Appreciations 4.70

Lovely meeting with the folks at my parents’ residence — looking forward to doing some fun shows out there!

Getting to spend the whole afternoon and evening with Katie! Feels like such a treat! ❤

book light 10:15My super clever book light solution – balancing my phone in my glasses case with the flashlight on. Genius, right?! 😛

Appreciations 4.69

mountain o sugargluten free fritter

The highly improbable amount of happiness I get from things like this powdered sugar mountain that happened when I sifted it. 😛

Gluten-free apple fritters. OMG I am so happy I found this recipe and now I am going to eat apple fritters every day forever and ever.

Being outside for the first few flakes of SNOW! I’ve been loving this long, luxurious autumn (and hope it continues for awhile longer), but there is something deliciously exciting about those first snowflakes. 😀

Appreciations 4.68

Zucchini.

Taking the extra 10 or 15 minutes to take the long way home…along the river. The vibrant leaves seemed to glow against the steely gray sky. I love the gorgeous views all around the cities. Every season seems to fill me with awe. And it makes for such nice drives!

Katie’s awesome owl-pumpkin, which inspired my awesome daily doodle. Which i just decided is a thing. 😉

Katie's pumpkin 2015 Owl pumpkin doodle

Appreciations 4.67

Apples.

Nice visit with my brother Jeff today. Still trying to get my mind around the fact that soon we will live in the same state – less than 15 minutes away from each other. What?!?

purple couchMy comfy comfy couch. There are days where it is just the thing. 😉

Adam’s sweet idea to ask people to post their favorite photo on his timeline for his birthday. So much fun for birthday wishers and wishee alike. Wishee? Sure. I’m gonna say that’s a word.

Appreciations 4.66

Resting when resting is needed.

Luna kittyPurring cats to aid in said resting.

Mustering enough energy to go out and pick up my prescription and being rewarded by seeing 2 cars next to each other in the parking lot with the same letters on them. Okay. Well, it was cooler than it sounds. 😉

Appreciations 4.65

A lovely, Delaney-ful day, nicely bookended by a morning visit and an evening concert. 😀

Sitting under the table coloring with Ruby (well, my job was primarily to make sure Katie and Cina didn’t see the work in progress…). 😉

Presents from RubyPink polka dot presents from Ruby!

A little time with the kids today. I sure am one lucky mama. ❤

Appreciations 4.64

Waking up grumpy and thinking, “Huh. That’s weird. I wonder why I’m grumpy. Oh, well. I’m sure I won’t be after a while.” Nice to know that moods are just moods and that there’s no real need to “fix” anything when new moods show up. 😉

Ooooooh what a downpour this morning. And now my lawn is covered in glistening, bright yellow elm leaves from my neighbor’s tree. How pretty!

rose quartz oct 2015Rose quartz. I have rocks of various kinds all over the house, but I especially love this big piece of rose quartz that sits on my desk and keeps me company while I work. 🙂

Appreciations 4.62

utility box art 3Living in a city with art everywhere. Everywhere! I love it. 🙂

Encountering friendly service people and clerks at every turn. I love engaging with people who are open and like to play along with my silliness. So fun to have a day full of bright encounters like that. 😀

Bonus Duncan day! Thank you for the really delicious dinner and the delightful company, Sarah & Ida. Oh, what a wonderful evening! ❤

Appreciations 4.61

Refining my consulting worksheets. I love when doing my work interesting, fun, and good for my clients — and for me! 😉

plants oct 2015My amazingly resilient philodendron & orchid. They just keep growing and growing.

Planning fun plans!

Joining the #100happydays movement… Okay, so I guess I’m at #1156happydays 😀

Appreciations 4.60

Amazingly mild weather. Is this really October? Wow!!

music oct 2015Singing with the Earthtones. The music is so interesting and rehearsals are so much fun!

Another lovely chat with David. I love my Mondays! 🙂