• Our neighbors wanted to leave for AZ before they had to shovel snow..missed it by two days :)
• Shoveling snow…ice cicles
• Gson who l i v e s to ski!
• Beef stew
• A friend telling us about driving, as slowly as possible,  in a snow storm years ago into a herd of deer on the interstate, seeing eyes all around her car and when she finally arrived home, checking the car to see if there was deer hair on the car….weird but true.
• “Art of War” -Sun Tzu (or should it be ‘…of Peace’ ?
• Facebook…Twitter
• Large poster of GPa’s Dad advertising his orchestra …waayyy back when :)
• Searching high ‘n low for information and then finding it in an easily accessible place.
• “Dogs…do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value to bequeath except their love and their faith.” -Eugene O’Neill

1. Weekends
2. Time with my husband
3. Ava’s persistence and learning
4. Deadlines
5. Fun work
6. Still, warmer weather
7. Walking
8. Homemade pumpkin puree
9. Hearing from an old friend
10. This

Very Grateful for ~
God’s accuracy

A contract for writing work

Extension cords

Ruby, recovered from the bad dog attack

Fall leaves-I love how they change, are affected by their circumstances, and still are beautiful

Listening to Rachel talk about her faith

Listening to Dad talk about the 1970’s

Remembering something I forgot

Hot tea

So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o’clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience. Much more likely, if it is worth hearing at all, it will be set down in print where it can be decently enjoyed by dawdling souls, like myself, who lumpishly resist the golden glow of dawn. ~ Moss Hart  :D

1. Baking
2. Awake before anyone else is
3. Quiet
4. Contemplation 
5. Presence
6. The heart
7. Scents of autumn
8. Crocheting
9. Birds
10. This

1. Inspiration
2. Comics
3. A big box af baby clothes from Ava’s aunt
4. Ava finally fell asleep
5. Mini grapes
6. Working
7. Ordinary days
8. Warm air
9. Birds twittering
10. This

1. God

2. Helen’s perseverance (and maintaining your humor, which will not fail you, Helen)

3. Being useless so no one comes to bother me :)

4. Excrement-eating grin

5. Steve keeping things in play

6. Words on the page

7. Words in air

8. No words

9. Sound and light, magnifiers

10. Janus-faced

1. Dreams that stay dreams
2. Fighting for what you believe in
3. Making things work
4. Understanding another’s definition
5. Friends who are willing to reschedule
6. Friends
7. Warm days
8. Funny stories
9. Doing a little extra
10. Now

Very Grateful for ~

God’s protection

Finding something that I thought was lost

Cleaning out yet another section of stuff

Mail delivery

Garrett’s QTIP concept (Quit Taking It Personally)

Pedicures with Amelia

Right here right now  (I love this poem)

Rain

Stepping stools

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. ~Groucho Marx

1. God

2. Accepting folly

3. Expression changes

4. Attitude adjustment

5. a successful book event for Belle

6.Mr. Rooney advocating for David

7. Sitting with Hannah in the park

8. Wind

9. 9

10. Wayne helping Cassie at her company

1. We had a book signing today for the first Nuf book, written by Mayra and I
2. I worried I’d be late (babies and schedules don’t really mix) but I was right on time…
3. And the place was already packed! I had to squeeze to the back where everyone was…
4. There was already a line formed, and the whole Nuf team was signing and smiling
5. Mayra kept putting more copies on the table and they’d disappear!
6. 39 minutes after we started, all the books were gone
7. My MIL came to show support and ended up helping SO much with Ava, what a blessing
8. I saw several people I hadn’t seen in awhile, all coming out for us!
9. I am so humbled and grateful for the incredible community here
10. Ah, every moment of this beautiful life is worth paying attention to