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1-2) Visiting Mom & Dad (& playing dominoes) & seeing all the birds visiting them
3) Buying loads of books from 4 bookstores in Houston
4) Eating at the astronauts‘ fave restaurant Frenchie‘s with son & husband
5) Going to the NASA Space Center and seeing the Saturn rocket again—an amazing sight to behold

Sadly I caught a stomach bug and have been really sick since last night. 😞

Thanks @DebinHawaii for the tag! #5joysFriday

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView and @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. Shopping
4. Trashy reality tv
5. Belly laughs with my bestie

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfriday TGIF 1. I have been coveting these leopard sambas FOREVER and the universe heard me at last 2. Canadian wine order coming soon ( we make good wine in Ontario) 3. I taught art in grade 1 today and we did mixed media daffodils ??4. Spring is so mean sometimes 5. Drinking Ontario rosé and eating Canadian Cheezies while I type this #livingthedream this week felt long! I hope all of you are having a great Friday

1. My boys, Zeke and Link, cuddling!
2. Rewatching New Girl
3. Spring is blooming 🌸
4. Dr. Pepper
5. Will 🩵

#5JoysFriday

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii #5joysfriday

1. Relaxation time
2. A new hair cut
3. Seeing past students living their dreams
4. Delicious coffee
5. Shopping time

 @BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfriday it‘s been a glorious week of nothing much thanks to March Break. 1. I finished Mona and hung her in my bedroom ( a little gallery wall moment is happening) 2. John and I went out to dinner Wednesday to a new place in the ‘hood ( no pics) and breakfast on Thursday to an old place 3. I had a massage, got my haircut and my nails done and walked to a McDonald‘s for a fountain Diet Coke because I could 4. It was 11° C yesterday

#5joysfriday TGIF 1. I did art with 2 grade 1 classes this week and in one class we painted robins and I put them up on the Artis-tree today 2. A friend makes book memory ornaments filled with all the books you read in a year, mine arrived this week ❤️❤️ 3. Pancake day is always delicious 4. Canada is getting her sass on 5. This meme speaks to me but I‘m more of a 3 days of rest person at this point 🙏🏻 it‘s March Break this week

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Spring break starts at 3:30 today
2. Macarons and ice cream
3. Spending time with friends
4. Pumpkin
5. Winnie

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

Here‘s to the simple joys in life!

1. Did plenty of creating this week (makes my soul happy).
2. With the Merlin ID app from Cornell, I was able to ID all of the bird sounds in our yard (I drew ones I saw, image on the far left).
3. My cats Sunny & Midnight gave me plenty of moments full of love/laughter, as usual 🥰
4. I had a me date at the bookstore.
5. Went on a few walks with my son & our dog, we had nice talks 🥰

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii #5joysfriday

1. I got an A in my first grad school class!
2. One more week until spring break
3. The way above freezing temperatures we have had this week
4. Spending time with my mom
5. Some of my students have had some pretty cool accomplishments this week!

@peaKnit @JenReadsAlot @BethM

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Coffee flights
2. Time with friends
3. Pumpkin
4. Winnie
5. New glasses

@peaKnit @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#5joysfriday #1. Happy Valentine‘s Day #2. Loving the ACOTAR Buddy read #3. Mona Lisa is coming along #4. I got ‘diet coke‘ nails - to quote myself - a French manicure with chrome base and red tips #5. Sometimes AI is god tier bonus #6. It‘s a long weekend with more snow forecasted and I just want to read and be a sloth

Thanks for the tag @peaKnit and @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Cozy pjs
2. Yoga
3. The color pink
4. Pumpkin
5. Winnie

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @KateReadsYA

#5joysfriday Pretty low key week where I tried not to get overwhelmed by assholes in politics 1. My son brought home lunch for me today 🍔🥤2. I ordered a lot of books from Book Outlet #booksaremylovelanguage #selfcare 3. I had lunch with my sister on her birthday at a new chicken place 4 & 5 I am completely hooked on the Empyrean Series, I finished the first 2 this week and I‘m trying to wait until March to read the 3rd 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii and @Eggs

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. Pedicures
4. Time with my bestie
5. Self-care

@peaKnit @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#5joysfriday thx @dabbe for tagging me, I‘ve gotten out of the habit of looking for joys and that‘s just sad 1. It‘s been a good month for reading and I have 4 on the go to bring in February 2. The #naturalitsywintercardswap cards keep rolling in and brightening my days ❤️ 3. My Lego Mona Lisa is amazing 4. Tarrif talk has me embracing ‘made in canada‘ 5. I have felt seen by all the memes about January and it‘s never ending self

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii and @peaKnit

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. The movie wicked
4. Bookclub
5. Self-care

@JenReadsAlot @BethM @KateReadsYA

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii and @JenReadsAlot

#5joysfriday

It was a rough week, so I had to dig deep to find some joy!

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. Coffee
4. Doing well in my first week of grad school
5. New jewelry

@BethM @peaKnit @KateReadsYA

#5JoysFriday

Thanks for the 🔖tag @DebinHawaii 🥰Just a few of the things/people I am grateful for this week.

Wanna play😏 @CBee @PageShifter @TheBookHippie

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. A new water bottle
4. Fuzzy blankets
5. 1st semester is done today, which means I am half way through the school year!

@peaKnit @JenReadsAlot @BethM

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii and @peaKnit

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. After school shopping trips
4. Belly laughs
5. Fuzzy blankets

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @KateReadsYA

1. Last minute trip with son to Austin and San Antonio. So much fun even tho I fell down the steps of the Capitol and twisted my ankle.
2. Is this van too funny?
3. Davy Crockett at The Alamo. There‘s a whole museum of Alamo artifacts donated by Phil Collins.
4. Amazing tacos at Torchy‘s in Austin.
5. Even the Austin airport is so cool!

#5JoysFriday. @DebinHawaii

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii and @TheSpineView

#5joysfriday

1. Snow days
2. Christmas lights
3. Hot chocolate
4. Fuzzy blankets
5. Christmas movies

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfridays it‘s been a week 🤣🤣 1. I found my favourite pretzel crackers at Costco again after a too long for me hiatus 2. We move our youngest home from Uni this weekend and I have rented a storage unit and gone through multiple bins here and resorted stuff and this pile is ready to load in the car to pack him up 3. I‘m loving the #littensloveromance read this month 4. My iced peppermint mocha cold brew is life 5. I baked 1/5 cookie recipes

#5joysfridays 1. The tree was up but I finally decorated it last weekend 2. We got a lot of snow ands it‘s already almost all gone 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3. I continue to get joy from the list of books I found that feel like a hug - The Wishing Game is from that list 4. I did more art with some grade 2s and 3s that was so much fun 5. Our Honda Pilot died after 18 yrs of service - we experienced a lot of joy with it, our kids grew up while we drove it

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Giving back to the community
2. Book club
3. Christmas lights
4. Pumpkin
5. Winnie

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

1. Amazing sunrise from my front porch.
2. Inside of my Magic World book nook which I worked on all week. Such a fun change from jigsaw puzzles!
3. Lunch with daughter for her birthday included grilled cheese with 3 kinds of cheese, bacon and crispy onion bites.
4. Recipe for tagine reminded me of trip with my kiddos to Morocco last year.
5. Bitter cold didn‘t stop us from pizza Thursday at favorite pizza joint.

#5JoysFriday. @DebinHawaii

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Christmas lights
2. Belly laughter
3. Shopping with my bestie
4. Cozy sweatshirts
5. Fuzzy socks

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

#5joysfriday 1. Cardinal art with grade 2s based on Charley Harper 2. Tree art with grade 2/3s 3. I got my nails done 4. My Santas are all out inside and out 5. Not my phone updating and this app is screwed up and I don‘t know how to add my picture

1. Me and the kiddos at the Lightscape show at the Botanic Gardens. It was SO COLD but beautiful.
2. Fun game daughter brought to Thanksgiving.
3. Birthday gift of Edward Gorey plate.
4. Favorite books reading list from @thegreensofa
5. Breakfast with two best friends. So much love!💕

#5JoysFriday. @DebinHawaii

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Coffee flights
2. The movie wicked
3. Time to rest and rejuvenate
4. Turkey trot
5. Thanksgiving food

@JenReadsAlot @peaKnit @BethM

#5joysfriday I had another full week of teaching so it feels like I did nothing but put one foot in front of the other 1. last Saturday we drove to Toronto to see Beckett and go to the Swedish Fair and had lunch ( I love liver wurst ❤️) 2. We saw where the Eras Tour was going to be that night 😢 without me 3. My poinsettia is coming along 4. Last night I went to a magical holiday sale event 5. Today I‘m going shoe shopping with my sister & niece

1. I went for my mammogram this week so I treated my self to 2. A new mug to help me get over the fact I won‘t get to go to the Eras Tour 3. I taught a lot this week and I got to teach art ❤️❤️❤️ I did torn paper owls with grade 2s and we painted BIG fall leaves in grade 1 4. I fancied up my front urns for Christmas and 5. My Lego wreath brings me joy ( so much I ordered the big botanical garden for myself for Christmas 😆) #5joysfriday

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Thanksgiving dinner made by students
2. Fun teacher dress-up days
3. Book club
4. Pumpkin & Winnie
5. Thanksgiving break

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

1.) I got the anniversary Loungefly backpack of my favorite character. 2.)I‘m coordinating with the adults in the family to get these Link Squad toys for my son that he loves! 3.) Baby E tried Eggnog for the first time… safe to say he loved it! 4.) My oldest F was in the Veterans Day Parade with her Girl Scout troop. 5.) And we celebrated both my girls, dolls birthdays. 🥰💛

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. College kid home to regroup 🍌
2. Excellent apple pie bars 🍎
3. Holiday trash reads 🎄
4. Napping with Kevin 🐈‍⬛
5. October temp circles done and attached! ⭕️
6. Two family dinners in one week! 😘

Thanks for the tag @Kshakal all please join, I‘m late to the party!
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It‘s been a week full of treats for me after some disappointing in law/extended family stress 1. A new Free People stripey top 2. New wreath Lego kit to start today or tomorrow 3. Christmas wreaths from Costco bought and hung 4. I finished my ‘books are my passion‘ set and I love it so 5. All of my holds came in and I‘m so excited to read all of them #5joysfriday

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Kitty snuggles
2. Roses
3. My favorite restaurant reopening in a new location, super close to me!
4. Cookie decorating
5. Only 4 more school days until thanksgiving break!!

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. One week closer to thanksgiving break
2. Pumpkin
3. Winnie
4. Christmas books
5. Fuzzy blankets

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfridays 1. This social media post spoke to me ( it feels like everything makes me cranky right now) 2. Jenny Colgan is always a mood shifter ❤️ I‘m glad I saved this 3rd book in the ‘Lessons‘ series ( my book hoarding has been justified) 3. Pyjama day at school = my new leopard print pjs ( shopping problem also justified) 4. Still trying to doodle 5. Remembrance Day Art with grade 4‘s today

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Fuzzy blankets
2. My fireplace
3. Book club
4. Sushi
5. Halloween

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

#5joysfriday 1. #falljamboreedoodles brought me so much joy all month I am sad to see it go 2. I didn‘t teach yesterday but I did have the t shirt so I felt like part of the gang 3. October started slow reading wise but in the end I knocked off quite a few books. The best were the buddy reads! 4. I‘m so looking forward to the Food and Lit Canada theme this month 5. I‘m getting my Flu/Covid booster tonight, an adulting yay I guess 🤣

#5joysFriday #fivejoysfriday

📚Finished two books that were both pretty good
💻 Book club meeting for Ordinary Grace
🎸 Nada Surf concert at the Troubadour!
🧬 My latest Nature Biotechnology article came out
🎃 Fall weather is here

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Finding a new craft that I enjoy
2. Reading an amazing book
3. Major steps forward in my relationship
4. Spending time with friends
5. Pumpkin & Winnie

@peaKnit @BethM @JenReadsAlot

#5joysfriday 1. Discovered some art on a walking trail ❤️❤️ 2. I bought the perfect ghost-y art for myself this week 3. The Lego GWP that starts Monday has my on line cart full in anticipation 4. #falljamboreedoodles makes me so happy ( is there a winter one?) 5. The sky this morning was so pretty 😍 we are surrounded by trees so it always tricky to capture a photo 🤔 TGIF 🎉 Littens, consider yourself tagged 😘

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView and @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Dinner with friends
2. Book club
3. Work besties
4. Pumpkin and Winnie
5. Chippewa Valley Book Fest

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfridays where did the week go? 1. Thanksgiving dinner was with all the kids ❤️ my two were home for the weekend and my sister and brother in law are in Rome so my niece and nephew came ❤️❤️ 2. A cocktails only place opened a while ago and I have so wanted to go, my mom‘s group got together to belatedly celebrate my 60th 3. I thought a Corpse Reviver was a great 60th drink choice 4. My October TBR is taunting me 5. Doodles are life

1. Hit some PRs (personal records) this week at CrossFit.
2. My blood pressure was the lowest it‘s ever been (I have high blood pressure so this is a VERY good thing).
3. Weather has been amazing, so plenty of walks for me and Luna Bear.
4. Finally organized my desk so me (and my cats) have been enjoying getting creative.
5. The moon has been a wonder to behold this week ☺️

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday 1. I am LOVING the doodle prompts for October, everyday I do a journal and a doodle prompt and I am liking how mindful they make me feel 2. I switched my clothes around and purged a bunch I was hanging onto just in case 3. It‘s oatmeal season ❤️❤️ 4. My October tracker is fun, but my reading game is slow 5. My October TBR is waiting patiently for me to get to it ( #hashtagbrigade is reading Dracula and I‘m loving it )

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Musical theater
2. Time spent with my best friend
3. Pumpkin spice hotcakes
4. Supportive coworkers
5. Pumpkin & Winnie

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot @KateReadsYA