Appreciations Year 4

DianaK

Appreciations 4.179 – a lesson of listening

Got a humongous number of pesky taskies done! A satisfying and surprising day that way since I woke up headach-y and tired. Instead of plowing ahead like I’d usually do, I spent an extra hour or so resting after breakfast…and somehow ended up with enough juice to get more done than I do on most days. Hmmmm. Good lesson!

fairy funMore fairy fun – responding to another note from our little neighbor. 😉

Late dinner (soup – batch #4. I believe I’ve got the hang of this now!) and early bedtime next. A very satisfying day!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.176 – warmth

Sweaters, slippers, space heaters, and extra blankets. I’m so glad to have lots of ways to keep warm, well, warm-ish 😉 while waiting for the furnace fixer person to appear.

Funny Toby made his own cozy home this morning.  Then, after I made the bed (this afternoon!), he gave me the cold shoulder. Looks like all is forgiven, though.

Cats who hamper my ability to work, but are cuddly and purry and warm.

DianaK

Appreciations 4.175 – magic warmth

Nice visit with my folks today! Got to figure out the staging plan for Women of a Certain Height improv show next week, fixed up Mom’s iPad and FB issues, got some computer stuff done, and had a nice visit. Plus I came home with gluten-free goodies from Mom. 😀

Things magically fixing themselves — at least temporarily. When I got home, the house was freezing (60º), but when I cranked up the heat, we only got cool air. By the time (about 30 minutes later) I called to schedule someone to come out, the furnace decided to start blowing warm air again. Thank you, furnace. Nice to have a warm-ish house (it’s up to 64º now!) for sleeping tonight. Makes me really appreciate all the cold days when the furnace works so well I don’t even have to think about it.

The fun of listening to Earthtones tracks from 2002 (I wanted to add some music to our website). I was so happy – and so scared – that first year! 🙂

DianaK

Appreciations 4.173 – snow fish!

Another wonderful vet visit at Uptown Vet. Poor Toby is such an anxious cat, but everyone there was very sweet and gentle with him! I even got some ideas on how to help him become a less anxious kitty. 🙂

IMG_3975Patches of snow that look like fish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

snow-fish-on-waves

Photoshop fun – flying snow fish!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.172 – fuzzy

fuzzyYesterday was a fuzzy day after my late night, but I was left with enough energy to get so many taskies done. Got the house tidied up, laundry and dishes done, groceries bought. All before the chilly chilliness came back. Today I only have to leave the house to take TobyCat to the vet. The rest of the day will be cozy at-home working. I like it!

Working for clients who are beautiful, bright people, making the world a friendlier, more fun, more interesting, more loving place with the work they do. How wonderful that I get to look forward to my Monday mornings. 🙂

A peek of sunshine to brighten the afternoon.

DianaK

Appreciations 4.171 – the concert

WheeIt’s a little hard to find words to adequately describe Ellis‘ CD release concert last night. 💗💗💗 The open-hearted joy passing back and forth between Ellis and the audience was palpable. Her unbelievably beautiful music, with her strong, clear, gorgeous voice, perfectly balanced accompaniment, and soul-stirring lyrics bewitched us and transported us to some new level of joyful in-the-moment living. What a treat to watch her and Rad playing together and having so much fun as they created a new kind of magic. Every song was amazing in its own way and Ellis’ stories made us laugh and cry and whoop and holler with glee. And OMG the Desdemona-Ellis-Nina Simone folk rap mashup! O. M. G. No words – you just had to be there. 😀 The night was made even better for me, by getting to share it with people I adore! So many fun moments of shared joy and love. 💗 It was an incredible night and I am profoundly grateful for having been part of it.

Sunshiny Sundays.

Naps. 😉