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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 13 86. Trying to find alone time with my spouse but our eldest just wants to talk with us :) 87. Being hugged from behind 88. Shiny pants 89. Using up a ball of yarn 90. Being the big spoon 91. Finding a combination of recipes that uses all the egg parts

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 12 83. Realizing that queso is actually low calorie since it's not actually real food. 84. Realizing that queso with leftover meat is amazing! 85. Making tiny sunny side up eggs with quail eggs.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 11 81. Going through a period of difficulty and getting a second to look around and seeing how much my partner supports me (even though there is more difficulty to come). 82. Knowing that no matter how much we fight, we will be ok.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 10 76. When your car is so new, the entire garage smells like new car 77. Going on a beer run with your spouse just to have some time alone with them 78. Mid day sex 79. Seeing your best friend after a week away 80. A well organized set of bins for all your stuff

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 9 72. Just barely being beaten at a challenging game by someone you love 73. Science fiction romantic comedy drama films 74. Being called out by a movie for buying a Tesla as a mid life crisis 75. Telling your car your hands are cold and it warms up the steering wheel

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 8 64. Working in bed 65. Surprise trips for the kids 66. Chugging water 67. A snuggly Pikachu 68. Ice skating with our kids 69. Making someone happy by dyeing their hair 70. Falling asleep snuggled up to Jill 71. The excitement of wanting to give a perfect gift.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 7 54. Beating a muscle car to the speed limit in a hatchback loaded with your family 55. Touching soft things 56. Velvet 57. Crepes 58. Reading in a hammock 59. Nighttime snuggles 60. Kisses on the forehead 61. Kisses on the cheek 62. Broken in sheets 63. Kisses on the neck

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 6 48. Nuzzling my best friend 49. Cooking 50. Seeing that my best friend got selected for the worst card in evil apples 51. Electric cars 52. Seared vegetables that have just the right crisp, are soft, and are perfectly seasoned 53. The acceleration from a good electric car

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 5 37. Sleep 38. Skirts 39. Kilts 40. A light stick 41. LEGO 42. The way a baby's head smells 43. 3D printers that work 44. Handknit sweaters 45. Finding the perfect yarn for a your project already in your stash. 46. Going shopping together 47. Holding hands

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 4 26. When flowers bloom 27. When you park next to a car that matches yours 28. Head scritches 29. Massages 30. Foot rubs 31. Rubbing your face against a freshly shaven Nik 32. Rubbing your face in a rabbit 33. Splatoon 34. Bunnies that play fetch. 35. VR 36. Bunny binkies

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things pt 3 16. When you finally grok something 17. When your hypothesis works 18. Finishing a knitting project 19. Starting a knitting project 20. Transforming a transformer toy 21. Batuu 22. Rise of the Resistance 23. Lightsabers 24. Being drunk all day 25. Being sober all day

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

8. Catching the golden trout. 9. Catching fireflies 10. A calm moment to enjoy beautiful music 11. A fart that makes you feel smaller 12. The vibration of the "right" note from an instrument you are playing 13. When your best friend notices you crying at a movie 14. Art 15. The feeling of velvet

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

100 Brilliant Things 1. A perfectly executed cocktail 2. Nik's Shishito peppers 3. Fitting perfectly together 4. Being the little spoon. 5. The moment in Endgame when all of the blipped Avengers arrive to battle Thanos 6. Eating freshly picked blueberries 7. A walk through a beautiful garden

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I watched a performance of 100 Brilliant Things at a time in our life when we were both struggling. Things weren't going the way we wanted and it just felt like we were treading water. We started our own 100 Brilliant Things to make us recognize the small joys. We made it to 99 before he died.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In college, Nik screwed up Easy Mac but not following the "Fill to this Line" instructions for the water. At the age of 42, he won a baking competition at his workplace for his Cranberry Pound Cake.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Nik once got bored at his own birthday party and started putting together a spinning wheel.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

In remembrance of my dearly departed husband, I'm hijacking my BlueSky account to tell Nik stories, cause that's how he wanted to be remembered.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A reminder that being alive is a special occasion worth celebrating. Drink from the crystal, wear clothes that make you feel amazing and spin the good stuff.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Been listening to Philip Glass's memoir and his music as a way to calm myself.

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HipStrings @hipstrings.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

So how much crafting have you indulged on for the last two weeks?

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