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A couple weeks worth of joys since I never made time to post last weekend

💛 Beautiful northern lights from my backyard
💛 Homemade sourdough brownies
💛 My pets
💛 Time to bake the fruitcake for this holiday season
💛 Cozy blankets

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? I'm still getting enormous glee from seeing "ex-Prince Andrew", "former prince Andrew", and "Andrew M-B" in news articles.
? Restful, restorative sleep! ?
? We started the week with pretty snow, and are ending it with a sunny, 50 degree day.
? Work besties make me laugh so hard!
? #noplansnovember is so wonderful that I'm going to make it an annual tradition.

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Another Saturday edition of joys:

💛 A few new to me jars and dishes from my grandparents‘ house
💛 Trying out some new math activities with my classes
💛 The pets! They‘re all getting a little snugglier as the weather cools.
💛 Friday night pizza and football
💛 A Saturday with nowhere to go

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💛 The pets!
💛 I have completed all the steps to add HS math to my teaching certification.
💛 Parent teacher conferences yesterday and no school today, meaning a 3 day weekend!
💛 A pumpkin spice shake on my way home from errands today
💛 Time to stay home and bake tomorrow

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💛 Last weekend I got to watch my nephew play in his senior Homecoming game!
💛 It was also the annual fall festival in my hometown with lots of fun festival food, including the pineapple whip in the photo.
💛 Mums and pumpkins and beautiful weather to enjoy it all
💛 Getting a step closer to adding high school math to my teaching certification
💛 The pets!

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Another Saturday edition of weekly joys

💛 More apples 🍎 I made chunky applesauce last weekend & need to decide what to make today. 🍏
💛 They harvested the soybeans around my house this week. I love being around for harvest, and Luthien loves that we now have open fields for running.
💛 Happy cats
💛 Making it through Homecoming week at school
💛 A beautiful Saturday morning and iced coffee

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💛 My new yellow mum is blooming, and my established purple mum is getting close!
💛 The pets, this week two very content cats
💛 Apples 🍎 🍏
💛 Baking and sourdough focaccia specifically
💛 A beautiful Friday evening

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1) craft retreat last weekend—working on my bee album (center)
2) with a friend at the retreat
3) splurge on books on random trip to bookstores with daughter
4) I‘ve received cards from the #fallcardswap
5) I‘ve started sending cards for #fallcardswap

Bonuses: #hauntedshelf is revving up & my cat is my team‘s mascot

Stressful week, so I just had to look for my joys today and I found a lot! With a sweet kitty on my lap all is well.

💛 A family get together and a beautiful view over a lake
💛 Late summer flowers
💛 Bacon & tomato sandwiches on homemade sourdough
💛 The pets, including a very happy, running beagle
💛 A rainy Thursday as it‘s been very dry

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We have been on a Canadian cruise for the past two weeks. The joys have been numerous! Top 5 (so far) in no particular order:

1. The gorgeous views from the deck of the ship.

2. Lobster Rolls, Poutine, Beaver Tails.

3. The way the Canadians honor their heritage- First Nation, French, British

4. Lovely towns and cities, stunning scenery everywhere.

5. The wonderfully friendly, warm, welcoming Canadian people!

Another Saturday edition of weekly joys:

💛 Fresh baked sourdough rolls
💛 An extra day at home for Luthien to have time to run and me to catch up on chores
💛 Snuggly pets
💛 Friday night pizza and football
💛 Beautiful weather

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💛 Watching hummingbirds enjoying a new feeder
💛 Cooler evenings in the hammock in the back yard
💛 The pets, including a cozy Gandalf and a happy Luthien out exploring today
💛 Watching my nephew play Friday night football
💛 The long weekend to catch up and relax, including reading for #SummersEndReadathon

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Happy Friday!

💛 Iced Pumpkin Carmelicious coffee on my last day of running errands before the start of a new school year
💛 First day of school for a new school year!
💛 Fresh tomatoes for salads for lunch this week
💛 The pets, especially this adorable beagle who thought she should just get to stay snuggled in blankets when I needed to leave for work.
💛 Smooth first week of school completed!

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💛 Prepping my classroom for the school year with new bulletin boards
💛 Dinner at one of my favorite restaurants with a friend I haven‘t seen in a long time
💛 Delicious meals made with fresh garden vegetables
💛 Iced coffee
💛 The pets

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💛 Canning projects with fresh produce
💛 Evening reading in the hammock
💛 Starting to get my classroom ready for a new school year
💛 Local festival
💛 The pets

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💛 A few last days of farm work with my dad before transitioning back to get ready for a new school year
💛 Pets that travel well together
💛 Back at my own house with all three pets together
💛 Making a few different kinds of pickles with homegrown produce
💛 Cooler weather this weekend

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Finally posting last week‘s #5JoysFriday 🙄 @DebinHawaii

Another Saturday edition:

💛 The pets
💛 Lunch with friends I don‘t get to see enough at a new to me restaurant
💛 A visit with @jewright
💛 All the fresh homegrown produce, including putting up sweet corn today
💛 VBS week

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Another Saturday edition after a long Friday

💛 A walk along the creek where I grew up and a little bit of foraging
💛 Time for Luthien to run
💛 We‘ve reached the time of year with the best cucumber tomato salads!
💛 A great view of the Missouri River while working along the levee
💛 Not having to put on my daily sunscreen today

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Happy #5JoysFriday ☺️ @DebinHawaii
1. The birds nest under our porch hatched four little fledglings and we got to watch them grow and fly off
2. Kitty cuddles, always
3. Great discussions with #camplitsy, I enjoyed the last book and am really into the current read as well
4. We drove up to Pennsylvania yesterday, visiting my home town for a week
5. Lewis, always 💖

💛 The pets
💛 Fresh garden produce
💛 Watching some of the canoes & kayaks in the MR340 go by on the river
💛 Finishing baling this year‘s straw
💛 A slower start this morning after a long week

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii It was a lovely, summery week. ☀️

💛 Attending a teacher appreciation event at Missouri Scholars Academy with one of my students
💛 Putting up hay with the beautiful views from some of the fields and the start of wheat harvest
💛 Chocolate chip scones made by my niece
💛 AC and a comfy bed to sleep after long days of working outside
💛 Always the pets!

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Happy #5JoysFriday - and what a week it's been 🫠 @DebinHawaii

1. Evening pool time with friends
2. Temporary AC at work - FINALLY 🥵
3. I snagged the Jane Austen Lego set which I'm excited about
4. We've been watching a pair of wood-pewees build and inhabit a nest on top of one of our porch pillars. We peeked yesterday and saw a few eggs! 🪺
5. I won a storygraph giveaway! 🎉

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💛 Being back on the farm for the summer (although it‘s been a bit of a transition from travel in Alaska)
💛 Home cooked meals with my sister‘s family
💛 The pets - Luthien, Gandalf, and my sister‘s dog Gracie
💛 Hammock time on the porch
💛 The beauty of the creek after a rain

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This week has been hectic and honestly a bit miserable - the AC at my work is broken and it's been almost 90 degrees this week 🥵
Joys: 1&2 - Oakley and Ben snuggles, 3 - seeing Indiana Jones in the theater with a big ol' bucket of popcorn, 4 - birds at my feeders, 5 - a cool house to come home to each evening!!

I just got home yesterday from a two week trip to Alaska, so my joys for these weeks are all about that.

💛 So much beautiful scenery!
💛 The experience of flying in small planes to & from the village and watching seaplanes land on the water
💛 Seeing wildlife, especially moose
💛 Hiking out onto a glacier
💛 Delicious food, including fresh fish

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Happy Friday, Litsy friends!

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This work week has been draining, I've mostly been holding on to joy from the past weekend. Lewis and I had a mini-getaway to Asheville. A friend was in an outdoor performance of The Book of Will, which was excellent & very fun! We wandered around old neighborhoods and the Botanical Gardens. We ate some delicious food and hung out with awesome people. With the city

1. Our favorite restaurant opened a new branch at the racetrack.
2. We went to Ocean City. This is the view from our friend‘s condo.
3. A vendor that I liked at the farmers market last summer is back this year, just under a different name.
4. Nationals Night Out. The game was lousy, but I loved the company and atmosphere.
5. “Alien vs Predator” 🍿
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My #5JoysFriday is all about Iceland this week. The scenery here is dramatic!

1. Sunset at 11:30 p.m.
2. Waterfalls
3. Lupines. They are everywhere. Great swaths of them strewn across fields and hills.
4. Snow-capped mountains.
5. Windswept hills.

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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!

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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 😵‍💫
@DebinHawaii
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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