Happy Saturday! Welcome to October, the month where I write for 31 days in a row. I will continue this while I'm on vacation next week, with posts that I've written previously and will schedule to post while I'm gone. I hope you enjoy! I mentioned in yesterday's post that some of these will be fun, some serious, and others will be what I've written in my journal lately.
Today's is going to be more lighthearted, but here are a few things that are making my life enjoyable at the moment.
My bedroom is making my life enjoyable right now! I love it so much. I keep the door closed all day, because no dogs are allowed there anymore. I have a candle warmer going all day, so when I walk in at night to change and get cozy, it's like a wave of peace just washes over me. I love my bedding, my curtains, the smell; it just makes my heart so very happy to be there and to not be sharing it with anyone else.
This makes me want to go hang out up there.
Having a Saturday morning routine is making my life more enjoyable! This is when Chris and I used to go get breakfast, so this has been good for me, to be doing something new. I wake up, strip my bed and start the sheets as soon as I get downstairs. Sometimes I take a shower right away, because this allows me to be ready faster if I leave afterward. I drink my coffee, I watch tv a little, then I clean the downstairs, my bedroom and bathroom. By then the sheets have dried and they're back on my bed with it made.
The books I'm reading are making my life more enjoyable at the moment! I love reading on my lunch break everyday, and I'm trying to get back into the habit of reading at home. My favorite author has come out with a newer series of books: Suitcase Sisters by Robin Jones Gunn. They're so good! There's nothing I love more than a series I can fall in love with.
Writing is making my life enjoyable, so thanks for being here to read my words everyday. It's good for me to be able to do this, and it really is like free therapy. I don't just write here; I write a lot in my journal everyday. Pages and pages sometimes. It goes everywhere with me these days!
I think I'll wrap this up with that last one; I really do appreciate how much you've all been here to encourage and support me the last couple of years, and especially since Chris died. You'll never know how far your encouraging words go with me, but they're often there at just the right time and on a day when I need it the most. I'll see you back here tomorrow for another short post. Stay tuned!
Love to all.
Jen
How great that you are going to write every day in October! I am excited to read.
ReplyDeleteYour bedroom sounds like such a lovely room and what a great routine you have on a Saturday!
I am so glad I found your blog a couple of years ago. You are such an encouraging and inspiring person. Thank you.
Thank you! I've never done this before, so hopefully I'll be able to keep it up. I do love my Saturday morning routine! It feels good. That's so kind of you to say that; I am also glad we found each other in this beautiful community. It's such an amazing little space of the internet that we take up, and I am grateful for it everyday.
DeleteHooray for writing every day (and giving us the opportunity to read a new post every day- curious/nosy/enjoyers of reading about people's lives want to know!). Your bedroom is so pretty and I like the color on your walls a lot.
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh! Thanks for that, friend.
DeleteOh...posts every day this month! I stopped by just in time. I look forward to seeing what you share this month!! I really need a new Saturday morning routine. Well, a new Saturday routine. Saturdays drag for me. And I had to smile with the new "no dogs allowed" rule. I'm sure they stare at that bedroom door. Hmmhh!?!
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks, friend! I totally get needing a new routine. That was how I felt! Um...how'd you know? I could have sworn one was throwing himself at my door last night. Ha!
DeleteI just love your bedding. I think a white quilt/coverlet makes a room look so fresh and pulled together, kind of like your own fancy hotel! Hope you are having a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I do too. It's old, but I just keep washing it and taking care with it, because I can't ever seem to find anything else I love more.
DeleteI love this - that you are going to write daily. I love your room and the fact that you are keeping the door closed and going dog-less. It's your sanctuary. I have felt like you are establishing new routines.
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