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DianaK

Appreciations 4.128

Snow! So pretty – and light enough that I could do the shoveling without needing too much rest afterward. I appreciate that even though my heart is pretty wonky, I’m still able to do most of the things I want and need to do. Don’t ask me to run up a bunch of stairs really fast, though. 😛

So fun to watch the livestream of Ellis performing on APHC today. She was amazing! 😀

Little kitty miracles… like both cats sleeping on me at the same time.

Little photographic miracles, like me managing to hold the phone far enough away to capture the little kitty miracles. 😉

Kitty socks!! Thanks, Debb! kitty socks

DianaK

Appreciations 4.127 – Christmas day

Beautiful day with the family. I am grateful that I enjoy my family so much. What a treat to get to see Debb, Tim, and Sawyer, too!

robot and mouse padMy new mouse pad and robot toy for the office! They will make working even MORE fun! Thanks, Katie, Cina, and Mckenzie! 🙂

After gifts and dinner, the kids and I went out to see Star Wars again. Haha! I so rarely go to movies… but this one is really good! 😉

DianaK

Appreciations 4.126 – Christmas eve

Meowy-Christmas-1One of those perfectly perfect days! Started this morning (after a good night’s sleep – hurray!) making more cards while Holiday Inn played on the tv in the background.

Then, after a day of projects and wrapping, I got to see the Best. Christmas Pageant. Ever. It was sweet and funny and inclusive and involved lots and lots of singing, and best of all, featured my favorite Ruby as one of the angels. 🙂 Beautiful! Surprise bonus: sitting behind Sara and Rochelle and getting a chance to reconnect with them. What a sweet treat!

Perfect end to the day: Seeing the new Star Wars movie with Mckenzie. It was awesome! Feeling pretty darn grateful about everything right now. 💗

DianaK

Appreciations 4.125 – Birthday!

holiday cardsWhat a wonderful birthday! I enjoyed a quiet morning working on holiday cards and then had an excellent brunch with Katie and Mckenzie. The food (gluten-free pancakes with pecans!) and coffee were delicious and the rain turned to snow while we enjoyed our meal. Magical. 🙂

Then I got to spend the rest of the day with the kids, running errands and finishing up projects. What a treat!

I’m happy to have added to my art print collection – a new O’Keeffe for my Georgia wall and a new Van Gogh for the kitchen. I can’t even explain how happy these prints make me feel!

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Nice clear, dry roads for traveling tonight. Made our late-night trips in record time!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.124 – More solstice fun

The perfect end to the day yesterday… Hanging out with Katie and Cina and working with them on their holiday cards. So much fun! And then, right when we were finishing up, it started to SNOW. Beautiful!

Today’s miraculous DMV visit to renew my license…. walked right in and there was NO LINE. Fastest DMV trip ever – plus getting to chat with a super friendly clerk who was excitedly looking forward to finishing work and going to see her grandson get his yellow belt in tae kwon. Sweet. 😉

Finishing up a busy day watching Rudolph and White Christmas while working on holiday stuff. I love this time of year. 🙂

DianaK

Appreciations 4.123 – Winter Solstice

solstice 2Imprompu dinner with Katie and Cina! I love how flexible and easy our plans always feel. I love the fun we always have. 😀

Candlelight and holiday lights. I’d forgotten how soothing it is to sit in a room filled with candlelight.

Winter solstice. It’s the one time of year that I take some time to sit in the darkness and the quiet and just be. How peaceful and lovely.

Happy solstice to you all. The light is returning! Solstice 1

DianaK

Appreciations 4.122

Temperate weather. It’s almost balmy, 🙂

Productive day doing about a thousand errands with Mckenzie. It sure is nice to have good company when you’ve got places to go and things to do. 😉

Getting a big chunk of holiday stuff accomplished. Feeling more settled now!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.121 – appreciate, rinse, repeat

I love reading what I appreciated on the same date last year before I write each day’s appreciation. It’s so much fun to think about last year’s brilliant and sweet moments! It’s also funny when things line up… like me having a cold starting at the same time last year. Haha! There have been other, more random things that have lined up from one year to the next, though I can’t remember them right now (because of my foggy cold-brain. Hahaha!)

Spent a lovely afternoon with the Delaneys today. Mmmm. I love that even when we’ve not been able to see each other much, being together still feels like home.  💗

A lovely evening with Katie and Cina who came over to bake about a gazillion snickerdoodles! I love how the holidays seem to give us excuses to see each other more often. I also LOVE that they made tiny mini fairy-sized snickerdoodle dots! 😀

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DianaK

Appreciations 4.114

Another yummy morning singing with my beautiful Earthtones. Singing with these women fills me with so much wonder and love. 💗

The joy of getting to sing to some of my people! 😀 Thank you for coming out and making today even more joyful, Katie, Cina, Laura, and Sarah! Ida’s dancing had everyone grinning and giggling!

A lovely visit with Sarah and Ida. It feels like it had been so so so long… you know, like 2 weeks. 😉 What a wonderful afternoon of reconnecting!

Big evening of resting. I’m learning more and more about my time and energy resource management (much of it from my darling and inspiring friend Pam). Time for bed!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.108

Coffee date with Katie and Cina! The coffee gave me just enough energy to withstand Katie’s bout of pun-itis. It was a shockingly persistent case. 😛

Getting some of our holiday decorating done… it is always best to start with an adorable little tree. 🙂 Though I will say it was strange to go to the tree place when it wasn’t freezing cold, 15 minutes before they close for the night, and a only few days before Christmas. 😉 #breakingtraditions

All the dishes done and kitchen cleaned up in time for me to crash before 9 pm. Busy weekend=tired mama!