• Good food, good company, and a lemonade drink called “Puff the Magic Dragon” – what a fun evening! 
• Random words of kindness. Wow, I gotta remember how powerful they are. I got 2 separate doses this morning and am feeling so loved and wonderful. Hmmmm. Might be time to start a new project… 
• Sunshine to start the weekend. Oh, how I love the green leafy buds shimmering in the light!

• BeezKneez local honey for helping reduce my allergies and for being just plain delicious! 
• Books. 
• Mugs I’ve gotten when traveling. How nice to drink my coffee and remember wonderful trips I’ve taken!

I appreciate:

• The bright moon behind the clouds as I drove home from class last night. So pretty. 
• How quiet the streets seem at midnight on a week night. 
• Cozy blankets to keep me warm on a cold winter’s, er, spring’s night.

I appreciate:

• Seeing new flowers every day on my walks. 

• The little yellow finch (I think that’s what it was) that flew and hopped along with us on our way home this morning. 
• Cats going crazy watching all the birds.

• My funny bone, which is so easily tickled. 
• The juxtaposition of the last two books given to me, both of which I love. 

• Mountains – seeing ’em, climbing ’em, moving ’em.

I appreciate:

• Walking in the rain. 
• The fresh green smell, the sound of birds singing and rain on the budding leaves, the green newness everywhere. 
• The amazingly supportive people in my life.

• My mom. She is the best mama a girl could hope for. I am unbelievably lucky. 
• The shoes of glory! 
• The joy of discovery in improv (see previous appreciation). 
• Playing in Happily Ever After at IAGG tonight with Sarah! It is going to be SO MUCH FUN!! (Yes, the all-in-caps AND double exclamation point kind of fun!)

I appreciate:

• Getting to spend time with Sara and Niko today. How lovely! 
• Sarah for explaining the human sleep-wake cycle to me. It is good to have helpful and knowledgeable friends. 
• Discovering so many more flowers in bloom today!

• Libraries and all the wonderful memories they evoke: Getting my first library card, going to Southdale library on Saturdays with my dad and coming home with an armful of books, taking my kids to Washburn library to gaze at the mural on the ceiling and choose their armfuls of books…. Good stuff. 
• Pam’s daily appreciations. They are so thoughtful and funny and beautiful. Oh – just like Pam!! 
• Water filters.

I appreciate:

• Having so much fun at (and after) JimmyD’s class last night. 
• Lightning and thunder and good drenching rains. 
• Swingy skirts that feel like summer.