Elisabeth challenged us all to find gratitude in February, so she created the Finding Joy in Gratitude Collective. Here are my FIGs for last week.
Sunday, February 8
My husband ran an errand in Chicago and I stayed home by myself. I love having a house to myself, even if I did exactly the same things I would have done if he were here (finishing my CBBC post, doing some cooking/baking, laundry, and working out).
My husband ran an errand in Chicago and I stayed home by myself. I love having a house to myself, even if I did exactly the same things I would have done if he were here (finishing my CBBC post, doing some cooking/baking, laundry, and working out).
Monday, February 9
I'm so thankful for my good health. My colleagues were mostly out of the office today for the following reasons: cancer treatment, a random virus, woke up worried that the tickle in her throat might mean she has something and was worried about coming to work with the cancer patient (not knowing the co-worker with cancer would call out), and then there was me and my boss talking about the Olympics.
Tuesday, February 10
The super cold snap appears to be over. Hannah and I enjoyed a long walk this morning (about 35 minutes, which is long for an old dog) in the just above freezing temps. It's amazing how warm 31F/-0.5C feels these days.
BONUS: Look at how much sunlight is left when I go to my fitness class after work! Also, I didn't wear my winter boots!
Beautiful stars in the sky on a clear night.
Thursday, February 12
We're taking the dog to the sitter tomorrow and she smells bad and your hand gets super oily if you pet her. I tried to get her to the dog wash in the town where I work, but it closes so early that I just couldn't fit it in. My co-worker found one a few towns over that is open daily until ten. I am so thankful that we won't be taking our stinky dog to the sitters. She's fresh and clean!
Friday, February 13
My Zelda cat. She is so perfect. Look at her attack eyes! She's about to lose her mind. I love that she's a "senior cat" who still plays and has zoomies. I love that she is a heat-seeking missile who climbs on my lap the second I sit down. I love that we had a play session before 6am this morning. All cats are perfect, of course, but she's the queen of our house.
Saturday, February 14
A long tradition is that we spend President's Day weekend with my husband's brother and his family. This year my nephew had a basketball tournament, so we went to them and hung out. My SIL and I are peas in a pod and we went to an art museum where we had a blast. Yay for fun hanging out with relatives. In a mini-frugal win, admission to the museum was free because it was the second Saturday of the month. Don't worry, I spent more than the price of admission at the gift shop.
We did a scavenger hunt. Here are our finds, starting in the upper left corner and going clockwise for:
1. Thing you'd most like to have in your house
2. Awesomest hat
3. Cutest animal/creature
4. Most interesting face
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Zelda is so, so pretty! I mean I think my own cats are cute and wonderful, but Zelda objectively wins the "prettiest cat" award.
ReplyDeletePoor Hannah getting a bath! But yay for not taking a stinky dog to the sitter.
You have some great FIGs here! I love the trip to the museum with your SIL. Who came up with the scavenger hunt idea?
Codex: I will never understand why the Eames chair is so desired.
DeleteI go on art scavenger hunts in the gift shop. What did you find?
She's a lovely cat.
We started with dogs. Then came cats. I prefer them now.
The scavenger hunt idea is what I do when I go to museums with adults who need to be treated like toddlers, as in, I think they will get bored if they don't have a mission. I learned this from my mom. It's very successful and forces everyone to look at every item of art.
DeleteThe Eames chair is desired because it looks great and it's comfortable. I mean, I don't want to pay the price, but I do understand why people want one.
I love the scavenger hunt idea and need to copy this for when we're visiting art museums with the kids on our trip!
ReplyDeleteZelda is GORGEOUS.
Hannah looks so forlorn... but clean! Hooray! The picture makes me laugh :)
Sunshine! No winter boots! Glorious. It's still very snowy here and I'm ready to see the grass again!
I'm SORRY, Elisabeth. I'm sort of bragging about our weather. We're in the midst of a false spring right now and things are going to get cold again and I'll be sad again.
DeleteYou had a good week. Love the dog washing station. Glad the cat still has zoomies. Our old girl never did.
ReplyDeleteI love Zelda's energy and playfulness. I will be able to tell when she's aging faster when she stops playing, that's for sure.
DeleteI am really noticing the increase in daylight too!
ReplyDeleteIt's SO NICE!! It was light out for the end of Hannah's walk this morning, so she's going to get TWO walks back in the sun. Yay!
DeleteHow wonderful to have the house to yourself for a day! I love that too but it doesn't happen very often around here.
ReplyDeleteRight? I love a quiet house. It's not as if my husband is loud or anything, but it's just a rare treat.
DeleteZelda is so pretty! I really wish we had a cat but Phil doesn't want to get one as long as Oscar is alive, even though she lives with his mom. He literally cannot get her to leave her house... he's tried getting her in a carrier multiple times and Oscar refuses. But someday we will have our own cat again! Oscar has been a wonderful support animal for my MIL, though. She would be so lonely otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThe warmer weather and more hours of sunlight have been so life giving!!
I love that Phil is hanging on to Oscar. That's so sweet. Cats are such great pets. The cuddles! The zoomies! The constant screaming for food they then refuse to eat!
DeletePoor Hannah, I don't think she's as excited as you are about the bath! Zelda of course is gorgeous. And I laughed at "I love having a house to myself, even if I did exactly the same things I would have done if he were here" because I feel that! It isn't that I want to be alone at home to do anything secret, I just want to be alone to do what I do.
ReplyDeleteHannah hates baths, poor thing. It's too bad she needs them so often. I've never met a dog who gets stinkier more quickly than Hannah.
DeleteThe scavenger hunt is a fun idea! We FINALLY got around to checking out the Hoard Historical Museum a couple of weekends ago. What a treasure we have in town; I regret that it took us so long to get over there.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm not sure "firehouse pole" or "terrible room of taxidermy birds" would ever be on my scavenger hunt list that I create before I go into a museum. It's such a quirky little place!
DeleteZelda cat IS a queen.
ReplyDeleteThe longer daylight hours are making me oh so happy. I'm usually working until 6pm and it's nice that I'm not working in the dark anymore!
Yes! I love that we're getting more sun every day. It makes everything so much better.
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