A little less negativity, a little more positivity, please!
Positive thinking can be a hard habit to cultivate when very stressed, but this doesn’t mean I should stop trying. Also, I feel better just reflecting on the good things in life:
♥ These days it’s so dark, I love to curl up in the warmth of my bed for a few extra minutes before getting up each morning.
♥ I have a new radio—actually, I obtained it a few weeks ago but never mentioned it. It’s the first radio I’ve had in possibly fifteen years, and it delights me to no end, especially when it introduces me to music like Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’:
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♥ While I’m at it, I should also add I really appreciate the Firefox add-on for YouTube replay. It has proved an excellent tool more times than I can count.
♥ It was a friend’s birthday last Wednesday, and I rigged someone in to help make shortbread cookies with orange zest and two kinds of chocolate chips (dark and white). Needless to say, the cookies were decadent. Particularly because we did it all by hand and felt incredibly deserving of sweet rewards afterwards.
♥ My current food stash also consists of a new pot of blueberry jam (delicious!) and masses of cheddar and parsley scones I baked over the weekend. These are sitting in my freezer, ready to go for all my future vegetable soup dinner days! (Of which there will be many, courtesy of my schedule at this time of year.)
♥ I have a new toy and its name is Jing. This unobtrusive image- and video-capture software is simple, intuitive and easy to use. Best of all, it’s free! I’ve been using it at work to highlight text, draw colourful arrows, and type up explanatory notes.
♥ The fact that I can have hot water just about any time I want. Switch on the tap and water comes out. Fill up a kettle and boil water. Pour it out. How many people in the world get to do that?
♥ Last, but certainly not least—hot chocolate! A mug of hot chocolate is a wonderful, wonderful gift to have on cold, dreary days in November.
