Eight Days of Happy: Day 4

This is actually yesterday's post - I didn't make a post yesterday because, frankly, work yesterday wasn't fun, and the last thing I wanted to do when I came home was go online; I just made dinner and went and hid with my book for awhile.

Things which were happy:

1. The book, of course!

2. I don't have to be back at work for three days. \o/

3. I hate to keep harping on spring, but really ... spring! Last night, walking the dogs, I noticed that there is flowing water on top of the 6-foot-thick layer of ice in the main branch of the creek. I haven't seen flowing water since October! \o/ And the other branch of the creek is threatening to flood our driveway (the only thing holding it back is a dike of snow, which is rapidly melting) -- I realize that having the driveway flood out wouldn't be the happiest thing ever, but it certainly promises to be interesting. One of my favorite things about having a creek on our property is just watching it change from season to season, because it always does something different and new.

Eight Days of Happy: Day 4

This is actually yesterday's post - I didn't make a post yesterday because, frankly, work yesterday wasn't fun, and the last thing I wanted to do when I came home was go online; I just made dinner and went and hid with my book for awhile.

Things which were happy:

1. The book, of course!

2. I don't have to be back at work for three days. \o/

3. I hate to keep harping on spring, but really ... spring! Last night, walking the dogs, I noticed that there is flowing water on top of the 6-foot-thick layer of ice in the main branch of the creek. I haven't seen flowing water since October! \o/ And the other branch of the creek is threatening to flood our driveway (the only thing holding it back is a dike of snow, which is rapidly melting) -- I realize that having the driveway flood out wouldn't be the happiest thing ever, but it certainly promises to be interesting. One of my favorite things about having a creek on our property is just watching it change from season to season, because it always does something different and new.

A few itemized thoughts on Dresden Files #11: Turn Coat

( Big huge spoilers )

A few itemized thoughts on Dresden Files #11: Turn Coat

( Big huge spoilers )

Eight Days of Happiness: Day 5

It's been impossible to walk the dogs anywhere but the driveway because of the snow (which is still too deep to wade through, dammit). But a couple of days ago, some snowmobilers did a bunch of joyriding in the gravel pit. (Yeah, our house is right next to a gravel pit.) Normally this wouldn't be a good thing, because the gravel pit is a big draw for teenagers from town to come out and zip around on their dirt bikes or ATVs or whatnot, driving me crazy and making me nervous about walking out there by myself. But in this case, it packed down the snow enough to create a network of trails, where I took the dogs today. They were delighted, in standard dog fashion, running around exploring like they thought the trails actually went somewhere. And I enjoyed getting out of the yard for a while. It was so warm out there that I ended up getting too hot in my polar fleece -- I think it's pretty close to 50 degrees today, which felt awesome.

I also bought a little bookcase a few days ago that was on sale for super-cheap and set it up downstairs today. It really is tiny, smaller than I'd realized from the box, but very nice-looking, and we needed something next to the table to put the inevitable piles of magazines, books and unopened mail.

Eight Days of Happiness: Day 5

It's been impossible to walk the dogs anywhere but the driveway because of the snow (which is still too deep to wade through, dammit). But a couple of days ago, some snowmobilers did a bunch of joyriding in the gravel pit. (Yeah, our house is right next to a gravel pit.) Normally this wouldn't be a good thing, because the gravel pit is a big draw for teenagers from town to come out and zip around on their dirt bikes or ATVs or whatnot, driving me crazy and making me nervous about walking out there by myself. But in this case, it packed down the snow enough to create a network of trails, where I took the dogs today. They were delighted, in standard dog fashion, running around exploring like they thought the trails actually went somewhere. And I enjoyed getting out of the yard for a while. It was so warm out there that I ended up getting too hot in my polar fleece -- I think it's pretty close to 50 degrees today, which felt awesome.

I also bought a little bookcase a few days ago that was on sale for super-cheap and set it up downstairs today. It really is tiny, smaller than I'd realized from the box, but very nice-looking, and we needed something next to the table to put the inevitable piles of magazines, books and unopened mail.