to this…
in 3 years flat…
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Yearly Archives: 2010
Gratitude Journal
1. sleep
2. children sleeping
3. waking and seeing everyone still asleep
4. coffee
5. a second cup of coffee
6. matching dresses
7. Lovey coming home!
8. The look on each of the girls face as it registers that Lovey is home
9. Girls Night Out & a new book to read!
10. Publix Sourdough bread
11. feeling good about the essay I wrote
12. Renee answering her door at 8am!
13. Renee being kind enough to make us all breakfast
14. An unexpected morning off, a cup of coffee, homemade bread, little kids playing together & catching up
15. a safe flight for Lovey
16. a first tooth!
17. the baby pooping without crying
18. the baby eyeing my toast
19. the baby taking it upon herself to help herself to toast, and my donut, and my lasagna, and my ice cream
20. a sweet 4 year old’s birthday party- complete with princesses & Publix cake!
21. Kathy helping to offer perspective…again
See What I Saw Saturday
Fave-O-Lit Friday
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. R. Dahl
Quail Day: It’s here!
On Sunday; that first razorblade of a first tooth came through: front, bottom & center! She’s been itching to try it out- as evidenced by the fact that she is gnawing on my heel right now as I type…
corner view: coffee companion
There really are two ways to go with this topic. First is my constant coffee companion- Lovey of course!
We are coffee people in the most unabashed sense. We seek it out, out of necessity, out of interest, out of joy… We like it with cream, soymilk, black, iced and with turbinado sugar or simply with foam. We order it in taverns, in grocery stores, in home repair stores, in coffee shops, in airports and museums. We bring our own, we roast our own and we foam our own. We like a good cup of diner coffee as much as a rich espresso brewed up by a Florentine barrista. We mail order beans from our favorite shops around the country and the entry price into the House of Two Gables when coming to stay is a typically a pound from your local shop. Often more then a pound if you are coming from Portland, Chicago, Madison or San Francisco in particular.
But really what first came to mind at the topic was what I typically have with my coffee. I’m a morning coffee drinker so it is typically a bowl of cereal alongside a home-brewed cup with whole milk served in my favorite mug. Stop on by- most coffee lover’s are drop by people I think- at least we are! There’s plenty to share!
To see who everyone else is sharing their coffee with start with our lovely host- Jane and travel around the world!
caitlin, joyce, ani, kim, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t., jeannette, outi, ritva, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, skymring, elizabeth, allison, lise, cate, crescent moon, erin, otli, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, nicola, vanessa, britta, april, b, kyndale, samantha, kristina, goldensunfamily, sophie, janet, mcgillicutty, aimee, sunnymama, britta, juanita, inna, daan, myrtille, cris, ibb, jodi, gillian, travelingmama
athena, pienduzz, kelleyn, demara, mus, ninja, guusje, di, sammi, theresa, cherry b, victoria, kathryn , lisa, liza, juliette, mulot, anne, lucy, leonor, elizabeth, helene, dominique, shokoofeh, cole, jenna, podane, grey-lemon, line, nihal, urbaNiche, inner toddler, puna, lucylaine, adrienne, emily, lynn, skywriting, eliane, the wanderer´s daughter, carole, anna, dorit, kenza, sherry, conny, susan, l´atelier, elis, kamana, anne, rosamaría, marinik, elisabelle, victoria, malo, the yellow door paperie, tikjewit, juniper, ocean girl, emily, soisses, monica, marcie, annabel, andrea, valerie, karin, michelle, merel
Zuzu Day: Happiness is…
Gratitude Journal
1. Our friends celebrating our dear Quail’s big day!
2. confetti in the shape of the girl’s names!
3. a garden of flower balloons rooting to the ceiling
4. Nice weather for the big day
5. Party girls in matching green party dresses and tiaras!
6. Thoughtful gifts for our dear Quail!
7. All of our IRL and OL community of friends well-wishes
8. Zuzu sweetly singing and whispering little loves to her sister
9. Her sister hollering back her approval
10. the ability to provide breastmilk to a baby unable to nurse for over a year
11.a sister’s amazing gift of continuing to nurse to help keep up the supply
12. an amazing hubby who knows where and what kind of spare pump parts to buy online without my help
13. Happy Birthday phone calls from all the relatives!
14. Kathy adding swinging to our OT repertoire
15. a new OT/PT schedule
16. a beautiful sunny day
17. a picnic in the part with the girls
18. an unexpected lunch with Lovey
19. an unexpected gift of green amethyst earrings
20. Italian creme cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and little purple violets sweetly frosted on
21. a new Lenten Rose to get to know and photograph
See what I Saw Saturday
Fave-O-Lit Friday
Blessed is the beach, survivor of tides.
And blessed the litter of crown conchs and pen shells, the dead
blue crab in all its electric raiment.
Blessed the nunneries of skimmers,
scuttering and rising, wheeling and falling and settling, ruffling
their red and black-and-white habits.
And blessed be the pacemakers and the peacemakers,
the slow striders, the arthritic joggers, scarred and bent under
their histories, for they’re here at last by the sunlit sea.
Blessed Peoria and Manhattan, Ottowa and Green Bay, Pittsburgh,
Dresden.
And blessed their children.
And blessed the lovers for they shall have one perfect day.
Blessed be the dolphin out beyond the furthest buoy,
slaughtering the bright leapers,
for they shall have full bellies.
Blessed, too, the cormorant and the osprey and the pelican
for they are the cherubim and seraphim and archangel.
And blessed be the gull, open throated, screeching, scolding
me to my face,
for he shall have his own place returned to him.
And the glossy lip of the long wave shall have the last kiss.
“Beach Attitudes” by Robert Dana, from The Other. © Anhinga Press, 2008.
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