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Happy Friday! #5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
My joys from the week:
1. Fun times at my work holiday party with my hubby
2. Cookie decorating with my niece
3. We did presents with her as well since they are traveling for Christmas and I loved watching her play with her new tiles with Lewis. She's really starting to open up with him more
4. Silly cats
5. Great bookclub discussions with my friends
Usually I‘m considering what to share at the end of the day, but this morning I‘m ready to share my simple joys from the week. Wishing everyone a joyful Friday!
💛 The pets of course
💛 My little changeable desk decoration is ready for Christmas
💛 New stickers for my classroom collection
💛 A simple but funny decorated door for my classroom
💛 Plans to finish Christmas shopping with friends tomorrow
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💛 The first snow of the season while I was visiting my family for Thanksgiving
💛 Letting Luthien run on the farm and also play with other dogs
💛 Sledding with my niece
💛 Attending my hometown Christmas tree lighting and caroling (I only make it on years Thanksgiving is late and aligns with the first Sunday of December)
💛 The snow had completely melted off the roads for my late night drive back to my house
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We have been blessed to have a truly wonderful week, cruising with our son and daughter-in-law.
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1. Spending time with my niece and sister
2. Baking cookies and listening to Christmas music
3. We hosted Friendsgiving this year! I never care about the food aspect of the holiday but can't beat the company!
4. I joined some online friends in an ARTvent calendar challenge to try to learn digital art. We have a small prompt for each day in December. Pictured are my apple and mushroom 🍄
5. The start of Wintergames! ❄️
💛 Just two days of school this week and Thanksgiving break
💛 Family time for the holiday weekend!
💛 Thanksgiving meals and leftovers
💛 Time for a little foraging while exploring with Luthien
💛 Helping my sister and her family with some farm chores
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Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! Our celebration is later this weekend 😊 My joys from the week:
1. Got my hair cut short again and I love the length 💇🏼♀️
2. Arthur going wild over a new toy 😺
3. Cam keeping me company while I work on my journal 😻
4. Finally new cabinets were installed in the kitchen at work after a major leak
5. Saw Wicked yesterday and it was amazing 🤩🩷💚
💛 I made this year‘s Christmas fruitcake!
💛 I had a good day of professional development and an afternoon iced coffee since I was in town.
💛 We had a few days this week when I could wear jeans and flannel to school.
💛 Heat in my house that works well now that it‘s getting colder.
💛 The pets, as usual. Watching & listening to Luthien run is pure joy, and the cats have been extra snuggly lately.
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
It's been a laidback week but pretty joyful
1.The special edition that I splurged on arrived and it's so pretty 😍
2. Cam had some tests done at the vet but everything came back alright
3. Oakley spent some time outside and loved rolling around on the concrete
4. Ben snuggles as usual 😻
5. Pretty sunset on the way home from work today ☀️
💛 Using fall pumpkins not only as decoration but also for delicious meals
💛 Baking pumpkin cinnamon rolls & bacon cheddar scones to share at a church breakfast
💛 Flowers from a student just because they wanted to share some joy
💛 Great colleagues at school who are also great friends
💛 Cozy blankets and snuggly pets as the weather turns cooler
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#5JoysFriday … on Sunday!
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Not gonna lie, it's been hard finding much joy this week. So instead, I'm gonna share some of my joys from the past few weeks since I've been absent here.
-our wedding had beautiful weather and a gorgeous sunset backdrop
-my amazing bridal party who helped make the day flawless
-showing my mom my veil which was made from her wedding dress
-playing with my niece at the end of the night
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💛 Making simple lye soap with my aunt
💛 Fall canning - pumpkin cubes & cranberry juice
💛 A peaceful and foggy fall morning
💛 Pets, even when Luthien is napping on top of my work
💛 Veterans Day recognition at school today
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1. My cd I ordered from Taylor Bradshaw arrived in the mail today. He just released a live album.
2. I was approved for more Netgalley ARCs
3. This T-shirt I ordered online from Piper & Ivy arrived in the mail this week.
4. I wore this shirt on Halloween.
5. I drew this oracle card for the week from my ocean life oracle deck.
My dog passed away on Fri, Oct 25 so I‘m looking forward to listening to my new CD the most.
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💛 Homemade sourdough cinnamon rolls and the time at home to make them
💛 A beautiful fall evening and backyard fire on Halloween 🎃 🔥
💛 Always the pets!
💛 Friday night pizza and wine 🍕 🍷
💛 Spotify music with great variety for my various moods 🎶
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1. Daughter brought me this postcard from the Maurice Sendak exhibit in Denver. We both loved him when she was a kid.
2. Beautiful leaves on the tree on my deck. Sadly, now they‘re mostly on the deck.
3. So many library books to get to! But I love having choices.
4. Had my flu shot. Only shot left this year is Prolia.
5. Fun brunch with daughter and boyfriend. I love seeing them in love.
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💛 A family wedding and spending extra time with cousins for the weekend
💛 Putting up end of season green tomato pickles
💛 Successful parent teacher conferences at school
💛 A three day weekend at home that started today
💛 Pets that are adorable and travel well together when necessary
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This week‘s joys are all about spending last weekend in my hometown.
💛 Beautiful weather for a local fall festival with friends, family, fun, and delicious food
💛 Working with friends friends from church serving breakfast at the festival
💛 Quality time with my family
💛 Picking pumpkins to bring back to my house
💛 Spending a little time at the farm helping with harvest
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💛 A couple trips to UCM for a play to see a former student perform and a day of professional development where I also got to meet up with another former student for a bit.
💛 A new positive math sticker for my laptop.
💛 Homemade multigrain sourdough sandwich rolls.
💛 Steak fajitas made with leftover steak and some late vegetables from the garden.
💛 As always, the pets, this week featuring LaGata.
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💛 Birthday dinner with friends
💛 Lovely weather
💛 Homemade pizza & cheesy bread
💛 Going to see a former student perform in the play She Kills Monsters at a local college
💛 Always the pets
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1. Amazing swirling water and beautiful flowers at botanic gardens
2. Cutest airplant holders ever
3. CPA hubby says he‘s retiring now that he‘s finished filing all his client tax returns that were on extension. Spoiler alert: he says that every year
4. Got tix to Wicked in London
5. Had lunch with grandson and picked up coconut cake slices for the two of us on the way home.
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How is it already the weekend again?
💛 Great colleagues at school
💛 A very happy beagle and two chill cats
💛 Meds for treating poison ivy
💛 Smoked chicken sandwich from a local BBQ place
💛 A beautiful sunset
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Our England & Wales vacation has been absolutely wonderful! 🏴🏴🇬🇧
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💛 A really great day of professional development with other teachers
💛 A reliable vehicle for all the driving I did this week
💛 Making it through Homecoming week at school
💛 Always the pets!
💛 Time outdoors, even though it‘s back to feeling completely like summertime
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After a wonderful week in England and Wales, I had trouble choosing just 5 joys for #5JoysFriday ! 🇬🇧🏴
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Last week‘s #5JoysFriday … posted 4 days late due to my travel schedule! @DebinHawaii
💛 corn harvest 🌽
💛 open windows 🪟 beautiful weather
💛 new canner 🍅 homemade tomato products
💛 wild sunflowers 🌻
💛 always pets 🐶 🐈
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#5JoysFriday
~watching Women‘s soccer star Alex Morgan‘s leave her last game ⚽️
~ a wedding photo of me & the 2 friends who found this & sent it to me this week (me in the middle with a curly perm) 💍
~ a primrose coffee mug my friend brought back for me from her 2week educator tour through Israel. ☕️
~ missed the Maggie Hope series-happy to be back with her in her world. 📕 WWII
~ Yankees beat the Red Sox ⚾️
💛 Homemade fish tacos
💛 Beautiful hammock weather
💛 A tired but content Luthien after spending most of the day exploring
💛 Tomatoes from friends to put up this weekend
💛 Gandalf & LaGata cozy on the couch with me while Luthien was outside
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My joys this week
~my son brought me our first fallen leaf of autumn
~ fresh tomato pizza from Pepes,a New Haven CT. Institution.
~Fresh flowers from my neighbor‘s garden to dress up my desk at work
~ fit lots of walking in
~ reading & coffee on my porch
Anyone want to join in #5JoysFriday
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1. End-of-summer pool day with my niece, who started an impromptu dance party 💃🏼 I love her so much
2. Booked our lodging for our Scotland trip finally! I'm getting so excited 🗺️
3. Spotted a cool caterpillar guy on our porch 🐛
4. Won lottery tickets to the Lion King and invited a friend I don't get to see often 🦁
5. Cats getting cozy on the couch with me on my lazy Monday off work 😻
#5JoysFriday One of my favorite weekly activities! Thanks for hosting, @DebinHawaii 💛
Anyone else want to share?
#5JoysFriday a day late, due to too much fun! 😃
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A day late again, but better late than never.
💛 A night out at a winery with great friends that I don‘t see very often
💛 My pets, featuring Gandalf this week
💛 Book mail! 📚
💛 Bacon sandwiches with cucumber and tomato from my garden on homemade sourdough bread
💛 Completing the second week of school
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Here's my #5JoysFriday (a bit late) @DebinHawaii
1. My friend from PA was in my area so she stopped by for a chat and we went out to lunch! 🥰
2. Lewis being silly with his cat son Arthur 😹
3. Snuggles from Benny always 😻
4. Been listening to the audiobook for The Starless Sea as a comfort between other reads ✨
5. (not pictured) Dance lessons with Lewis, we're finally starting to choreograph our first dance 💃🏼
