It's The Little Things

I keep up with my joys each day so I can sit down on NYE  and review all the good things that happen each and every week.  I had high hopes that Covid would be mostly in the rear view mirror by now, but sadly that is not to be. I am still going almost nowhere and any place I do go (grocery or drug store) I go masked then leave, open the car door, grab the hand sanitizer and do the hand sanitizing routine before I even get into it.  So instead of talking about the joys we would be having on our beach trip (cancelled due to Covid) once again I will focus on the little things that make me happy.

And this has made me happy for a year or so!

Friday: Son1 and DIL1 use day camps for Pip's daycare during the summer. As a result she gets to do try a varied amount of activities each year. Friday they sent precious photos of her last day of cheer camp. Since we are Alabama fans, I had sent her a cheerleading outfit several years ago. On the last day she wore her Alabama cheerleading outfit complete with Alabama pom poms, not what you would expect to see in Oregon. DIL1 texted me later that morning and said she thinks it might be time for a new outfit, since she has been wearing that one for 3 or 4 years and it was definitely on the smallish side. I am pretty sure I can arrange that!

Saturday: TheHub and I made our usual run to the produce stand, then ThePig and Publix. Afterward we did different things around the house and yard to get ready for Son3 and DIL3. And for a really silly joy, we are finally getting some female blossoms on the cucumbers and I found a couple of small cucumbers forming. 'Bout time! 

Saturday night we were looking for something to watch and found the 6 episode series McCarthney 321 onHulu. If you grew up listening to the Beatles you might like it.

Sunday: We had another open house and had more traffic than we have had before. As usual my sister and I laughed a lot. After the open house I had phone conversations with all 3 sons, and a special call with Pip

Monday: I sold a cool chair that I really liked, but had no place for it anymore. I am so glad Bless suggested the August decluttering challenge. I am getting rid of one item each day for the month of August, but I think I will continue it well after this month. Taking stock of things I actually use and letting go of some of the excess is so freeing and makes me very happy.

Tuesday: I made major progress rearranging some rooms upstairs. TheHub helped me move some furniture that was just too heavy/bulky for me to do by myself. Things look so much better now.

Wednesday: We had an impromptu showing of Mom's house. I have no idea if anything will come of it or not but they looked and measured for quite a while. The bonus of the showing was watching their adorable 12 month old daughter crawling around the house.

And the best joy in quite a while was DIL3 and Son3 arriving. 

Thursday: I will confess even though it was a stormy day, having Son3 and DIL3 makes the rainy day not bleak at all.  They even managed to swim a bit between storms. My silly joy was while Son3 was looking through the big freezer he found a corned beef and mentioned that DIL3 loves it. I took it out to thaw, a future meal planned itself, and I gained some space in the freezer! It's a win all the way around.

So go find your joys. Large or small, they are around for the finding if you just look for them.