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Catching fish with my Sister! That was FUN!
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Today joy came in ample supply....
... Ending something that wasn't right ... Saving the friendship that was there before ... Rekindling a friendship I had missed ... New jewelry ... Snuggles from my son ... Singing through kitchen chores |
The NFL is back!!!!
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Watching Little Spirit enjoy many firsts. Catching her first fish, baiting her first hook, touching her first fish. She had a big day today and was full of smiles and giggles.
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having my two nephews over and doing cut outs of Finn and Jake with them
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HD singing "happy birthday" to me over the phone a minute ago. She's so great. :D
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Emotions..... Returned
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Sisters
Time spent with my sisters...funny, loving, I'm grateful for them
And just now the sound of thunder Greco |
:rainsing: Rain!!!!!
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I figured out how I wanted my wedding to come together. :D
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having my girls home after a week of vacationing in san diego with their dad. i missed them soooooo much!!
watching two hummingbirds perform a virtual ballet in the sky. rescuing a colorado river toad from the pool. forgiveness and honesty. |
Just the plain ole fact it is Friday !!! Such a long ass week !!:balloon:
Slade |
Getting to talk on yahoo, knowing that soon things will work themselves out and how great that is :-)
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my Roomie making a special trip to the farmer's market to get SMOKIN hot peppers for me today...
and a whole bushel of homegrown hot and sweet peppers given to me by friends... so now I can finish my special order Salsa canning this weekend!! I loved hearing how "awesome" my first batch turned out!! (considering I can't do my own taste tests because hot peppers don't love me) I made positive plans today for the near future that brought me joy... And I had a long, VERY productive and wonderful conversation with a friend this evening after work. Her respect, strong 'voice', support and positive energy really made my day!! Honoring my son's memory by celebrating the positive rather than giving into the negative memories gives me much joy from realizing that I have processed my grief in a very healthy way and can Move Forward. |
Getting my car thoroughly detailed. I decided I needed to spoil myself. Love a clean and tidy ride.
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spending time with the horse today. Pure heaven!
getting texts from my daughter about her classroom, as she prepares it for next year. Her excitement as a teacher is wonderful! making plans to go see a newfoundland dog .... maybe this dog will join my family. I have been dreaming and my dogs that have gone over the rainbow bridge have been coming to me and telling me its time for a new dog...and this dog feels "right" the slightly cooler but much less humid weather a really good cup of coffee this morning! |
Joy oh joy! My joy? Having the IT Tech guy come fix my home computer yesterday. I had no Internet and my computer was freezing.
Turns out I had saved so many episodes of True Blood on my TiVo desktop- I had virtually no hard drive space left. He cleaned 'em out, deleted all kinds of stuff I didn't need (AOL?); found I Had dropped my camera one too many times & was actually broken; defragged it; got rid of some suspicious malware-looking things, etc. And got it humming again! Great joy: he said I don't need a new computer- I am just seriously short of ram. I can't add Skype or anything else until I get ram but he showed me what to buy and he will install it for me! Ram is much cheaper than a new computer Best of all, he spent over 2-hours on it and only charged me $75.00! The Geek Squad would have charged me $129 just to show up. Now I don't have to use my IPhone as my primary computer anymore! I put IT women and men up there with physicians! I am in awe of what they can do. They have a secret language that I know next to zero about and am so glad that they can do whatever it is that they do! Happy Saturday all:):) |
I know ow you feel about the whole computer thing Anya, I almost had to buy a whole new laptop Myself. The one I have now was not working that well anymore, so My friend's uncle (who is a computer technician) took a look at it and determined two things: I had the crappiest operating system ever (Windows Vista) and I absolutely had not enough RAM either to accomodate everything I had on here. He totally fixed My entire computer; he installed Windows 7 Ultimate for Me and since I only had 1GB of RAM on My laptop he gave Me 4GB. My laptop is back in My possession and it runs smoothly, he's only charging Me $60 for fixing the computer so it's definately worth that amount to have it back :-)
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Sometimes joy is really, really simple.
I was standing barefoot on the front deck this morning watering the hanging ferns while Gracie scampered around the yard sniffing at the wild rabbits who come to eat the sweet weeds. I looked out at our huge front yard in such a peaceful country setting and was grateful for a home that I love. I then went inside and had some coffee with Jack before sending her off to work with a packed lunch. Today, I'll clean house and work on getting the guest room ready for new paint and carpet. I'll marinate some chicken for grilling tonight and listen to my iPod. Maybe I'll work on some web projects and actually get one of my other blogs into production. I found joy today in the simple pleasures of a life I love. Truly. <3 |
I had a fantastic workout with my trainer. He used the word impressive,..... that brought me joy!!!! (even if I felt like puking!)
I am 4 pounds away from my 1st personal goal!!! |
It's the simple things
Sleeping in till 11 am (this from someone who gets up at 6am every day)
Looking at my schedule again - two more weeks and no more early mornings :) Sugar free :chocolate: |
Today, so early, I find joy...
... Joy in my child snuggled against me as he watches a movie. ... Joy in new found paths that lead to places I have dreamed of many times before. ... Joy in giving reassurance. ... Joy in being needed. |
Waking with Zues (my dog son) snuggling with me. Knowing that for today and tomorrow the world is on MY schedule, not I on it's schedule.
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Waking up in somebody's arms, and knowing things were all going to be okay. *Smiles*
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Talking to my baby girl, as always, is the highlight of my day and also, today, because I'm grumpy and in pain, my cat is being particularly cute, she's found a bit of plastic from a vitamin container lid, the security seal part and she's chasing it around, picking it up in her paw, bringing it to me to show me and all the while telling me all about what she's doing and where she is ...
It's hard to be grumpy when I'm loved by my beautiful baby girl and my little furry arse! :playingcat: :ballcat: :rollcat: :cat: :king::princess: :married: :love1: :sparklyheart: |
Hearing from a dear friend (and employee) that she went to see my chiro this morning and that for the first time in a couple of years with disc fusion surgeries, knee surgery, another pending cervical spine surgery coupled with fibromyalgia that she feels 100% better than she did this morning and that she is hopeful to get back to living her life soon rather than just pushing through the pain!
YAY!!!! (I might happen to love it when I am right! LOL I have been trying to get her to see him for almost a year!) |
Getting off work this morning after a non-stressful shift, having breakfast with a good buddy, then coming home for nap time with the Best Cats Ever.
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I just bought a dune buggy on Ebay!!
OMG!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: |
it came in a box...
a big lotta postal lovin'. small things that i enjoy, from someone i adore. such a good friend, she seems to know when i need a pick-me-up.
i forget, sometimes, just how very fortunate i am...how wealthy all the wonderful people in my life make me. i *am* a fortunate son. |
finding my old cat all wrapped up in my couch blanket, slumbering peacefully, knowing he has a good life and feels loved. Not taking this for granted...
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A trip to the farmers market always makes me happy. Stocked up on stuff for the week. Actually, I didn't buy much as the garden is starting to peak.
I sat in the overstuffed chair to read, :glasses: then fell asleep. Why can't I do that at night? makes me feel elderly.......cat napping in the chair. Soon it will be time for baseball :pirate-steer: |
got my strawberry pyramid filled with soil today. Lord that was harder to do than I imagined! next, we need to get it planted...I have a garden waiting to be put up around it and its all been on the backburner until i could get outside and do this step!
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my dog biting my ex.
I knew I loved that dog for a reason.. LMAO |
today joy was
Today was a great day spent the morning in the aisle of the book stores, first barnes and noble and then this lovely used book store. Three stories of books , with a cup of coffee and a great book what a way to spend the morning.
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Posting pictures in the SHOES thread :)
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seeing and awesome sunrise
blanching veggies for the freezer from the garden household chores all done fishing with Syr an awesome sunset cleaning fish with Syr quiet time before bed. |
My girl as she always does with her sweet ways she knows I am having trouble dealing with the being hurt thing and feeling useless in many ways she is so much stronger then I am and I am one lucky Cowboi to have a beautiful woman that supports me loves me and stand by my side.. I have met my match in every way
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Being able to let my walls down and talk openly about happiness.
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I posted this on my facebook but this just made me so happy today I want to post it here.
This morning I took the dogs out to pee. One of the dogs is half german shepherd (or maybe one quarter lol) and the rest whippet (which is a small greyhound) and he LOVES to run and is lightning fast - so fast he can catch mice.. and flies.. and wasps (which aren't really fast per se but will sting him and he's a fearless little fella). So I take them out but he stops cause he can't go any further cause he had to pee so badly. But I didn't know he stopped and kept walking and accidently pulled the collar off of his head. Well, he knew he was free. But did he bolt? NO! He went right to the steps to the door to be let back in. This was HUGE to me. My other dog is terrible about running away and it takes me hours and hours to get her back. But my boy did not want to run away - or even run. While it may not seem like much, it touched my heart and made me smile :) ~~~shark~~~~~~~~ |
This just happened within the hour. The Pirates called me and asked me if I was available to attend a week night game in the next home series. (yes)...history, I have a weekend season ticket plan. They asked me what game I wanted to see...blah blah blah....and they told me these seats would be my complimentary upgrade if I renewed my ticket plan.:blink: Whoa!
My seats now are really great seats, 10 years of upgrades. I was not expecting this. |
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