- doing early morning yard work before it gets too hot.
- last minute invitations that require no planning and work perfectly with everyone’s schedule.
- introducing someone to the baby for the first time.
- setting clear parameters when friends and money are involved.
- celebrating Canada Day.
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- making a very grouchy baby momentarily happy with sausage.
- being alone in the car.
- the kinds of conversations you can only have with close friends.
- a table that doesn’t have any babies trying to climb on it.
- not having to share my food.
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- an unexpectedly free lunch.
- not dying from the heat.
- buying a product I read about in an online forum and having it actually work.
- electronic problems that sort themselves out.
- a new pair of work gloves.
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- listening to the baby “talk” to the neighbour’s cat.
- patching the last of the gaping holes in my walls.
- an abundant supply of basil and chives from the garden.
- finding the solution to almost any problem on the internet.
- ice cream with freshly picked raspberries.
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- not being woken up at 5:30am.
- the sheer joy on my daughter’s face when I offer her a piece of watermelon.
- a photograph that reminds me of a painting I once made.
- going to do something and discovering that my husband already did it.
- making a big decision.
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- finding the first tomato in our garden.
- the little buds of new figs starting to grow.
- a soon-to-be full sized cucumber on the vine.
- the survival of my transplanted Swiss chard.
- so many blueberries.
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- opening all the doors and windows after a hot day.
- booking a flight to see my family on the other side of the country.
- apple strudel with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- not getting annoyed at Costco.
- making up voices while playing with my daughter.
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- getting to nap and do a couple of loads of laundry while the baby sleeps.
- bountiful blueberry bushes.
- alliteration.
- sorting out the logistics of several summer trips.
- basil and avocado pesto.
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- taking a two minute time out to collect myself.
- feeling better after a nap.
- the positive effects of getting out of the house.
- the foresight to make extra cornbread to freeze the last time I baked.
- pulled pork and homemade cornbread.
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- giving an extra Father’s Day treat.
- cleaning up the blueberry bushes.
- the baby finally showing the neighbours that she can walk.
- getting a pile of paperwork done.
- being able to soothe a teething child.
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