After not feeling the greatest the past couple days I have it in my head to accomplish things today.

Great start… I made muffins! Strawberry and Blueberry.

While I was waiting for them to bake I unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher and started on the linen closet. The linen closet has been bothering me for some time. It had been just towels and washcloths but it has erupted into well, a mess of random sheets, towels, rugs, tablecloths and such.

I should be able to knock this out fairly quickly. It’s the next part I’m dreading… my closet.

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This my friends, is all me. Scott’s is a much smaller section not pictured. As you may know I don’t necessarily have a style and definitely don’t buy trendy so how do I have so much? Part of it is because I’m weird and hang basically every top. So I’m going to try and organize and donate and maybe have some type of system. Maybe.

This is my determination/still waking up picture. I can do this.

What are you tackling today?

Happy late morning cups my friends.

My coffee today is in bed. I have felt not the greatest the past 24 hours so I’ve stuck to mostly my bed with lots of pillows, a book, my laptop, a heating pad and a fuzzy blanket. It’s nothing serious, just monthly pain.

I did take a shower this morning so I’m feeling more refreshed but that tuckered me out. So back into bed I am… heating pad and pillow pushed into the small of my back. I am honestly very thankful that I’m home and not trying to push through at work which typically would have me throwing up from pain. So, I’m enjoying my view for the time being.

And now that the meow convinced Scott to let her outside… she really likes her morning sun. Even if she was annoyed by the snow…

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She is now happily napping in the bed with me. However poor girl is getting to old to jump up and down so just sits and sighs and waits to be lifted up and down.

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Enjoy your first, third, whichever cup and enjoy your view.

Today’s coffee is accompanied by a view of the snow that has steadily been falling since early yesterday morning. It’s pretty.

Today’s agenda isn’t much as the house is mostly clean. We didn’t do laundry this weekend so I suppose I could work on that. Really, I might just continue to curl up and read and drink my glorious cups of coffee… we’ll call today a Snow Day.

Hmm, that’s a good idea. Typically I’d make brownies or cookies on a snow day but we have bunny cake and jello.  Sweet! Snow day goodies accomplished already. Wow, that was easy. Ok, I have blanket and book and coffee… sounds like a day of comfy in store.

Happy Snow Day and enjoy all your cups today.

What do I do when I wake up 5:30 and can’t go back to sleep? Well, since it’s Easter morning… I sit in my closet and build the Easter Baskets… this year mostly just candy and a couple things I had stashed in the closet since last year.

Then I find fun places to hide eggs and be goofy, I set the table, fill out my chalk board, hide more eggs…

And then some time to drink my first cup in peace as I watch the snow quietly fall.

Happy Easter my coffee lovers

Noontime coffee. Today I’m carving a little time out to write.

This week I lost my marbles for a couple days. As I’ve mentioned it’s hard not to feel lost in times like these. I consoled my work BFF who lost her husband suddenly this week and took on the sad task of calling and letting our coworkers know. My heart is heavy my friends.

It took me awhile but I did find some happy this week…

• We took a night walk… all 3 of us… first time I’ve been out besides the once a week grocery run. We played with Ollie one of our Sphero’s and enjoyed eachother and the quiet. It’s semi eerie how quiet 9pm is. We came across 1 person and doggo and made sure we were more than 6 feet apart. More like a street apart.
• I enjoyed the super moon in all of its beauty.
• Both Scott and I have gotten our Howl on at 8pm. I giggle as I listen to our neighborhood howl.
• I am slowly finding a space for me in our house. As Ashlynn has the run of the livingroom most days and Scott has his office. I have been bouncing back and forth between the diningroom and my bedroom. The diningroom has wonderful morning light but the chairs aren’t comfy after awhile. I have found that if I grab a couch pillow from the office that I can lean comfortably in my bed with my laptop open on the breakfast in bed tray as I watch something and sew.
• Sewing is my new hobby… kindof. I don’t know if I enjoy it. I have most of a mask sewn.
• I’ve also gotten to catchup with a few friends as I made calls this week.

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Okay, I’m off to start another happy. Ashlynn and I are going to bake our bunny cake. But first I’m going to make us all some lunch.

Today and everyday tell your loved ones you love them and your friends and neighbors too. You never know what a small act can do in such an uncertain time. You Are Loved

Happy Afternoon Cups

Feel the morning Sun, it’s warmth that emanates from it. Bringing life… birds singing, flowers blooming and the last remnants of snow melting. It recharges the mind, the body and the soul.

Much like how coffee feels… minus the birds and flowers thing. Coffee is my recharge. It brings life and comfort to sometimes a very weary mind, body and spirit.

Today I’m reminded of the sun’s charge by the Meow. This old girl relishes her morning venture onto the deck and lays in the sun. Even days that it’s snowing she meows until we open the door and she realizes outside may be a bad idea. Today she enjoyed the deck and when I came out to join her joined me on the chair next to me.

Today’s words of wisdom:

• Recharge For me it’s these moments drinking my first amazing cups and enjoying the sunshine and the sounds of nature as I write this. Find something today that recharges you.
• Breathe This one has been easier for me as I’ve been learning how to release worries practicing yoga. When I get overwhelmed and panicky I find a spot that’s away from everything, yesterday it was my closet, and I sat with my hands on my knees and took deep breathes in through my nose and out through my mouth. Bringing my shoulders to my ears and letting my anxiety roll away with my exhale as I rolled my shoulders back down. Find a way to breathe.
• Find your light And what I mean by that is find things and do things that make you, you. Maybe that’s writing or calling and encouraging others, maybe it’s by doing… making masks, shopping for others who can’t, cleaning, baking, teaching etc. Whatever it is don’t let what’s going on in the world and our communities swallow your light.

I know I’ve written before about carving time for you. I myself need constant reminders as the world right now is heavy and it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed and lost. So if this sounds familiar it’s only because today I needed a reminder.

Happy mid morning cups my friends and so much love.

Anyone remember the Folgers jingle?

Granted my taste buds are not a fan of Folgers but I definitely agree with the sentiment. It’s my favorite part of the morning.

Recently, since I’ve been home, I have a hard time sleeping past Scott getting up. As much as I try my mind starts waking up as he starts with his morning. It kindof works since by the time I give up trying to find comfy Dragon, our coffee pot, has brewed happiness. So, typically he’s poured his cup and started writing for his 10 mintues before walking into his home office.

I in my still sleepy haze, sit and smell and hold my first cup like it’s the thing that’s been missing in my life. I read news, scroll the faceypages and decide what I’m doing next.

Now that the puzzle is done I have my table back. Which is funny since now I’m going to take over the far side for Scrapbook fixes and additions.

I hope whatever cup you’re on is… Good to the last drop… another coffee jingle from Maxwell House way back when.

Happy 3rd cup… mmm coffee

Today’s coffee brings new life. It’s strangely foggy even at 9 here. It’s misting/icing/trying to snow. Days like these have me wanting a fire, a blanket and good book.

Not sure what today has in store yet. Maybe I’ll get the 3d puzzle done and displayed. Which then gives me my table back so I can add and adjust some pages in Ashlynn’s scrapbook. Maybe I’ll get the pile of St. Patrick’s decorations put away in its bin and Easter decorations out. Or maybe I’ll finally get the nerve to order Overtone…because white hair.

I’ve had white hair since I was 10… it has hidden well amongst my Auburny brown red. My hair has many different shades hence how the white has hidden. However, as of recent I notice it way more and as I shed there’s a lot of white. I’ve been trying to get up the nerve for several years now and this might be a good time to do so since if I hate it then it has time to fade out before going back to work. I’m wanting to do non damaging and conditioning hence the Overtone. We’ll see if I have the nerve. My family thinks I’m crazy for even thinking about it but it’s more a self image thing for me… I feel old with my white. I’m also thinking of getting teal for the kid and Scott wants a blue, I’m going with red for brown… I think. I’m sure if I ever get up the nerve they’ll be pictures… for now you get a picture of The White!

Happy first cups my friends

I struggle a lot with perfection. Or my version of it. Today I kept seeking to have perfection.

My first cup was a bit of a haze huddled under a blanket on the couch as I tried to warm up. I didn’t take a picture. I thought I’d do some yoga and get going with my day. I made it about 5 mintues in when my back was killing me and I stopped.

Disappointed from my yoga venture I grabbed a second cup and took a picture thinking I’d write today’s post. I couldn’t come up with anything to write.

I worked on again off again on the last frustrating pieces of the Astronomy Hogwarts puzzle set. My frustration rose as the 3Dness of the puzzle pieces was confusing me.

Ashlynn decided she wanted to make a cake and wanted help. After a minor argument of what shape/kind of cake we got it into the oven. I cleaned the kitchen as is my new thing I do each day and also swept and swiffered the floor. After a slight argument again of no we weren’t going to the store to get makings to turn it into a bunny cake she experimented with frosting technique. She had a blast figuring out tips and tye-dye frosting. It was during this I realized I needed to take a lesson from her. It wasn’t about making it perfect, it was about the fun  (and sugar.)

As much as I tried today to be out of the funk it never fully went away. And what I’m realizing is it’s okay. It’s okay not to have a perfect day. It’s okay to not accomplish or do anything on the to-do list. Instead, enjoy the moments and change your perspective.

Different perspective… I did 5 minutes of yoga! That’s more than the past 2 days. I worked more on a puzzle… I love puzzles. I spent time in the kitchen with my girlie… baking and talking. I also spent time with Scott drinking tea and doing some puzzle. And then Ashlynn, Scott and I made popcorn and now girlie movie and foot spa.

You don’t need to be perfect… sometimes the best things are imperfect.

Happy last cups.