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the sun rising made me smile

A valentine's day package that arrived in the mail today...... love it!

The sun sparkling on the fresh snow....

Watching 2 small children in awe of the snow (they are visiting from NC)

Knowing I am going HOME tonight! :)

Looking forward to a hug from my baby, a glass of wine, and a HOT SHOWER!

-buying plane tix for Austin in April :)
-Loading truck with TV , desk and other goods to donate to my friends transitional living space
-getting my final order of text books in the mail today-and organizing my books with notebooks and folders so I am ready for school next week
-friends offering to drag me about town in April

I cant wait to give u that hug. I have missed u like there s NO tomorrow.

what made me smile is knowing my baby girl will be home tonite. I just wish I didnt have to work in the morning but life must go on

What made me smile today...
 

How the boys at the shelter accept that I am like a hardcore mom figure to them.
There's no sweet mushy talk from me but they are okay with that...
The ones who have been there longer giving the four newbies we got in this week advice on how they should behave around me...lol.

LOL I have them sooooo buffaloed :cheesy:

Hanging out with my BFFF (best femme friend forever) tonight! Yay!

I was able to assist one of our East Coast BFP members in locating a close family member interred in the State of Washington. It was a 6 week detective job consisting of information gathering, cold calls, records requests and essentially spamming every cemetary in Northwestern Washington consisting of the word Green, past or present (ie: Green Acres Cemetary, Greenwood Cemetary, Green...) . Even the new ones (Dignity, Acacia) used to be known as GreenVine Cemetary, etc.

The leads came slowly, but finally narrowed it down.

And yesterday, against some amazing odds, the family member was located in Seattle ! The headstone was under one name and the burial roster was under different name.


The smile is this:

I trained my K9 tracking dog on the roads running directly past the site for
years ! I mean less than 5' (yes, feet) away.

And I am still getting e-mails, offers, and suggestions from cemetary's around the state. And I suspect this will be happening for quite some time, considering how many of them I contacted requesting record checks and suggestions.

I still cant believe what a small world it is we live in...

what made me smile today...
 

...the presence of good people.

...being open minded.

...learning something new.

A great convo... a list request :winky:

Yep I have a big ole grin

Finally watching Despicable Me all the way through. I've seen it all, but only in bits and pieces. I've never sat down and watched it all the way through. "The physical appearance of the pretty makes no difference."

*She* made me smile.
I think Gold Stars are my new favorite... Dayum!!!

I went to a night club tonight which was weird in itself, but the fact that so many baby butches in their 20's wanted to dance with me was fun. I would not date them, but still it was flattering...

:)

My partner and I don't always have every weekend to spend doing regular things couples do. However, this is one particular weekend that made me smile although ironically, I missed work this past week due to having the pink eye. It made up for quite a long 'weekend' as we got to spend every night together (I work nights) and I got to play wifey :) (which I rarely get to do)