A Pinch of Joy

Remember, just before Halloween, the strange happenings in my laundry room and wondering if something “more” could happen?  Well, in November the dryer suddenly died (maybe also related to the dozen loads of laundry I was doing each day?) and I ordered a new one over the phone.  In December, the washer went kaflooey.  It […]

Cold, cold, cold but no snow here.  So cold the birds aren’t even coming to the feeders.  Rocky the Cat still wants to spend the night in the garage.  And scratches to come back in and then wants back out. Silly Rocky — at 3 am I use a different adjective.  I am cozied in […]

Thanks for the very kind messages and comments on the 500th Busy Monday post.  It is YOU that make it possible and I’m so grateful to each one of you that links here!  This blog journey has been interesting and shaped  by life circumstances — so not ever imagined!!!!  But, as in any endeavor, it […]

Five hundred Busy Monday link parties.  Another twenty and it will have been a regular feature for TEN years.  Forever in blog terms, right? A few of you have linked to most of the five hundred parties — and to you a super special thank you.   I always enjoy this time of year with […]

Well – I did it again!  I had word from the Christmas invitees that there was a positive tests for covid.  No celebration.  Fast forward and retest showed the first was a false positive.  Celebration was on.  Busy Monday was prepared and scheduled and I went right into celebration mode.  Oops!  The linky party itself […]

May you have time this coming week to celebrate the joys of the year past and to  consider ways to bring more of those joys into life more frequently in the coming New Year.  Thanks for stopping by to share your awesome posts. Features from last week:  Of the Hearth – Have Yourself a Mindful […]