Walks with the dog, tea, hands in dirt, chickens and their antics, germinating seeds, hanging laundry on the line, turning old t-shirts into diapers.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately… how the things I’m excited about and looking forward to are sewing new clothes from old, dividing and transplanting perennials, picking berries, etc. All things that are free or cheap. I really really like the labor of life. I take such pleasure out of growing and making things to keep us going. I am more content and I feel more wealthy than I did when I had a job and took my pleasures in buying things.annie´s last post ..Part Four- Miscellaneous Methods for the Non-Disposable- Low Waste Life

-reading the morning paper with a cup of hot tea
-listening to uplifting music while I drive
-poring over garden catalogs on a cold winter’s day
-getting into a warm bed courtesty of OUR electric mattress pad. Don’t you love it? We do!RobinL´s last post ..My Garden is Sleeping

-My morning coffee and drive into the mountains to work everyday.
-A snowy day to snowshoe.
-Reading from a good book to my son every night.
-Baking…any kind, any time.
-Learning something new…I learned to knit today!Mrs. Whimsy´s last post ..Scrap Soup

…our family afternoon bike rides
…a camping trip to the Berg mountains
…checking out the progress of my veggie patch every morning
…seeing my little chicks waiting at the gate of their hock every morning
…watching a game of rugby, knitting and sipping some tea
…winter weather
…my gorgeous family
…your blog has become a little highlight in my life too :)Rene’ Sharp´s last post ..Seasons of change Blog Hop at Scrapbook Challenges

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– snuggling under my pile of warm blankets on a weekend winter morning.
– spinning & knitting
– how my house smells when I get home from work and dinner’s in the crockpot
– wool socks that I knit myself
– laughing with my kids
– the “ping” of a canning jar sealing and the “pop” of opening it in the cold winter and knowing that “i” made it.

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