Oh Frabjous Day!

Courage and i had our first volunteer session for the Bow Wow Reading Program
this weekend.  Courage was a big hit with the kids and seemed to enjoy himself
enormously. 

Today was a good day Brain.  A magical, wonderful, spectacular day.  Not for any one particular reason, but for a conglomeration of many reasons.

First off, I spent a good portion of the day listening to NPR's coverage of the inauguration of President Obama for his second term, and that was a joyous thing.  I'm so proud of us as a country, Brain, and you know that I can easily feel exactly the opposite, and frequently do.  But today I was SO proud to be an American.  As I listened to speeches and poems and commentary about all people being equal, about doing the right thing even if it is the hard thing, and about working together to make sure that all people, black, brown, white, gay, straight, male, female, old and young, enjoy liberty and freedom and the right to pursue happiness, my Grinchy heart just swelled right up. I looked out at the world and saw goodness and bravery and truth and love in the faces of everyone I passed.

Second of all I spent time with my family today Brain. I got to joke around with my husband, B.,  who is the funniest man I know. I spent time with my dogs, enjoying sunshine and gorgeous weather as we took a walk on one of our favorite trails.  I hung out with my cat and my chickens as I worked in my garden.  I called my sister and emailed my Dad and made plans to visit my mother this spring.  I texted friends and chatted over the back fence with our lovely neighbors about their new chickens and his new job.  I am so lucky to have all these people and animals in my life, Brain!  Between them they keep me laughing, fed, clothed, sane, hopeful, comforted, inspired, and down to earth.  They are all wonderful!

I arranged work and volunteer dates into the coming months and was grateful for both the work and the time off in which to volunteer.  I entered a fabric design in one of Spoonflower's contests (my first contest entry for Spoonflower!) and felt very pleased with my little self for making the deadline despite some file problems.  My life has a lovely balance of work and "other stuff" that I feel incredibly lucky to have achieved.  I really have to thank B for that, he is the one who makes it possible.

It was just a fantastic day, Brain,  A lovely, perfect, beautiful, frabjous day.  I suspect there are a lot of these days happening, but I dont always notice.


Thanks for noticing today Brain.

My Spoonflower design.