Welcome to Litsy!

💛 corn harvest 🌽
💛 open windows 🪟 beautiful weather
💛 new canner 🍅 homemade tomato products
💛 wild sunflowers 🌻
💛 always pets 🐶 🐈

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

#5JoysFriday
~watching Women‘s soccer star Alex Morgan‘s leave her last game ⚽️
~ a wedding photo of me & the 2 friends who found this & sent it to me this week (me in the middle with a curly perm) 💍
~ a primrose coffee mug my friend brought back for me from her 2week educator tour through Israel. ☕️
~ missed the Maggie Hope series-happy to be back with her in her world. 📕 WWII
~ Yankees beat the Red Sox ⚾️

💛 Homemade fish tacos
💛 Beautiful hammock weather
💛 A tired but content Luthien after spending most of the day exploring
💛 Tomatoes from friends to put up this weekend
💛 Gandalf & LaGata cozy on the couch with me while Luthien was outside

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My joys this week
~my son brought me our first fallen leaf of autumn
~ fresh tomato pizza from Pepes,a New Haven CT. Institution.
~Fresh flowers from my neighbor‘s garden to dress up my desk at work
~ fit lots of walking in
~ reading & coffee on my porch
Anyone want to join in #5JoysFriday

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. End-of-summer pool day with my niece, who started an impromptu dance party 💃🏼 I love her so much
2. Booked our lodging for our Scotland trip finally! I'm getting so excited 🗺️
3. Spotted a cool caterpillar guy on our porch 🐛
4. Won lottery tickets to the Lion King and invited a friend I don't get to see often 🦁
5. Cats getting cozy on the couch with me on my lazy Monday off work 😻

#5JoysFriday One of my favorite weekly activities! Thanks for hosting, @DebinHawaii 💛

Anyone else want to share?

#5JoysFriday a day late, due to too much fun! 😃
@DebinHawaii

A day late again, but better late than never.

💛 A night out at a winery with great friends that I don‘t see very often
💛 My pets, featuring Gandalf this week
💛 Book mail! 📚
💛 Bacon sandwiches with cucumber and tomato from my garden on homemade sourdough bread
💛 Completing the second week of school

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Here's my #5JoysFriday (a bit late) @DebinHawaii

1. My friend from PA was in my area so she stopped by for a chat and we went out to lunch! 🥰
2. Lewis being silly with his cat son Arthur 😹
3. Snuggles from Benny always 😻
4. Been listening to the audiobook for The Starless Sea as a comfort between other reads ✨
5. (not pictured) Dance lessons with Lewis, we're finally starting to choreograph our first dance 💃🏼

#JoysFriday on Saturday

Not a lot of photos this week but lots of joy

1. My friend Laurel & her hubby have transferred to DC!
2. The weather was perfect. It‘s getting hotter again, but fall weather isn‘t far away!
3. I‘m purging. My goal is to get rid of one of the big bookcases. I‘ve listed so many on books on Pango & some Lego sets on eBay.
4. If things work out! 🤞🏻
5. S. was too cute! She wore an apple-themed dress with pink sneakers. 🩷

💛 Homemade sourdough tortillas
💛 After school walks with Luthien
💛 Completing the first week of school for this year and my first week teaching only math
💛 Having students that I haven‘t had in class for a couple years happy to be in my class again
💛 Friday night pizza

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

My 5 joys are really one BIG joy this week! 💝💙💝💙

Suggestions for books I should buy for my future grandbaby‘s library are welcome and encouraged!

Happy #5JoysFriday 🥳 What a whirlwind of a week! @DebinHawaii

1. New bookish tattoo! (will post better pics when healed) 🐝🗝️🗡️
2. Charlotte Pride! 🏳️‍🌈
3. Video chatted with some college friends, catching up on life 🥰
4. Lost dog showed up at work! Turns out he was chipped & went home with his owner 🐶
5. My parents were here for a quick visit. Got to hang with them & my sister & niece! Jolene put stickers on her arm to match my tattoo 😂

A day late again is better than not considering joys, right?

💛 I visited a plant and book store owned by a former student. 🪴 📚
💛 @jewright and I went to a local bookstore for book browsing and their once a month iced latte flights.
💛 I spent a lot of time getting my classroom ready for a new school year.
💛 Luthien enjoyed hours of running in the corn field.
💛 I made a delicious salted caramel peach crisp.

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

It's been a busy week but it's always nice to stop and appreciate the joys each Friday

1. Casey McQuiston author event was spectacular 💗
2. Reading time at the pool 🌞
3. Ben cuteness overload 😻
4. Witnessed a spider wrapping a little beetle in his web on the other side of a window. It was cool to watch 🕷️
5. Made progress on some wedding to-do's! 👰🏼‍♀️💍

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@DebinHawaii @Pageturner1 @StayCurious

Many joys are represented in this picture.
1. New purse. I didn‘t need one, but it was too cute to resist.
2. Yummy sandwich and soda from a local bistro.
3. A local park that is put to good use with community events.
4. Wonderful music at a free concert.
5. Beautiful weather with a cool breeze through the trees.
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. A cute new-to-me book store in Dubuque, IA
2. A wedding for a lovely young woman I‘d adopt if I could.
3. Lunch with a great friend
4. Attended retirement gathering, saw some old friends
5. Several mid month 5k‘s in the bag

💛 Finally finishing a few long, slow reads so I can move onto some new reads I‘m more excited about
💛 All three pets back together again and chilling inside
💛 Starting a new round out our #CoverToCover postal book club
💛 Working in my classroom and getting things ready for a new school year
💛 A day at the state fair with friends and delicious ice cream

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Happy #5JoysFriday 😊 @DebinHawaii

1. Benny was being adorably annoying wanting attention during yoga
2. Pretty bookmail!
3. My first storygraph buddy read was absolutely delightful, the book was already amazing but discussing it in realtime with my friend made it even more enjoyable
4. The Pairing release! I already finished the audiobook, it was amazing
5. New toy for the kitties. Arthur has been obsessed & running around with so much energy

My grandsons! 💙💙💙💙💙
#SimpleSummerJoy #LitsyLoveBingo #LitsyLove
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

💛 Movie night to see Deadpool & Wolverine with my nephew
💛 A couple more days working with my dad on the family farm before I get in back to school mode
💛 My pets contentedly traveling together
💛 Lots of cherry tomatoes from my garden
💛 A fun afternoon seeing friends and enjoying good food (pulled pork nachos in photo) at a local festival

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So many joys this week! #5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
@kspenmoll

#5JoyFriday @DebinHawaii
Last weekend was my birthday & was very joyful!
1. Splurged on a mani/pedi at a salon & got sparkles
2. Scored a stack of books at the used book sale
3. Attended the most nail-biting baseball game! Our team ended up winning after being 7 points behind
4. Threw a birthday pool party & cook out, fun company & yummy food
5. My niece is typically shy around my partner but specifically requested for him to be in our picture 🥰

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Yesterday was busy and I forgot to post my list!

1. We sent out our wedding invitations and are getting the first trickles of RSVPs! 💌
2. Happy Color and Ben cuddles 🎨😻
3. New library book and outside reading 🌳
4. I've read so many more audiobooks this year, I've already hit my yearly goal! 🎧🎉
5. Finishing up our Lady Catherine buddy read! It was such a joy to read along with littens ☺️

💛 My nephew and I were home for an evening by ourselves, so he made us supper!
💛 I enjoyed a peaceful morning in the hammock.
💛 It‘s been VBS week at church, and I enjoyed being the voice of the puppet and working with all the kids!
💛 I watched some of the participants in the MR340 race on their way down the Missouri River.
💛 My niece and I made two different kinds of brownies for a cousin‘s bridal shower tomorrow.

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💛 A storm blew down a large branch in my yard, but thankfully it caused minimal damage.
💛 My pets that I was happy to see again after a few days away.
💛 A visit with another friend from college while she was nearby for a conference.
💛 A lot of “steps” (actual and due to plenty of arm work) because, as Dad likes to remind me, farm work is good exercise.
💛 These fun and delicious Cookie Monster cookies that my niece made.

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
It has been a very overwhelmingly busy week but managed to find some quiet time and joy throughout ☺️

1. Cooler evenings spent on the porch 🍃
2. Cam has been extra adorably cuddly lately 😻
3. Found a new shady spot for my hammock, perfect for reading 📖
4. Back to the Future the musical was so fun ⚡
5. Started learning choreography for our wedding dance 💃🏻

It‘s been a great week full of many joys!

💛 A day at Worlds of Fun riding roller coasters with my niece
💛 Wonderful family who take care of my pets while I‘m away from home
💛 Time visiting friends from college who I haven‘t seen in a few years
💛 Delicious food on my travels
💛 Exploring beautiful places in Missouri

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Reading and cuddles with my kitties. I was pleasantly surprised when Arthur joined one day, he's more elusive than Cam and Ben 😻
2. Visited a new meadery nearby that has fun events like larping and sword fighting demos ⚔️
3. Pretty sunset coloring the clouds 🩷☁️
4. My sister read my favorite book so we could talk about it together 😍
5. Celebrated our six year anniversary this week 💕

Somehow I took few photos this week and completely lost track of Friday with the holiday.

💛 Always Luthien and the other pets! She had some goods days to run while I was home.
💛 Homemade sourdough tortillas and fresh garden vegetables for chicken fajitas & quesadillas
💛 Movie night with my nephew 🎥 🍿
💛 More time to read print books than I‘ve had recently 📖
💛 The beauty of the creek after a summer rain

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. I ordered in lunch at work (which was delicious) and they stuck in a cute flamingo toothpick that brightened my day 🦩
2. Got caught up on filing paperwork that had piled up 📃
3. New nail design 💅🏻🇺🇸
4. Spent the 4th with my sister. We went to a parade and a fair. Jolene wanted to ride all the rides with Aunt Sara 🥰
5. Fireworks! 🎇🎆

💛 My dad adopted a dumped dog that we‘ve named Gwen, and she‘s a sweetheart.
💛 Luthien‘s joy in getting to run and explore also gives me joy.
💛 We‘ve baled over 9,000 square bales of hay & straw. The barns are full!
💛 I picked fresh blackberries this week!
💛 I spent some time with my niece & helped her move cows.

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Happy #5JoysFriday 😀 @DebinHawaii

1. I had my hair and makeup test run for the wedding 💁🏼‍♀️
2. Back on my aerial journey after taking a few months break
3. Painted my nails some fun pride colors 💗💜💙
4. Got to meet my best friend's new baby (over video) SHE'S SO CUTE 🥺
5. Chatting about books with so many new people this week 📚

Everyone is tagged! Share your joy! 🤗

💛 I had fresh cucumbers from the garden.
💛 There are beautiful flowers this summer.
💛 The house is cool thanks to air conditioning when I come home from long days spent outside.
💛 A few things that could have become bad situations worked out without any catastrophes.
💛 We completed wheat harvest and have already put up a good amount of straw.

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Finding my crafting inspiration again - started a new embroidery project I'm excited about 🪡
2. Pool day with my sister and niece 👙👒🏖️
3. Found a stowaway turtle in the pool! (We released him back into the pond) 🐢
4. Suit shopping for my guy's wedding outfit 👔
5. Always cats - my sweet Cam 😻

Thanks for the tag @JenReadsAlot

@DebinHawaii #5joysfriday

1. Rainy days
2. Getting ready for vacation next week
3. Pumpkin and Winnie
4. Breakfast with a friend
5. Celebrating my moms birthday

I completely forgot to post yesterday, but here are this week‘s joys!

💛 The creek is beautiful and the trees green after a rain.
💛 Luthien & my sister‘s dog Gracie get along well and love to play together.
💛 I made trail mix for easy snacking during long, busy farm days.
💛 I had some free time yesterday and picked up loaded teas for my nephew, niece, and myself.
💛 I love the peaceful morning view of the cows in the pasture.

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
We spent the weekend in DC/MD so lots of joyful moments! ☺️
1. Getting to play tour guide for Lewis, who's never visited before, & seeing all the monuments
2. Catching up with college friends, whom I haven't seen in years - including meeting my friend's almost 3 year old finally!
3. So many fountains! I love fountains ⛲
4. Ben's Chili Bowl 😋🤤 so glad I can still eat with my diet
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💛 My greatest joy this week is putting in a full week of work on the family farm, and thanks to the weather I was able to ease into it a bit.
💛 I spent a lot of time working with my dad.
💛 Just look at those views of green with beautiful blue sky!
💛 I had some time with just my sister, which we don‘t get a lot of these days.
💛 As always, pets, both my own and my family‘s.

#5JoysFriday

I realized as I was falling asleep last night that I‘d forgotten to share my joys for the week.

💛 My pets travel well together.
💛 I came home to the family farm and helped put up hay, which officially makes it feel like summer.
💛 I spent my first two full days outside doing farm work and managed not to end up sunburnt.
💛 I spent time with my niece and nephew.
💛 These beautiful flowers are in my dad‘s yard.

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I've been home from work the last couple days because of an allergic reaction so I almost didn't realize it was Friday! But I definitely needed a little reminder of the joys from the week
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

💛 Lots of time home with Luthien, the cats, and the hammock since school‘s out for summer
💛 Strawberries! It‘s strawberry season, and I‘ve enjoyed them fresh, in cake, shakes, pie, etc. 🍓
💛 There are strawberries frozen for the rest of the year.
💛 A quiet evening at home with a fire in the backyard and a lovely sunset
💛 Supper with friends tonight that included fried fish, French fries, fresh broccoli, and more strawberries

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Instead of 5 little joys this week, I'd like to share one BIG joy that has blown my mind in the best way!
After two decades of living with an autoimmune disease, I saw a new doctor that took the time to explain what is happening in my body and the reasoning behind my treatment. She couldn't understand why no one had explained it to me before and I am so grateful for the knowledge 🥰

💛 Last Friday I didn‘t get a chance to post because I was celebrating the end of the school year and seeing the Northern Lights.
💛 I also went to visit family last weekend, including meeting their new dog Gracie and spending some quality time with my nephew.
💛 My garden, specifically the garlic I‘m growing for the first time in many years.
💛 New books for my class library!
💛 As always my pets bring me joy.

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? Baking sourdough, including these jalapeño cheddar rolls
? Teaching colleagues who are also great friends
? Notes of appreciation from students this week
? Fresh picked asparagus
? My pets, featuring Gandalf today

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii this has become my favorite part of Friday, looking back at the little good things from the week ☺️

1. Watching the birds mingle and chirp at our bird feeders 🐦
2. Cat snuggles. The double, the better 😻😻
3. Babysitting my niece at bedtime for the first time (she only had a mini meltdown missing mom 🫠😅💕)
4. Hanging out with my sister's dogs 🐶🐶
5. Finally watching the Eras tour 🎶

💛 La Gata, another pet that provides me joy.
💛 My classes finished state testing this week.
💛 Our JH took a field trip to see a college performance of The Percy Jackson Musical, and a former student had a role as the Minotaur & member of the ensemble.
💛 I hire a high school student who does a great job regularly mowing my yard so I don‘t have to.
💛 One evening this week I enjoyed some lovely hammock time.

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