Every Thursday, I share three good things from today, in the past week, and/or in the week or weeks to come, to focus on what is good. I encourage you to share in the comments your three good things too, if you want. I was introduced to thinking on three good things for the week by Deb Nance of the blog Readerbuzz who lists hers every Sunday on her blog.
Today
My wife Kim made blueberry pancakes this morning:
This past week
On Saturday, we got out of town, the county, and the state! We went to a Mexican restaurant about an hour away from us in neighboring New York State, and it was lovely.
The week(end) to come
I’m off for four days, starting tomorrow. After being off yesterday and today, Kim has to work all weekend. But we both will be having Chinese takeout, which usually lasts for the weekend. Sorry, no picture.
Every Thursday, I share three good things from today, in the past week, and/or in the week or weeks to come, to focus on what is good. I encourage you to share in the comments your three good things too, ifyou want. I was introduced to thinking on three good things for the week byDeb Nance of the blog Readerbuzz who lists hers every Sunday on her blog.
Today, and probably always, I’m keeping my three good things simple and off the top of my head. I just got home from running errands this morning: laundry at the laundromat, a grocery pickup, getting gas, and a breakfast wrap from a place in town. So, I’ll stick to today:
Talking to my mom on the phone
The aforementioned breakfast wrap and place
Earworms. Earworms? Really? Yes, really.
I realized this morning that I hadn’t talked to my mother in about a week. So while at the laundromat, after I put the loads in the washer, I gave her a call. We ended up talking longer than I expected, but it was good.
She remembered today was her mother’s birthday. Her mother, my grandmother, would have been 100 today. She died in 2003. My mom shared memories of her mother, her father, and siblings (all since gone) growing up, stories – mostly good while acknowledging and forgiving the bad – that I never had heard. It was unexpected – and unexpectedly emotional, with all the feels. I won’t say it was necessarily what “the doctor ordered,” but it was good to remember grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
We talked longer than expected, which was more than okay. After I put the clothes in the dryer and went to get breakfast. It also was good, very good, and probably not what a doctor would order,especially with high blood pressure, but I’ll take it – and did.
My friend Kyle’s place, Komodo Gelato, but he doesn’t have just gelato.
Last and definitely least because you might not want to listen to what I’m going to share are earworms. Today’s were a pair of songs, one on the radio in the laundromat and the other, maybe because the country in the song has been in the news:
I chose this over the cheesy sexist MTV video. You’re welcome.
And with that, I’ll sign off for this week and go watch some college basketball (I know I should be watching hockey) as I have the day off.
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