2026 Happy Blog Challenge

 June 20th Here are some happy things from today: Part of my room is neater.  I'd love to say that I got rid of a bunch of things.  Mostly,  I organized my headboard. I'm hoping for the energy to do more tomorrow.   When I moved a puzzle that I was given over the holidays I decided to open it and see what I might be up against.  The wooden pieces are very unique.  Some of them have some kind of design on both sides.  I look forward to doing this someday.  There was archery practice at Stephanie's today.  The very first arrow I shot hit the gold.  Unfortunately after that first round things went a little downhill for my shooting.  At some point I realized my arm was sore.  It was fun.  Some of the new people were there, but it wasn't as busy as the last time I went. The first round. My first shot with the other arrows removed. A picture of the ceramic piece I wrote about yesterday. ☮ Continued listening to: Paladi...

  Happy Juneteenth! For some odd reason (like I want to make more money) I worked about three hours this morning.  It was nice to be able to help out, but I was happy to get back home and go back to sleep while the sun rose. Today marks five years for being at that job/with that company. Here are some other happy things from today: Driving home from work the predawn sky was lovely.  Keziah had some boxes for me to sort through.  Bel helped and I was able to put some things into a box to donate as well as throw away some things.  Yay downsizing!   I don't remember where I got this. It was still in the box. I've decided to keep it and enjoy it for a little bit for now. I'm looking at it as a symbol of letting go of things. Keziah art from when she was twelve. She earned a third place ribbon at the Deerfield Fair. My mom used to work at Ames.  I placed this over Keziah's pottery area she is creating in the Firehouse building on the property. I paint...

 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...