When my dad turned 54 years old, the date was July 31, 2000. I was 30 years old. When I turned 31, the next day on August 29, 2000, my dad died. He was 54 years old for only (less than) a month.
Plans
I’ve had this Colorado Bucket List for over a year. Besides Broncos games and white water rafting, we haven’t accomplished much on the list. Spring Break is coming up and I would like to check one of these items off. This would take some planning. And just like I haven’t made a plan for my next steps with this blog, winging it is not the best way to accomplish my goals.
Pretend
I wish I was Jennifer Garner whenever she posts her pretend cooking show on Instagram. I have been experimenting with a different format for my thoughtful pinch approach and I just realized very late tonite that I don’t know how to stop these weekly posts from going to your email boxes. Sorry! Until I figure it out, here is the video I made today as I “pretend” cooked Irish Creme.
457
My math skills are very questionable these days. I thought after 8 years of writing one blog post a week that I would have written at least a post a day for 365 days in a year. Turns out, I wrote 457 posts. I find that to be an accomplishment in itself.
Odds + Ends
As I was making a list of odd little thoughtful things that I do for my family and my community, there was a little apprehension in sharing them. I decided that even though some of the things I do may rub some people the wrong way, sharing the list would be worth it.
I Needed This
Have you ever scrolled through IG or FB and find that the posts that have sayings cause you to pause? We stop to read them because we want to see if we can relate to it or if the meaning resonates.
Grande
Today is Valentine’s Day. Let the sweetness flow! Cookies, candy, chocolate, flowers, coffee drinks - all kinds of treats will be exchanged. This is my kind of holiday. Thoughtful pinches are little yet impactful gifts showing thoughtfulness and on Valentine’s Day, there’s a whole range of ways to show it. From free text messages to super fancy engagement rings; anything goes in the name of love!
Wine + Coffee
Pardon the pun here but this post has been brewing in my head for many weeks. I thought about calling this post “Alcohol + Caffeine” but decided “Wine + Coffee” was more appealing. As it turns out, the post is about all four.
Clutch + Gold
Last week my hub received two wonderful texts among the hundreds of business texts he receives every week. He asked me if he was dying because he couldn’t understand why these two friends would write him these texts.
National Puzzle Day
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of puzzles? I’ll share what comes to my mind: TIME. As in, I never have the time to do any sort of puzzles.
Homilies + Sermons
I was really pissed off this past week because someone told others that we did something but we did not. It was like a slap in the face to hear this news. When I heard about this I couldn’t sleep that night; I replayed everything in my head over and over. I held onto that anger for a week.
National Houseplant Appreciation Day
Gosh I love learning about national days! I like finding out how thoughtful the founders of national days are and I like that most of the days enhance joy. I clicked on the link for National Houseplant Appreciation Day on the website Nationaldaycalendar.com because I was curious about the story behind this day. I am glad that I did because it confirmed a lot of what I already knew but opened my eyes to other tidbits of information.