First things first, I ran into an adorable little puppy gang on my way to the main road this morning. We live on a gravel road, and there’s a train track that crosses the road at one point. I was making my way down the road, as normal, slowing down for the train tracks, when I…
Category: Things That Make Me Happy
Back to School: Weekend Show and Tell
Okay, so I’m not technically going back to school this year. It’s been a few years since I bought my favorite notebooks and pens before heading off to new classes. I love school supplies though. Love. And I love the feeling of a new school year. It was always bright and hopeful and exciting on…
Not Quite to the After
This is what our bedroom looked like this morning, and it’s what our bedroom still looked like until 3 PM, actually. Now at 7:30, there’s a fresh coat of paint on the walls, and I couldn’t be more excited. I have to wait a few hours before I get down to the business of the…
Online Shopping: Rolly Cart
I might have gone online to check out how expensive an extra bookcase would be. Not that we’re in the market, just out of idle curiosity. And I saw how many books don’t fit on our current shelves in the brutal light of day, and idle curiosity didn’t seem quite so idle. And you know…
The Book Boxes
Today was book unpacking day. I admitted defeat with three or four boxes left, which seemed inevitable since we moved from a 5-bookshelf home to a 3-bookshelf home. Our new house has more of just about everything, but definitely no built-in bookshelves. We’ll have to improvise. I couldn’t believe what a difference it made in…
This I Know
My husband loves me. He brought me a chocolate and sprinkle-covered donut from work. Thanks, husband! The sprinkles might not taste like much, but they’re happy and bright. They’re a little piece of spring, and they make me smile.
Home Withdrawal Antidote
As you might expect, working 40 hours this week kept me busier than working on random projects from home for the past few months. Not that I wasn’t busy, and not that I didn’t work. (Like those double negatives?) I just had a bunch of flexible time and very very happy feet. My feet didn’t…
Small, but valuable. 