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1. The 2025 planners were on sale so I bought a Snoopy themed one
2. Had coffee with a friend before attending a work event
3. Mr Donuts collab with Pierre Marcolini. Chocolate brings me joy😆
4. I tracked my reading every day this month!! Love seeing my completed tracker on Fable
5. Also I started using Finch from the beginning of the year-it‘s so cute and motivating

#FiveJoysFriday @DebinHawaii

This week for my #FiveJoysFriday:
1. Spent most of the week working on a jigsaw puzzle: a rainbow of buildings in Copenhagen (artist: Martin Schwartz)
2. Played board games with my nephew last weekend
3. My partner and I ordered a board game table that can be converted to a dining table
4. My favourite Triscuits were on sale 😋
5. Made great progress on a work project and received encouragement on it 💪🏼

Hoping to be a more regular participant in #FiveJoysFriday this year! Here‘s this week‘s roundup:

1. Excited to be participating in the #CosmereBuddyRead 😊

2. Going out for dinner with friends tonight 🍽️

3. My friend knitted me a lovely pair of dark blue cabled socks 🧦

4. Saw my nephew on Tuesday! 💙

5. I have a cupboard full of snacks from Christmas, which makes my inner hobbit happy 😂

#FiveJoysFriday - Lots of Christmas joy this week!

🎶 A rich and meaningful Lessons & Carols service on Sunday
👶🏼 Seeing my grand-niece who is just beginning to walk, tottering around like a tiny drunkard after the Christmas Eve service
🐴 My husband‘s reaction to the Wheel of Time/Parks & Rec mashup shirt I got for him
📚 Christmas book gifts
🎄 My dad reading to his great-granddaughter on Christmas

#FiveJoysFriday!

Some joys this week:
🎄 Christmas decorations!
🐻‍❄️ This illustration from Tolkien‘s Letters from Father Christmas yesterday
☕️ A mug of tea from my tea Advent calendar every night
🍽️ Tasty Korean BBQ and good conversation last night with one of my best friends
🎁 My husband went Christmas shopping today (unheard of—he usually waits until at least the week of Christmas 😆)

My #FiveJoysFriday Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

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1) Took my younger kid to his first rock concert (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard...fun despite the rain).
2) Visited my elder kid at college and got awesome hugs.
3) Perused a cool antique shop and saw uranium glass!
4) I recorded self-tapes and don't hate them.
5) I spotted a strange and kind of delightful map icon for a lactation room.

@DebinHawaii #FiveJoysFriday

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📚Finished two books that were both pretty good
💻 Book club meeting for Ordinary Grace
🎸 Nada Surf concert at the Troubadour!
🧬 My latest Nature Biotechnology article came out
🎃 Fall weather is here

#fivejoysfriday #debinhawaii
I‘ve never done one of these before.
1 my favorite flower from my moms gardenia bush.
2 the moon always makes me happy…side note I finally have a phone that can get a good picture of the moon. (Yes my phone took that picture)
3 my handsome (and spoiled rotten) dog Bash.
4 my beautiful girlfriend Holly and our dog Bruno
5 my new (and first) grandson Ky.

Whew this week flew.
#FiveJoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Walking by a house that Betty Ford lived in to mail letters with Betty Ford stamps 🤓
2) Rootbeer floats
3) Late summer sunsets
4) Porch reading
5) New scratching post shenanigans

TGIF!!