I appreciate:

• Having a job that is flexible enough to allow me to help out my family in a crunch.
• How much better the yard looks after just an hour with all of us working on it.
• Getting mulch down on the front gardens, at last. (See we got to it before it snowed….)

I appreciate:

• The sweet sounds and sights of an early morning walk (I’m not usually even awake at that time!). So many birds chattering, so many gorgeous flowers blooming.
• Our clematis, which I wasn’t sure would come back this year. Good job, plant!

• Meeting with Sara today! I love spending time with the talented, amazing, hilarious people in my life. #gratefulgirl

I appreciate:

• Getting to spend a little time with Ellis this morning! What a Delaneyful time I’ve had lately. 🙂 I love it!
• Getting done with work before 8:30 pm. Ha – I guess it’s all about perspective, right?
• Seeing Katie’s (and all the other wonderful students’) showcases tonight. Really great job, y’all!
• The 402 class gift to Michael Ritchie! OMG, you people. I laughed and laughed and laughed!

• Such a fun show with my friends last night! Thanks, Danny, Michael, & Nick. That was a blast!
• Getting to spend some time with Ruby this morning. What a wonderful way to start the week!
• Flat rate priority mail bubble mailers. They make parts of my life so easy!

• A quiet, clean house. Peaceful way to spend solstice.
• Getting to play with Danny, Nick, and Michael one last time! C’mon out to see Swimming Pool and the other amazing groups tonight!
• Finding the photo of this cool-looking flower I saw the other day.

• Fun conversations, games, and hanging out with friends last night!
• Finally getting a frame for the O’Keeffe print Katie gave me in December….

• New arrangements of art on the walls!

• Coffee time with Terri this morning! I am so excited! It has been months and months and months since we’ve scheduled something like this. Feels like an incredible treat!
• Starting a new book by a beloved author. How is it that I’d never read Northanger Abbey before??
• Amy and Pat and the myriad of amazing friends I’ve made through improv. Our little round of FB silliness this morning made for such a fun start to my day!

• The amazing thunderstorm last night and this morning. So dramatic.
• The pile of solar-powered traffic road block thingies on the side of the road near my house that flash for hours after the sun goes down.
• 7 errands in 3 hours (including one appointment) — feels like some kind of superhuman feat.

• The treasures I found when I cleaned out my closet today, including a missing sock, and the music box my dad brought to my mom at the hospital when I was born, and one of the bells that decorated the little Christmas tree he brought for her.
• Spending time with Sarah. What a fun night seeing The School For Girls Music and Highly Theatrical Comedy Revue. Oh, what a really lovely evening!
• The weirdness of Teddy, who is sitting here talking in really goofy old timer-y Minnesota accent and just said to me, “Well, you know life….it just throws some curve balls at you.”

• The new flowers that are blooming now. I love the ever-changingness of our plant life.
• My weirdo wackadoodle cats, playing in the most absurd-looking ways. The both make me giggle and giggle.
• Giggling.