4/25/08 happiness is....

friday
starbucks
itunes
and watching carter play t-ball

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4/7-11/08 happiness is...

no tornados
lightning storms far away
still no tornados
my new macbook pro!

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4/6/08 happiness is...

planting beautiful flowers and aromatic herbs.

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4/5/08 happiness is...

sluething out some previously undiscovered ancestors in my genealogy work!

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pet peeve #9

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

some neighbor who complained to the city about my dogs barking for an hour at midnight, when my dogs aren’t ever outside after midnight and are sound asleep by then!

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spending time with carter

it’s been so nice since the time changed so there’s actually sunlight and time to do stuff outside after everyone gets home from work and school. carter started t-ball this spring and we’ve been practicing a lot. he seems to love it and is getting really good. he’s also getting the hang of riding a bike and it’s such a joy to see his excitement about it.

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4/4/08 happiness is...

a floor-to-ceiling, third-floor window from which to watch the storm blowing in.

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4/2/08 happiness is....

first of all, i can’t believe 7 weeks have flown by since i’ve posted anything here! the whole point was to find just one thing a day that makes me happy and record it. the good news is, it hasn’t been 7 weeks of unhappiness, just busyness. there’s been much to be happy of and i just haven’t made the time to reflect on it here (which is one thing that makes me UNhappy!) anway, just a few happy things from recent days:
1) carter’s (my 4.5 year old son) excitement at the first steps of riding a bike and seeing him pedal about 50 yards on his own and turning around to see how far he’s gone…and the huge smile on his face at the sight of his accomplishment.
2) carter’s excitement about playing t-ball.
3) uma (our 1 year old great dane) actually showing signs of growing up (and not being a complete goober and menace to our six year old dane, hilde.
4) and last but not least, carter, with hand on mom’s belly, feeling his little brother kicking carter in the hand and “shout whispering”: “i can feel him! i can feel him!”

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2/12/08 happiness is...

dinner with my family and being at home after a crazy busy day at work.

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spending time with carter

the last couple of days we haven’t had a lot of time between when we all get home from school and work and fixing/eating dinner and getting a four year old ready for bed, but we’ve managed to eat dinner together and play some games. Carter’s current favorite is some made up game with Pokemon cards, sorta like battle. we’re still working on not being a sore loser and also being a gracious winner, but he’s making progress! :-)

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2/10/08 happiness is...

gorgeous weather, watching carter ride his bike and him learning to count by tens

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2/9/08 happiness is...

meerkats, nice weather, otters, underwater slides, porcupines, and an eel

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2/9/08 and 2/10/08 spending time with my son

saturday we went to the zoo and sunday we had a bike vs. dad race at the school down the road.

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2/8/08 spending time with my son

tonight Carter wanted to lie out on the driveway and watch for shooting stars. it was a beautiful, cool night with thousands of stars to see. he went us got us some blankets and pillows and now wants to sleep outside!

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2/8/08 happiness is...

lying out under the stars on a clear crisp night

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2/7/08 happiness is...

sharing a nearly 1000 year old manuscript with students and seeing their amazement and wonder

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2/6/08 happiness is...

a pot of freshly ground and brewed coffee waiting for me at the office (thanks, Stephen – you’re AWESOME!)

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2/5/08 happiness is...

playing catch with my son
watching a cold front blow in
listening to a masterful writer reading a delightful excerpt from one of his books

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2/5/08 spending time with my son

yesterday we went out for an adventure, Carter riding his bike and me walking Hilde. we rode down to explore a new house that’s going up down the road that’s the same floor plan as ours. the day before that we had a rousing backyard game of teeball with the whole family. tonight we played catch on the stairs with a ball that Carter hand selected because it was soft and not too noisy!

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