• spring temperatures
• muddy roads with lots of puddles
• turning down the thermostat
• Daylight Savings Time, because the bugz didn’t get up until 8:30 (even though it would have been 7:30, I live by the clock, so I say I got an extra hour out of them!!)
• sharing my office chair with Kit-kat
• a homemade Americano with milk
• post-it notes
• a girls’ night on Friday
• realizing that less is more
• appreciating simplicity in my life
• visits with my sister, Dawn, Sherrie, Julia and (later today) Krista!
• a morning off from parenting, to re-energize after a loooooooooong week
• Sherrie telling me to “wait a Bo Beat!!”
• white wine, and Mad Men on the laptop when Leith is gone for the night
• knowing other twin moms who “get it”
• The Wiggles!!! (sorry Hethr…)
• bright, fun rain boots for $12/pair
• sometimes, just surviving
• Skype and emails from my parents.  Don’t forget my TURTLE!!!!!! (please)
• 2 white blouses from Joe for under $11 (I thought they were $12/each but I guess they were on sale for $5!)
• being able to empty my mind out onto my blog
• a new blog template to reflect my simplified life (I hope!)
• refreshing conversations and clarity
• deer in my backyard (and front yard, and driveway)
• side ponytails on bugz
• only 2 weeks until my sister and I get to see Chicago!
• breathing room
• candy apple red accents all through my home that make me smile
• free curtain rods from my in-laws so that I can finally put up window coverings!! 8-foot rods are not cheap!!
• Leith, especially when he surprises me with his insight and solutions

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