Simple Joys: Discovering Wonder in the Everyday | 
Another late post, but this has been a week full of joys worth sharing.
💛 Strawberry mule made with vodka I infused with fresh strawberries
💛 Church dinner with the homemade rolls I made
💛 Traveling to see my family with very well behaved pets
💛 The beginning of a trip to Alaska!
💛 Getting to fly to the village where my cousin has taught for several years
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1. Spent Saturday outside while we had decent weather, reading & hanging out with Sally ?☀️
2. Rearranged my bookshelves! I love looking at them now
3. Arthur wanted to "help" with the organization ?
4. It's been a rainy week, perfect for cat snuggles ?
5. A pair of Eastern Wood-Pewees have been hanging out by the back windows & I spotted a nest above a light fixture with little babies! Can't wait to watch them grow!
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Spending the week in beautiful Scotland has been filled with too many joys to count. The people are friendly and welcoming, the scenery is stunning, and there is so much to see and do! 🏴
I lost track of time yesterday and forgot to post. It‘s been a quiet but enjoyable week.
💛 A couple of meals out with friends
💛 Days to stay at home cleaning and reorganizing
💛 Fresh strawberries! 🍓
💛 Beautiful weather and time outside with the pets
💛 Time to cook - including fish tacos with onion straws, grilled ribs with roasted sweet potatoes, and sourdough English muffins
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😋 Indulged in my guilty pleasure, lemon Oreos!
💝 Litsy love from @dabbe !
☀️Walking at the pier and doing 2 flights of stairs - I‘m healing!!
💊 New med to hopefully decrease knee inflammation affecting my sciatic nerve and to reduce the pain!!!‘
❤️ My husband who loves me so well!
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1. Got dinner and caught up with my friend, then we saw an aerial performance at my studio
2. Hiking South Mountain with Lewis and friends. A butterfly kept landing near me 🦋
3. The cat at the groomers likes to seek attention. He's adorable and friendly. His name is Squint 😼
4. My favorite reading podcast hosted a readathon on Sunday. I spent the day with my books and my cats
5. Great bookclub discussion!
Last weekend was so busy that I never had time to share, so I‘ve got two weeks of joy!
💛 Bored Teachers comedy show with friends/colleagues #TeachersOfLitsy
💛 End of the school year events and graduation for another class
💛 As commencement speaker, I was able to reminisce with the seniors about writing and reading projects as well as personal memories from our experiences together.
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1. My partner and I have started taking walks together down our (fairly long) driveway when we get home from work to connect & chat about our days 💖
2. Sally's energy is always so joyful 🐕
3. Cat snuggles & a good book 😻
4. My niece had an end-of-year concert that I unfortunately couldn't attend in person but got to see adorable pictures and videos. She didn't cry this time! 😂
5. Book mail! Pretty special editions ✨
#5JoysFriday on Saturday! My collage this week is messy and all over the place, much like my brain 😵💫
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1. Independent Bookstore Day spent with my hubby
2. The last bookstore we went to was also a restaurant so we sat outside for lunch. I had a cocktail and read while we waited for our food
3. The cats being sweet and silly. We tried Cam in her harness but she mostly wanted to lay on the pavement and sniff grass
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💛 More morel mushrooms!
💛 Completing a very busy week of school
💛 Teacher appreciation events at school
💛 Bacon & tomato sandwich
💛 The pets
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1. Taylor Bradshaw (an independent folk musician I listen to) just released a new song.
2. I bought some books this week.
3. The neighbor‘s cat is still visiting us.
4. I saw a Carolina Wren in the backyard under the patio. I never got a picture of it because birds don‘t stay still so this picture is from Google.
5. I‘m watching the Battlefield Of The Mind conference on livestream this weekend (4/24-4/26).
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💛 A long Easter weekend with my family
💛 Luthien & Gracie (my sister‘s dog)
💛 Mushroom hunting with my dad & my niece
💛 Easter nests
💛 Fresh asparagus
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Overflowing with joy from this past weekend!
My niece Jolene turned 4 & had a princess tea party to celebrate! 👑🫖
My parents came to visit for the occasion & Lewis cooked a feast on Sunday while we played outside in the sunshine.
My present to Jo was her own wooden tea set which she wanted to paint immediately.
I also was able to give my dad his belated Christmas present, some new custom Spider-Man shoes that I painted
Happy #5JoysFriday ☺️ This week seemed to fly by! @DebinHawaii
1. Lunch at a great new Mexican place 😋
2. Love being back to regular aerial practice again
3. Met up with my sister's bookclub at the new all romance bookstore. Fun people and a great store!
4. Many bookstore trips for the Charlotte Book Crawl! It's so fun but I always buy too many books 🫣
5. Took a chance on a mystery book that turned out to be one I wanted 🎉
💛 I planted a couple broccoli and an early tomato plant.
💛 My strawberries are blooming & violets are popping up all over my yard.
💛 The tulips are beautiful! 🌷
💛 The pets! Luthien ran for miles yesterday, and LaGata got some snuggle time.
💛 It‘s Easter weekend and our spring break for school.
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It‘s been a good but busy week and weekend.
#DaiseysJoys #5JoysFriday Sunday Edition
Joy doesn‘t seem like a big enough word for me this week…
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A day late this week, but still worth acknowledging
💛 A weekend with my family
💛 Helping Dad clean up a field and burn brush piles
💛 Plants continuing to green up and bloom for spring, even if it‘s turned cooler again
💛 Fixing my dishwasher
💛 Pets, of course
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My #5JoysFriday are from our recent camping trip in Georgia. I got to read most of my book in front of the fire. We went hiking to Brasstown Bald, the highest point in GA, and also trekked to a few nearby waterfalls. We saw a huge snapping turtle in the lake of the park we were staying at. The trip was a meetup for my husband's Coleman lantern collector's group, so we got to visit with them. Spotted a few new birds in the mornings!
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#5joysFriday Hard hard week at work so I‘ve got to think really hard on this one.
1) attending a friend‘s award ceremony for her book
2) even though I‘m 57, Mom @Doll8455 still checks up on me 🥰
3) going to my daughter‘s induction into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society this morning
4) it‘s close to only 1 month before son comes home from college for the summer
5) I may be close to hiring a new paralegal (my previous one retired)
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💛 Pets!
💛 Our HS quiz bowl team placed second in their conference tournament.
💛 My daffodils are blooming!
💛 Wild ramps are coming up.
💛 A weekend with my family
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1&2. My husband had to work over the weekend so I took the day to get a pedicure and eat at my favorite Mexican restaurant on my own 😋
3. Perfect weather for reading out on the porch 🍃
4. Sally is also loving the warmer weather 🐶
5. Browsing the library after work
Happy #5JoysFriday! ? @DebinHawaii
1. Jolene asked me to do her hair when I visited and she was so delighted with her "Anna braids" ?❄️
2. My newest comfort rewatch show, Parks and Rec
3. Virtual book chat with some online friends ?
4. Flowers blooming along the driveway ?
5. Trees in bloom everywhere! (Even though the pollen is killing my allergies ?)
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Happy Friday, everyone! If you‘re reading this, consider yourself tagged. 😃
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1. I was complaining about lack of shelf space one night & the next morning my husband cleared off one of his random shelves for me. That's love, y'all
2. A couple friend of ours gifted me this gorgeous cat blanket just because! My husband also received one with a D&D style dungeon map on it. They know us both so well
3. Game night with said couple friend
4. The kitties, always
5.The anticipation of waiting for book mail
Here are just a few of the many joys we experienced on our Caribbean cruise this week! 🏝️
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I'm terrible at posting my #5JoysFriday ...on Friday 😅
1. Costco trips with the nibling. Her love of berries is adorable 🍓
2. I don't talk about Sally enough. She's the best dog ever and I love her enthusiasm whenever we return home 🐕
3. Harry the local heron sighting at the pond!
4. Reading while covered in cats 😹
5. Been reading two amazing ebooks this week that I haven't wanted to put down! 📚
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Bonus joy ⬇️
💛 Sourdough cheeseburger focaccia
💛 Enjoying a HS conference band concert
💛 My team had 2 mostly successful nights of matches to start their Scholar Bowl/Quiz Bowl season!
💛 The pets, featuring LaGata this week
💛 A Friday night out for supper with friends
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1. I bought a new (to me) car!! It's hard to tell in the picture but it's a beautiful blue color, my favorite 🩵
2. First jonquil blooms and signs of spring 🌱
3. Cat cuddles 😻
4. Catching up with an old friend who is planning her wedding! So happy for her 💒
5. Lewis, always ❤️
My photos are a bit food centric this week, but there were lots of joyful things.
💛 I went to town for a few groceries and tried a new to me local place for supper, and it was delicious.
💛 I made sourdough oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies to have in the freezer.
💛 Luthien ran for hours and came home happy but muddy.
💛 I made a strawberry cake for a carry-in meal at school.
💛 We had a full week of school!
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💛 A long weekend full of pets and books
💛 Baking on cold, snowy days
💛 Getting caught up on grading
💛 Simple snack lunches of sausage, cheese, and crackers
💛 Reliable heat during cold weeks
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1. Book mail 📚
2. We ate at our fav little Mexican place on Valentine's Day & they gave everyone carnations 🌸
3. Car shopping this past weekend was a bust but I got some good reading time in the car 🚗
4. Ben experiencing bubbles after my bath 🫧
5. It snowed a little this week (rare here in NC) & there was a moment at work where we all went to watch the snow fall out the front windows that felt magical & child-like ❄️
