We had some warm weather!  And sunshine!  What could be better?  I’m getting a rhythm into my commute, so I no longer feel rushed and I’m no longer getting on the wrong train.  I had one day where the trained delayed by two hours, but I got to try out a new (Roti) restaurant for dinner, while I waited.  So much more good than bad going on in my life.  Well, really, no bad worth mentioning.

Here’s a few things, in no particular order,  that cause me to pause, wonder, and give thanks:

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Another grandchild became a teenager.  Miss K sent me a sketch of the cake she wanted:  Nutella filled, giant K with a rainbow of frosting.  No problem!

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Pop-up restaurants and the Fooda app.  Every day I get to try a new restaurant thanks to pop-ups in the atrium at IIT.  Well, maybe not every day.  Lots of days I have enough leftovers for the next day. Mexican, Indian, Korean, one day I had a bowl of mashed potatoes with chipotle chicken and corn with tomatoes and cilantro.  Now that’s comfort food.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] WiFi and quiet train rides and my iPad.  So much time to write and read.  And every once in a while I can publish or send something while the train waits at the station to pick up more riders. It’s a bit like a game.  Will the WiFi bars hold until the “send” completes?  [icon name=”sun-o”

class=”” unprefixed_class=””]Bagged salad mixes complete with add-ons and salad dressing.  That’s been our dinners during the week.  Simple, nutritious, and yes, we’ve both been shedding a few unwelcome pounds.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Cadbury Eggs.  I love them. What more can I say.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Easter dinner at CeCe’s.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Orange-scented hand soap.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] A husband who seems to sense when I’m too cold or too warm.  Lately, he’s been adjusting my blankets in the middle of the night.  Sounds a little freaky, when I put it down in print.  I’m amazed that he even thinks about my comfort in the dreamy state of half-wake bathroom excursions.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] A clean pond with tadpoles swimming merrily waiting to become frogs.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Thunderstorms that make my world green and yellow and purple and white, and more yellow, and pink.

[icon name=”sun-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Easter egg coloring with CoCo.  This year we tried the shaving cream method.

[tweetthis]What’s makes you pause and take stock? I love hearing from you. You always remind me of more reasons to rejoice.[/tweetthis]