never knew what was going to come out of my mouth

It slowly got a bit better. But it would never be the same. Apparently, there was nerve damage to my vocal cords. One side was paralyzed.

But I decided to look at is as a new voice, not a broken voice. And.. there is always the blues, and more Bonnie Raitt and Bob Dylan, and Tom Waits.  And I started playing the Ukulele with a group that met the same day my Choir was meeting.  And that led to picking up the guitar again… and then drumming. And starting singing classes. And I  have grown so much vocally, with my new voice.

And as I worked on it… it has become so much better than it ever was before.  And I have a wicked “break”… which is pretty fun!

So this was actually the best thing that happened to me vocally. Funny how that worked out!!

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’s a beautiful day in Portland! Doing a little singing and dancing… as it rains outside before I head to the beach.

I did get a new pair of Frye boots to try out for dancing…. here is me trying them out in the bathroom!

See more of my Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging journey HERE!

Gray Leggings, of course, and my fabulously comfortable wool socks and new Frye boots.  

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!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

Did I mention my Appalachain Flatfooting and Clogging Challenge?? Check it out:

JOIN ME ON TWITTER!