- January 1st:  Yummy New Year's Day foods! 
- January 2nd:  I successfully resisted the urge to buy two more cat plushies. My husband agreed to let me get the metal corner shelving unit for the pantry. 
- January 3rd:  The shelving unit shipped and is arriving early! 
- January 4th:  Hot roast beef sandwich with fries and brown gravy. 
- January 5th:  Snowflake photos!  Groceries!  Shelving unit arrived! 
- January 6th:  Winter Storm Warning.  Wintry mix.  Tracking on 2 of 3 missing/delayed packages updated! 
- January 7th:  Coconut cream and chocolate pie 
- January 8th:  Two missing packages arrived. 
- January 9th:  Got to use a few of the small boxes I saved to organize the laundry room cabinet.  Stunning rainbow! So bright and glowing! 
- January 10th:  New pantry shelving unit in place 
- January 11th:  Making progress on pantry creating more space in other areas. 
- January 12th:  Beautiful sunrise! 
- January 13th:  Laundry room is done! My husband is getting me the cat plushies! 
- January 14th:  Clearing skies and sunshine 
- January 15th:  Fast response regarding missing sticker order 
- January 16th:  No problems with lemon juice. 
- January 17th:  Heating pad.  Sleep. Leftover burritos. 
- January 18th:  Beautiful sunrise.  Homemade peanut butter fudge.  Banana cream pie. 
- January 19th:  Indoor heat.  Barbecue pork sandwich and fries. 
- January 20th:  Sleepy snuggles. 
- January 21st:  Beautiful weather, good food, and sleep. 
- January 22nd:  All the blessings I've received!  Also, leftover spaghetti, bacon, and home fries...and spaghetti sauce for my mozzarella sticks. 
- January 23rd:  Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting! 
- January 24th:  Cheesy garlic toast and mozzarella sticks dipped in spaghetti sauce.  Pretty sunrise. 
- January 25th:  56 degrees!  Spots of bare ground! 
- January 26th:  Many of my favorite streamers in one live stream followed by another favorite live stream.  58 degrees and partly cloudy skies. 
- January 27th:  Backyard walk with sunshine. 
- January 28th:  The peaceful sound of raindrops. 
- January 29th:  Meeting one savings goal.  Plush Valentine bear.  Decluttering progress. 
- January 30th:  More decluttering progress. 
- January 31st:  Kitchen done. 
- February 1st:  Mountain snow photos! 
- February 2nd:  Chili cheese dogs with fries, onion rings, and sweet tea. 
- February 3rd:  Chocolate chip brownies and peanut butter ice cream. 
- February 4th:  Potato soup with sandwiches.  Yummy desserts:  chocolate toffee cake with whipped cream topping and sprinkles, sugar cone with rim dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, filled with instant cheesecake, topped with strawberries and blueberries.  Iced tea. 
- February 5th:  Sleeping in this morning. 
- February 6th:  PD on 28. 
- February 7th:  WV bird checklist.  Cheddar bacon potato soup, homemade apple pie, chocolate ice cream, sweet tea! 
- February 8th:  Lovely sunrise pics!  Chili cheese fries with sour cream and onion rings! 
- February 9th:  Another early start/early finish to camper cleaning day! 
- February 10th:  Ibuprofen.  Sleep. 
- February 11th:  Internet back on without calling tech support.  Yummy supper! 
- February 12th:  Cool fog photos! 
- February 13th:  Pretty sunlit snow photos! 
- February 14th:  Livestreams.  Variety of birds. 
- February 15th:  Groceries.  Sunflower seed.  Enough to pay bills. 
- February 16th:  Ordering some favorite things! 
- February 17th:  Only about 5" of snow, rather than 8" to 11" 
- February 18th:  Big bill paid. 
- February 19th:  Slept in this morning. 
- February 20th:  Double-check actually happened. 
- February 21st:  Cute chickadee photo!  Hair cut. 
- February 22nd:  Thunderstorm! 
- February 23rd:  So many livestream options!  Was that thunder again tonight?  Camper done on time. 
- February 24th:  Beautiful orange moonrise! 
- February 25th:  Air conditioner moved.  Window clean. 
- February 26th:  Paid taxes, registration renewed...despite mouse problems. 
- February 27th:  Eastern bluebird! 
- February 28th:  Did the big, scary things. 
- February 29th:  Coffee calms me down! 
- March 1st:  Camper cleaning went well!  Done early. 
- March 2nd:  Bunny! 
- March 3rd:  Pond visit!  New birds!  First purple crocuses in bloom! 
- March 4th:  Pretty sunset clouds 
- March 5th:  White crocuses blooming! 
- March 6th:  Pizza for lunch! 
- March 7th:  Interesting cocoon!  Eastern cottontail in backyard! 
- March 8th:  Eastern bluebird photo and rough-legged hawk sighting -- new addition to life list 
- March 9th:  Calm before the storm 
- March 10th:  Winter storm didn't bring as much snow as forecast 
- March 11th:  Weather improving 
- March 12th:  Buying some much-needed necessities 
- March 13th:  Pretty sunrise 
- March 14th:  Yummy dinner!  Snow gauge arrived! 
- March 15th:  Mozzarella sticks 
- March 16th:  Forsythia is blooming! 
- March 17th:  Pond visit 
- March 18th:  Chicken tenders and potato wedges for supper! 
- March 19th:  Coffee.  Sleep.  Distractions.  BM. 
- March 20th:  Beautiful sunrise.  Spring bird migration! 
- March 21st:  Our son came home safely from fighting wildfires.  Cute mourning dove pair photos! 
- March 22nd:  Camper done on time! 
- March 23rd:  Highland cow weighted plush 
- March 24th:  Easter dirt cake trifle 
- March 25th:  Collections 
- March 26th:  Survivors 
- March 27th:  Strawberry donut.  Fiery sunset. 
- March 28th:  Yellow daffodils with orange centers 
- March 29th:  Pets. 
- March 30th:  Rainbow! 
- March 31st:  Bunny-sitting. 
- April 1st:  New baby bunny!  Thunderstorms.  Orders arrived safely with nothing broken! 
- April 2nd:  Thunderstorms.  Sheep safe.  Side pain went away with nothing but time. 
- April 3rd:  Fave YT live chat.  Writing challenge distraction. 
- April 4th:  Snow melting not long after falling. 
- April 5th:  Early start on cleaning camper. 
- April 6th:  New game 
- April 7th:  Blue-winged teal! 
- April 8th:  Happy 21st!  Solar eclipse. 
- April 9th:  Mourning dove pair.  White-tailed deer in backyard. 
- April 10th:  Trip to DMV with son.  Treated him to BK meal for lunch. 
- April 11th:  Prayer.  Cleaning. 
- April 12th:  Family & friends.  Music. 
- April 13th:  New game distraction. 
- April 14th:  Seeing two deer standing on hind legs (sparring?) at farm pond. 
- April 15th:  Skywarn certification.  Not overdrawing my bank account. 
- April 16th:  Clear, sunny, warm day! 
- April 17th:  No one injured in deer incident.  Trout lilies in bloom.  Bits of Carolina Allspice shrub still hanging on and sprouting new leaves. 
- April 18th:  Frog at the farm pond. 
- April 19th:  Story inspiration. 
- April 20th:  New game is farm-themed. 
- April 21st:  New office chair! 
- April 22nd:  Cool chunk of gravel with crystals on it! 
- April 23rd:  Ice pops! 
- April 24th:  New patterned office chair! 
- April 25th:  Big grocery order! 
- April 26th:  Last photo of Stormy the Bunny. 
- April 27th:  Dandelion puffballs! 
- April 28th:  Day at the farm pond! 
- April 29th:  Gray catbirds are back! 
- April 30th:  Baltimore orioles and hummingbirds have returned! 
- May 1st:  More trail mix! 
- May 2nd:  Ibuprofen relieved painful headache. 
- May 3rd:  My travelers notebook arrived, and it's the color I wanted!  Hot, dry day to clean camper, but cooling evening rains and thunderstorms.  Getting a Carolina allspice shrub soon! 
- May 4th:  Hummingbirds 
- May 5th: Dog-shaped cloud! 
- May 6th:  Friend in OK safe after tornado 
- May 7th:  Advanced Skywarn training 
- May 8th:  Cute puppies and birds 
- May 9th:  Seeing the farm of my dreams in real life. 
- May 10th:  Aurora borealis and getting to share seeing the northern lights with my family! 
- May 11th:  Snowball bush thriving this year 
- May 12th:  Clearing skies. 
- May 13th:  The farm pond.  Spotted sandpiper!  Carolina allspice shrub blooming! 
- May 14th:  Skunk (our cat, who also answers to Puffle and Kitty) 
- May 15th:  Getting the produce I thought had been listed as "out of stock" on my grocery order.  Beautiful 2nd batch of northern lights photos at 50% off! 
- May 16th:  Negative pregnancy test! 
- May 17th:  Sheep.  Getting to try out my spot cleaner machine. 
- May 18th:  Ibuprofen easing headache pain. 
- May 19th:  Willow flycatcher!  Great crested flycatcher? 
- May 20th: Potato chips. 
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