2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

Happy Monday! This morning I puttered, sorting through random boxes.  I really wanted to find something significant to get rid of.  I wanted to feel like I was really downsizing.  I finally decided that it was time to get rid of my grandson, Gideon’s, old stuffed animals: Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore.  They sat towards the back of my previous bedroom.  I'm not sure why, but I don't want them in my current bedroom.  Eeyore is the character I used to think I identified with the most.  I love all the characters from the Christopher Robin books.  I think I always wanted the energy of Tigger and Winnie’s curiosity and love.  But Eeyore, alone and frumpy, is who I identified with inside.  Forgive me while I psychoanalyze myself.  When Gideon decided he had outgrown those three stuffed animals, I wanted them.  Most importantly, Eeyore.  But then, Eeyore should not be alone.  He needed his friends with him.  It t...

Here are some happy things from today: This morning Keziah I headed to the southern part of the state to pick up some bookshelves.  She found them for free on Facebook Marketplace and wanted them for the store.  They are nice shelves, but we had to cut a piece off to fit them into the van.  And then, we could only fit one.  We made it work by taking the first load of things to a friend's house and then going back for the other shelf.  It was a fun adventure.  The house where we got the bookshelves had a lovely peony plant.  It was large.  Someday, maybe our peonies get that large too. Along the highway the daisies and lupine are blooming.  I absolutely love that our state plants flowers along the highways.  In Texas, they plant bluebells. One of the best parts of going with Keziah this morning was getting to spend time with my daughter.   In the evening there was Craft Night.  Last week I offered to help someone make their...