5 Things I Learned in May: happy, quiet life edition

(Meant to put this up on Monday! Sorry 'bout that...)

Linking up with Emily Freeman to share my deeply life-altering (or maybe not so much) epiphanies. :)


1. People who have sisters tend to be happier.
I'm not just saying: it's been researched! (I read Happier at Home, by Gretchen Rubin, during May, and found all the happiness research and quotes the best part of the book.) Does one's happiness increase the more sisters one has, I wonder? If so, no wonder Gabriel's such a happy kid.
Blurry Exhibit A

2. I like camping...at least when someone else does the hard work.
I'd been pretty hesitant to take the girls camping, but a college friend talked me into camping with her--and roped me into it by offers of preparing everything, cooking all the meals, setting up our tent, making reservations... And we had an absolutely wonderful time. Granted, the nicest part was enjoying good conversation and camaraderie without the distractions of daily life, but I (and the girls) also loved cooking hot dogs over the fire, making fairy boats by the lake, and waking up at 4:30 to birdsong.


Although this is what we looked like when we woke up to birdsong.

3. Pretty to-do lists make chores more fun.
They may start out as ways to delay actually doing the chores, but you simply can't let all those calligraphed check boxes go to waste. I've had a lot of chores and tasks to tackle this month, and I'm pretty certain that pretty handwriting is solely responsible for them being [mostly] accomplished.

4. Italian has no perfectly translatable word for "lonely." (The word often given is "solitario," which more directly translates as "alone.") These days, I am rarely either, so the lack baffles me, but doesn't bother me much.

5. Homemade cottage cheese tastes way better than store-bought. You should try the super easy recipe from this book:


What did you learn in May?

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  1. Oh, yes! I do think brothers and sisters make your life happier. What a good friend you have to take you camping and doing all the work! Vijaya

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  2. Sounds like a very full and fun May! I'm curious to know with sisters if being close in age is a benefit or a liability. My sister and I are 15 years apart, which hasn't exactly helped us be super close, but we get along okay--no dramatic battles. My mom tried to dress us alike a few times, but everyone thought my big sister was my mom, so that ended pretty quickly!

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  3. Hmmm...what I learned in May is that it is possible to go through a bunch of crappy stuff and still emerge on the other side the stronger for it. May was the month I felt like I was myself again. Oh yes - and I also felt incredibly weepy in May. My daughter turned 16. :)

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