Appreciations 4.143

Slow slow start to the day, but finally got going and made progress on some big projects.

More drawing and coloring fun!

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Staying inside on a this cold, cold day. Cozy!

My cell phone cover, for keeping my phone safe. My phone for coming back to life after pretending to die. 🙂

I finished making the soup! It is really good! Thanks for all the helpful tips. 😀

Appreciations 4.137 – things with exclamation points and MMMM

Sleep! I’m not really sure why I need SO much of it these past few days, but I was very glad to sleep in this morning and catch up a little bit.

Decluttering! Mckenzie and I made significant progress on the downsize/declutter project in the basement today – in just an hour. Three more bags of stuff to donate, one bag of things moved back into their rightful places, another couple bags out to the trash/recycling. Pretty exciting. 😀

Phones! I started the day with a quick little conversation with Terri and closed out the day catching up with David. So great to be able to keep in touch, at least a little, and hear my dear friends’ voices.💗

Hahaha! My MMMM: morning marker meditation mistake… You can tell I did this before coffee. I accidentally made another 4.136 sign. Haha!

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Appreciations 4.80

Sunshine and mild weather. I will take it as long as we can get it!

2015-11-08 09.31.56 pm 2015-11-08 09.37.50 pm Working on fun little projects and taskies. I decided not to work on work today (what!?!) and instead did entertaining and satisfying things like adding new themes to firefox, gmail, and chrome. I also did more clean-up work on files – this time it was my google drive files (have hundreds of them). It’s so fun to get rid of unneeded stuff. Plus, I got winter stuff out and sorted through that and did a few more little cleaning projects, too. Things feel lighter and lighter. I love it. ❤

Getting to spend time with Katie again this morning. That’s 3 or 4 times this week. What a treat!

lyrics ETFinally getting time to write out the lyrics for some Earthtones songs. It’s an important step for me in memorizing songs in other languages. With our first show coming up in a few weeks, it was high time I got to this!

Appreciations 4.78

Sleep! Wow, the difference between 6 hours and close to 7 hours of sleep is truly amazing. I am going to stick with my new sleep-promoting habits if this is the result! 😀

Lovely coffee and chat with Laura today! Ever time I see her or Jeff, my brain still boggles a little that they’ve moved/are moving nearby – you know, like in the same state. 😉 Fun afternoon!

2015-11-06 09.11.07 pmMy cleaned up desk top. I love how satisfying all these little tidying projects are!

Appreciations 4.25

The strangeness of insomnia. So rare a thing for me, so interesting to be wide awake at 3 am. Gave me the opportunity to notice fun shadow shapes on my ceiling, like the one that looked like a puppy with its head tilted to the side. Took me a while to figure out where it was coming from. (It was cast by my water bottle in front of my clock). Funny!

IMG_3384Watching the cats investigate and play with the kitty playground of empty boxes as I put away the new t-shirt inventory. Oh, how they love big new boxes!

Doing little projects that result in less clutter, far less paper, and the doing of which produces lost things. Neat!

Appreciations Year Three: Day 363

Sitting by the window working, listening to the rain. What a cozy sound!

Tazo teas.

Finally finished painting my bedroom! Now the fun part – rearranging furniture, going through the stuff that lived in my room before the project – and only keeping joy-sparking things. I see another trip to drop off donations in my future. 🙂

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!

Appreciations Year Three: Day 358

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1st coat of color on both room #2 AND room #3…. Getting close to the finish line on this round of home improvement projects!

Joking with the hygienist Hai during my appointment today. I love that dental appointments can be fun. 🙂

Getting to spend a little time with my folks today. Dad is getting a little better every day!

Sweet and funny messages that come at just the right time. ❤

IMG_3278Luna, for moving to sit right on the corner. Twice! And Cina, for both noticing this habit and encouraging Luna to continue the practice.