Today

Today I...

• bought a new printer b/c our old one died.  Yup, I bought the same one even though there seems to be a history of at least some of them dying the same death.  I'm not totally stupid though, this time I bought a 4 year warranty and I'll be able to use the new ink cartridges I had just gotten--that cost almost as much as the printer itself.
• remembered to buy new washer hoses as ours are dripping and I've heard horror stories of them bursting while people are away and ruining their houses.
• bought a present for a dear friend who's celebrating an exciting milestone in their life.  Sent it too!  (Bonus points!)
• bought Julianna new crocs without putting it off endlessly.  Transferred the jibbits too, the truly painful part of it.  ;)
• enjoyed shopping with my oldest daughter, sharing how her style has grown, matured, developed, just like the lovely young lady she is.
• shared lunch at the mall, all four of us, for $15!  and it was yummy and filled us all up too.
• remembered I had promised Matthew we'd all go swimming soon, and made good on it.
• answered the phone as we were literally walking out the door and invited a dear little boy to join us, he did, and he was wonderful, as always.
• basked in the love that is our family as five children played and had fun.  There was no "stay away from" or "don't include ___".  All five were inclusive and friendly and loving and it was truly a beautiful thing.
• made dinner.  even though I didn't want to.  at all.  and it was good.
• watched a Taylor Swift special with my little girl.
• put coffee on to come on in the morning for my hubby, whom I love.
• had ice cream

It was a very good day.  I didn't solve world hunger or  run a multi-million dollar corporation.  I didn't even do laundry or clean my house.  But, I did help six (maybe even seven or eight) people that I care about very much feel special and included and cared about and some days that's really as good as it gets.  It was a very good day.