3 things that make you happy:

• Taking photos
• nae
• nature's colors

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• making roxi laugh
• silliness with floyd

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• time spent with nae
• tasha as an adult

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• roxi

Bright new morning

3 things that make you happy:

• Blake
• Obama
• pickled herring

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• no more robocalls
• restful day

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Blake bigger
• No more people claiming to be victimized by no longer being able to impose their personal beliefs on others

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Blake

3 things that make you happy:

• autumn leaves
• woods walk
• bugling elk

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• down time this afternoon/evening
• music

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• going to Naes
• my neck even more healed

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• amanda

3 things that make you happy:

• fresh smelling air, when rain comes after a long dry spell
• the gentle tapping of water dripping off leaves
• plants washed clean and having moisture to drink

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rain!
• a quiet walk in vibrant greens, listening to the chorus that comes with rainfall

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• fall setting in, colorful and wet
• snow dusting things white

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• penny

3 things that make you happy:

• doing good deeds
• a clean desk
• bobcats!!!

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• floyd in my lap
• fezz in my lap

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Seeing a bobcat again
• Seeing a moose

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• My Vet

a drive

3 things that make you happy:

• quiet breakfast
• the feel of fall in the air
• but still warm days :)

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• nice, sunny drive to bellingham
• crossing things off the to-do list

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• having my body back
• clean, organized house (someday, even if just for a bit?)

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Whitney

Levi

3 things that make you happy:

• his laugh
• his nurturing (different/complimentary to mine)
• his patience

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• making him mint oreo cupcakes
• celebrating him with friends tonight

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• him as a father
• many more outdoor adventures together

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Levi (33 years old today)

3 things that make you happy:

• sparkling water
• free shipping
• friends

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• successful volunteer meeting in Olympia
• arriving home from Olympia

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• reviving our family blog
• being a family :)

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• the Tanquists, new lead volunteers in Olympia

3 things that make you happy:

• silliness
• friendship
• cuddles with critters

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• results of my chiropractor appt
• working with lisa

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• new flooring in this house
• going to glacier

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Lisa!!!

tossing & stacking

3 things that make you happy:

• rectangular cuboids
• cylinders
• spheres

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• tossing spheres
• stacking rectangular cuboids & cylinders

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• autumn 
• winter

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• webster

3 things that make you happy:

• dragonflies
• dippers 
• kingfishers

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• walking by the river
• floyd playing happily by the river

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• canoeing mercer slough with katie
• wading across the river

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• floyd

3 things that make you happy:

• Nice dog stories
• melvin
• river sounds

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• dog park???
• silliness

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• getting back to work.- hopefully not too long term
• thanksgiving with Nae&co

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• medical providers

old & such

3 things that make you happy:

• family
• old folks [seeing & being]
• extended family extended

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• quiet recovery
• Poland: Folk Songs and Dances

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• continuing & refining relationships
• jo as a grandmother

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

67

3 things that make you happy:

• my mom a great-grandmother [since Saturday]
• my sister a grandmother [ditto]
• all okay at my oncologist appt this afternoon

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• therp
• improved head state?

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• not seeing oncologist for four months
• archie recovering from his current troubles

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my brother steve [67th birthday]

3 things that make you happy:

• A smiling Katie
• Visitors with interesting stories
• Music Mornings

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Telling interesting stories to our visitors
• Play time with Franklin

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Canoeing Mercer Slough
• Franklin and Floyd being mellow around each other.

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Ed Center Visitors

Mountain rain

3 things that make you happy:

• mountain rivers
• mountain woods
• skykomish - even in the rain

2 things you are looking forward to soon:

• rummaging around at thrift stores
• loafing in the sun

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• mountain rivers
• mountain woods

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• andy

A day of loud and quiet thunder

3 things that make you happy:

• my new down sleeping bag
• libraries
• thrift stores

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rummaging around at the thrift store
• going to the doc to maybe get meds for my sinuses

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more backpacking (without girls)
• camping (with girls)

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Andy

Missing links & puppies

beach, yesterday

3 things that make you happy:

• street organ music
• continuing my re-reading of  Pilchuck the Life of a Mountain
• "kind of a missing link"  - well, ja

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• sun
• preparing to hike on Mt Pilchuck tomorrow with Eliza & Chris *

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more hiking
• more mountains

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Rachel-who-got-wet

* Pilchuck hike options under consideration:

• Heather Lake - recent reports have water on trail, bugs
• Lake 22 - also water, but wildflowers, ripe berries!
• Pinnacle Lake - mud, water, overgrown

I'm switching my vote from Heather Lake to Lake 22 - :)

3 things that make you happy:

• Pileated woodpecker!!!!!!!!!!!
• Lisa
• Alan's silliness

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Lisa working

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Watching for the pileated woodpecker to appear in my yard again
• Going to Mt Rainier

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Rosemary

3 things that make you happy:

• silliness
• slinkies
• slugs

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• seeing the bald eagles again
• making someone laugh

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• camping again
• kayaking

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Pierre

3 things that make you happy:

• Having energy
• Transitions from rain to sun or sun to rain
• Salamanders

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• A clean desk

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• The deck at work fixed
• Having a dishwasher

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Franklin

misty morning

3 things that make you happy:

• jo back home safe & sound
• chocolate
• fog

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• groceries
• library

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• change
• stability

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• webster

3 things that make you happy:

• the sound of rain after a decent spell of sunny weather
• bunny rabbits
• Happy visitors

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Happy visitors
• A slower day at work

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Watching princess bride again
• meteor showers

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Anna

Goodwill Grunts

3 things that make you happy:

• Goodwill finds
• bananas & peanut butter
• cross breeze in my office

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Wallingford Farmer's Market
• Organizing home

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Sunday's house party
• not grunting when I bend over

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Catherine (currently traveling to Kenya)

Life is short

3 things that make you happy:

• eliza
• mountain views
• thinking of ever more terrifying sounding German ways to tell someone that I love them

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• seeing my mom
• terrifying loved ones

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• mountain hikes, mountain lakes, mountain streams
• Eliza's pending child - who will probably be dour and prissy in rebellion to the rest of us

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my sister - who does so much for our mother, and makes time with her manageable for me

I wanted to link to the above image at someecards.com but I couldn't find it on their site

3 things that make you happy:

•  Time in my yard
• Happy Eliza pictures
• Sunlight shining through the trees, creating green shimmering filtered light

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Fun toddlers, it's a knee high naturalist day
• dog park? 

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• hiking the ledge again
• going to franklin falls

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• lisa

3 things that make you happy:

• folk music
• critters in my lap- This morning fezz AND floyd were in my lap at the same time
• Getting things done

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Twilight- the magic time of day
• Silliness

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Seeing what Floyd is like in another year
• Silliness

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Michelle

Sunny

3 things that make you happy:

• hawaiian shirt
• beachish walk option
• woodsish walk option

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• walk in woods or on beach or both
• music

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• wading in mountain streams
• crossing the river?

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

3 things that make you happy:

• Sunny weather
• Smiling coworkers
• Sitting outside with Alan, Jo and Britt

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Being outside
• mellow evening

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Swimming in the lake
• Crossing the river

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Penny

3 things that make you happy:

• floyd
• fezz
• franklin

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• sunshine
• floyd playing

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• taxes done
• white water  rafting

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Jo

3 things that make you happy:

• balls & other round things
• blocks & other square things
• amoeba & other amorphous things

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rain
• music

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• sun
• music

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• elvis

3 things that make you happy:

• Bouncing
• Camping
• Tasha

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Talking with Lisa
• Music

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Seeing Tasha turn into an adult
• A week of warm, sunny weather

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Lisa

3 things that make you happy:

• Auf der schwäbsche Eisenbahne *
• much more music lately
• long walky at Carkeek yesterday both north & south bluff trails & much up & down in between

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• short walky

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• mountain trails
• mountain lakes

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Willy Reichert

* at 0:20 I said "I know what railway that is ... uh ... uh ..." - I finally had to look in a book to come up with the name - Kaiserstuhlbahn - now a museum operation [ala Snoqualmie to North Bend] - nice train action & singing but the dialect is a bit thick   ;)

Mineral

3 things that make you happy:

• giant rocks in rivers
• sand on the beach
• glacial erratics

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• concrete
• dirt

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• channeled scablands
• mountains

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• harlen bretz

Back on the road again

3 things that make you happy:

• back on the road again*
• foxgloves
• osprey

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• bookstore

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• back on the road again
• 'mostly harmless'

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• mineko

*back on the road again - For several years i have had intermittent head trouble driving alone, so have kept close to home unless someone was with me. I also had problems listening to music as an accompaniment to another activity, including driving. A while back, after seeing a "singing cowboys" book at Goodwill, I started listening to cowboy songs, then expanded to other kinds of music. Last week I started playing music while I was driving, using my Kindle Fire (through the car stereo) with a playlist of German female (mostly) singers. It worked. Yesterday I drove to North Bend & into the mountains a bit. Success. Drove home via Fall City - Redmond road ('old highway' - US-10 before the floating bridge was built). As I headed up Perkins Way, in Lake Forest Park, I realized that one of the ways the music was helping was that almost all the lyrics were in German, which put my head in German mode & discouraged random or triggery thoughts. 

3 things that make you happy:

• Frankie in the living room
• sun through the trees
• camping

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• some sunshine?
• friendly visitors

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Getting my car back!!!!!!!!!!!
• Getting my taxes done

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Barbara

perpetual penultimacy

3 things that make you happy:

• cannibal socks
• perpetual penultimacy
• tawdry toes

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• weather
• water

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• cherries
• apples

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

3 things that make you happy:

• Fridays- whether they come on Thursday or Friday
• Franklin purring while playing
• Fezz being his sweet, mellow self

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Leaving work at 4:30
• Giving a sustainable design tour to Cleveland High School students.

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Playing games with Nae & co.
• Skiing

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Julie

Horns

3 things that make you happy:

• horns
• apples
• cats

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• lunch with eliza
• rain

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• dancing on bridges
• wading in rivers

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• eliza

Golfball

3 things that make you happy:

• Wunderland bei Nacht
• Lili Marleen in Japanese
• Someday Soon

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• beach
• libraries

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• cummulative declutter 
• grandtwerp

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• WWII Allied soldiers of D-Day, 6/6/44

Lolly

3 things that make you happy:

• Lale Andersen*
• John Stewart
• Linda Ronstadt

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rainy walky
• decluttering

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Lale Andersen* CD(s)
• declutter benefits

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Lale Andersen

*Lale ("LAH-lay", quite similar to a relaxed pronunciation of "Lolly") Anderson's stage name of "Lale" comes from being called "la la" as a child, for her constant singing. She grew up in Bremerhaven, learning many seafarer songs there. Her German often has a very comfortable, familiar touch to my Bremerhaven-trained ears., though her voice was judged "harsh" by Berlin critics in her early performing years there.

3 things that make you happy:

• Cantaloupe
• Cedar Waxwings back again
• Quiet work mornings

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Fun visitors
• Time with Steve

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Time with Eliza
• Floyd swimming?

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Steve

3 things that make you happy:

• Floyd's new trick
• car talk
• nae

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• going to the farm
• planning camping

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Camping with Nae- not that far away
• My car all fixed

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• michelle

3 things that make you happy:

• white crowned sparrows
• beverly bivens
• nap

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• day with jo
• an outing?

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• jo's retirement
• brassed off

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

Pork

3 things that make you happy:

• sausage
• bacon
• banjo pigs

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• recovery day
• pozole

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• dancing pigs
• pigs flying

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• St. Anthony the Abbot
  His relationship with pigs and patronage of swineherds is a little complicated. Skin diseases were sometimes treated with applications of pork fat, which reduced inflammation and itching. As Anthony’s intervention aided in the same conditions, he was shown in art accompanied by a pig. People who saw the art work, but did not have it explained, thought there was a direct connection between Anthony and pigs – and people who worked with swine took him as their patron.

Memorial Day

3 things that make you thoughtful:

• memorial day
  
• flying our flag
• Lilli Marlene

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• watching the flag in the breeze
• listening to more versions of Lili Marleen

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• music
• memories

persons you are going to appreciate:

• "absent friends"

plants & fish

3 things that make you happy:

• violas (a childhood favorite in both grandmothers' gardens)
  
• lichen
• sedums

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• flowers in bloom
• trees in leaf

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• cherries on our cherry tree
• apples on our apple tree
• hazelnuts on our filbert tree  ;)

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• country joe mcdonald (+ maria)

3 things that make you happy:

• Old Dogs
• Swallowtail butterflies - Isn't it early?
• Cuddles with Fezz the escape artist

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• more cuddles with Fezz
• Getting some writing done

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• More writing
• Pop-up Museum success

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Fezz

3 things that make you happy:

• Om Oy 
•  osprey fetching seaweed & flying low overhead
•  katja ebstein

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• figlet
• katja ebstein

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• rocky horror picture show
• tannhäuser

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• katja ebstein

3 things that make you happy:

• Osprey carrying seaweed
• Beach
• Great Blue heron flying low

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• getting my house tidied
• reading

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• getting rid of this sinus infection
• taking cinnamon and floyd for a walk

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• cinnamon (floyd's girlfriend)

3 things that make you happy:

• Calvin galloping across our new hardwood floors
• maternity jeans that fit
• new plants to plant

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• telling our family Figlet's gender
• ocean!!

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• beach cabin May weekends with multiple little cousins running around
• morning jogs & chatter with Jess

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Jess

eleusis

3 things that make you happy:

• galvanic response
• empirical estimates
• infinite improbability

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• christine ann holland
• libraries

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• rivers & streams
• trees & underbrush

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• edgar 

ginger

3 things that make you happy:

• bookstores
• thinking about little girls, then & now
• ginger cereal, ginger cookies

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• bookstores
• chinese lunch?

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• continuing the years of happiness with my wife
• more mooshiness

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• maurice sendak

3 things that make you happy:

• Swallows
• Writing
• Quiet mornings

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Finishing my article
• Starting my other article

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Appreciating nature
• Good interactions with people

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Julie

3 things that make you happy:

• 'i wasn't ready yet'
• rhubarb
• pickles

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• dick's cheeseburger

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more therp
• more dick's cheeseburgers

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• katniss everdeen - happy birthday!

3 things that make you happy:

• broadview library, spl
• richmond beach library, kcls
• llandover woods park

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• therp
• beets

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• making some sense of all this, or
• accepting that it will never make sense

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• linda ronstadt

3 things that make you happy:

• Floyd crawling into my lap every morning for cuddles
• Sunny morning
• Goldfinches

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Morning walk with Floyd
• Friendly visitors

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• My deck being restained
• Sleeping in my hammock

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Michelle

3 things that make you happy:

• "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me"
• My rhododendron starting to flower. 
• floyd's wiggles

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• getting out with floyd
• talking with roxi

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• a clean car
• taxes done

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• roxi

eight or nine or ten in all

3 things that make you happy:

• a modern U.S. president
• watching  The Pirates of Penzance with my sweetie
• laughing about lines from old favorite movies afterward

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• quality time with my sweetie
• birds in the backyard

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• watching movies more often with my sweetie
• watching The Pirates of Penzance with our girls

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my sweetie

3 things that make you happy:

• Figlet being the size of an heirloom tomato
• new closet organizers
• bright tulips in the rain

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• successfully putting up my first wallpaper
• yoga

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• posting photos of my new kitchen & nook on Pinterest
• camping trip to Mazama

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Betson

3 things that make you happy:

•   a day off work
• being with pets
• cats being sweet to each other

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• doing almost nothing
• exercising floyd

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• finding new nature places
• getting a new front door

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• hmm....rosemary

cautionary quadratures

3 things that make you happy:

• mellow rain
• mock raisins
• morbid rationales

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• wet wander
• warm wonder

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• quirky curiosity
• querulous conundrums 

1 person/cat you are going to appreciate:

• webster, who upchucked in the bedroom about 2am

eschew pomposity

3 things that make you happy:

• friends & family to sing with
• friends & family to dance with
• ending sentences with prepositions*

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• lunch with sister [& mom?]
• raising my hand & waiting for the cats to call on me

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more singing & dancing
• more goofiness

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• chris

* Prepositions ending sentences are common and comfortable in English, and come from its Germanic/Anglo-Saxon roots.  When the English aristocracy was almost entirely of non-Germanic Norman-invasion descent, and also studied Latin grammar, avoiding prepositions at the end of sentences made sense to them, as did a grammar rule to help keep the lower classes in their linguistic places. "Do not end a sentence with a preparation" is a legacy of class snobbery. Eschew it.

apple of my eye

3 things that make you happy:

• cool displays at Anthropologie
• fruit smoothies
• feeling what i'm pretty sure are teeny tiny punches & kicks from Figlet

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• making progress on work projects (what? it's afternoon already!?!!)
• making progress on remodel (tonight -- sand the countertop & paint the living room!)

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• not going to IKEA for a very, very long time
• not mentioing the remodel here because it will be over

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my hubby, for many things, but today for moving the very last load of items (G-peoples' patio furniture) from my former brother-in-law's house, making it easier on him.

abduction

3 things that make you happy:

• being abducted by space aliens
• discussing whether intergalactic space travel is carcinogenic
• singing 'yippee yay!'

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• libraries

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• singing 'i've got spurs that jingle jangle jingle' to my grandchild[ren]
• dancing with my my grandchild[ren]

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• mineko

[question of the day: can intergalactic space travel cause autism?]

 

3 things that make you happy:

• milo
• franklin
• flowering plants in my yard including trillium

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• the hamsters' antics
• walking with floyd and listening to nature

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• that sounds that comes on summer nights when you're out in the woods and frogs croaking and trees creaking and everything seems so big and alive
• having a dishwasher installed

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• fezz

amphibians

3 things that make you happy:

• salamanders
• "being serious = goofy + sincere"
• my girls

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• driving by the water
• singing

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• wading
• goofy friends & family

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Lisbeth Salander - happy birthday!

95

3 things that make you happy:

• bcw - 4/28/1917-11/19/2007 - love you, dad
• our backyard cherry & apple trees in bloom
• our backyard
  

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• sitting on the bench
• singing

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• sitting on the bench
• singing

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my father

3 things that make you happy:

• Good friends
• Eddie Brickel's music
• Apple Cinnamon bread

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Dinner with Lisa
• Getting Frankie, now neutered, home

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Feeling safe in the woods around here again
• Hiking rattlesnake ledge and having that be a manageable hike

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Lisa

3 things that make you happy:

• Camas
• Trillium- currently flowering in my yard
• Pink flowering current (I know the name is "Red" flowering current but the flowers are PINK

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Frogs croaking
• Birds singing

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• The transition from spring to summer
•  More springs to come

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Nature

wet & dry

3 things that make you happy:

• the area where i live
• mellow rain
• views on the way home with the groceries

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• libraries
• reading by railroad tracks, water view

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• returning to crab creek
• returning to frenchman coulee 

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• milo

3 things that make you happy:

• new paint colors
• Jess
• open window at night

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• finishing regional plan
• making it to the bouldering gym

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Saturday's volunteer training successful & done
• hikes

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Jess

loopy

3 things that make you happy:

• a walk on the dryside
• birds & ice age flood artifacts & gorgeous scenery
• having a great daytrip yesterday

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2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• library

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more great outings
• more birds

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• k-dub

3 things that make you happy:

• falling down stairs
• sun in our back yard
• our dumb cats

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• crab creek
• an outing  :)  :)  :)

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• good therapy session
  
• an outing  :)  :)  :) 

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2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• my wife with her grandchild(ren)
• falling down stairs

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• wunda wunda

3 things that make you happy:

• strawberries in my cereal
• sunlit dinner with hubby on new patio set
• friends' photos of the tulip festival

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• mountain bike toodle at St. Ed's
• completing more pages of our wedding book

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• sawdust free home
• glass of wine on sunny evenings

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• the U.S. nuns standing up to the Vatican & continuing their focus of all-inclusive social justice. As Sister Simone Campbell said to NPR (& Pastor Rich said on Easter Sunday): "The other thing that we know as women is, the women were the first ones at the tomb on Sunday morning. Women get it first and then try to explain it to the guys who - I mean, as the women did to the Apostles. So, we will try to explain it to the guys. We'll keep up our roles from the Scriptures."

3 things that make you happy:

• Snoqualmie River high and cool
• Frogs croaking
• Floyd excited over a squirrel
• Frankie hanging out relaxed by the window instead of hiding under things (yep, that was 4 things)

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Happy visitors
• Floyd happy and tired when I get off work

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• My tattoo complete
• Wearing a tank top and shorts and soaking up vitamin D

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Anna

3 things that make you happy:

• "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"
• cats
• cherry tree in bloom & apple tree coming along

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• sunshine & warmth on backyard benches
• short strange outing with my most special sweetie

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• outing with my sister
• channeled scablands

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• figlet getting a real name
• figlet becoming a person

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my sister

3 things that make you happy:

• Floyd cuddling me
• Fezz joining in
• Frankie in a box

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• More cuddles from the Fs
• Silliness from the Fs

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Fostering again
• time in a hot tub

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Denise 

short goofy

3 things that make you happy:

• short goofy friend
• ginger cookies
• playing with fantasy road trip

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2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rainy day wander
• picking up library books

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• asparagus
• real road trip

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• tex ritter

taking the waters

3 things that make you happy:

• eliza posting on 3t2t
• having seen both my grown-up girls less than a day apart
• faux-this-and-that foolishness

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• visit with 'herman'
• thinking about nice times around sumner, meeker & puyallup

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more nice times around sumner, meeker & puyallup
• revisiting the columbia gorge

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• timothy o'sullivan

Fiber Butter

3 things that make you happy:

• Butter (the ever-needy, long-legged Calvin the cat)
• my baby belly showing more
• putting together our wedding book -- 8 years later

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• fiber demonstrations at the Puyallup Fair (hopefully)
• carpet picnic with yummy cheese & bread for dinner

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• finishing our remodel!
• painting the nursery

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my Alan

3 things that make you happy:

• 'there's a pleasure sure in being mad which none but madmen know'
• 'eschew moderation'
• vietnamese sammichs

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• stay-at-home day
• eliza bringing lunch

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• crab creek road
• vietnamese sammichs again & again

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• tex ritter

3 things that make you happy- revised:

• Arriving to work without drama and on time, dropping off the girls without tears or hardship. Yaaaayyyyyyy! Major happiness!
• sleeping children,especially if they got that way peacefully
• waking up in a tent
• a clean kitchen with cleared counters

2 things you are looking forward to today (tomorrow, since it's late):

• not having to do a school program; being with all my work teammates
• easy chx nuggets for dinner that may be in the shape of dinosaurs.

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• eating my sandwich, complete with onions and lettuce, tomorrow
• Ruby and Rachel both being in school; no more two drop offs before work.

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Ruby

music

3 things that make you happy:

• Barcarolle - Tales of Hoffmann 
• Habanera - Carmen
• Brüderlein - Fledermaus

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rain
• singing cowboys

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• working more music back into my life
• hiking

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• sons of the pioneers

3 things that make you happy:

• these Cadbury chocolate mini eggs that someone left on my desk. Damn them!
• The UW student on my tour from Saudi Arabia with lovely dimples and a big smile. He really liked the tour!
• Playing (learning) guitar

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• seeing Chris
• seeing Suzy
• seeing my girls

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Contra dancing on Friday
• Compassion for myself (exists to some degree now; hopefully won't be too long term to become moreso!)

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Two people-- my girls when I see them tonight.

figgy pudding

3 things that make you happy:

• daytrip yesterday
• bald eagle swooping very close to car
• snow geese

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rest & recovery
• uploading yesterday's pictures - mebbe blogging

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• figlet
• bridges

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• archie

3 things that make you happy:

• bats


• happy coworkers


• warmth

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• fun visitors
  
• animal observations

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• new animal observations
  
• springs to come

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Ed Center Visitors (yeah, I know that's not 1)

3 things that make you happy:

• fantasy nevada road trip
• blogging
• woods-walk hillclimb

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• day trip to la conner & padilla bay
• outing with my sweetie

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• day trip to scanneled chablands
• heather lake outing

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

3 things that make you happy:

• dippers


• the farm where michelle lives


• the end of the work week

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Getting off work at 4:30 instead of 5:15
  
• some alone time on the farm


• spending my evening chilling out know I don't have to work tomorrow

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• frankie, fezz and floyd all settled in with each other
  
• camping... yeah, I know I pick that a lot but I love camping and this mornings walk made me think of it.

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Lisa

3 things that make you happy:

• lunch today with my sister & my mom 
•  sun in the back yard
• The Judgment of Paris

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• therapy session
• library visit

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• outing to skagit delta
• outing to eastern washington

1 person you are going to appreciate:

•  my mom

3 things that make you happy:

• Quiet Mornings


• Turn the Page by Bob Seeger


• The moods of Rattlesnake Lake

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Sunshine
  
• Music

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Thanksgiving with Nae
  
• Northern Lights

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Steve

3 things that make you happy:

• repeating words words words
• colored eggs eggs eggs
• singing songs* songs** songs***

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• hot cross buns buns buns
• sunday sun sun sun

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• skipping rocks rocks rocks
• mountain streams streams streams streams 

1 personlike being you are going to appreciate:

• webster 

*roll roll roller coaster
put your hamster in the toaster
carefully carefully
please don't roast her
this is just a game

**up up up the hill
up the hill I motor
merrily merrily
merrily merrily
i'm a registered voter

***sing sing sing a song
make it up yourself
merrily merrily
merrily merrily
try to make it rhyme

Spring is here

3 things that make you happy:

• The snoqualmie river
  
• swallows- they are back!
  
• progress with floyd
  

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• walk with floyd
  
• nice weather
  

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Being back in choir
  
• More seders with friends. It's a tradition now :)
  

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Anna
  

bodily fluids

3 things that make you happy:

• good numbers on daily early morning bodily fluid samples for blood glucose
• good numbers on periodic bodily fluid samples for leukemia
• restoring bodily fluid levels

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• 28th anniversary of getting married in the next room
• quality time with my sweetie

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• however many more years i get with my sweetie
• sunny days, rainy days, sunny places, rainy places

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

outings & road trips

3 things that make you happy:

• short walk, long pier (Kenmore's Log Boom Park)
• mergansers, pied grebe, western grebe, coots, et al
• getting there okay, and home again

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• hill climb
• reading more about Lincoln Highway (fantasy road trip)

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• warmer outings
• wading 

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• chris

3 things that make you happy:

• laughter


• cat purrs


• friendship

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• floyd and molly play time
  
• seeing rosemary

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• frankie getting in my lap
  
• swimming in a lake

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• rosemary

3 things that make you happy:

• reading about Umtanum Creek
• reading about road trips
• Dick's cheeseburgers

2 things you are looking forward to tomorrow:

• senior discount day at Goodwill
• not having to reset the furnace to make it come on in the morning

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Umtanum Creek outing
• Crab Creek outing

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Mineko

3 things that make you happy:

• watching Ruby pushing Rach on the swing
• chocolate
• big hugs if I'm in the right mood

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• my sister coming over
• show time for the girls (now!)

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• being habitually compassionate with myself
• figuring out where to go for my roadtrip

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Kristen

3 things that make you happy:

• a spring day that actually feels like spring!
• a new pile of books from the library
• walking in the woods - 'hillclimb'

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• sitting on the bench out back & reading
• dinner with my sweetie

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more sunny days
• more outings

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

3 things that make you happy:

• sunshine!!!!!
• free or really cheap clothes
• when my kids say "okay"
• watching the kids play outside without actually having to be supervising them

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• seeing old friends
• finally cleaning out my car

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• acknowledging that everything is going to be just fine
• getting back into my illustrating

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Jaden next door, back home at his grandparents' for spring break.

3 things that make you happy:

• having been on an outing
• Katie posting on 3t2t
• blogging

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• building
• nature's spring changes

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Crab Creek outing
• nature's summer changes

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Katie

3 things that make you happy:

• Bluegrass
• getting real mail
• following through and doing my PT exercises

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• seeing m'girls
• going to bed on time

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• the thought of getting a dog at some point
• running comfortably for 30 minutes

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Chris, of course! ;)

3 things that make you happy:

• Accoustic Music


• Morning Walk


• Silliness with Floyd

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Sunday Mountain Music
  
• Sunday morning quietness at work

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Summer
  
• Healing
  

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Katie

3 things that make you happy:

• 3 things 2 things blog being active again
  
• the sound of varied thrushes
  
• Franklin, my new cat :)
  

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• more time with Frankie
  
• Fun with little kids
  

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• wearing tank tops this summer
  
• getting my tattoo finished
  

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Jack- He's having his 4th birthday today
  

singing cowboys

3 things that make you happy:

• singing cowboys
  
• western shirts
• goofiness 

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• sunny sunny shine shine shine
• finishing Singing Cowboys book 

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• figgy
• Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• eliza

food

3 things that make you happy:

• brussels sprouts
• onions
• sausage
  

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• spinach
• cheese

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• fish
• fortune cookies

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• chris

3 things that make you happy:

• 3T2T posts
  
• Big, huge, gigantic snow flakes- ok, I said I was sick of snow but that was too cool
  
• Floyd wiggling around on his bed
  

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• A clean kitchen
  
• more cuddle time with fezz
  

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Being an Auntie
  
• Camping with nae
  

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Fezz
  

humongous floods

3 things that make you happy:

• cats
• dominoes
• walks

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• reading
• walking

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• channeled scablands outing
• becoming a grandfather (september!)
  

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo