A Bit of Fun

Jessie: In New Hampshire where the rain looks a lot like sleet!

I don’t know about all of you, but I am in the mood for a bit of fun. So much of life has felt heavy and serious of late and although I feel capable of shouldering life’s responsibilities, I am ready to turn my attention to those things that lighten my heart.

So, I’ve been looking for ways to add a little sparkle back into my days. I’ve started a list and have even managed to check a few things off of it, like visiting a hat store with a friend and booking a trip to a museum with an exhibit I am excited to attend. Here, in no particular order is a sampling of items from the list:

try a new recipe from each of my cookbooksvisit a yarn shop that is new to memake a watercolor sketch each day for 30 days in a rowteach my dog, Sam, a new trickattend an online webinar on a topic of interesttelephone my sisterdrive with the top down on a bright, sunny day, even though it is chillyorder flowers for a friend, just becausedress up in a formal gown and jewelry for a day of work in my home officemake a batch of membrillo from fruit from my own quince bushtake on online class in a topic of interestcast on a new knitting projectframe a piece of art and find the perfect spot for it on the walltake the record player, some of my favorite records, and a glass of wine out to the screen house for an evening of fresh air and beautiful musiclook through an album of photos of my husband and children walk my dog in the evening as the sun is beginning to streak reds and pinks across the skytake a kite to the beach and watch it soarblow bubbles in the backyard for my dog to chaselook online at trips I would love to take in the futurespin the crystal prsims hanging in my office windows so that rainbows dance all over the wallshead to a fragrance department and smell all the perfumespull out a notebook and start dreaming up a new novel

So readers, what about you? Are you in the mood for some fun? Do any of the items on my list tickle your fancy? What would you put on your own list?