Appreciations 4.282 – surreal night, sunny day

All the many, many nights when I get to sleep before 6:30 am (and therefore get more than 2 1/2 hours of sleep)! What a surreal, strange night. It was nice to get some cleaning done during the middle of the night… and wake up having already logged more than 2,000 steps for the day. Hahaha!

Are You Sure?Today’s mindfulness reminder sign. It will be fun to play with this question and see how that affects things.

Lovely visit this morning with Sarah and Ida. Our first walk up to the farmer’s market for the season, and then chatting with neighbors and introducing them to the Duncan girls on our way home.

Another nice visit with my folks and Jeni and Jeff. We (and by we, I mean my dad and Jeff. I am too short for this project.) fixed my outside light and the guys also talked logistics of repairing (and by repairing, I mean rebuilding) my side steps. I’ll help with the labor, but I’ll leave the planning up to the engineering experts. 🙂

Okay, this one was from last year’s appreciations for today, but I am super appreciating it again! How fun in the first place, and how fun to remember it today: The guy directing traffic in the liquor store parking lot who was dressed up in pantaloons and a plumed hat, and did awesome fancy-dancy moves to direct the cars. ❤

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Easter basketYou guys! The Easter Bunny brought me an Easter basket. I had to hunt for it! 😀

This video, which Katie shared with me on 3/27 last year. It still makes me giggle.

Looking forward to coloring eggs with the kids today. We always have so much fun!

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No Soliciting Spring 2016My newest “No Soliciting” sign. I do love to draw and color and make friendly signs. 🙂

Deeply delightful visit with Sarah and Ida this morning. What a gorgeous morning for a walk! So so so great to reconnect with kindred spirits. 😀

Truly entertaining evening with Terri seeing Legally Blond at Washburn HS. So much fun on so many levels!

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IMG_4049Benadryl for those times when it’s 1:30 am and I’m dead tired….but somehow still awake!

Waking up to sunny skies. I know my appreciations include sunshine all the time, but it’s only because I appreciate sunshine all the time. 😀

Looking forward to an exciting day of tax prep before my meeting this afternoon. First time I have my ducks in a row before April in at least a decade. So exciting! 😉

Starry doodles for no reason.

Appreciations 4.186- fun, friendly folks, and foresight

thank youI love having reasons to make new cards! Fun fun fun.

The friendly folks I’ve been talking to for the last month at MN Care. Eventually we’ll get my file untangled and I’ll have insurance again…Meanwhile, they are always so pleasant to talk with and we generally find something to laugh about while we chat. 🙂

The clever me who had the foresight to make the stock yesterday so I could easily finish up some warming, lovely soup today. And now to bed – before 8 pm. I must need the rest! 😉

Appreciations 4.185 – more giggles and grins

Wonderful visit with Pam this afternoon. Even though we were both on the verge of claiming the day for down time, we remembered that we get energy from spending time together. Yay, us! I love how wide ranging our conversations are – always interesting, enlightening, and full of laughs. 😀 3D coloring book

The amazing present Pam gave me – a coloring book full of geometric patterns and squiggly shapes like the ones I like to draw…. and it comes with 3D glasses!!! So. Much. Fun!

Looking back on a truly sweet weekend… so many good RubyCuddles and games and conversations and playtime with my amazing friends.lucky star Ohhhh – I guess I should thank my lucky star… like this one Pam made for me today! (It’s about as big a dime… but puffy!!) Heh. 🙂

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 4.157 – luxury

Upside-DownLuxurious morning! Woke up at 5:30 and did Qi Gong. I love how it feels in the moment and I’m so excited to see what the long term effects will be when I’ve been doing it for awhile. Snuggled back under the covers, savoring thoughts of my sweet Saturday and pondering possibilities for today.

Got up and drew and wrote and colored while sipping delicious coffee. I love quiet time like this, with no time pressure, no deadlines or meetings or schedules to consider.

IMG_3903New rainbow piano socks from Pam. I love love love them! 😀

The openness of today. It’s been a long while since I’ve had a whole unscheduled day. I wonder what I’ll do!