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Things that are making me happy (part 6)
My current crochet project. I am recreating the Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine out of yarn and I’m loving it! Part of the reason I am so happy working on this is that it’s not for me. It’s for a mom and pop auto shop in Ashland, Virginia who I recently discovered is one of the most… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 5)
Afternoon thunderstorms…finally! Living in the southeast part of the United States is not very pleasant during the summer months if you don’t like heat, which I don’t. I could make the classic argument that it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. But when you’re under an excessive heat warning with the heat index at 108…it… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 4)
Running! Don’t ask me why I like running, I just do. For several months before Covid shut down everything, I was training for a half-marathon. I was following a training plan and had already registered for one in my area that was to take place in April or May of 2020. At the point where… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 3)
Plants. I live in the south where it has been “bring your plants outside” season for a couple of months already. With that said, in our backyard, we have an area that my husband built just for our potted plants and a bench in the shade on which to enjoy them. There’s close to 20… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 2)
I discovered my first grey hair yesterday! I saw it first while seated at a table at the eyeglass place picking up my new sunglasses. I thought perhaps it was the bright lighting in the store that was making the hair appear white. But when I got home and looked again in my own bathroom… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 1)
I feel like much of what I have posted online and what I have said to people lately begin with “now that I’m done with grad school”… After that usually comes a statement about something that I am enjoying or something that I am going to do that I couldn’t do for the past two… →