I sent my best friend a care package filled with her favorite treats and things to make her smile...love sending fun care packages.

Then I had a fantastic visit with a retired couple that are dear friends....had so much fun listening to their funny stories and sharing a lot of laughter...I had taken them a huge batch of homemade chicken n dumplins...in return they gave me homemade blueberry wine made from their organically grown LOCAL berries (OMG!! YUMMM!!) and some fresh from oven, skillet fried corn bread. The best part was seeing them heathly and happy.

found out today I am being assigned a brand new project all my own ... my baby from the ground up ... I make the calls, I make the decisions ... the agents in the field I will be gathering info from wear badges ... I will insist, after they get to know me better, on having an honorary badge myself ... (butch giggles) ... I am serious!

how fun!! :)

it really made my day to give great news to a dear friend and know it made her day and made her smile. It's really awesome when plans come through and good neighbors help each other out.

Today is my baby Smudge's 2nd birthday. I am going to buy him a doggie cupcake and take him on a long walk. He brings me joy, everyday. <3

Waking up with five cats nesting on and in my feather comforter and 85 pound Sophie next to me.

Pure heaven.

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After mowing the lawn...drinking a grape soda out of a glass bottle!

Even despite spending $1100 on my car, getting it fixed so that I don't have to worry about my steering going :)

Joy #1 Having a lunch date with my boy Fruitcake. He loves to play fetch.

Joy #2 Fresh sushi and a chilled Orangina for dinner

It feels really good to make someone's day, and make them " so happy they could cry", just by a simple act of kindness, friendship, compassion, and a dash of "Paying it forward".

My own plate of chocolate chip cookies

My life taking a complete turn around for the better...

Coming home soon...a real home...

Friends and the great love they show me...
:praying:

Taking a shower brought me joy and not because I am now clean as a whistle but because when I'm in the shower, I like to do the norm, wash the flowing locks, my body, shave the face... and then... I like to turn the water up so it's nice and hot and just sit there with the water running over my body. I get lost in it at times and forget where I am. It just feels so damn good. Today, that brought me joy.

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Simple communication.....texting.... Good people....good texts!

My new place...what a huge difference it makes to have your own space! I love it!

Got to have that housewarming part-ay! Just a small intimate affair...

Getting closer and closer to my goals.

New opportunities.

My chiwinnie all clean and pretty and enjoying the calm...

I woke up early without ANY pain...got an early start to my day...enjoyed the company of a good friend and yummy coffee while we drove to Charlotte and found some great, inexpensive materials at Habitat for Humanity Restore to complete several of my projects...was so excited to find beautiful mosaic tiles for a table top and a nice chandelier for my mason jar light idea....had fun at lunch...made a special trip to my favorite hardware store where the staff are always so helpful and love to hear about my current projects...came home and am having a bunch of fun and creative excitement working to "transform" an old sewing machine wrought iron base (that I got for very cheap) into a gorgeous tile topped table to resell at my new shop...the hardware guy said I should ask $200 for it when done because it's so unique...that's a huge profit and makes me very happy to feel my creativity come back!!

Having my new shop and getting special projects done that I can make good money from makes me feel really awesome to be self sufficient again, without going back to work for the "corporate world". I love being self employed in a job where I can be so creative and the sky's the limit!!!
So happy I feel like dancing!!

Chocolate. Pizza. Singing...in that order.

Getting ready...

Great friend...

An understanding beautiful heart...

Tomorrow's game and all the good natured (and some not so good natured) ribbing between Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans for the Governor's Cup game! GO COWBOYS!!!

A season of new blessings...