Daughter Left Today

 My daughter drove back home today. She kept in touch when she made stops and let me know when she arrived home. I was glad she got back when she did as both us here in Michigan and where she lives in Minnesota are expecting snow. The roads back today were clear and I am thankful for that. I worry when she drives that far by herself. 

I am so thankful she got to spend the time with me. She helped me through some tough days over the holidays as did my sister - who sent me lots of lovely photos of her smiling, happy grandchildren enjoying their Christmas. 

Today I went for a walk after daughter left and then spent the rest of the day getting rid of dog hair lol. There was lots of it! I washed blankets and bedding and vaccumed. Tomorrow I will catch up on lots of our clothes washing and clearing up the things I haven't been taking care of when daughter was here. It's supposed to snow here in the morning so most of the day will be spent inside. I am going to work on my plans and goals for this year in between doing my housework catch-up. 

This year I am trying to do a photo-a-day. I did one in 2020 and started again last year but when Mum got sick and with all that happened I ended up dropping out. So I am brushing myself off and starting again this year. In 2020 I decided to do Things That Make Me Smile and took the photos completely with my phone. It worked out well as did I really need to try to smile that year! I am going to do the same again this year. I've been feeling down a lot lately and I need to remember that there are always little things that make me smile throughout the day. I'm using my phone because - well, frankly, I find it easier to keep on track with. 

With each photo I usually add a little explanation. I am thinking I might make a separate page for these or I might keep them at the end of each post. 

The second photo on my last post was 2/365 (Jan 2).

This one is 3/365 (Jan 3)

We had snow overnight and for once, when I went for my walk in the morning, it was sunny and there were lots of puffy clouds. My favourite kind of cloud day! The view made me smile and I enjoyed it all the more because it was so peaceful!

4/365 (Jan 4)

Daughter left today. Seems like a strange thing to make me smile, but I so enjoyed her time with me! I am so thankful she was able to come and visit. I am thankful that she has such an understanding, supportive new husband that didn't mind his new wife spending their first Christmas/New Year as a married couple with me. Just thinking of her and her having such a good guy in her life makes me smile.