• Spending the entire weekend with Mr. Hot. In Chicago. This city is so much awesomer* with him in it.
• The hours and hours spent working recently are starting to pay off – we’re rawking this project.
• Krissa. She sent me all of the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum books and they are cracking my ass up.
• Having the windows open.
• A nap in the recliner.

—- *Shush. Awesomer is SO a word. —-

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace in Small Things. Thanks to Schmutzie, as always.

• The meeting I have today for work is only 90 minutes long.
• George Carlin on cable.
• Painting with Mr. Hot. That flippin’ bathroom is finished.
• (Turkey) Pepperoni pizza for breakfast. Hot out of the oven. Yes, really.
• Vanilla caramel tea.

—- Yes, I really have a meeting for work today. Yes, it’s Sunday. It starts at 8 pm. I will be drinking vodka. —-

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace in Small Things. Thanks to Schmutzie, as always.

• A weekend with all 5 of our favorite kids.
• Real, oil popped popcorn.
• Forty-seven degrees in Ann Arbor today.
• Spaghetti and meatballs.
• A Michigan hockey win.

—- Veriz0n replacing Shortman’s broken phone for free, even though I was too cheap to buy insurance. —-

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace in Small Things. Thanks to Schmutzie, as always.

• Leftover pasta for lunch.
• Not having a 6:45 a.m. flight in the morning.
• Saying, “WTF” to my mother and having her laugh.
• Seeing wild turkeys in the old pumpkin patch today.
• The smell of Goo Gone.

—- And having that damned wallpaper off the walls. —-

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace in Small Things. Thanks to Schmutzie, as always.

• Waking up to the sound of the dog snoring in my ear.
• The sun is shining again today.
• My new laptop bag.
• Turkey breakfast sausage.
• A new knitting project from this book.

—- This coffee mug – a Christmas present from my stepdaughter. Aren’t the colors wonderful? It makes me smile with every use. —-

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace in Small Things. Thanks to Schmutzie, as always.