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Things that are making me happy (part 16)
The fact that tonight is the last night I have to teach a class is making me ridiculously happy. I work at a community college supervising fun classes that adults take for enrichment, not college credit towards a degree. One of the classes I supervise is the Beginning Crocheting class. I know how to knit… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 15)
Slow walking through Walmart looking at random things after work, or any afternoon really. I got to do that today. It was my turn for “flex Friday”. That’s where we come in a half hour early every day during the week, skip our lunch break on Friday, and then leave at 1:30 instead of 5:00.… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 14)
Getting into a made bed with fresh sheets. Did you ever see the movie “City of Angels” with Nicolas Cage? It was from the 90s, arguably his best decade of movies. Meg Ryan was also in it, which I don’t think anybody can argue that her heyday was definitely the 90s. Anyway, there’s a scene… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 13)
A few days ago, the daily prompt asked about our perfect spot to read and write. I wrote about my craft room/office at the back of my house (My Perfect Haven). As I was reading the responses of other bloggers, I came across a post that described their ideal space having a daybed in it.… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 12)
Christmas. But not for the reason that it used to make me happy. When I was a kid, and even well into my adult years, I was super excited on Christmas Eve and had trouble sleeping that night because of the anticipation of waking up in the morning and opening presents. This always made me… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 11)
There is such a thing as rage cleaning. But for me, rage driving is where it’s at. To be clear, I don’t mean driving with road rage. I do have a fair amount of that, but lately I have thoroughly enjoyed being alone in my car driving through town to run errands. Music is always… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 10)
Indifference about my job. I have found that I really enjoy my new job when I’m there, but when I come home, I don’t care much about it and that is making me so happy! I’m going on two months of this new job and at first, there was a great deal of excitement about… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 9)
I went to bed last night thinking about knitting. I was reflecting on a new project I was working on and thinking about color combination possibilities for a sweater I want to make soon. For the past two years, I had been heavily engaged in graduate school and my first year as a school principal.… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 8)
The absence of the Sunday Scaries! As of August 15th, I have a new job. I’m still working in a school, but not a school that I’m used to. Whereas I have taught and led a school for students in grades prekindergarten to 8th grade for my entire career, I am now working at a… →
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Daily Prompt Response—Things that make me happy
List 30 things that make you happy. Um, are there supposed to be 30??? Since getting back into blogging, I started making posts that detail one thing that is currently making me happy. After two months, I’m only up to six things. If I really tried to come up with 30, I’m sure I could.… →