A new month always brings new hopes and dreams into our lives.
Today also marks the beginning of a new week.
There's always so much to think about, to do, to finish, and to hope for.
Being a writer, it's easiest to write down in a notebook all the things that need to be done.
That helps to prioritize items and keep things a bit organized in my mind.
Here's to a good day and evening for everyone reading this.
DO YOU PUT IN WRITING THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE?
Sometimes, when loneliness threatens to envelop a person, a phone call or note from a friend can mean a lot.
As much as we cherish the friends in our lives, it's important to be a good friend as well.
Caring and kindness go a long, long way in this crazy world in which we live.
So today, be a good friend.
Make a phone call to someone you haven't spoken to in a long while or send a couple of texts to let people know you are thinking of them.
It may mean more than you will ever know.
Okay, friend, I hope you have a good Sunday from dawn til dusk and then some.
One never knows where the next cookie recipe will come from or how good it will be.
Recently, while grocery shopping at Aldi's, instead of the regular market, I came across many items with bargain price tags.
Pure vanilla extract , as opposed to artificial, was one of them.
A bottle cost less that $5 so I put two into my shopping cart as I love baking.
Because gifts of lots of cookies are given for all occasios, I decided to give the recipe a shot.
It was simple and quick, both pluses in the baking world.
There was no call for chilling the dough for hours before baking.
The pleasant fragrance of baking cookies filled the apartment.
The extra heat from the oven warmed things up.
All cookie recipients sent their praises for the sugar cookies.
That surprise trip to Aldi's was a good call.
The cookies were a hit this round and will be made again in the future, all because of the purchase of a box of pure vanilla extract.
February is inching its way to the month's end.
A glance at the calendar noted there are only
28 days in this month.
A memorized elementary school blurb from childhood flashed through my mind.
"Thirty days has September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have 31, except February, that has 28."
Yup. That little ditty is still stuck in the brain after seven decades of life and that's amazing.
So it's time to take down the beautiful Valentine's Day cards, strip the dollhouse of hearts and tiny Valentines, and put away other telltale signs of the day of love.
More snow fell on top of the many inches we had already received this week.
However, it was not half as bad as some parts of Massachusetts that got whomped.
Hello to more thoughts of the spring, including gorgeous flowering plants and heavenly bird song, to come!
Hope springs eternal!
Some public places, such as beauty salons and tax services, have small bowls of candy on desks for clients.
In one office, the secretary told me to help myself to any candies desired.
I selected one small heart-shaped piece of Dove chocolate.
Inside the foil wrapper came a treat even more special than the candy.
There was a saying there that really made me smile and think.
It read, "Laugh until your heart overflows."
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED UNTIL YOUR OWN HEART OVERFLOWED? WHAT MADE YOU LAUGH?
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