Smiles for May 19

  1. “I love you.”  She says it every day, but sometimes it affects me more.
  2. Good ideas born late at night.  It’s a trade off for insomnia, I guess.
  3. Being able to sort my issues out from other people’s issues.
  4. Seeing that I have what I need to make what I want to make.
  5. Communicating “psychopathologically.”
  6. Not losing my shit when I explained for the 48th time that picking my roses kills them.

Daily Pics for May 19

Gratitude: Movement

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N is for Note.

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Today’s project doesn’t lend itself to photos, but I plan to organize a bunch of notes I have made about stuff I need and want to do this summer…and right on.

Smiles for May 18

  1. Singing “Happy Birthday” to my brand new nine year old
  2. Remembering breakfast, but only because I was referring to a list.  This will be a hard habit to get into.
  3. A clean and useful vanity
  4. Making a princess room for my baby girls
  5. Experiments
  6. Visiting with my mom
  7. Amazon.com
  8. Starting a new book
  9. Creating a new Google doc titled “Book Summer 2013″

Daily Pics May 18

M is for Mary Poppins.

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Gratitude: Written words

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The daily project

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Smiles for May 17

  • More outlining
  • More cleaning

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  • Making a daily plan, in writing
  • Talking shop with a writing buddy
  • Culinary acquisitions

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  • Giving well-received advice that was both asked for and appreciated
  • Remembering breakfast
  • Candles
  • No new bills in the mail
  • Pork Loin for dinner with home-made mac and cheese and green beans

Daily Pics May 17

L is for list.
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Gratitude: Hands. I like my hands. They do a lot of wonderful things for myself and others.

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Today’s project is this shelf.

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Smiles for May 15

  1. Getting a bunch of internet research done.
  2. Developing a loose plot-line.
  3. Getting my crafty on.
  4. Feeling the burn.
  5. Completing seven basic scrapbook pages, to which I can add details and stories later.  It’s a start on the 10 year backlog.
  6. Broasted veggies and fresh bread for dinner.
  7. Being asked to make more bread for breakfast.
  8. Freeing myself from the obligation to read The Psychiatric Interview
  9. Writing down the daily agenda.  Yeah, finally.  I had to see what worked.

Smiles for May 16

  1. Lunch with my mentee
  2. Seeing my tutorees for the last time–this was bittersweet
  3. The look on the coordinators face when I said I would be back to do it ^^ again next year
  4. Progress, no matter how small
  5. Photographic evidence
  6. Blogging for bucks–haven’t done that in a while
  7. Knowing my friend got married today–this is also bittersweet, because he can’t yet bring his husband back home with him
  8. The certain knowledge that tomorrow is another day
  9. Catching up on <u>Simple Abundance</>
  10. Pasta for dinner.  I love pasta.