Lovely Saturday.

December 13, 2025

Day 3,223

Thankful for: 

A good day. 

Time with Matt. 

Lunch with my friend, Heidi. 

New shoes. 

A fun Christmas event. 

I got a few Christmas things at the little shops: a stained glass fox, some strawberry lavender jam, magnesium lotion, and some tea. 

Matt came to pick me up because my car was making a horrible sound and I had to leave it at the shop to be fixed. 

Shopping for some fun stuff with Matt. 

Relaxing with my family at home tonight. 

Watching the Eras documentary with Matt and Addy. 

Another day off tomorrow. 

Little list of good things.

December 12, 2025

Day 3,222

Thankful for: 

A day called Friday. 

A fun day at work. 

Sweet students.

Pizza for dinner. 

The whole weekend ahead. 

Snow in the forecast. 

Time to sleep and not set my alarm for the morning. 

Gorb

December 11, 2025

Day 3,221

Thankful for: 

Cold air. 

Music. 

Sweet students. 

My job. 

Sweet co-workers. 

Friends. 

Family. 

A day called Thursday. 

Help when I need it. 

Leaving work a little bit early today. 

A warm dinner. 

A clean kitchen. 

Tomorrow is Friday. 

Everybody Loves Raymond. 

Hugs from Matt. 

The smell of cookies baking in my kitchen. 

Matt gets to be home tomorrow. It always makes me feel cozy when I know someone is at my house while I'm away. 

Games after dinner. We've been playing Boggle on Netflix after dinner each night. I'm really bad at it, and tonight, Tobin peeked over at my phone just as I had typed in: gorb! We all laughed so hard. 

Hugs from Addy and Tobin. 

The weekend coming soon. 

We still have a few weeks in December left. I love December. 

Incredible winter light. 

A beautiful sunrise and sunset. 

Bare trees. 

A little list of things to be thankful for.

December 10, 2025

Day 3,220

Thankful for: 

Pretty, Christmasy spots in the house. 

Sweet students. 

My job. 

My family. 

Christmas coming soon. 

Cold air. 

Nice texts. 

A beautiful sunset.

December 9, 2025

Day 3,219

Thankful for: 

A good Tuesday. 

I made cookies for the teachers today. 

Getting to go in late because my kids had a two hour delay. 

An easy day at work. 

Happy memories of Higbee. 

Christmas coming soon. 

Cold, cold air. 

Panera for dinner. 

Playing games after dinner. 

A beautiful sunset. 

Going to bed very early. 

A new day tomorrow. 

Winter birds.

December 8, 2025

Day 3,218

Thankful for: 

A good Monday. 

Sweet students. 

Time to play games with my family. 

Laughter.

Cookies baking in my home. 

The feeling of being home. 

Winter birds. 

Time to celebrate Stephanie!

December 7, 2025

Day 3,217

Thankful for: 

A bagel for breakfast. 

Matt helping me when I had a hard time. 

A long nap in bed. 

Time to celebrate Stephanie's birthday! 

Good food to eat for dinner. 

Puppy wiggles and happy whimpers. 

Time to talk and laugh. 

Shopping at Wegman's with my family. 

A fresh week starting tomorrow. 

Only two weeks until Christmas break. 

Time with my mom and my sister.

December 6, 2025

Day 3,216

Thankful for: 

Time with my sister and my mom. 

A delicious lunch. 

Putting up a fun Grinch tree while listening to Christmas music with my family. 

A beautiful day outside. Good light. Cold air. Good color. 

December. 

Christmas coming soon. 

Another day off tomorrow. 

Snow Day.

December 5, 2025

Day 3,215

Thankful for: 

A snow day. 

Time at home. 

Time with friends. 

Good food. 

Laughter. 

Good conversation. 

Coming home. 

Two more days off ahead of me. 

Dinner made by my mom.

December 4, 2025

Day 3,214

Thankful for: 

A good day at school. 

Sweet students. 

Sweet co-workers. 

Family at work. 

Snow in the forecast. 

A little cake and ice cream treat. 

Getting to see my friend, Melissa. 

Tomorrow is Friday. 

Dinner at Patty's. My mom made a delicious meal. It's always good to eat a meal made by my parents. 

Cold, cold air outside. 

The feeling of going to bed. 

Pumpkins for the deer.

December 3, 2025

Day 3,213

Thankful for: 

A good day. 

Cold air. 

Moving pumpkins to the forest so the deer could eat them. 

Sweet students. 

Kind co-workers. 

Driving home after work. 

Music. 

A walk in the woods. 

December woods and leaves and sky. 

Dinner with my family. 

Time to Addy and Tobin. 

Watching a show with Tobin. 

Crocheting a blanket for Aidan. 

Our home looking cozy. 

The feeling of going to bed. 

December and winter weather.

December 2, 2025

Day 3,212

Thankful for: 

Cold, cold air. 

Winter weather. 

December. 

Sweet students. 

Sweet co-workers. 

The best family.

Sweet friends. 

Christmas things. 

Good coffee. 

A delicious lunch. 

Bacon and eggs for dinner. I don't know why bacon and eggs go so perfectly together. 

Talking with Addy. 

Time to sleep. 

The first day of December.

December 1, 2025

Day 3,211

Thankful for: 

The first day of December. 

A good Monday. 

Sweet students. 

Cold air. 

The hope of winter weather coming. 

Lunch with my sister. 

I left work a bit early and got home a bit early. 

A hodge podge for dinner. 

Matt was presented with his new badge today. 

Tobin and I cuddled and watched a few episodes of 

Stranger Things. 

Time to be with my family. 

A really great family Sunday!

November 30, 2025

Day 3,210

Thankful for: 

A really great day. 

Addy and I went to Starbucks. 

We went to Wegman's together. 

We went to pick up Tobin from his friend's house. 

I learned how to put air in my tires. They were all low. 

We came home and watched some shows while I baked a bit. 

We went to Patty and Armando's for a family Thanksgiving dinner. 

It was great to see everyone. 

A nice walk in the woods. 

Delicious food. 

Good desserts. 

Playing charades. 

Fun day with Addy and Tobin.

November 29, 2025

Day 3,209

Thankful for: 

A great day with Addy and Tobin. It was just the three of us for most of the day.

We went to Chick-fil-a and got peppermint milkshakes. 

We went shopping at Dick's to get items for Adelyn's angel tree child. We got a football and shoulder pads. 

We went shopping at Target to get items for the angel tree child I picked from our tree at school. We got a Barbie, clothes, and a coat. It was fun picking out those cute items for our child. 

We did some chores around the house. 

Tobin got to go to a friend's house. 

Going to bed early because I was tired. 

Our home looks cozy and merry. 

Another day off ahead of us. 

We have heat thanks to my dad!

November 28, 2025

Day 3,208

Thankful for: 

Not having to set an alarm. 

Having a quiet morning to myself. 

Hot coffee and a warm blanket and my couch. 

Leftover pecan pie for breakfast. 

Our own Thanksgiving meal today: roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, country corn pudding, biscuits, pomegranate, cranberry sauce, black olives, and tons of gravy. Followed by pumpkin pie and pecan pie. Everything was homemade; even the pie crust and biscuits. I was proud of the delicious meal today. 

My dad was able to fix our heat today. It was 58 degrees in our home today. I'm very thankful my dad knows how to fix everything, but more importantly, I'm thankful he loves us all so much. 

I was thankful my parents could stay and have a meal with us. 

Lots of quality time with Addy and Tobin today. I'm thankful for less screen time and more real time. 

Time alone to watch a show and crochet. 

I finished a blanket for Remy, and now I'm working on a blanket for Aidan. 

A hot shower. 

Lotion. 

Cold, cold weather outside. 

Two more days off ahead of me. 

A really beautiful Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2025

Day 3,207

Thankful for: 

A really great Thanksgiving spent with family. 

Delicious food. 

Lovely desserts. 

A incredible sunset. 

Getting to see Oliver, Aidan, and Remy. 

Getting to see Bia and Scarlett. It's nice getting to pet sweet dogs that remind me so much of Higbee. 

We saw three bald eagles on the way to Thanksgiving dinner.