We celebrated only one week 26 holiday, and only barely, tapioca day – but a day late. Coming up this week: 30: Meteor Day and Social Media Day 1: Canada Day and National Ginger Snap Day and National Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day 2: World UFO Day 3: Eat Beans Day: and National Chocolate Wafer…
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celebrations: week 26 (23-29 jun 2014)
We celebrated a few week 25 holidays including Fresh Veggies Day and National Onion Rings Day. Coming up this week: 23: National Pink Day and Public Service Day 24: International Fairy Day and National Pralines Day 25: Log Cabin Day and National Strawberry Parfait Day 26: Bicycle Patented and National Chocolate Pudding Day and National…
celebrations: week 25 (16-22 jun 2014)
We celebrated a few week 24 holidays including Flag Day and Father’s Day. Coming up this week: 16: National Fudge Day and Fresh Veggies Day 17: Eat Your Vegetables Day and National Apple Strudel Day 18: International Picnic Day and National Cherry Tart Day 19: Garfield’s Birthday 20: National Ice Cream Soda Day and National…
happiness project: blogs + misc (jun)
Thrive!, Project 43 and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. May’s main theme was Volunteer. As I’m now volunteering…
celebrations: week 24 (9-15 jun 2014)
We celebrated a few week 23 holidays including National Egg Day and National Hug Your Cat Day. Coming up this week: 9: National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day and Donald Duck’s Birthday 10: Iced Tea Day and Ball Point Pen Day 11: National Corn on the Cob Day and ET movie premieres and Kamehameha Day and…
celebrations : week 23 (2-8 jun 2014)
We celebrated a few week 22 holidays including Memorial Day and National Grape Popsicle Day. Coming up this week: 2: National Rocky Road Day and Leave the Office Early Day 3: Repeat Day and National Egg Day 4: National Hug Your Cat Day and National Cheese Day 5: World Environment Day and National Gingerbread Day…
wanted: three day weekends
After much delibrate thought, I have decided that what I *really* need is three-day weekends. Every weekend, I need a day to decompress from the week – time to nap, read, relax and not be under pressure to take care of people and things. I then need a day to care of all the things…
celebrations: week 22 (26 may – 1 jun 2014)
We celebrated a few week 21 holidays including National Quiche Lorraine Day and National Strawberries and Cream Day. Coming up this week: 26: Memorial Day and Sally Ride Day and National Blueberry Cheesecake Day 27: National Grape Popsicle Day and Sunscreen Day 28: Amnesty International and National Hamburger Day 29: Paper Clip Day and International…
gymnastics: thing of the past?
Another kid milestone this week… Our last day of gymnastics. For almost eight years now, Chloe has been going to the same gym. She’s progressed from going 1 hour a week to 9 hours a week, from a tumbling class for toddlers, to competitive gymnastics. She grown immensely in her skill, stamina, strength. But next…
poetry slam for chloe
Not Camille is interested in the language arts, Chloe is too. A few years back, Chloe decided to enter the LEAF poetry slam. As it was for teens, she was asked to be the “calibration poet”. Since then, she’s gotten more interested in writing poems for poetry slams, and this spring tried out for her…
celebrations: week 21 (19-25 may 2014)
We celebrated a few week 20 holidays including National Bike to Work Day (well, Rob did that…). Coming up this week: 19: National Devil’s Food Cake Day and National Boy’s Club and Girl’s Club Day 20: Strawberry Picking Day and National Quiche Lorraine Day 21: American Red Cross Founded and National Strawberries and Cream Day…
celebrations: week 20 (12-18 may 2014)
We celebrated Cinco de Mayo in week 19. Coming up this week: 12: National Nutty Fudge Day and Limerick Day 13: National Apple Pie Day and National Fruit Cocktail Day 14: National Buttermilk Biscuit Day and National Dance Like a Chicken Day 15: National Chocolate Chip Day 16: Wear Purple for Peace Day and National…
celebrations: week 19 (5-11 may 2014)
We celebrated a few week 18 holidays including National Blueberry Pie Day. Coming up this week: 5: Cinco de Mayo and National Hoagie Day 6: No Diet Day and National Nurses Day and National Crepes Suzette Day and National Teacher Day and National Beverage Day 7:National Roast Leg of Lamb Day 8: Have a Coke…
happiness project: volunteer + misc (may)
Thrive!, Project 43 and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. April’s main theme was Cooking. As I expected, I…
celebrations: week 18 (28 apr – 4 may 2014)
We celebrated a few week 17 holidays including Jelly Bean Day and Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day. Coming up this week: 28: National Blueberry Pie Day and International Guide Dog Day 29: Zipper Day: and International Dance Day 30: International Jazz Day and National Raisin Day and National Oatmeal Cookie Day May: 1: May Day and Global Love…
celebrations: week 17 (21-27 apr 2014)
We celebrated a few week 16 holidays including National Animal Crackers Day and Easter. Coming up this week: 21: World Creativity and Innovation Day 22: Earth Day and National Jelly Bean Day 23: Administrative Professionals Day and National Cherry Cheesecake Day and National Picnic Day 24: National Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day 25: National DNA Day and National…
happiness project: cooking + misc (apr)
Thrive!, Project 43 and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. March’s main theme was House. As with past months,…
celebrations: week 16 (14-20 apr 2014)
Coming up this week: 14: National Pecan Day International Moment of Laughter Day and Passover 15: Tax Day and National Glazed Spiral Ham Day 16: National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day and National Eggs Benedict Day 17: National High Five Day and National Cheeseball Day 18: National Animal Crackers Day and Hot Cross Bun…
celebrations: week 15 (7-13 apr 2014)
Again, I’ve not been keeping up with the holidays very well at the moment, so we ended up not celebrating a single one of the fundays this past week! And I don’t know we’ll get in any this coming week. We’ll see! Coming up this week: 7: National No Housework Day and Coffee Cake Day…
what’s that feeling? peace.
Walking home from getting my hair cut (and colored) and having had a nice lunch out on a patio (alone), I had a strange feeling wash over me. I paused a moment to try to figure out what it was. It was peace. I’ve been spending months ticking items off of lists in my Happiness…


















