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OCTOBER 2016: CURRENTLY

Posted by Carolyn on October 21, 2016 Leave a Comment

reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

knowing it would be so much better live, or in a fully written book.

wishing I could fly to London with tickets to the play in my hand.

listening to my Autumn Playlist on Spotify.

feeling nostalgic, which is apparently my Autumn mood.

wanting to be more creative, more consistently.

cutting all the felt into all the shapes and letters.

preparing to sell felt things at a bazaar next month.

watching all the Friends reruns on Netflix.

getting excited for Halloween.

looking forward to November, when I practice 30 Days of Gratitude.

thinking that I might start a few days early.

feeling like we all need more gratitude in our lives right now.

imploring that we can just vote early and get this shit-show over with.

reading and watching way too much about the election.

fearing the worst.

hoping for the best.

enjoying the colorful days and dark nights.

stopping to watch the leaves.

choosing to see the beauty.

reminding myself that playing with the kids is what I should be doing.

going outside.

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Gratitude – One Little Word – 2014

Posted by Carolyn on December 30, 2014 3 Comments

365 Days of GratitudeMy One Little Word for 2014 was Gratitude.  As I said in my post from last December, I’ve done a One Little Word, but it’s never been incredibly meaningful.  Until 2014, when my One Little Word was GRATITUDE.

I was very intentional with my word.  I thought about it every single day.  I wrote down what I was grateful for every single day.  The wordle above shows all those words.  The cool thing about wordle, is that the frequency of each word increases the size of the word in the final word cloud.

So, clearly, in 2014 I was most grateful for my friends.  Followed closely by my mom, my dad, Jesse, family, and home.  Then, a little smaller is Harriet, Alma, church, Eugene, alone, parents, and Autumn.  Isn’t that just lovely?

Looking back at my list of words, I am a little surprised that Jesse isn’t bigger.  I think this is because it’s obvious that I’m grateful for Jesse (and Harriet and Alma).  I probably could have filled a whole year writing down just their names, but I was trying to go beyond the obvious and think about what I was seriously, truly grateful for each day.

That was usually special time with friends – time that rejuvenated me – time that expanded me – time that filled me.  I can still feel that feeling of gratitude that comes with good time with good friends.  I’m not sure that I had ever paid much attention to the enormous amount of gratitude I felt for my friends.

Or my parents.  Sure, I have always appreciated them.  They are amazing people.  I was lucky to have been raised by my mom and dad (and my step-dad and step-mom).  This year, it is clear that they do a lot for me and my family.  They watch my kids (and love them in the process) so I can work, or get things done that would be difficult with 2 toddlers in tow.  They feed us food.  They keep us company.  They have ideas for me, and encourage me.

I have loved 2014.  I have really loved giving thanks every single day.  I think I’ll miss it.  I’ll always be grateful.

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Friday Gratitudes 40, 41, 42 & 43

Posted by Carolyn on October 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

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3: Friday
4: Traditions
5: Dad
6: Walking
7: Church
8: Love
9: Family
10: Rach
11: Autumn
12: Friends
13: Holiday
14: Friends
15: Motivation
16: Home
17: Friends
18: Art
19: Church
20: HealthFirst
21: Friends
22: Autumn
23: Bedtime
24: FitBit
25: Family
26: Friends
27: Mom
28: Church
29: Time
30: Me-Time

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Friday Gratitudes 38 & 39

Posted by Carolyn on October 7, 2014 Leave a Comment

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19: Story time
20: Restaurants
21: Nursery
22: Jesse
23: Autumn
24: Friends
25: Home
26: Walking
27: Friends
28: Family
29: Half days
30: September
1: Friends
2: Kids

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Friday Gratitudes 36 & 37

Posted by Carolyn on September 19, 2014 Leave a Comment

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5:  School.
6: Love.
7: Friends/music.
8: Preschool.
9:  Mom.
10:  Walk.
11:  Memories.
12:  Friends.
13:  September.
14:  Shower.
15:  Courage.
16:  Mom.
17:  Walks.
18:  100,000.

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Friday Gratitudes 35

Posted by Carolyn on September 5, 2014 2 Comments

20140830_181620[1] 20140901_165757[1] 20140902_180641[1] 20140903_155159[1] 20140904_130310[1] 20140904_170549[1]Friday the 29th: Mom and Phyllis.  We had a lovely park picnic with our sweet friend Phyllis.

Saturday the 30th: Clouds.  Love the clouds, rain, weather.

Sunday the 31st: Poppy.  Got to meet a sweet baby.

Monday the 1st: Holidays.

Tuesday the 2nd: Thanksgiving.  When Katrina suggested that she would roast a turkey and we would be sides, I was all in.  And it was delicious.

Wednesday the 3rd: Walks.  I love this early fall/ late summer weather.  It is so much more pleasant to walk when there is a nice breeze and it’s under 90 degrees.

Thursday the 4th:  School.  Parent orientation for Alma’s school.  Whoa.

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Friday Gratitudes 33 & 34

Posted by Carolyn on August 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

20140817_112438[1] 20140820_115002[1] 20140821_072601[1] 20140821_123845[1] 20140821_132845[1] 20140823_111515[1] 20140823_183104[1] 20140824_122936[1] 20140824_162302(0)[1] 20140825_180907[1] 20140825_190449[1] 20140826_185439[1] 20140827_111258[1] 20140828_170549[1]Friday the 15th: Cousins.

Saturday the 16th: Family.

Sunday the 17th: Mountains.

Monday the 18th: Mom

Tuesday the 19th: Mom

Wednesday the 20th: Rain

Thursday the 21st: Hattie

Friday the 22nd: Dad

Saturday the 23rd: Celebrations

Sunday the 24th: People

Monday the 25th: Fun

Tuesday the 26th: Elsa

Wednesday the 27th: Alone

Thursday the 28th: Gymnastics

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Friday Gratitudes 31 & 32

Posted by Carolyn on August 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

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Saturday the 2nd: Swimming

Sunday the 3rd: Edison

Monday the 4th: Parks

Tuesday the 5th: Dad

Wednesday the 6th: Friends

Thursday the 7th: Parents

Friday the 8th: Vacation

Saturday the 9th: Family

Sunday the 10th: Beach

Monday the 11th: Beach

Tuesday the 12th: Sleep.

Wednesday the 13th: Mom

Thursday the 14th: Pedicures

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Friday Gratitudes 30

Posted by Carolyn on August 1, 2014 Leave a Comment

IMG_2617 20140730_100450[1] 20140730_093302[1]Friday the 25th: Jesse. My wonderful husband came home for a couple hours during lunchtime so I could go get some things done.  Having one sick kid, and one teething kid is incredibly stressful, so I appreciated getting the break.

Saturday the 26th: Mom. Mom came over and watched the kids (Alma was finally eating and drinking again) so Jesse and I could have a coffee date and go on a walk.  It was lovely.

Sunday the 27th: Hydration.We had been pretty worried about Alma’s hydration for the past few days.  It was so wonderful seeing her drink water, and start to perk up.

Monday the 28th: Motivation.

Tuesday the 29th: Health.

Wednesday the 30th: Eugene.A hike in the morning, an all-comers track meet in the evening.  I love Tracktown, USA.

Thursday the 31st: Bounce.

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Friday Gratitudes 29

Posted by Carolyn on July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

…on a Monday.

20140720_164721 20140720_173209 20140723_121149Friday the 18th: Friends.

Saturday the 19th: Picnics.Teddy Bear Picnic, Jesse’s company picnic, a picnic at Dad’s pool.

Sunday the 20th: Nature.Alma’s first camping trip.

Monday the 21st: Papa.Harriet got to spend the night with my dad while we were camping.  They have such a cool bond.  I love it.

Tuesday the 22nd: Katrina.We got to celebrate our friend’s birthday!

Wednesday the 23rd: Rain. Love. Love. Love.

Thursday the 24th: Bradshaw. As in, Dr. Bradshaw.  We are so lucky to have such a caring, loving, positive, intelligent, and wonderful doctor for our kids.  Especially when they end up with hand, foot, and mouth disease.  Ugh.

 

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