August flew by, and it didn’t really feel like summer. I was having training the first week, and then school started the third week. But I am thankful to be back in our routine, or at least getting there. As always, post your own good things in the comments! Good things are exponentially better when [...]
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My summer is essentially over. I go back a week earlier this year, and I am currently in workshops. So my days of lounging by the pool are gone. I’m okay with that, though. It’s been a good summer, and I think there are some good things ahead. Be sure and post your good things [...]
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I’ve got four or five drafts that have been percolating but just aren’t ready yet. The week got away from me, this last week of June. I was doing too much waiting and not enough living. Except for the part where we went to see Eclipse at midnight. Just because we could. You’re not really [...]
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Don’t forget to post a link to your good things in the comments. I always enjoy reading everyone else’s lists. It makes our good things even better to share them. May 1 – Derby party and relaxing in our hammock. May 2 – I made several mix CDs that I was proud of. May 3 [...]
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Happy May Day! Here are April’s good things. Be sure to post yours in the comments if you kept track of your good things this month. So that we can celebrate all the good we are taking the time to see. Also, my first Button Club task is completed, so go check that out this [...]
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Sorry my good things are late! We were on vacation, and I had my other posts scheduled. But I needed to finish March’s good things before I could post them. So here they are. As we have been doing, post your link in the comments for our monthly celebration of good things! (Full disclosure: this [...]
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Just like last month, please link your own good things in the comments! We will have another good things party! February 1 – Cleaned out all our old magazines. Filed the recipes and book reviews I wanted to save. Total dorky happiness about it, yes. February 2 – Best workday lunch ever. I would explain [...]
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January was filled with books and organizing and exercising. I have to say, to be honest with you, 2009 kind of sucked in a lot of ways. But this was a good beginning to the new year. I know many of you also write “good things” posts, and I would love it if you would [...]
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December 1 – Good workshop with friends. And white siding on our house instead of green. December 2 – Dinner meeting with fellow librarians. Good times. December 3 – My last class ever. (EVER. If I try to take classes again, remind me how much I hate taking classes.) And dinner with my book club. [...]
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November 1 – All Saints’ Sunday at church. November 2 – Dinner at Phoenix for my mom’s birthday. November 3 – Finished my last paper ever. (Maybe not ever, but let’s just say that it is.) November 4 – Finished Jesus Girls, which will be on my top ten list for the year. November 5 [...]
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When I saw Brandi’s picture of Mad-Eye Moody, I realized I had left off a good thing of my own. Not because of Mad-Eye Moody, but because I had a picture I meant to show you. I don’t know how I forgot this. My OTHER good thing for October 7 can be seen in this [...]
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I have been dreading October since the summer. I knew it would be busy with fun things, but it’s also a hard part of the school year and a hard part of the semester when you are taking classes. This is my testimony of how I survived. And now it is over and I am [...]
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Sept 1 – Watched Mike freak out while reading Catching Fire. Sept 2 – Went for a really good walk after church. Sept 3 – Went for a walk with Emily after class. Sept 4 – Planned a fun art/literature unit with the art teacher. Sept 5 – Cookout with our neighbors and John and [...]
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August 1 – Saw Scott and Kelly in Raleigh with Randy and Melissa. (Got lost. And then unlost. Also went to Trader Joe’s.) August 2 – Toured a house with Jason and Alisa and waited for Brandi to arrive. August 3 – Watched O Brother, Where Art Thou outside on the big screen. August 4 [...]
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You know what I don’t like? Blog posts where people post about how they don’t have anything to say. I didn’t have anything to say, so I didn’t say it. But I’m back! I think. I also don’t like posts where people apologize for not posting. It’s okay not to post! I was busy. Doing [...]
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June 1 – Everything before we drove to Ultimate Frisbee and got a bad phone call. June 2 – One of my students said some very positive and uplifting things that made me feel good about my job. June 3 – The thunderstorm (that I had to chat online during) did not destroy my computer. [...]
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June has been deeply unkind to me thus far, so you will have to excuse the delay. I didn’t want to think about good things. I wanted to wallow. May 1 – I made the best cauliflower side dish EVER. (Basically this without the pasta. Make sure you get it very brown and soft.) May [...]
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With all due respect, Mr. Eliot, I think that March was a whole lot more cruel than April this year. 1. Dinner at Lucky 32 for Andrea’s birthday. Also, I spanked both Alisa and Andrea in Uno. 2. Solaris for my friend Ginny’s birthday. Half-price tapas! 3. I went out to dinner for the third [...]
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1. The deacon meeting was canceled because of snow. And so I don’t sound like a total heathen: Sunday service was really good. 2. SNOW DAY! 3. My class got out about 45 minutes early, and I came home and had tea and toast. 4. Two-hour delay! And my students worked hard in spite of [...]
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I would have posted this yesterday, but I was too busy having fun in the snow. Guess what my good thing for March 2nd will be? TOO MUCH FUN TO LIST. Feb 1 – The Male Bakeoff took place. Also, there was a great sermon at church and the Super Bowl party we went to [...]
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