2013 end

3 things that make you happy:

• The sound of drips and drops on a misty morning
• chickadees in winter
• Bobcats

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Finally finishing this post
• Getting the F out of here

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Seeing a bobcat

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Neil (retroactively)

whether

3 things that make you happy:

• cats
• weather
• beach

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• cheeseburger

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• weather
• therp

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• mineko

Naked Cora

3 things that make you happy:

• Naked Cora
• My new morning routine
• wolverines

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Harassing Steve
• Hugging Cora

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Getting Cora on more walks
• Having Cora meet more people

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Cora

seediness

3 things that make you happy:

• seeds
• wolverines
• goofiness

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• groceries
• wobblies

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• groundhog day
• valentine day

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• kathryn

Drawing and Singing

3 things that make you happy:

• Having a Sunday off
• Art supplies
• Singing

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Singing
• Scrounging through Katie's house for art supplies

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Figuring out color in drawing
• Getting back into a choir

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Katie

ice age floods

3 things that make you happy:

• chinese sausage
• expressions
• water

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• walk
• cats

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• lower crab creek
• frenchman coulee 

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Bruce Bjornstad

moods & meanders

3 things that make you happy:

• peripatetic perspicacious parsimony 
• peregrine falcons 
• partial permanence 

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• impartial impermanence 
• impulsive impishness 

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• shady sunday siestas
• simple strolls

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• my sweetheart

fezz and drawing

3 things that make you happy:

• car talk
• fezz in my lap
• bobcats

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• drawing
• being mellow

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more cuddles with fezz
• more drawing

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• fezz

900 mountains

3 things that make you happy:

• 900 posts
• nbh drawing
• cat foolishness

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• libraries
• beach

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• goofy-but-sincere
• mountain hikes

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• nbh

mud

3 things that make you happy:

• gravel
• mud
• spiderwebs

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• quiet
• reading

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• large rocks
• small friends

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• cah

trees

3 things that make you happy:

• lichen on trees
• ferns growing on trees
• bird nests in trees

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• walking among trees
• photographing trees

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• spring growth on trees
• being among alpine trees

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• johnny appleseed

eve

3 things that make you happy:

• stars
• quiet
• peace
  

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• family
• friends

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• family
• friends

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• santa claus

Drawing and Reading

3 things that make you happy:

• My penguin
• Good books
• The bird I drew

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Drawing
• Reading

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Learning more about drawing
• Reading more good books

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Mary

lights & dark

3 things that make you happy:

• curry with chinese sausage & carrots & brussels sprouts 
• chocolate
• lights & dark

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• photography books
• beach

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• spring
• returning to the missoula floods areas

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

Bubble wrap and such

3 things that make you happy:

• Cora attacking bubble wrap
• The hamsters attacking bubble wrap
• My penguin

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Talking with Anna
• Getting some tasks done

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Longish walks with floyd
• Painting

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Anna

CPAs

3 things that make you happy:

• curry
• chinese sausage
• cranberries

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• paris
• pastimes

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• august
• arithmetic

1+ persons you are going to appreciate:

• Sutherlands

perpetual damp

3 things that make you happy:

• chrimmus lights reflecting in rain
• imaginary hamsters
• decorated paper

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• wet streets
• cloudy skies

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• dusty roads
• cloudless skies

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• melvin

snow

3 things that make you happy:

• snow
• ice cream
• fudgesicles

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• snow
• not driving

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• no snow
• driving

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• frosty

shifty pickles

3 things that make you happy:

• android
• reading
• photography

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• libraries
• curiosity
  

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• cameras
• jello

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jan

seldom

3 things that make you happy:

• dark
• light
• shadows

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• wander
• cheese

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• snow
• sun

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• eliza

fogness

3 things that make you happy:

• fog
• photography at night
• foolishness

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• library

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• photography
• fog

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• mineko

Drawing Laughing Rattlesnake Ledge

3 things that make you happy:

• The many moods of Rattlesnake Ledge
• Finding my artistic side
• laughter

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• laughing
• drawing

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Gretchen

rip

3 things that make you happy:

• remembering friends
• walking on the beach
• watching trains go by

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• walking on the beach
• remembering friends

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• honoring others
• walking on the beach

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• karen eileen jensen (smith) - 1/27/1950-12/7/2013

ephemerata

3 things that make you happy:

• colors
• patterns
• textures

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• photography
• nap

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• basalt
• water

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

sounds & rhythms

3 things that make you happy:

• empennage 
• integument
• onomatopoeia 

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• ordinary impulses
• ordinary restraint

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• extraordinary impulses
• extraordinary restraint

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• archie

episodic cranberries

3 things that make you happy:

• marmalade
• cranberries
• pickled herring

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• episodic disengagement
• pictures

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• eclectic interests
• episodic reengagement

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• eliza

repetitive

3 things that make you happy:

• SSDI received
• breakfast
• cats

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• photography
• android play

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• repetitive photography
• repetitive android play 

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• jo

shrimp pie

3 things that make you happy:

• shrimp
• photography
• good lab results

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• therp
• cheeseburger

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• rain
• pie

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• mineko

Sun and Snow

3 things that make you happy:

• Christmas lights reflect on the snow so that everything glows
• Walking while it snows and watching the world transform
• Mellow walks with Floyd

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• A warm, long bath
• Getting my desk cleaned off

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Sitting and watching light bounce off the water as sunshine warms my skin
• Cora mellowing out a bit

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Mary

nose

3 things that make you happy:

• blake
• bacon
• breakfast

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• libraries
• licorice

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• ordinary weather
• orange-cranberry treats

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• webster

3 things that make you happy:

• Good coffee in the morning
• warm fire
• warm bath

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Talking with Anna
• Hot pad on my neck

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Warmth
• Rain

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Anna

miscellaneous pork

3 things that make you happy:

• family
• bacon, sausage, ham, miscellaneous pork
• breakfast

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• family breakfast at kathryn & andy's
• photography

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• not so flicking cold
• chrimmus

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• kathryn

android tamales

3 things that make you happy:

• chocolate
• cats
• tamales

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• photography books
• android tablet

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• photography
• music

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• linda ronstadt

3 things that make you happy:

• silliness with friends
• silliness with animals
• silliness in stories

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• silliness
• stories

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Karla

pizza

3 things that make you happy:

• photography
• shadows
• stars

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• richmond beach
• pizza

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• photography
• cameras

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• abner

3 things that make you happy:

• photography
• ice making leaves all shiny and beautiful
• rattlesnake mountain bright and white against the blue sky

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• seeing rosemary 
• actually posting this instead of leaving it open all day

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• rosemary

red

3 things that make you happy:

• a warm cat in my lap on a cold morning
• pictures from the past
• gingerbread

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• doctor appt
• after dr appt

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• green
• white

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• dr harris

3 things that make you happy:

• Cora being silly
• snow making everything look soft
• floyd catching snowballs

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• no obligations after work
• playing in the snow

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• silliness from cora
• cuddles from floyd

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• floyd

jigsaw

3 things that make you happy:

• pictures
• jigsaw puzzles
• trains

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• doing more jigsaw puzzles from my own pictures of trains
• android tablet time

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• ice
• snow

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• eliza

3 things that make you happy:

• Looking at Rattlesnake Lake
• Snow
• Happy visitors to the Ed Center

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• Posting to the Ed Center's Facebook page
• Talking to the crew

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• Camping with Nae&co again
• Skiing

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• Steve

ginger

3 things that make you happy:

• ginger cereal
• ginger cookies
• ginger ale

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• trader joe's
• ballard

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• entropy
• socks

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• bob

rain

3 things that make you happy:

• flannel
• twill
• houndstooth

2 things you are looking forward to today:

• rain
• more rain

2 long term things you are looking forward to:

• more rain
• wet snow

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• cora