Gratitude

Remember how November was Gratitude month? I guess that means it was last month when I created a totally unique title for this post, loaded up the photos and then got distracted by something shiny. That doesn't really explain where I was for the five months prior though. I'm going to leave the title because my brain might melt under the pressure of trying to conjure a new one, and I am generally filled with gratitude this month as well. 

I spent a lot of time wishing I had written a blog post, as if I had no control over this space and what happens here! It was much like sitting on the couch wishing there were homemade chocolate chip cookies on the counter (which I often do, as you probably guessed), while pretending I have no free will to enter the kitchen to cream some butter and sugar together. The important thing is that we're here now, so let's see what I thought was important to share...

Dr. Daughter! She did it - she's a physical therapist now!

We were so proud!

SO PROUD!

Then she packed up and shuffled off to a job in Buffalo!

Seemed like the right time to give her a brand new, not yet loved, Lambie. (I'm not crying, you're crying!)

Still seems worth mentioning.

Not quite as inviting.

They are probably not a threat right now under the snow.

Oh dear, not going to think about what happened to that little friend.

There was a hotel that could not care for its artificial plants.

There were fond memories of that time, over ten years ago, when my friend Mary dumped a double batch of chex mix on the kitchen floor. She celebrated by dumping another roasting pan full.

Apparently my four year old nephew and I share a need for the same sort of self help books.

This is my snail. I spend a lot of time looking at them. When I go near the tank to drop in a food disc, they fling themselves off the glass and gently fall down to the gravel.

Sometimes the specials are so special, you can't say what they are.

My own sad little island.

And I went on a journey taking a bunch of photos that I thought were cool. Charlotte!

I do love a Gerber daisy.

And a rose...

...is a rose!

So those are just some odds and ends. I have another big thing to share, but am going to wait. Mainly, I don't want to compete with the nearly seven month overdue graduation photos that were promised in my last post. Also, if I share the other news now, I'm afraid I won't find the ambition to come back soon! Thank you for being here! Be nice to yourself today!