High Five for Friday!

Happy Friday everyone! Time to reflect on the week and list out 5 good things that happened!

  1. I had a nice chat with a friend I haven’t talked to in a while. I am really bad about calling and texting people, so it was good to go back and forth for a bit.
  2. I am down almost 5 lbs. since the first of the year! Of course, yes, I know, it is mostly weight, but it still is a good motivator.
  3. I signed up for a beginner’s yoga class that’s happening tomorrow. I have tried yoga in the past and I have never really loved it, but it is one of the best things to increase flexibility so I am giving it another shot.
  4. A mystery at work that was puzzling me was solved today! I couldn’t understand why some really popular DVDs were not getting paged for holds and after going back and forth with tech support at the system level, we learned that somehow all of our DVDs had loan rules switched (this must have happened when we went fine-free at the end of last year). All of our no-hold DVDs (of which there are almost none) were made holdable, and everything else had a loan rule attached that made them unholdable. So glad that is fixed because long-term it would have a negative effect on my circ numbers! 
  5. I have one more weekend with Jake! For some reason I thought he went back to college on Sunday, but he is actually leaving on Monday morning. We probably won’t see him again until Spring Break in March, so I am grateful for one extra day with my kiddo.

Hope you all had some good things happening for you this week, too!

High Five For Friday!

Hello everyone! Friday is here, hooray! This week has dragged and I am so happy for the three-day weekend. I think I’m going to keep going with the Friday Five theme this year. I’m including a link-up in case anyone else wants to join in (feel free to save and use the header)! So, in case you didn’t see last week’s post, the Friday Five is 5 good things that happened to you this week. Here are mine:

  1. I finished reading my first book of 2023 – The Summer Book, translated from the Swedish by Tove Jansson. No, I don’t set reading goals for myself (I find it discouraging when I don’t read as much as I hope), but getting one done before the month is half over felt really good! Bonus: this one was for book club, and I am notorious for not reading those selections.
  2. We got a lovely note at work from a patron who wanted us to know what a great staff we have and how much she appreciates all we do at our library. That make me feel really good! Libraries actually can be pretty stressful environments (anyone who has worked a customer service job will understand this), so when we know that our work is appreciated, it really keeps us motivated.
  3. I saved a plant from certain death. You see, I am not really great with houseplants, but there was one that was just on the brink and I was able to give it some water, fertilizer, and a little TLC and it is looking healthy again. Maybe my thumb isn’t as black as I think it is.
  4. I have rediscovered my love of the Crock Pot (not that it ever really went away, but I just feel really inspired to try new recipes for it). I’ve been using my CP for dinners as often as I can because it saves me from “the lazies.” You know that feeling when you get home from work and you’re tired and you still have to pick a kid up somewhere and it would just be so easy to get takeout? I’ve been really good about putting the Crock Pot to use and I find that if dinner is basically done when I get home, making a couple sides is no problem. 
  5. I am looking forward to seeing my parents, my brother & sister-in-law, and my niece and nephew tomorrow! Mom is making a turkey dinner and we are doing a belated Christmas gift exchange. It’s been a long time since we all were together, so it should be a fun day.

What about you? What were 5 good things that happened to you this week?

 

Friday Five Link-Up

 

Friday Five


Happy Friday night! I’m bringing back another old blog link up – the Friday Five. Just a list of 5 good things that happened during the week. Let’s go!

  1. I met my goal of eating a big salad for lunch every day. I’m trying to get more veggies in my diet and honestly this is just the easiest way.
  2. The weighted blanket we got for Christmas is really improving my sleep! I’m less restless and it feels soooo good.
  3. I found some good post-holiday clearance deals this week, including a great set of 12 face masks. I got one for my daughter and one for myself.
  4. I wasn’t totally overwhelmed when I returned to work this week. The emails, packages, messages, and mail were all (shockingly!) manageable.
  5. I got an amazing new book journal to track what I’m reading and what I want to read! I absolutely love it and I’ll be sharing it with you in the next couple of days.

I hope you had a great week, too! TGIF!