This day. This dog. And the lemon farm thrives.
Looking over this past week, I’m embarrassed to admit what first pops to mind are the things that didn’t happen.
Mainly the lack of writing.
Poor, poor me.
My head screams what a silly ungrateful woman. So many great things happened.
Why does the lack of writing time hang as fog on my positive mojo?
I have quite the powerful inner Eeyore.
Pooh on that. Time to link up with the Ten Things of Thankful crew.
Ten Thankful Things for the week that was.
10. This dog.
A selfie with a dog is a little more difficult than first imagined. Even the world’s best dog.
9. This day.
As you can tell from this photo, it is amazing out on the porch today.
8. This time of year. When everything blooms.
Driving the children to school, walking the dog, any daily task is an opportunity to take in the beauty.
7. Birds still build nests.
This one is in a smilax screen right over my left shoulder. A mockingbird’s work. Haven’t heard any babies yet but she darts in and out every so often.
And yes, that is a Christmas light. I wanted the new mama to have peaceful amibient lighting should she need to feed her babies after the sun goes down.
Or it was impossible to remove 12 strands I stuck in there last December without tearing out the entire hedge.
6. I earned $16.00 yesterday with the ibotta app.
A huge payday for me. Equal to about three decades of ad revenue from my Blogher ads.
I took a 8 mile run yesterday in preparation for a half marathon next Saturday.
This coupled with a Power Yoga class on Friday and my glutes are screaming — as well as the part on the front of your body where your arms attach.
I didn’t even know that was a part. Both left and right of said nameless parts are very angry with me right now.
Ibuprophen. (that’s how I first spelled number 5.) An emotional speller, I vagually picture a word and attempt a shot at it. Or I vaguely picture a word and attempt a shot it. With ibuprofen, even spell check couldn’t figure out my first attempt so I had to google it.
My poor spelling analytical ability probably costs me 200 hours of productive scrolling through Facebook or Twitter a year.
It looks pretty sad but I think she’ll make it. This time last year, I received a sprout with three leaves in a box via parcel post.
She thrived until I brought her inside last fall when the evening temps closed in on 50 degrees. Hopefully, she will be happy and perk up soon.
2. Dog spit.
A little earlier when I was inside, I heard the strangest noise coming from the bedroom. I saw our dog and a lot of chewed plastic.
I am in no way tempted to eat these peanut butter cups now.
- Maybe I’ll have time to write on my WIP this afternoon?
A gal can dream can’t she?
What are you thankful for this week?
Dog selfies are an elusive thing! Doug tends to hit the button with his nose before I get it lined up…thus he always looks like a K9 Jimmy Durante!
Ha. Ha. I know what you mean. That’s a perfect description.
That’s a perfect selfie Jamie! He or she is rather “stately” looking. But I know from experience, pictures don’t always tell the story. We had a lab who was such a ham, any time he heard the camera he came running but somehow managed to looked so “serene” in a pictures.
Yes, it does look amazing from out on your porch. A beautiful spring day for sure.
Bird nests are amazing aren’t they? And look at you – what a sweet thought leaving the lights there, intentional or not.
You make me laugh remembering all the different things our dogs got into over the years. Yeah, I don’t think I’d be eating those peanut butter cups either. But hey, at least it wasn’t a cake! (another of our labs, jumped up, paws on counter, nudged the cover off the cake holder and proceeded to lick and partially eat the side of a double layer lemon cake).
I love dogs 🙂
Have a good week Jamie!
P.S Frist?!
Excellent dog-selfie
( I agree, dogs are much to curious to permit too selfie-maneuvering, Una our dog is basically black on black, with a couple of spots of brown. not photogenic, at least not indoors.)
this time of year is the best, by virtue of the contrast of what we just left behind, seasonistically.*
*take that spellcheck!
My husband just accused me of eating his Reese’s. He didn’t buy the dog story at all. But considering he didn’t eat them after I showed him the remains, maybe he wasn’t so sure.
Re dogs and photos, they look adorable till you position the camera – then they go spastic. And I definitely need a spelling handicap like in golf.
I need your dog to come salivate on some leftover Easter chocolate around here!
That porch….I see that post in there. Ahhhh…..to sit and watch the world go by on a Sunday afternoon.
Ambiant lighting for the birds? I totally believe that is what you were going for, Ms Friend of Nature. You’re the best!
I try to make all God’s creatures well. And this is the time of year we live on the porch. (Still covered in pollen though.)
LOVE this list! Beauty-filled! Lovely dog and day and lemon tree, weeeeee! Yay for Spring and all the springy things.
I have an inner Eeyore, too! (Pooh on that, hahaha!) I struggle to focus more on the positive, as I tend to focus on the ONE thing I didn’t get to in any one given day, and it’s usually MORE than just one! This hop helps, and knowing I’m not the ONLY person on the planet to have that struggle.
Oh ibuprophen used to be my favourites but I can’t take it now because of another medication I’m on interacts with it. I also have a hard time spelling it. I don’t even know if that’s right because it’s highlighted right now and all angry looking. I’m leaving it.
Your dog is gorgeous. Mine loves eating plastic. Must be a dog thing. We find it out in the yard…ummm…dog waste pick up is interesting. Does your dog eat Legos? Ours does. Freak.
Yes. I love Eeyore but I’d rather be Poohish. Things seem to work out so no use fretting.
No. He doesn’t chew on Legos but he has always been pretty non-chewing for a lab. We’ve had labs that were chewing machines. Every pair of shoes, every baseball cap. And I try not to use ibuprofen much. Over did it for decades trying to tame ferocious female monthly pain. Thank goodness that’s not a worry anymore.
I always beat myself up for not writing often enough, so don’t feel too badly about that. I feel like a jerk for being so late in getting around to everybody’s TToT’s!
Spring is such a lovely time of year! I am glad you are enjoying it as much as I am!
Google “Dog poses for selfie video”, I dare you not to laugh. It’s hilarious! That’s the first thing I thought of when I read your #10.
I hope your quietness mean you did get back to your WIP!
I think i did a little that day. yay.