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5 things that made me happy today

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Apr 14, 2021

Revisit April 14, 2020

FIVE THINGS THAT MADE ME HAPPY TODAY:

1. Quarantine lifted for the Soto house. Tomorrow we get back to school!

EDIT: Schools are not open in Texas, or anywhere nearby as far as I can tell. My grandkids are not going back to a school…

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 9, 2021

Revisit March 9, 2019

5 things that made me happy today:

1. Max and I went to TWO orchid shows. Oh my. So much beauty. He was so excited, sharing so much information about the orchids, including talking to the exhibitors about the varieties. It’s great to see him interacting with…

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 9, 2021

Revisit March 9, 2020

5 things that made me happy today:

1. I have been off the internet for half a dozen hours today. What a peaceful interlude.

2. I finally went to the podiatrist about my painful feet. It seems a pretty easy solution, mostly covered by…

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 4, 2021

Revisit March 4, 2020

5 things that made me happy today:

1. In the pouring rain this morning, a single squirrel must have found 20 acorns while I was watching, digging each of them up furiously, munching fast, and moving on to the next one. Hard work.

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 3, 2021

Revisit March 3, 2020

5 things that made me happy today:

1. Jazz service at Rayne UMC this morning (New Orleans) including a wild second line.

2. A delightful nap with rain pouring outside.

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 3, 2021

March 3, 2021

Five things that made me happy today:

1. A great day with Max and Ruby today.

2. I wrote about 15 tasks around the house that they can do and they did them. We set the timer for 20 minutes. It’s amazing how much you can pick up and straighten in 20…

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 2, 2021

March 2, 2021

Five things that made me happy today:

1. Sun. All day. Including the three hours I sat in my car, waiting for my #2 Covid, getting it, recovering, etc.

2. I got my #2 Covid. It was a pretty big jolt going in. No after effects yet except pretty sleepy…

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 2, 2021

Revisit March 2, 2019

5 things that made me happy today:

1. Waking up in New Orleans.

2. Many years ago a boyfriend taught me that EVERYTHING about a vacation is vacation — the packing, the shopping, the missed connections, the bad beds, etc. It makes all the…

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 2, 2021

Revisit March 2, 2020

5 things that made me happy today:

1. I helped Max create a plan for a garden he’s designing for a friend. He did the work. I asked the questions.

2. Ruby ate 6 pieces of cinnamon toast while I wasn’t paying attention and waltzed off to a…

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MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy
Mar 1, 2021

Revisit March 1, 2019

5 things that made me happy today:

1. My grandson Ollie goes to 4th grade where they celebrate Pi Day (3/14) with all kinds of crazy games and rituals about circumference, etc. Who gets happy about math?

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