Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. 
This has been one of those good news/bad news weeks.
The Good:
- Celebrating my son’s birthday with family and good friends.
- Family outings to the beach and Shelburne Museum.
- The Vermont Book Shop, an Indie bookstore in Middlebury, VT, said they would order and stock my book. Yay!
- My local librarian finally entered my book into the library database, so it’s now available for everyone to read. I don’t know how she did it, as I haven’t seen her to ask her about it yet, but it’s in the system and on the shelf!
The Bad:
- My vehicle needs a bunch of expensive repairs before it will pass inspection. Hopefully, at least some of it will be under extended warranty.
- My clothes dryer quit working. I felt like a college kid as I took my wet laundry to my parents’ house.
- The mixing valve on my furnace/hot water heater is leaking and will require a plumber to fix.
Ah, well. It could be a lot worse. None of it is health-related, and we still have a roof over our heads.
What other celebrations are going on out there?
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Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams 
Glad your book is making its way onto more shelves. Sorry about your dryer, although your comment made me chuckle.
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Thanks, Alex. It seems you never outgrow that stage.
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Good luck getting stuff fixed, and congrats on getting your book in more places.
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Thanks very much!!
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I snickered over the laundry comment, thinking sometimes being young isn’t as much fun as it looks. And you are sooooo right, you have your health, the rest will work itself out. 🙂
Anna from Elements of Writing
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It’s easy to get discouraged when things go wrong, but being down doesn’t solve any of the problems, it just makes them seem worse, so I’m keeping a positive attitude. As you said, it will work itself out.
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Awesome news on the library and book store stocking you, but boo on the washing machine and furnace.
I hope you can get them fixed soon. 🙂
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Thank you, Misha! I’m working on them.
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Great news on the Vermont book shop! Hopefully that balances out all the other news a little.
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Thanks, Sue! Yes, that was definitely a highlight.
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