• Clearing a “free from boxes” path in the living room.
• Birthday and Mother’s Day flowers competing for space in my kitchen.
• Baskin Robbins ice cream cake.
• An “I love you, Happy Mother’s Day” from my step-daughter.
• The Encyclopedia of Chicago.

—- Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Moms. —-

• Shortman finishing his freshman year.
• Lilacs blooming in the neighborhood.
• Address change cards.
• A family for our house – their new home.
• The return of the songbirds.

—- Spring is all about new beginnings. —-

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

• Craigslist: Less STUFF to worry about moving, more CASH for vodka.
• My tulips are blooming. I get to see them one last time.
• The birds are back at the birdfeeder. And splashing in the birdbath.
• Mr. Hot in a White Sox cap.
• Poopy the puppy in his new harness.

—- Shortman thinks Mr. Hot is the worst kind of traitor ever. —-

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

• You guys won’t judge me because I’m a day late here.
• Oh mah holy hell, it was beautiful this weekend in Chicago.
• Risotto. Leftover from a wonderful lunch.
• Finding enough quarters to wash and dry a load of laundry.
• Robert Cray at the House of Blues.

—- Seriously, I want my own washer and dryer again. —-

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

Look! – up there – I have to blog for at least 300 more Sundays! Snirk.

• Chicken noodle soup on a wet, dreary day.
• Hearing the dog snore.
• Saying, repeatedly, “in 5 more weeks, we’ll be in the new place.”
• Mid-70s by the end of the week.
• A clean and organized linen closet.

—- Although that closet is only going to get cleaned if I get my ass up there to do it. —-

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