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Tag: the best of it
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My first quilt!
- Successfully completing my first quilt.
- Having all the supplies for my next quilt project on order.
- Having supplies for my first weaving project in many years on order.
- Gist Yarn has a really nice variety of free pattern PDFs, many of which are aimed at beginners.
- My first garden harvest.
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Homemade bread is always the best. Always.
- The Golden Vietnam tea in this month’s Tea Embassy shipment
- Peanut noodles
- I am done grading the big project for all of my ENGL 2311 sections
- I had a great practice with one of my Pilates teacher training classmates this afternoon
- I loved my first SRY Studio class!
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Nancy the Cat pays a visit
- Getting all of my poems organized in a spreadsheet.
- Exciting calls for submissions.
- Creating the design for my next quilt project.
- Ordering supplies for my next quilt project.
- My work email inbox is down to a manageable size.
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Ttukbagei-gyeranjjim, using Maangchi’s recipe
- Successfully making ttukbagei-gyeranjjim for breakfast.
- Successfully making black sesame and green tea ice cream for dinner tonight.
- Wondering what will show up in my Tea Embassy monthly subscription package.
- My vintage pearls, which I got for a song at a garage sale.
- Getting all of the dishes done, for once.
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My new coasters
- I had my first Pilates teacher training class today, and it was great! I’m feeling really excited and inspired.
- Getting to send friends poetry care packages.
- Solo living room dance parties first thing in the morning.
- The old furniture I put on the curb has all be claimed within about five hours.
- Restoring my cast iron teapot that had a bit of a rust problem. Hooray for home repair!
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My gorgeous new dining set
- My new dining set is here, and it is absolutely perfect.
- Having proper coasters so I don’t mess up my new wood furniture.
- I have a student who always asks me what tea I’m drinking in class, and this simple question always makes me so happy.
- Getting breakfast burritos from La Cocina de Consuelo yesterday
- Canceling things I don’t really want or need.
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Currently reading
- Factory Girls by Takako Arai is an amazing poetry collection.
- A Zoom hangout with a friend I’ve known since I was 11.
- Ordering sushi from Ichiban (my absolute favorite) for dinner.
- Getting Biscuits & Groovy takeout for breakfast.
- Letting ourselves take a break from cooking every meal every day.
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Breakfast salad
- The inspiring and supportive message I received from the dean this afternoon.
- My new table has shipped!
- Ryan Cunningham is back on the J. Brown Yoga Talks podcast, and it is such a great episode.
- Kaya Mindlin, one of my favorite yoga teachers, is launching a new online offering, and I am so excited about it.
- Getting to do a grammar Ask Me Anything in class today. I had great fun with it.
