California, Gratitude and Joy

Day 349 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Favorite Haunts

Our haul filled our arms with bags, making us even more grateful we have an SUV big enough to take it all home!

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Day 347 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Days Off

I’m just a few days in and it doesn’t suck. Is this what retirement looks like?

Gratitude and Joy

Day 338 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Commuting … or Not

Then I realized I no longer commute and went back to sleep. Ahh, what great joy!

Gratitude and Joy

Day 335 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Black Friday

She snagged a pre-Black Friday deal … the device was delivered yesterday.

Enzo, Gratitude and Joy

Day 331 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Fur Babies

There’s nothing quite like that feeling anywhere else.

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Day 326 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Aha! Moments

I chuckled as I told my boss that as long as I am intellectually challenged and enjoying my work, I would be contributing my usual 150 percent. 

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Day 324 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Automation

We’ve lived for decades with simple switches to turn things like lights and the heat on and off and didn’t know any better.

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Day 320 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Kiss a Veteran Today

When I kiss Judy today, it will be for everything she has brought to me as a person, but also for everything she has brought me as a citizen. She represents you. And to all the Veterans out there, thank you!

Gratitude and Joy, Road Trip, Travel

Day 318 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Ever-changing Vistas

On a recent trip through Colorado, we drove from the Sonoran Desert floor up onto Arizona’s Mogollon Rim with its pine trees and red rocks. 

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Day 307 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – The Internet

To me, the benefits outweigh the consequences. I couldn’t work remotely from a place I love without it.