#100HAPPYDAYS- Day 17 - Drip, drip, drip

Drip, drip, drip

Oddly, we haven't had enough winter weather for me to be tired of it yet. 

Usually by February we've had so much bone-chilling cold, snowy-slippery driving, and gloomy-gray skies that a sunshiny day is a rare surprise.

But this year we've only had spurts of real cold, a few scattered snowstorms, and more sunny days than typical.

I'll take the sunshine and blue skies any time.

But in February?

It's a real gift.

#100HAPPYDAYS - Day 11 - Gorgeous

Beautiful day in Iowa

We're just coming to the end of a spate of unseasonably warm weather in central Iowa.
Iowa winters are typically gray, cold, and unpleasant.
But lately the days have not only been warm - hovering near 50 degrees - but sunny.
A couple days ago I walked on a trail in Ankeny while my daughter was in class and it was truly beautiful; the kind of day that dares you to be unhappy.

#100HAPPYDAYS - DAY 4

My daughter came home from a university trip to Cyprus and Greece to find her room totally redone.
We ordered her a new bed, found a funky old dresser/cabinet, and upgraded her lighting.
But best of all, we surprised her with freshly painted walls and trim.
It looks fantastic and she was thrilled.
When I walked past her room the contrast of these pom-pom flowers against the blue-green of her walls was stunning. Today the simple beauty of our everyday made me happy.