Appreciations 4.270 – backyard bliss

Miss Luna Purrsalot. So cuddly today! Every time I sat down, she jumped into my lap to say hello and purr and purr and purr. What a sweet little kitty!

Another exquisite day. I enjoy this weather so much!

Working with Mckenzie to complete our bundle-all-the-branches-from-the-past-6-years project. So much work, but so satisfying! 8 bundles of sticks and branches and 3 big bags of weeds and roots (mostly that one darn vine!!). SO happy to have that massive pile of branches gone. Next we’ll put actual plants into that spot! Maybe this will be the year we actually create a backyard we want to spend time in!

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The surprising level of excitement Mckenzie and I are enjoying about being able to compost so many things, and our fun new habit of crying “Compost!” when we add something to the compost bin under the sink. 🙂

Toby’s enjoyment of his new fountain. Catertainment at its best. 😀 Thanks for recommending this brand of cat items, Janet!

Wonderful, thunderful mornings…and clients who like to play with language as much as I do!

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Minnesota springtime. What a wonderfully interesting season with temperatures jumping all over the place, cloudy days followed by sunshine, rainy days followed by snow.

Enough energy to get the kitchen cleaned up today. I love my sunny clean kitchen — especially with that new backsplash. What a difference it makes!

Purring Luna. What a sweetheart.

Appreciations 4.215 – Home, sweet home

Sleeping in my own bed – no IVs, no oxygen tubes, no BP cuff, nobody waking me up to draw blood at 3 am. Woohoo! I mean, I am totally grateful they had all those hoses and medications and that they did all the tests….I just don’t miss it. 😉

IMG_41673 am snuggles with Luna kitty. She seems to be glad I’m home. ❤ I’m glad, too! 😀

Sweet little visit with Alison, who brought grilled veggies and fruit salad to round out the week’s meals. So nice to catch up with my funny friend!! 🙂

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Springtime (fine – early pre-springtime!) Luna. She makes a whole new set of sounds this time of year. I wouldn’t know that, except that last year’s appreciation for this day mentions it — and she just started up again a couple days ago. Fascinating!

Heating pads. So helpful after a night during which I’ve slept in a goofy position and when I wake up my back is like, “Dude, WTH?”  Yes, my back calls me dude. 😛

Apples and avocados. Not together, necessarily. Just more things that are delicious to eat raw.

Appreciations 4.199 – snuggles, giggles, and smiles

Luna snuggleSnuggly, purring, beautiful Lunabelle. What a sweet girl!

Nice little chat with Pat today. I learned that I’m his favorite ex-wife. Hahaha! 😀

Picking up my prescription today and witnessing another act of kindness!  The woman checking out didn’t have quite enough cash to cover her medication and right away the woman behind her in line pulled out her wallet and handed her the money she needed. I love seeing us being wonderful to each other. 💗

Appreciations 4.180 – versions of me

Rainbow heartI love this surprisingly productive version of me who’s been showing up the past couple days. She somehow managed today to sort and file ALL the papers. And I really mean ALL of them. Want to know where birth certificates are? How about LLC Articles of Organization? Furnace installation paperwork? Car repair records? Yup. I can find ’em. After months and months of untangling and merging files (turns out one of the hardest things about divorce is the paperwork…) :P, I now know where everything is! Not only that, this fascinating creature also made all the calls that had been put off AND got regular work done. Who IS this person?! 😉

I love the kitties who purred and pounced and played with me while all this was going on. 😀

I also loved listening to the birds singing this morning. How spring-y sounding!

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.

Appreciations 4.168 – after the kerfuffle

peaceful kittiesThe kitties settling back down into their more or less peaceful coexistence. After the kerfuffle this past weekend, they were very hissy and growly for a bit, but now they seem to be over it. Whatever it was!

The word kerfuffle. I mean really. Kerfuffle!

goofy to do list.JPGMy solution to a feeling a little overwhelmed? Draw some shapes on a note card and make a little 2-day list it. It’s hard to be overwhelmed by a list with colorful friendly shapes on it. 😉

Appreciations 4.138 – music and more

Pandora. I can always find some new instrumental music to listen to while I work (if I listen to songs with words, I get too distracted!) What a nice service.

Ellis’ new album, The Guest House. It is her best album yet. What an amazing album. It is beautiful, fun, inviting and on all levels gorgeous! It goes on sale in Feb, but you can still pre-order it. I highly advise it. 😀

Kitty cuddles at the end of a long day. Thank you, my feline friends.