Positively Tuesday and Another Week of Simple Pleasures

       What a difference a week makes when a person gives themselves permission to just unplug and relax a bit! A week ago, even while I was finding  happy things, I was exhausted after the first two days of the work week chaos. Today I feel more on top of things (though knock on my wood desk the other shoe won't fall) and perhaps will have a whole week next week not thinking much about work. Tuesday is still not my jam-it's a day to get through, but wanting to nip that poor attitude in the bud, I've been using Tuesday to capture at least 10 Simple Pleasures.  I had many over the weekend to share so will get started here.

1. No doubt groceries have gotten more expensive. I've been eating perfectly fine store brand yogurt, but I absolutely love how creamy and smooth Yoplait is. A terrific sale at 10 for $4, plus I had a $1 off coupon for 10 made them cheaper than even Aldi. 
2. When I last made French bread, I popped one loaf in the freezer and we had it with the Crock pot  mock lasagna. DH got a sandwich out of it, but the ends were all mine and I at them with red pepper hummus. Delicious! (I did say this list is simple pleasures!)
3. Our pond is fully thawed so it is fun to see the ducks back and getting to use the whole surface. Just last week they had just  a little strip on the sunny side with open water. 
4. I stopped at the Dollar Tree for gallon Zip lock bags, but found they had a big supply of the thin plywood Easter and Spring cut outs. I don't have many Easter decorations, so decided to buy these two guys.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. I also found this little dude, who will linger on the shepherds hook all spring. He reminds me of the bugs from A Bug's LIfe, one of my favorite Disney movies. 
   
   
   
6. I had another nice long meetup walk with a couple friends. We had to cut shorter than I would have liked since they had kids to run and things to do later in the afternoon, but I'll take whatever time with them I can get.
7. While downtown after the riverwalk, we wandered and looked at the giant flower art. Here's one of the bright ones. The texture in the petal is duck tape. 
   
   
   
8. I dove into work yesterday morning and with a surge of energy, got through  most of th eitems I had listed out that I wanted done by 12:00 b 10:30! I gave myself permission to get outside with pup for another brief, but lovely walk. We are potentially gettin grain later and over the next two days, so I'll try walking when we can. 
9. DH had a delicious splurge by buying butcher made  bacon cheddar burgers, bakery rolls, and deli potato salad. The meal was better than take out. Really, it wasn't that much less, $15 for the three items, but we had leftover rolls and DH, who loves potato salad, had his fill-more than he would have gotten as a side. 
   
   
   
10. My daughters acapella group posted a snippet from theri first recording on Instagram. She was sort of tucked in the back, the little peanut. 

There's probably more and I can save and add next week. 

Edit: I started my list yesterday to finish up this morning and post. I woke up to the details of more horrific news of human loss in of all places, a grocery store, by a single murderer. Coupled with the  murders last week, and the daily violence in all corners of the world, my positively Tuesday posts feel glib and pointless. But maybe, that makes them more important-knowing it is little things that make us smile, and people in our life that make getting through the rough patches doable, and life all the more sweet. Please don't read my post and think I am ignoring human tragedy. I'm really just trying to own and hold on to my piece of the world and look for the good in daily life, in spite of the hate and evil..