i received a compliment last night.
a compliment that didn't make me feel awkward at all (usually i get really uncomfortable when people compliment me)
but instead it made my little heart dance a jig.
you see, yesterday before boredom hit i decided to bake some peanut butter cookies.
this decision was entirely based on the fact that our house has a 6 pound jar of peanut butter, and i figured i should assist in the using up of it.
so i baked these cookies, because that's what i do, i bake so i can give the goods to other people, because truly i don't like eating cookies and cupcakes, i just like seeing other peoples' faces light up when they're offered one.
anyways...
last night i was walking back to my house and met up with one of my housemates.
she proceeded to tell me that the cookies i made were delicious, and when i said thank you she said, "no you aren't letting me finish"...and she proceeded to say..."so i took a bite of one and thought...what is different about these cookies? their too soft to be store bought, but they're too perfectly shaped to not be store bought. and then i remembered that you are planning on opening a bakery. and then it all made sense"
this may seem to you to be a trivial mesh of words, but it was music to my ears.

happiest of mondays to you?
what are you thankful for today?
i'm real thankful that i have the day off!!! picnic with people i love, it's going to be so many kinds of wonderful.