2026 Happy Blog Challenge

 February 23rd My intention for today is to laugh at things that I find frustrating.  Here are some happy things: Pretty white outside in the morning. There was an appointment I had this afternoon.  I decided to reschedule because of the storm.  When I told Zed this a gust of wind blew creating a momentary white out to the backyard.  We laughed at the timing.  Plowing takes a long time.  Or at least it does when there is so much snow it is hard to find a place to put it.  There is one corner that keeps giving us trouble.  I know how I will handle this next year I think.  There is too much snow and it would be a lot of work to move it this late in the season.  Anyhow, plowing is work, but it is so much kinder on my body than shoveling.  I know this for sure from shoveling out the stuck plow!  🤣🤪😂 I slid sideways into the snow bank.  It turns out I need to consider physics when plowing!  🤣  The snow is cov...

 February 22nd Here are some happy things from this pre-storm Sunday: Getting to my friend Stephanie's house involves an absolutely gorgeous drive.  I wasn't able to take any pictures.  The trees were dark and heavy with snow, white clouds in the sky.  It was lovely.   Stephanie and I only had a few hours for me to try on her backpacks to see if I liked them (they are much lighter than mine is) as well as go over some equipment questions.  We are going backpacking in April and this was part of the planning process.  It turns out that my heavier backpack is more comfortable for my body than either of hers.  If only it were lighter! After that productive visit I met a friend at the SCA storage area to go through the supplies and equipment we store.  We are trying to make sure things are labeled well in storage and hopefully easy to get to.  We also had a nice lunch together.   We found a box of old newsletters. This cover wa...

 February 21st Intention for today:   After being awake for about four hours I was feeling like I was lacking all motivation.  Then I thought about how I had already done a few dishes, had breakfast, gotten dressed, and paced around enough to have over 3000 steps.  So what if I had fallen down some random internet research rabbit holes in the process.  It was still early in the day, things could get done.  Maybe I could set an intention for my day and that could help me be more productive in one way or another.   My goals and intentions for the day are to joyfully accomplish some of my todo list.  If the item is hard to do joyfully, find a way to rejoice or celebrate whatever progress was made toward that goal. Happy things from today: The freshly fallen snow was very pretty this morning.  The following pictures were taken close to the same time as yesterday's sunrise.  What a difference a day makes! A trip to DIY Craft & T...