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Day 163: Snow Day Projects

The redheads and I had a snow day today.  At first I thought to myself, "YES! Reading all day long, ahhhhhhhhh."  And then I remembered I had made some special project lists a couple of weeks back.  Big projects, small projects, in between projects.  And, despite my desire to devour a few books today, I hauled myself up off the couch and recruited my redheads and tackled a few projects.  And I feel SO good!  We got quite a bit done for what we tackled and I'm sitting here tonight feeling grateful for the snow day that gave me space to get a few projects done. No, the floors didn't get mopped like I would have wanted but I gathered a huge bag full of coats still in good condition to donate to the rescue mission, I am hosting a book giveaway (check it out on my Facebook page!), and filled up a couple of bags for Goodwill. I wouldn't mind a couple of more snow days.  My list is long.  *grin*

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