Welcome to Litsy!

Didn‘t take many pics… you don‘t really need them to be grateful.

1. Went biking with the fam for the 1st time (haven‘t biked since I was a kid, other than those tandem bike/cart things you ride in a group). I enjoyed it so much, can‘t wait to go again.
2. Made a point to notice the sky every chance I got.
3. Pumpkin spice coffee creamer!
4. Got caught up with my studies/admin stuff.
5. Going to a ⚽️ game with hubs 😍

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

1. Book club
2. Pumpkin
3. Winnifred
4. Booked Eau Claire
5. Yoga

@peaKnit @BethM @JenReadsAlot

#FridayHappyReadingHour Happy Friday night reading to all who celebrate, me and my gin and tonic are going to suffer through reading all these books on my kindle 😆😆😆

Thanks for the tag @peaKnit

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnifred
3. Shopping trip
4. Putting my feet up after a long day
5. Surviving another week of the beginning of the school year

@BethM @JenReadsAlot

Thanks for the tag @peaKnit

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

1. Surviving the first week back to school
2. Making new relationships with my students
3. Cooler weather
4. Pumpkin and Winifred cuddles
5. Pumpkin spice lattes

#5joysfriday it‘s been a week 1. We packed up Gunnar, our oldest for Teachers College 2. Lakehead U in Thunder Bay, his grandpa‘s hometown and alma matter 3. T Bay has a big Finnish/Swedish population so breakfast at a Finnish restaurant was a must 4. Visiting John‘s nanny and grandpa‘s grave 5. Memorial for Terry Fox where his Marathon of Hope ended with heartbreak ❤️‍🩹

#5joysfriday this week has flown by 😢 1. Last weekend we were at my in laws‘ cottage which is a double edged sword, it‘s beautiful, they are a handful but floating in the lake is my favourite 2. Stopping at Webers for hamburgers is a summer tradition to or from the cottage 3. A fresh manicure always brings joy, it‘s hard to believe I bit my nails for decades 4. Audio books while painting = joy 5. Today is John‘s birthday; he‘s mostly a joy 😉

#5joysfriday this week went fast 1. We were at my sister‘s cottage last weekend 2. Started my Sherlock Lego set 3. The Globe is printing a pic everyday from The Beaverbrook‘s collection, I read The Frame-Up to my class a few years ago and it is set in The Beaverbrook art gallery - it‘s a great middle grade novel 4. Finally started my basement glow up 5. Summer Shakespeare last night was an LGBTQ reimagining of Romeo & Juliet ❤️👏🏻🎉

#5joysfriday and just like that it‘s august 🤯 July is such a sweet summer month that stretches on and on, august feels abrupt to me with real life right around the corner. My joys this week 1. My garden, when wildlife doesn‘t make me lose my shit 2. A cookbook I got for my birthday filled with salads - I made the first recipe last night ( fun fact: I write in my cookbook; when I make the recipes, did we like them) 3. July reading wrap up ⬇️

#5joysfriday is brought to you this week by flowers and Coldplay 1. I bought myself flowers 2. My hibiscus bloomed 3. I bought some more pollinators for the garden and #knockwood 💀rabbits are leaving them alone 4. I finished Lego Sunflowers and it‘s better than I thought it could be 5 all the memes about the outed affair at the Coldplay concert, not even Coldplay knew how relevant they could be with the right marketing 🤷🏻‍♀️😆

#5joysfriday 1. It‘s my birthday today and there will be ☕️📚🍷and my gift to me - red light therapy mask 2. My husband got me A&W bacon and eggers for breakfast 3. He also made homemade lemonade 🍋 (which is joy in a glass) to drink with my new book 4. My coneflowers are in bloom ( I love the colours so much and I saved these from the rabbits 🤬) 5. We went to the beach this week to visit friends from Denmark and a highlight is always a sunset

#5joysfriday what a week! 1. Canada Day 2. No vodka for Bloody Caesars meant tequila as a substitute and it‘s BETTER 3. Summer holidays kicked off with leaks in our storage unit and from our A/C but in both cases we got amazing prompt help and this meme made me laugh so joy was found 4. I was able to get a Jane Austen Lego gwp off FB marketplace 🥰 5. Today is our anniversary- 27 years of us 🥂

#5joysfriday 1. Cancer Szn is here 🎉🎉 so school is FINALLY out and my birthday is almost here 2. My boulevard garden is growing into itself quite well 💚🧡💛 3. We got part of our backyard fence replaced to match fence by the house and it looks so good I‘m throwing out an old table and that lounger too 4. Lego sunflowers is coming along and reminding me of an abstract art piece 5. June is a slower reading month but all good reads

#5joysfriday all my joys this week centre on my youngest, Beckett 1. 2. Convocation from TMU with a Bachelor in Fine Arts focusing on photography and dining out for dinner and lunch to celebrate 3. 4. Cocktails and dinner at Lao Lao, a Laotian restaurant 5. Lunch at Richmond Station - best fried chicken ever

#5joysfriday 1. The biggest joy was the talent show at school today! It was AMAZING! All of the kids were so brave and so talented that I am literally filled to the brim with joy! It is days like this that makes teaching the absolute best job in the world! 2. Flowers growing in the parking lot at school 3. My garden - orange and magenta = JOY 4. Laundry on the line 5. Jane Austen Lego coming soon ❤️ best week ever

1. Lois Boisson. What a fun French Open she had. I loved watching her play.
2. My trip to Northshire Bookstore.
3. Gracie face painted at a school fair that I went to.
4. Spent a day with 2 month old Remy who is really starting to engage with folks.
5. Visited Hildene, the summer home of Robert Lincoln, the President‘s son, in Manchester, VT.

#5JoysFriday

#5joysfriday I‘m so tired that I‘m not sure I‘d remember all the joys without this prompt 1. I went for an afterschool swim this week 2. My rhubarb harvest was top tier 3. A local flower grower had a peony pop up after school today so I bought myself flowers 4. My book outlet order came today AND 5. My Sherlock Holmes Lego set got delivered today too #tgif

Thanks for the tag @peaKnit

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

1. Today is the last day of school
2. Summertime
3. Iced coffee
4. Deck reading
5. Spring flowers

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @Eggs @TheSpineView

#5joysfriday 1. May has been a good reading month - I didn‘t work a lot this week so finished up some books and got June reads all lined up 2. Gardening is an addiction, we‘ve had a lot of rain so everything except one cucumber plant seems to have settled in 3. A new Canadian winery to me wine order 4. Latest Lego set 🌻 5. Children‘s hospital fundraiser with my sister last night

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii @TheSpineView @peaKnit

#5joysfriday

1. Graduation for my seniors
2. Iced coffee
3. 4 days of school left
4. A long weekend
5. My new and improved deck

I tag whoever wants to play and hasn‘t!

#5JoysFriday

This week:
1. My amazing gift box from @Meshell1313
2. Bimonthly book club met last night; fun to catch up with those friends
3. My cactus is blooming!
4. Fun snack from TJs 😋🔥
5. Board game group meets tomorrow

#5joysfriday this week lasted forever, school is bonkers and TGIF 1. Wine delivery from Quebec, quirky and fun 2. Eurovision is LIFE, can‘t wait until tomorrow for finals 3. Weather has been so great I‘ve been reading in the ‘tub‘ not just swimming 🏊🏻‍♀️ after school we drove Beckett ( youngest son) to catch GO train in another town so he could go to Toronto to visit girlfriend & I could go to 4. Ikea for new lounger 5. Take out for dinner 🎉

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. New deck furniture
4. Greenhouses
5. 9 days of school left!!

@TheSpineView @Eggs @Mommamanzi

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii and @Eggs

#5joysfriday

1. Mom‘s second surgery went well
2. Personal days
3. Catching up with old friends
4. 14 days of school left
5. Fur babies

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

#5joysfriday Friday is always a joy but I love how I pay attention through the week for what brings me joy so I can post them here 1. New nails always bring joy 2. Memes that make me feel seen 3 lunch with a friend who is thinking about moving back when she retires 🤞🏻🤞🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 4 tonight we see an adaptation of P & P and I‘m so excited 5. Yesterday was Happy Meal Day and I treated my sister and my son to some happiness and Diet Coke

1. So many restaurants in Naples! First up is Turtle Club, feet in the sand and view of the Gulf of Somewhere. That‘s hubby Norm and a turtle carved in a bench “Welcome to our paradise “
2. Banana bread French toast at Baleen‘s, also at the beach.
3. There‘s a fig jam and goat cheese burger nestled between the chips at Brooks Burgers.
4. Mango shrimp and crispy duck to die for.
5. Off to Charleston with the kiddos.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday 1. April lasted FOREVER and the weather sucked for the most part so a lot of books got read 2. Apparently the weather was perfect for magnolias! The tree has had its best year in ages 3. I was gifted a jewelry chest and I‘ve been sorting my beads into it ( composite jewelry like pandora, I‘ve got multiple brands and too much) 4. My sister bought me a custom coaster for my Diet Coke 5. Homemade pizza is the best

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. Book club
4. Nicer weather
5. 19 days of school left

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfriday why do short weeks sometimes feel longer? I‘ve worked 2 weeks straight in grade 1 and I‘m exhausted 🥱 random joys 1. I voted early 2. Puppy visit with Griz 3. The magnolia is having a MOMENT 4. My niece and I having matching manicures 5. My oldest left last night to work at a YMCA camp in Alberta for 6 weeks. An exciting and a bit nerve wracking new challenge for him. I‘m full of joy for him taking risks

Nothing major happened this week but it‘s still nice to practice gratitude, it‘s the simple things that matter anyway

1. My fur babies (my dog Luna too, but I didn‘t get any photos of her this week)
2. A brand new journal
3. Stickers for said journal
4. Going for walks
5. Missed quite a bit of CrossFit last week and early this week but was able to jump back in yesterday

Consider yourself tagged if you see this 😉
@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Mom‘s surgery went well
2. Iced coffee
3. Rain storms
4. Pumpkin
5. Winnie

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

#5joysfriday 1. LONG WEEKENDS 🎉 2. Mixed media collage art I did with the grade 1 class I‘m in for 2 weeks is absolutely the cutest ever 3. The magnolia season has started, buds are splitting 🌸🌸🌸 finally feels like spring might be here 4. Date night last night at a Japanese restaurant we can walk to and whisky highballs ❤️ 5 started a new book with some chips and wine 👌🏻

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. A fun handmade card from a friend
2. Kevin is sassy
3. Daily book coffee picture exchange with a friend
4. S‘more sundae treat with my daughter
5. A local book club with themed SNACKS (and wine)! I look very naughty for some reason. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Tagging @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Coffee
2. Bubl‘r
3. My teacher bestie
4. Pumpkin
5. Winnie

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfriday I haven‘t taught all week so it‘s been a lovely quiet chill couple of days of doing whatever I feel like whenever I feel like it 1. I‘m obsessed with the Color Block Jam game 2. Finished the little flower arrangement Lego set 3. Started the telephone box Lego set 4. Book Outlet order came in ( cuz I need more books 😆) 5. Date night last night to a restaurant in the ‘hood we‘ve been going to try forever. Everything was amazing

#5joysfriday 1. I did a collage art project with 3 grade 1 classes and covered the artist-tree with birds on Monday 2. I got my nails done in pastels ( abstract Easter eggs) 3. My favourite clothing store shares my views on Spring weather 4. I went out on a Friday night 🤯 to see the funnest band ever and everyone I know was there 🤣 I danced for hours ( they play covers of hits from the 70‘s through to the 00‘s ) 5. The sun shone today ☀️

Thanks for tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. New jewelry
4. Yoga
5. 8 weeks of school left

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

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Thanks to a generous contributor
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#5joysfriday 1. It‘s Friday #praisebe and my mini pack of Canadian wine order came 2. Fairy porn aka ACOWAR 3. Spring art with a grade 1 class because 4. Spring is psycho 5. Federal election is a go and I have mostly positive feelings that the Liberals will win ( the premier of Alberta is bonkers for trump and sinking the conservative ship 🤞🏻🤞🏻 with her nonsense)

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. Book club
4. Only 9 weeks of school left
5. Friend time

@TheSpineView @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot @BethM

1-2) Visiting Mom & Dad (& playing dominoes) & seeing all the birds visiting them
3) Buying loads of books from 4 bookstores in Houston
4) Eating at the astronauts‘ fave restaurant Frenchie‘s with son & husband
5) Going to the NASA Space Center and seeing the Saturn rocket again—an amazing sight to behold

Sadly I caught a stomach bug and have been really sick since last night. 😞

Thanks @DebinHawaii for the tag! #5joysFriday

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView and @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Pumpkin
2. Winnie
3. Shopping
4. Trashy reality tv
5. Belly laughs with my bestie

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfriday TGIF 1. I have been coveting these leopard sambas FOREVER and the universe heard me at last 2. Canadian wine order coming soon ( we make good wine in Ontario) 3. I taught art in grade 1 today and we did mixed media daffodils ??4. Spring is so mean sometimes 5. Drinking Ontario rosé and eating Canadian Cheezies while I type this #livingthedream this week felt long! I hope all of you are having a great Friday

1. My boys, Zeke and Link, cuddling!
2. Rewatching New Girl
3. Spring is blooming 🌸
4. Dr. Pepper
5. Will 🩵

#5JoysFriday

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii #5joysfriday

1. Relaxation time
2. A new hair cut
3. Seeing past students living their dreams
4. Delicious coffee
5. Shopping time

 @BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

#5joysfriday it‘s been a glorious week of nothing much thanks to March Break. 1. I finished Mona and hung her in my bedroom ( a little gallery wall moment is happening) 2. John and I went out to dinner Wednesday to a new place in the ‘hood ( no pics) and breakfast on Thursday to an old place 3. I had a massage, got my haircut and my nails done and walked to a McDonald‘s for a fountain Diet Coke because I could 4. It was 11° C yesterday

#5joysfriday TGIF 1. I did art with 2 grade 1 classes this week and in one class we painted robins and I put them up on the Artis-tree today 2. A friend makes book memory ornaments filled with all the books you read in a year, mine arrived this week ❤️❤️ 3. Pancake day is always delicious 4. Canada is getting her sass on 5. This meme speaks to me but I‘m more of a 3 days of rest person at this point 🙏🏻 it‘s March Break this week

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

#5joysfriday

1. Spring break starts at 3:30 today
2. Macarons and ice cream
3. Spending time with friends
4. Pumpkin
5. Winnie

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

Here‘s to the simple joys in life!

1. Did plenty of creating this week (makes my soul happy).
2. With the Merlin ID app from Cornell, I was able to ID all of the bird sounds in our yard (I drew ones I saw, image on the far left).
3. My cats Sunny & Midnight gave me plenty of moments full of love/laughter, as usual 🥰
4. I had a me date at the bookstore.
5. Went on a few walks with my son & our dog, we had nice talks 🥰

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii #5joysfriday

1. I got an A in my first grad school class!
2. One more week until spring break
3. The way above freezing temperatures we have had this week
4. Spending time with my mom
5. Some of my students have had some pretty cool accomplishments this week!

@peaKnit @JenReadsAlot @BethM