Fun with my little one and a great mail day
@shaggin (71662)
United States
January 12, 2024 9:01am CST
Wednesday I knew I had an easy dinner to make so I had more time to relax and enjoy spending time with my 2 year old.
We made music shakers out of beans and Easter eggs. The cat liked them too. We read a lot of books, colored and drew pictures.
It was my husband’s 13 year anniversary at the shop he works at. He celebrated by drinking a bottle of wine.
The best part of all was receiving mail from our friend here at myLot. @sallypup sent me a Yule Tale that she writes and her daughter illustrates it. I know her husband has a part in it too but will have to wait and edit this once she corrects me. I feel so lucky to receive this that I am adding it to my jar of good things that happen this year to read through at the end of the year. You can see the photo of the cover of the Yule Tale in my photo. I whitened out her daughter’s name in case she doesn’t want that shared.
Thursday I had to do some errands around town with my little one. As part of a “Happier January 2024” calendar a friend sent me I turned off all tech last night at least an hour before bed. I read a book I’ve been reading since before Christmas. I enjoyed the story so much I wound up reading 127 pages. I didn’t want to put it down but knew I’d be really tired if I stayed up any later. Its four stories in one book this one is “A very Maui Christmas” by Mary Carter.
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@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
13 Jan
I opted out of the Yule tale this year. I told sallypup not to spend postage on me! I'm glad you received one. I hope you have a good weekend.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
13 Jan
@Lindaohio aww that was thoughtful of you. This is my first time receiving one to say I am excited is an understatement. I was bursting to tell everyone here when I received it and am trying to get through the book I am reading to read her tale.
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@BarBaraPrz (45511)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Jan
Did you white out the name on the actual booklet or just on the photo?
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
12 Jan
@BarBaraPrz I’m going to save this and put it in my Christmas stuff to save after I’ve read it 
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@snowy22315 (170130)
• United States
12 Jan
I wish someone would send me a Happier January 2024 calendar. I would love to have that, and you know a Happier 2024 calendar sounds like a great idea, and one that would be a big seller.There is a book I have called Simple Abundance that tells you things to do on each day of the year to kind of celebrate life and smell the roses. Unfortunately, it is packed away somewhere now.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
12 Jan
@snowy22315 that sounds like a nice book. This was just an online calender I’ll attach the link so you can see what I mean and maybe check some off too
https://actionforhappiness.org/sites/default/files/calendar_download/images/Jan%202024.jpg
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
12 Jan
@snowy22315 very cool! Tomorrow should be easy for me to do if it doesn’t snow.
@allknowing (130064)
• India
12 Jan
Nice to read your post that has all happy things in it
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
14 Jan
@allknowing the days have been good this week thankfully. I left out a gross thing that happened Wednesday I figured keeping it all good was better for others to read
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
14 Jan
@allknowing you must have been surprised by no complaints in my post either 
. I try not to complain so much but it’s tough when I am so depressed and upset all the time 
. I try not to complain so much but it’s tough when I am so depressed and upset all the time @allknowing (130064)
• India
14 Jan
@shaggin Yes It is good for you and good for the readers as well (lol)
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Jan
It sounds like a good book. It also sounds like your enjoyed your day with your daughter.
I think your meant to say her daughter illustrated the book?
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
16 Jan
@Marshamusselman I love anytime I get to spend quality time with my kids .
Thank you for the correction yes illustrates is what I meant I believe autocorrect was the culprit on that one.
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Thank you for the correction yes illustrates is what I meant I believe autocorrect was the culprit on that one.1 person likes this
@shaggin (71662)
• United States
16 Jan
@MarshaMusselman oh I know my phone can do that but I have it turned off it just confused me how it works.
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Jan
@shaggin my culprit is usually because I use the swype text option on my android. That means my finger goes from one letter to the next and it can't always pick up on the right word. If I'm in a hurry and forget to check for typos before sending, it could cause a lot of questions.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
13 Jan
@sallypup I am glad my post made you happy but seriously no thanking me I thank you for sending me this. I’m still so happy about it and am trying to get through my book faster to read the Yule Tale. You will have to message me and tell me how you pronounce your daughter’s first name.
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@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
12 Jan
Glad you had time with your little one so special.
Congrats to your Husband on his 13 years.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
12 Jan
@RebeccasFarm I don’t get enough time for just sit and enjoy her I was happy to have more time lately.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
14 Jan
@Judyev it’s not a paper calendar like you’d hang on your wall. I shared a link to what it is in the responses to snowy. Today it said to “ Take a different route today and see what you notice“. I was able to take a different road on my way home today but didn’t see much as it was only a few miles difference. Still nice though.
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@mildredtabitha (16048)
• Nairobi, Kenya
12 Jan
That's a beautiful yule tale photo. We were given a 2024 calendar by my father's friend.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
14 Jan
@mildredtabitha well this is a different kind of calender you don’t write anything on it. I shared a link to snowy. Today is to eat healthy umm nah I’ll skip todays .
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