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DianaK

Appreciations 4.208

The fun of running errands in pouring rain last night. Our first really rainy day of the season. How lovely to be out in it for a bit!

Finally getting some work done on the kitchen backsplash project. Hooray! It’s been in its unfinished state for sooooo long. What a relief to finally be getting it spruced up!

Remembering more sweet details of my visit with Sarah last weekend: truly gorgeous wind chimes – beautifully deep and sonorous, but somehow soft and vibrant, too; the sweet golden retriever puppy trotting up to the fence to say hello, tail awag and nuzzling our hands for petting; Ida, happily sitting on the sidewalk, taking things out of my purse one by one and handing them to me or Sarah. 💗

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DianaK

Appreciations 4.190 – light

So much light these days. I love this time of more and more daylight, grass peeking out, birds singing.

Lovely chat with Timmy this morning! Such a wonderful start to the day… sunshine and connecting with my dear friend! 🙂

Making progress on massive projects. I feel so lucky to be in a place where undertaking the big tasks even feels possible!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.57

Todo list 10:16:15Today’s To-dos. I like colorful things!

Finally getting my “Action” folder down under 20 items! It’s been at 30-40 for weeks and it’s been driving me crazy. So happy I finally had both the time and energy (at the same time!) to start whittling it back down. Phew!

The fun stories I hear when I ask people (like my bank teller or store clerks) if they have a fun weekend planned. It’s so enjoyable to get a little glimpse into people’s lives — and to see them enjoying that someone is interested. How easy it is to make little tasks like errands enjoyable. 🙂

DianaK

Appreciations 4.10

Two more huge piles of paper for the recycling bin. How freeing to say goodbye to decades of stuff that’s not needed anymore! (And how convenient to be able to record pertinent info in a Google spreadsheet, thereby removing the need to keep the paper.)

Google sheets. 😛

baby bunnyCuuuuuuuuute little baby bunny hopping around our yard (really little – maybe 3-4 inches long!). Good little bunny stayed perfectly still when we got near, so I was able to take a photo. When we went back in the house, he was hopping around the yard again. I love having a bunny nest right in our front yard. I mean in our inner-city nature preserve. 😉

Perfectly beautiful weather for walkses. I love it!

Oh, I almost forgot – the truly gorgeous orange moon last night and stunning sunset this evening!

DianaK

Appreciations Year Three: Day 361

Fun evening hanging out with David last night…though I really need to remember not to stay up so late! 😛
Sweet gray, rainy, thundery day. Made for a cozy day to stay in.

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Room project #3 complete! Yay! Made progress on room project #2 today, too — I think we’ll be able to finish tomorrow! Then no more projects for awhile. 😉

Listening to my achy head and going to bed early – before 10 pm!

DianaK

Appreciations Year Three: Day 338

A day with perfectly timed texts, phone calls, and arrivals.

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The ginormous mushroom growing in our yard!

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A productive day in which we made and went to a bajillion appointments, fixed the toilet (yes!) ourselves, tidied up the hall closet (using the KonMari method [ http://tidyingup.com/ ] both Sarah and Kari told me about last weekend!). I don’t have before pics, but here are the afters. Before it was the closet from hell, spewing boxes of kleenex and other items onto you if you dared to open it. 😛

But wait…that’s not all! We also finally finished mudding, sanding, and cleaning up the seams and corners in the downstairs bedroom so we can move on to painting next. Whew! (After being covered in a fine layer of dust for several days, Mckenzie and I are beyond thrilled to be done with this portion of the project!)

Nice little thunderstorm during the night.

Beautiful blue skies again this morning!

DianaK

Appreciations Year Three: Day 334

Gorgeous weather! Sunny and not too hot. Perfect for a morning walk with Katie and Cina to the coffee shop. Plus, then there was coffee. 😉

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Progress on room project: All wall seams mudded, all corners taped, new window framing installed and primed…plus bonus fixing of wonky knob on kitchen drawer. Yipee!

Going to see Dynamic Duos with Alison tonight. What a good day!

DianaK

Year 1, Day 37: temperature, curiosity, progress

I appreciate:

The temperature of my house – and the fact that we can cool it off when it’s hot outside and warm it up when it’s cold! Obvious, but easy to take for granted.

Curiosity. I learn something new every day – including the fact that there are still so many things I want to learn about! 🙂

The progress we’ve made on the bathroom project – almost done putting the baseboard up, then just touch up painting on the walls and a final coat on the trim. So pretty. And light!