After months of going without, I finally found my very fave chamomile tea back in stock at Dollar Tree! [And, as you can imagine, I stocked up in rather unseemly fashion.]

My head’s been hurting the last few days, and today it got a bit worse. So I didn’t accomplish much today, and spent much of the day feeling ground down and wrung out and a bit sorry for myself.

But, after supper, I started assembling the makings of the chamomile tea I will have later this evening. [It’s a help-me-sleep ritual I've adopted over the last few months.] And, when I got the teabag out of its box, I stopped and noticed it. And became very aware that I had it, and that there were several more boxes of tea on the shelf next to the open one. There’s ostensibly nothing so special about this tea — I get it at Dollar Tree so it’s easy to keep a supply in — but I really enjoy this particular brand. And then I got thinking about how I’m able to have this tea every night when I want. And I have a clean cup ready to put the bag into, and a kettle ready to boil the water, and water to put in the kettle, and a comfortable seat in a cozy house where I can rest when I have my tea...

...and suddenly my eyes got a bit wet as I was flooded with the feeling of being blessed.

The British store finally had cheese and onion crisps in stock, so I got some! Yay!

something that came upon me in a sudden flash of awareness this morning: I never go hungry

an outing with all the kids

the best batch of head grapes so far this year

the medicinal properties of peppermint

spaghetti and meatballs for supper -- honestly can't remember the last time I had it

Headest. Head Grapes®. Evah.