I appreciate:

• Pam, for appreciating me today. That was a fun thing to read this morning!
• Sarah, for being willing to brave the cold and come hang out with me. What a wonderful morning!!
• Gluten-free muffin mix spruced up with apples, pecans, and cinnamon. Yummers. See, I AM a baker!

I appreciate:

• My laptop. I use it (well, it plus the internets) for everything from work to planning to connecting with friends. What an amazingly useful and wonderful tool! Plus it’s silver and shiny.
• My phone, which I dropped on the floor (really hard) and which, after a moment of blankness, kept right on working. Phew.
•  A “warm” day for doing errands.

I appreciate:

• Patrick, for coming to help me finish cleaning at HUGE when my back did a little spasm-y thing and got wonky.
• The kids, for doing all the carrying and picking things up while my back is wonky.
• Heating pad and stretches for helping un-wonkifiy my back.

I appreciate:

• Jammy-work-at-home days. This blustery winter makes them especially welcome.
• Tea in so many varieties – what a nice way to get through the day. Earl Grey in the morning and Tazo Passion in the afternoon.
• Stove, clean running water, heated house, warm clothes – all these things that help me to have my beautiful, cozy day.

I appreciate:

• Finding things! After losing an earring (one of my new favorites that I’ve been wearing every day) amidst hats and coats and scarves and such the other day, I was super excited to find it when I went out to the car in the morning!
• Hats and coats and scarves and such. Treacherous terrain for earrings, perhaps, but nice for keeping head and ears toasty.
• Sun sun sun sun sun. If we have to endure the cold, at least we get to see sunlight — and for more minutes each day, too!

I appreciate:

• Quiet admin day at work. I love the space to focus just on what’s in front of me without distractions.
• Snow light enough to be easily cleared off the car with the windshield wipers — no standing out in the cold!
• Pam, for a gadzillion reasons, but today because she’s taken the idea of an appreciation practice and elevated it to an art form. She goes well beyond making a list and takes gratitude to a whole new level.
• Me, for picking such cool friends.

I appreciate:

• Big soft fluffy snowflakes. Even when I’m tired of winter, I love the look of that white stuff drifting down.
• Hope springing up where it didn’t exist before – and the promise of better things.
• Familiar things, people, smiles, tastes, sounds. Comforting.

I appreciate:

• Perfect timing — even when running late. Sometimes it’s exactly what is needed.
• Getting 7 million Ruby hugs. THAT makes for a very good day.
• Quietness after a full day of delicious socializing.

I appreciate:

• A day filled with people I adore. I’m not sure how I got so lucky to know so many funny, bright, sweet, adorable people, but I sure do appreciate it!
• A really Sara(h)-rific weekend! I so loved getting to catch up with Sara and Sarah. Woohoo!
• Being Cursed! by friendships with amazing women. Really, really good to re-connect with my friends.

I appreciate:

• Mail carriers and UPS and FedEx workers – people that deliver stuff. I like getting mail and stuff!
• Getting to spend time with Debb and Cara and Donna tonight!
• Getting to spend more time with Debb and Cara and Donna – and even more family members – tomorrow.