2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

Today we had the first snow (flurries) of the season.  Here are some happy things from today: Work sometimes offers up gifts for good performance.   This morning I had an email with gift options to choose from.  Considering the snow flurries this morning and how that and the cold sent me back under the covers, I chose a snow shovel.  Not just any snow shovel, but a Snow Joe Shovelution.  I watched some YouTube videos about it and decided that it is worth a shot.  Hopefully I won't need it often this winter.   There really were flurries, just not enough to see in the picture.  Thankfully, the weather cleared.  With temperatures close to 50 degrees and a bright sunny sky, Amy and I went for a walk.  We chose the same rail trail as last week.  We went about half of a mile more.  There was a tunnel, more ponds, and we found a parking lot that we can use if we want to explore farther down the rail trail.  For Inktober...

Some happy Friday things: Yesterday I wrote about making lists of things to do. I am happy to report that I did the things on the list that I set out to do today. The only thing I didn't do was go to Craft Night because it was canceled. I also added dishes and general cleaning of the kitchen and dining room to the list this morning after I did those things. I don't remember where I read that adding things to a list after you do something is good to do. It helps a person look back on the day and see that even though they didn't get to do what they wanted to complete, they were still busy and productive. It feels good to check off items on a to do list. This afternoon Nanni, our cat that has been sick, went to the door, and then the window, to watch the robins eating in the yard. I saw one pull what seemed to be a worm out of the ground! Every time Nanni does something similar to what she did before she was sick, is a good thing. My friend Amy and I planned on taking ...

Happy New Year!  Welcome to my happy blog.  Here I try to find things from my day that brought a glimmer of joy to me.  I hope by sharing these things, that others may find some happiness as well. Here are today's happy things: Staying up with Gideon and Zed to bring in the new year. Keziah is out of isolation from having covid.  It was so good to see her again this morning! While out on a walk a car drove by with the convertible top down.  It was 33 degrees and ice was formed on puddles.  I think the people must have been happy, enjoying the fresh air and breeze.  It makes me happy to think they were having fun. My walk was almost three and a half mile's long today.  It seems like it has been quite a while since I walked that distance for me and not work.  I'm hoping this first walk of the year will inspire me to get out there again and explore.  I saw bluebirds, ducks, squirrels, and maybe juncos?  I couldn’t get close enough to m...