happy stuff.

mmm…. pancakes and coffee. not done with breakfast until 11:00. in pajama-like clothing most of the day when it’s all cold and rainy outside. have i mentioned how much i enjoy multiple toppings for my pancakes? mr. happy stuff (true to his nature) tops his pancakes with only butter and maple syrup. i prefer a [...]

there’s a bird who lives outside the library whose chirping is so loud that i can hear it through the walls and heavy doors. it’s a very cheerful noise to hear when you’re stuck inside on a lovely day.

this evening, at my last storytime of the month, one of my favorite families from my old library showed up with a handful of beautiful purple (and one pink) tulip they had brought from their yard. yay! what a nice surprise to see them and i got flowers to boot!

ok, most people don’t get excited about dandelions and even i am not fond of them when they crop up in my flower beds, but this is the week of the year when they’re really cool because they are suddenly prolific, causing fuzzy yellow carpets to appear on the side of the road and in [...]

once every six weeks or so, our church building is host to a few temporarily unhoused families. we share the responsibility of feeding and caring for them with 2 or 3 other congregations. last night, i volunteered to help lead the evening activity for the kids of these families. this time, the kids were mostly [...]

after spending most of my day off friday in front of the computer fighting with the most recent class assignment, i decided to have a computer free day yesterday. it was suprisingly blissful and productive. you should try it sometime.

on my way into the home depot yesterday, i was stopped in my tracks by the lovely smell of the blooming flowers surrounding the front door. i could have sworn i was smelling gardenia, but i never found any. what a nice welcome into a giant, cavernous store that more often smells like my dad’s [...]

when i was riding my bike to choir, the wind was pretty strong in certain places. when it wasn’t strong, the act of me riding a bicycle and pushing myself through air made a sort of a breeze (strong enough that it whistled in my ears) but every once in awhile (perhaps when the wind [...]

on sunday, when we were driving to our pastor’s church after the sunrise service for pancakes, i saw a beautiful tree in someone’s yard. it was covered in fluffy pink-white blossoms. it was so pretty, i just wished i could smell it! two years ago, when we went to visit friends and family in virginia [...]

i have a bad habit of not watching the news. (ok, i do watch the daily show and get a dose of current events from jon stewart, but… he does have a bit of a bias…then again, who in the news doesn’t have a bias these days?) some may accuse me of sticking my head [...]