Peg

1. Returning home after a 3000 mile round trip to see family and return Ariel to college. 2. Having that trip be an opening up between my daughters and me. Things said face to face are so much clearer than phone or letter, email or otherwise. 3. Spending day one back home with my husband [...]

1. warm socks 2. a scarf around the neck 3. hot tea 4. hot cofffee 5. hot chocolate 6. bright blue skies 7. understanding that bright blue skies means you’re going to freeze 8. dressing accordingly 9. Go Hawks! 10 Chicago Deep Dish

1. After 10 months of unemployment my husband has a job offer he’s accepted. 2. That he’ll be doing what he loves and honors makes him happy and that in turn makes me happy. 3. That we will be apart for all but two weeks a year presents me with a first experience in my [...]

1. Sleeping until nearly 9:30! 2. In awe that my mom would be up at 4 a.m. on this day. How did she do it? 3. The simple act of chopping onions, apples and celery. 4. That I have a roof over my head, a clean kitchen counter and food to fix and eat. 5. [...]

1. Having an abundance of work. 2. Catching myself in a negative space and shifting to the positive. 3. Asking for help. 4. Not being attached to the answer. 5. Creating a large, productive space in a small, cramped one by altering my perspective. 6. And, on the lighter side, Candy Corn. 7. Affy-Tapples 8. [...]

1. Potato pancakes (it’s after two a.m. and I’m hungry) 2. Having the wisdom to wait until later this morning to make them 3. Finding a pair of “long lost” earrings (some favorites) in my purse. 4. Having an abundance of interesting work 5. Omar Faruk Tekbilek (a musician from Turkey) 6. Encouragement 7. Loving [...]

1. Thinking that ten days between good lists…not so good. Then thinking that’s a pretty judgmental thought. Thinking…sometimes it just gets in the way. Letting it go. 2. Canning Cabbage Chow-Chow. Smells so very good…all that cider vinegar. 3. Having enough left over for dinner tonight. 4. Having the gooseneck of the drain under the [...]

1. Irish zombie movies 2. Little kids 3. Mike and Ikes 4. Laughing so hard I snort. (What?? It’s a genetic defect. I swear.) 5. Filling a pot with sliced apples and ending up with only two quarts for canning. 6. Sour apple gumballs. 7. The word: gumballs. 8. Another silly word: Squirrel. 9. Tricks [...]

1. Stepping into someone else’s perspective (shoes) 2. Agreeing to disagree 3. Recognizing and letting go of old behaviors …ewhhhh…change continues 4. Laughing at yourself 5. Speaking with love 6. Staying on your own side of the street I’d say that’s enough for one day. 5.