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@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday
1. Rudolph! (The Bumble ❤️)
2. A Grinch meal 🤣
3. Reading and coffee by tree lights 🎄
4. Hike in the ❄️
5. Kevin

Thank you for the tag @Kshakal

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

1. Leo gets a haircut
2. Coffee meet up with a friend and his cat is not dying.
3. Homestyle Turkey trot with the college kid
4. Both of my kids being at the Thanksgiving table
5. My hold for Buckeye came in! 🎉

@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

1. Holiday lights put up
2. Night hike with a friend
3. Movie date with husband to see “Rental Family”
4. Flowers from a patron and a joy filled day at the day started with a man angry the paper was not ready at 8am. His tantrum was epic and ridiculous.
5. Hiking today with an old friend I have not hung out with in 35 years. “Feels like the first time…” 🎶 🤣
6. New craft - Sashinko

Thank you for the tag @Kshakal

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

1. A 5 star listen
2. Pink skies and trail walks
3. Grounding myself under the big moon
4. Successful tonsillectomy for college kid, silly poses
5. A job offer I didn‘t take
Bonus - surviving another year of grief as I celebrated my mom with a Big Mac. The things you do for love 😘

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Finished October hiking challenge with 48+ miles 🥾 🐿️ 🍁
2. Halloween event at Old World Wisconsin - cool twist on the holiday
3. My husband‘s Halloween birthday with a trip to Lambeau Field and supper club
4. Movie with a friend (After the Hunt - a little highbrow but good acting)
5. 2nd shingles shot and the day of rest available to recover

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Coffee with @JenReadsAlot - “rage” bookmark❤️
2. 11 miles of hiking
3. Dinner with a good friend where we discussed all things menopause - followed by #4
4. A reading event with David Wrobkeski 🐕 ❤️
5. Hit my Goodreads reading goal

@Kshakal - Thank you!!

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Two good hikes
2. Leo
3. A very long drive to see an old friend
4. History hike with a friend, put on by the library
5. A do-nothing afternoon

Thank you for tag @Kshakal

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Three glorious hikes
2. A bald eagle sighting
3. The Cubs staying alive in the play offs
4. Rush is touring with a new drummer!
5. Making single Rice Krispie treats from scratch. A one and done sugar shot for an emergency.

@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot

#5joysFriday @DebinHawaii I‘m combining two weeks here.

- Trip to Vermont to celebrate wedding anniversary
- Last visit to Fenway for the season
- Visited Botanical Gardens Massachusetts
- Art gifts from my husband from a local artist https://maryiselinfineart.com/
- Gorgeous sunsets

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Safe travels home from Hawaii
2. A dole whip
3. Surviving the hike down and up from Kealakekua Bay - Capt Cook‘s monument
4. Resort day and massage before catching our evening flight.
5. Black sand beach and turtles
Bonuses - signed Bobbi Brown memoir and the Cubs win the NL Wild Card series🎉

Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

1. Favorite trail
2. Little library on favorite trail
3. Hard cider
4. I finished a new hat
5. A pedicure and lunch with a friend after a long week.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. My literal view right now with pets.
2. Glorious hiking
3. Kiddo sending me her “16th grade” first day of school pic
4. WI Sheep and Wool
5. Selling our daughters‘ car, we‘ve had it 8 years, both girls used it well and new owner is positively tickled. It‘s new name is “firecracker” lol

Tagging @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#5JoysFriday

1. Reading on the dock at a new to me county park
2, Kopps custard while taking college kid back
3. First Badger Football Game, cheap tickets and the band. Man, it‘s all about the band for me.
4. 6 mile hike and coffee with old co-worker today
5. A new ARC that has me feeling all the things, not Bobbi Brown, though I enjoyed that too - A Good Animal by Sarah Maurer

@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#5JoyFriday @DebinHawaii

1. My daughter borrowing me a Labubu to knit it a hat, you cannot look at this thing without giggling.
2. Leo scare of storms but freshly groomed
3. 2 meetups with long-time friends including @JenReadsAlot - and I think the caramel apple hard cider counts as extra joy?
4. College kid paying a visit tonight
5. A surprise package from my cross country knitter crew

Tagging @Kshakal @BethM @JenReadsAlot and @KLyn1

#5JoysFriday - on Saturday… @DebinHawaii

1. Nature therapy on several walks this week
2. 🐶 good vet appt
3. Brene - she is so good
4. Such gratitude at the library, I have to pinch myself
5. Slow weekend ahead. There will be baking and puzzles, maybe a nap, vacation planning.

Thank you for the tag @Kshakal

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Made a letter booklet for #LitsySnailMailClub. The group will soon learn what it's about
2. I received a cute note from Switzerland 🇨🇭 @Jari-chan
3. A Menonite vendor gave me a lovely Lily bouquet
4. My garden with beans and cucumbers
5. I learned how to make raisin pie

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. College kids excitement about new haircut. (Joan Jett, anyone?)
2. Girls getaway to Chicago, we‘ve been “knitting pen pals” for 17 years
3. Food tour 🍕 🌭 🥩 🍰
4. Architecture tour by boat.
5. Margaritas and a gorgeous yarn store
Bonus - Getting back home is always a joy

@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Girls weekend in Chicago with my long time knitting friend from Boston. Us at a Sabrina Carpenter pop up getting merch for our daughter‘s💃
2. 5 ⭐️ book
3. Kevin
4. Food tour
5. Ice cream - Jeni‘s!

Thank you for tag @Kshakal
I‘d love to see everyone‘s joy bombs!

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. 2 great books
2. Knitting at the water with my daughter
3. Wicked with a childhood friend
4. Great chat with old boss
5. College kid got a new job!

Tagging @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. My little‘s 20! She has always kept me on my toes!
2. Family Wedding 💒
3. Kopp‘s Birthday Cake Custard
4. Book in the sun
5. 5 mile walk with a friend today and lots of gossip🤣

@Lesliereadsalot 🍦
@JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM

1. Sent my daughter & boyfriend marble run to build for their 3rd anniversary, extra glue included.
2. Two friends and I got a commemorative brick at the Botanic Garden in honor of our friend‘s mom & brother.
3. Soilandsoulfarm.org. Met with the very cool guy who runs this regenerative farm in the northwest suburbs.
4. Brazilian lemonade recipe from NYT, frothy and made with limes.
5. Met old friend at dog friendly new restaurant.

#5JoysFriday

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
It was a very hot week.
1. I did a painting
2. I sold this cute plant I made
3. I sold this rock painting I made for a patio of a sea turtle
4. The heat wave finally ended
5. Another review this time on a butter tart I sold Wednesday. It was the best she had ever had.

🩵 Last weekend, I spent a restorative weekend in the woods to celebrate midsummer with family - both given and chosen.
🩵 This weekend my bestie is visiting! 🤩
🩵 We Do Not Care Wednesday made my day. I laughed so hard!
🩵 Some co-workers & I have been playing pranks at work with a picture of a creepy doll, and it's been nice to laugh in between the craziness.
🩵 MisterinBlue and the Familiars. Always and forever.
#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

#5JoysFriday @TheSpineView
The day late edition

1. A rhubarb peach strawberry pie from scratch that got a thumbs up from the critics ❤️ from my mom‘s rhubarb patch
2. First in line for the hold for the newest Wally Lamb book - already a gut punch in the first pages.
3. The racing sausages
4. Leo‘s smiles
5. Seeing former co-workers in tough circumstances, good to see people show up.❤️❤️

Thank you @Kshakal - any other late birds?! Join along!

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. A great bike ride
2. Leo, though hiding from thunder here
3. Mammogram
4. Peonies popping
5. Frisbee with the college kid

Bonus - Physical therapy!
Thank you for the tag @Kshakal - I‘m a bit late, tagging any other late comers?!

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

1. Memorial Day family BBQ
2. Two Thunderbirds practice flyovers over my neighborhood
3. Getting a B&N gift card in time for SK's new release
4. Coffee with my daughter
5. Finally ordered a weed whacker for myself

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Went shopping for summer flowers. It was cold and rainy but empty so easy to navigate.
2. Finally found a use for a dish I bought in Seattle last summer, my first succulent garden!
3. Hubby and two grandkids looking good.
4. Excited to think about getting back to #EuropaCollective.
5. One Queen Bee, it‘s been awhile.

#5JoysFriday. @DebinHawaii

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Leo
2. Rhubarb
3. E-bike
4. Vacation dreams
5. A new sewing project

Bonus - the doctor getting me in right away to start treating (hopefully just) a pinched nerve and possibly saving me from the asylum. IYKYK 🤣

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Sent #litsylove
2. Fur babies
3. Passed my biometrics with flying colors 🎉
4. Dinner with old friends - who are engaged ❤️
5. Started running a bit again and did not die, so far 🤣

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Thanks for tags!
1. Knitting another sock to match a book
2. Fur babies
3. Another excellent latte and walk with a friend
4. The Great Midwest book club zoom
5. Winery book club with my daughter and @KLyn1 and @JenReadsAlot (consider yourselves tagged😘)

#5JoysFriday Thank you @DebinHawaii and @Kshakal

1. Lots of Kevin, sending a photo every day to the college kid.
2. Lots of walks.
3. WI voted in a liberal judge!
4. Read books along with both of my daughters - both books were excellent!
5. A breakfast catch up with a friend ☕️
Bonus, a nice lunch with dad where no politics were discussed.

@DebinHawaii Thank you for the tag for #5JoysFriday

1. Oldest child‘s birthday week! Which means…
2. Another puppy chow sundae and…
3. College kid is home but we had….
4. The best latte I‘ve ever had…and then
MINOR SETBACK - Dad reminded me he‘ll never see things my way but…
5. I knit another sock to match my book 🤣🥰🎉❤️

Overall winning! I really enjoy this weekly opportunity to remember all the good in the crazy times we are in. I‘m grateful.

@DebinHawaii @Kshakal #5JoysFriday

1. Water 🏝️
2. Nostalgia on Sanibel Island
3. Paying homage to Gene‘s Books 😢
4. Dinner in Tampa with an old friend
5. College kid joining us mid-vacay

This week has been a much needed mental health recharge week:
1. I haven't read any news or gone on any other social media this week.*
2. I'm going on a lantern-lit snowshoe hike tonight. (old pic from a daytime hike)
3. I painted my nails for fun, and I love how they turned out.
4. Othello (the black cat) and Johan (the gray cat) are the best familiars. 😻😻
5. MisterInBlue. ❤️ My ride or die. (old pic with our niece)

#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

#5JoysFriday Retirement edition
1. So many humbling moments of kindness 🥹
2. Lunch and chat with my work partner 🌮
3. 31 years of memories and stories with great people
4. Charcuterie and flowers
5. A very full ❤️

@DebinHawaii - thanks for the tag @TheSpineView @Kshakal

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii Snow has arrived in the Ottawa Valley, and it looks like it's staying
1. I sold one of my bottles I painted at a market
2. Oakley and snow
3. My amaryllis is getting buds
4. Discovered Grinch Cookies
5. My Team for #WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Trail run/walk
2. Annual 🦃 day 5k with husband and college kid
3. Laying under the tree
4. A successful Thanksgiving
5. All the feels this week, from melancholy to exciting things…❤️. Thanks for the tag @Kshakal

#5JoyFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Excellent and engaging 2-day work meeting
2. An excellent ARC from one of my favorites
3. My first caramel apple 🍎 of fall
4. Three new hiking trails
5. A quick stop to see the college kid for hugs and grocery shopping
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView @DebinHawaii @Kshakal Tagging anyone left with joy to share!! 💕

1. Used my new mug for my morning tea.
2. Beautiful fall flowers everywhere at botanical garden.
3. Interesting customer at my favorite lunch spot.
4. Autumn leaves and Halloween decorations and football…I love fall!
5. Had tooth implant and all went well. In the home stretch with that nuisance.

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

Thanks for the tag @dabbe 💞

#5JoysFriday

1. Finished an amazing book this AM

2. My daughter got approved for an apartment within walking distance

3. It's cool enough for no a/c (today, anyway)

4. The Mr. Is adjusting well to his hearing aids and talking to him is so much more enjoyable without all the repetition

5. Snagged a decent hiking day pack at Goodwill for $14😁

Thank you for the tag @DebinHawaii

1. AC
2. My cold from hell is seems to be abating
3. The silver lining of the cold from hell - uninterrupted reading all week!
4. My granddaughter tucking me in every time she walked passed the couch
5. My Mr who did extensive research on cough medicine to find the best one so I could sleep at night💕

#5JoysFriday

My cookbook review is on my YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/z30k1RGDXM0

Short version: I‘m not here for the unscientific “detox” and “water with meals slows digestion” but there are lots of excellent recipes, beautifully photographed.

#vegan #ayurvedic #cooking

I made the Pear and Chocolate Crumble from the tagged cookbook. It was a hit. 😁

I haven‘t posted a #libraryhaul for a few weeks.
300 piece puzzle
2 books for my kids
A science-y book
1 for #eurpoaeditions
2 potential #WomensPrize (?)
1 for trip ideas
1 cookbook