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31 Little Things – A Failure?

Jennifer Tucker — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:37:28 +0000

The project got away from me. At this point I’m so far behind I can’t imagine catching up. So does that mean I failed? Yes and no. I’m not going to beat myself up for letting it get away from me. I wish I had been able to complete my month long project, but that just wasn’t meant to be this time.

However, I did document 20 things that make me happy.

I’ll try again sometime next year. That’s the best I can do at this point.

17/18/19/20 – 31 Little Things

Jennifer Tucker — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:21:14 +0000

Jess and I took Christian to his last flag football game (he plays for the school) and there were tons of these little leaves all over the place. She entertained herself by making little “nests.”

The Kindergarten classes had a Thanksgiving feast last week and they performed a few songs for everyone. It was super cute.

I finally got around to using my free birthday drink from Starbucks. One of the joys of getting a free drink or getting a gift card is I’m more willing to try something I wouldn’t normally get. Especially when the drink is almost $5. I got a caramel brulee latte

And one of the simple joys in life is being the first one to crack open the ice cream container. Right?

It’s the little things my friends…

14/15/16 – 31 Little Things

Jennifer Tucker — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:47:00 +0000

14) I love love love my Kindle.

*Bonus points if you know what book is currently on the screen without having to look it up. My son’s reading this one.*

15) Just about the yummiest gum on the planet.

16) Crafts made by my daughter at the Daisy (Girl Scout) meeting

12/13 – 31 Little Things

Jennifer Tucker — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:23:00 +0000

The ice cream bars from Costco are simply delicious. This picture doesn’t really convey that, and if you haven’t had one, you’ll just have to trust me.

On Saturday, Jessalyn, me, my girlfriend Christie and her 2 boys went on a letterboxing adventure. One of the best things about letterboxing is finding places close to home you didn’t know were there. Our “treasure hunt” as the kids like to call it, took us to a small railroad exhibit close to home. The kids got to climb all over a real train engine.

10/11 – 31 Little Things Veterans Day Edition

Jennifer Tucker — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:25:47 +0000

Once again, this is a big thing, not a little one. However I want to pay my respect to some very special veterans in my life that are no longer with me.

10 – My Grandfather

11- My Father (on the right)

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And to a few veterans I personally know and are still with us:

Thank you to my father-In-law for his service in Vietnam and to my sister-in-law and her husband for their service as well.

Thank you to the many many service members past and present for your bravery and dedication to keeping us safe and free.

8/9 – 31 Little Things

Jennifer Tucker — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:37:01 +0000

This one is all about Fall. There are signs of it all around now

Of course this picture was taken at our favorite place to spend a day, Disneyland.

This next picture was taken in the parking lot of the high school while I was waiting for my oldest to get to the car. This is looking across the street.

5/6/7 – 31 Little Things

Jennifer Tucker — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:06:51 +0000

Friday night we went to a local pizza joint for a friend’s son’s baseball fundraiser dinner. It was Jason’s last day of work until he finds something new. He needed this.

The ladies at Jason’s formar place of employment sent this home for us

#7 Sunday we took the little one to Disneyland. She wanted her picture taken here:

#3 and #4 – 31 Little Things

Jennifer Tucker — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:42:09 +0000

Number 3 doesn’t count as a little thing so much because it’s a big thing. So very big. My grandma came into town on the 3rd and I had the pleasure of being the first one to greet her when she came off of the airplane. She’s an amazing woman and has inspired me all of my life. She’s 92 years young and this is her.

I’ve entered contests on blogs before but have never won. Yet I keep trying. However, our friends at Finding Mickey hosted a thank you giveaway on their blog last month and I won! You can click the blog link to see just what I won, but here’s the box I opened yesterday when it arrived.

Thanks again Rosemary and Neil! You guys are awesome!

We met them through our Disney twitter project Overheard at Disneyland. If you haven’t seen the site, check it out. It’s a lot of fun!

#2 – 31 Little Things

Jennifer Tucker — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:27:42 +0000

I have mixed feeling about cooking. Sometimes I love it, other times I loathe it. Maybe if the kids were more interested in eating what I take the time to cook, I’d like it better. There are things I know some of them just won’t eat, so I don’t want to spend a lot of time making something when so few people will be eating it. Enter the slow cooker. There’s no loathing the slow cooker. I mean really, just toss everything inside, turn it on and that’s it!

I have 2 of the. I’ve got the big one with digital settings and then I have this smaller one that has warm, low and high. Simplicity at it’s finest.

My slow cookers bring me joy. They really do.

31 Little Things – 31

Jennifer Tucker — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:42:58 +0000

This is the biggest little thing of all. The moment of every week day that my beloved walks in the door after a long day at work.