Long weekends with my husband and kids

Thai food

Butter Pecan ice-cream

Blue skies with big puffy white clouds

Performing

Applause

Bananas

Artichokes

Ladybugs

Butterflys

Friday

FRIDAYS! (specifically after 4:30 pm)

Relaxing on the backyard deck

Sunshine

Hummingbirds

footrubs

Today my thanks goes to my husband: for loving me, for holding me, for trusting me, for making me feel safe, for appreciating me, for supporting me, for making me laugh, for making me feel beautiful, for making me feel important and validated, for forever.

Gratitudes

Weekends!
Reading a good book
Cool rains after a hot day
Watching the garden grow
Panda (dog) asleep at my feet

Lunch with my husband

Ibuprofin

Feet

Ducklings

Red

Garlic

Olive oil

Dean Martin

Eclairs

Photographs

Bubbles

Violets

Oil patches on the road

Puffy white clouds

Green

Dark chocolate

Bagpipes

Mediaeval Baebes (you simply must hear these girls ... http://www.mediaevalbaebes.com

Coffee

Children's art

The books my 7-year old writes & illustrates

Seeing my teenager work hard to complete difficult tasks - and bask in her own accomplishments

All-Bran with yogurt bits

Watches

Plastic tiaras

Lipstick

Missouri primrose

Purple

Fresh paint

Frangelico

Bandaids

Accents

Red bell peppers

Herb gardens





My new upper cupboards are hung!

Faeries

Drag Queens

Feather boas

Soccer games

Sunscreen

Barbecues

Sherbet

Strawberries

River rocks

Sea shells

Jasmine tea

The smell of rain

Bugles

Diet Pepsi

Cold, filtered water

Asparagus

SPRING

The sound of birds singing outside my window

The smell of the earth, still damp with the morning's dew

The feel of the sun on my face

"I love you, Mommy."

Knowing that my forever-mate loves me with his very soul

Cantelope

The smell of bleach in my laundry

"Thank you."

Purple slippers