Category Archives: Weekly Grace in Small Things

1. Bacon and garlic in the same meal.
2. Working out four days this week, even managing to run for an entire song.
3. The world’s perfect face wash.
4. The nephew whose AP Exam nightmare made me laugh (here’s hoping the real thing went well). 
5. Seth Meyers doing a “REALLY?!?” segment last night on SNL on the whole Time magazine cover controversy..

1. Open-ended therapist appointment (huge progress).
2. Getting organized and furniturized. (And making up new words.)
3. Reading in the sunshine during the lunch break.
4. Wrapping up crock pot and humidifier season.
5. Thunderstorms (and the way the silly cats freak out).

1. Leaving work behind for a few days.
2. Babies full of smiles and laughs.
3. Toddlers full of hugs and kisses.
4. Very few tears on a very bittersweet day.
5. Being glad to be back in Colorado, instead of dreading it like the last few trips.

1. Remembering to bring the iPod to work to drown out distractions.
2. The cat who sleeps on my pillow lets me sleep.
3. Florence + the Machine.
4. Getting back on the exercise track.
5. Only a few more days until another Wisconsin trip.

(courtesy Schmutzie‘s Grace in Small Things)

1. Half priced fancy bakeware; discount on a Jay Cutler jersey.
2. Breakfast for lunch on my birthday for the second year in a row. :)
3. Birthday greetings from near and far.
4. 46:40 (unofficially) in a 5k walk, a personal best.
5. A Friday the 13th that didn’t suck.

(courtesy Schmutzie‘s Grace in Small Things)

1. Writing (crappy) poetry.
2. Stopping in at the old job for a few minutes to see familiar faces.
3. Only an hour stuck with a renewal at the DMV. (With interesting people-watching, including a surprise treat of a verbal altercation.)
4. Treating myself to a massage for my birthday.
5. Sushi! (for the first time since July.)

(courtesy Schmutzie‘s Grace in Small Things)

1. Cheesy cauliflower.
2. Wearing sandals in March (in spite of feet not-quite-ready-for-sandals-weather).
3. Thrifting.
4. Movies without happily-ever-after endings.
5. Benadryl and Eucerin Calming Itch-Relief Treatment.

(courtesy Schmutzie‘s Grace in Small Things)

1. Someone (else) who needed it took a break at work instead of taking out stress on others.
2. Cooking full meals for myself, with the promise of leftovers for work day lunches.
3. No more Tim Tebow in Denver.
4. Startling a sleeping cat who wakes me up early every weekday morning.
5. Hiking on a Saturday morning in March with a good friend, then being introduced to spicy and tasty Indian vegetarian food.

(courtesy Schmutzie‘s Grace in Small Things)

1. Oysters and mussels at happy hour prices.
2. Spreadsheets that reconcile.
3. Frequent flyer miles assigned to me.
4. Pictures of my favorite little leprechaun (the younger nephew).
5. Wearing green shorts on St. Patrick’s Day.

(courtesy Schmutzie‘s Grace in Small Things)

1. Week with little stress behind me.
2. More daylight hours after work ahead. 
3. Lunchtime walks, even in less than ideal weather.
4. A time suck like Draw Something.
5. Book swap at work.