Celebrate!

Ruth Ayres has a link-up on Saturdays where people link to posts that are celebrations about their week. I love this reminder to celebrate every day. Here are some of my celebrations from the week in no particular order.

Dad and Daughter at airport before flight

* My sixteen year old daughter safely got herself to Japan and met up with her exchange family. Obviously, this was also a source of some stress, but I was proud of her for making her connecting flight and navigating customs alone. It's difficult to send our child that far away on her own, but she is living a dream that she's had for many years and I'm so happy for her. We get her back in about a month and she will bring her exchange sister here. It's all pretty exciting.

* Since school is out, I finally had time to take the dog to the groomer. He looks so much cooler now with a super short summer cut. While he was being groomed, I got to sit on a bench facing the Mississippi and read a book - very relaxing.

* I had our first summer checkout. Children used iPads, played checkers, read books, and checked out many books. It was a fun time.

* I also spent some time in the library doing some weeding. I've gotten to the letter N in the picture book section. Whew! I had some nice music playing and yes, once in a while I have to read a book to see if I want to keep it or not. That makes perfect sense right? :)

* We've had some amazingly loud and windy storms during the nights this week which freaks out my dog, but we've also had beautiful days. Eating breakfast on the back porch has been a treat. I get to listen to so many birds and watch them at the feeder. The sun has been warmly shining on me, but there is always a cool gentle breeze too.

I hope you are having many moments to celebrate.