Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 14: Function Over Form

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Hi friends! As much as I could easily write 1,000 words on Pee-Wee Herman’s influence on my life, this is not the forum for that. Just know that this one hits me particularly hard and this week has been rough. But, of course, there have been some silly and exciting things this week to help lighten my mood. We finally got the call that our sofa is ready to be delivered and we scheduled it for Saturday, which is 8 weeks from when we ordered it. Our home has been in a bit of stasis until it arrives because once we get the sofa, then we can figure out where the décor should go and also get a couple more furniture items including something to put my plants on. This whole time since we moved, most of our plants have been away at Plant Camp (aka one of my besties’ houses) and I am really looking forward to having them in our home.

The other neat thing that happened this week is that my first bloom on my pink lemon tree opened. It smells intensely sweet and I feel silly being so excited about a single flower on a tree yet here we are.