Welcome to Litsy!

1. I decided to join the #realmoftheelderlings readalong hosted by @PuddleJumper
2. I went for a walk 2 days this week and made progress in my walking game called Walking Planet
3. I signed up for Tome since TikTok is getting banned
4 & 5 - I gave feedback to Taylor Bradshaw on what he should focus on next for his music this year and as a thank you gift to me, he sent me a voice memo of a new song in progress and song lyrics.

#5joysfriday

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Thx for the tag @TheSpineView
Make a great day everyone ⛄️

With family in town and so much going on, I missed last week, but here are my joys for this week‘s #5JoysFriday.

🎂My grand-niece dancing on the table at the end of her first birthday party
📚That same sweet girl enjoying her book gifts at the park
🥐A croissant sticking out its strawberry tongue at the wall of the display case
🙏🏼Seeing a former student interviewed on the news as he was providing support and aid to wildfire victims (link ⤵️)

#5joysFriday

1) Spending last weekend with my sister & visiting a small art gallery with this adorable painting of a cat
2) Trying poffertjes for #Netherlands #foodandlit
3) Making a scrapbook with photos of my parents‘ cat who passed at 17 years old
4) Reminiscing with old photos and found husband and me on the side of a mountain in Norway about 1992 waiting for an avalanche to be cleared on a road
5) Trying a Thai restaurant with my daughter

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii Thank you for the tag @Kshakal
I am woefully bad a taking photos but had a joy filled week…
1. Finished knit socks
2. Went to my first ever Bunco party where I only knew the host. I not only did not die, I had fun!
3. Great gathering with old work friends
4. Gifted yarn from a friend spun from his own sheep‘s wool. 🤯
5. Made sour dough bread and used it to make rosemary croutons for potato soup from Carolina Gelen

TGIF! What a long week. I‘m finally done with work for the day & ready to post my #5JoysFriday list:

1. I got an upgrade on Wednesday‘s Hilo trip & got to read in comfort & have a dragonfruit hard seltzer. 😋

2. I get joy from seeing readers in the wild & people reading books I enjoyed. She was reading Barbarian Days (I‘ll link it below)📚💛

3. Mid-week poke bowl joy!🐟😋💛

4. Team lunch with joyfully good chicken katsu with fried rice.😋

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I didn‘t take many photos this week, but there were several joys!

💛 Watching my niece play in a volleyball tournament
💛 My niece and sister spent the evening at my house
💛 A full week back at school
💛 Starting practice for quiz bowl
💛 The pets

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

1-The Peanuts family
2-The quote: I often feel impatient with my current situation, so i keep reminding myself to “live in the question”
3-Little Bear is 17 months old today
4 & 5- We honored WWII veterans as they arrived at the Austin airport from their trip to Washington DC, as guests of Honor Flights Austin. Bearing the flags, the girl on the left is my granddaughter.

Play? @Bookwormjillk @BookwormAHN @Deblovestoread
#5JoysFriday

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Going to a writing group meeting at a bookstore
2. Homemade focaccia
3. Wordle! Every day my friend and I send each other our results and it‘s so fun to stay in touch this way. Even better I was able to solve all of them in 2 or 3 guesses this week!
4. Finished teaching for the semester. I loved listening to all the students‘ final presentations
5. Yummy bar of oatmilk chocolate from a friend 💛

Thank you @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🌺💝.

1- the remaining fires are calming, praying for no more 🙏🐻.

2- Firefighters 👨‍🚒👩‍🚒🧑‍🚒 who came together to help our own from neighboring countries, states, and counties 🦸🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️.

3- the extreme Winds are calmer 🌬️🍃🙏.

4- invited @Wildflower & @JosusAngel to Litsy. How wonderful that they both joined 🥳👍.

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