spring sunset harbor cruises

• a break from the ordinary!
• a great night out with the girls from work on a sunset cruise through the harbor!
• crown and coke, crabcakes, reunions with old friends, and cute boys!
• knowing better than to have that last drink so i could actually be up and a productive member of society today!
• a busy day filled with problem solving, goals set and reached and good conversations with people i care about - helping them make decisions that will impact them in more ways than just financially.
• a weekend of being outside landscaping mom's yard for her wedding day!
• being able to spend all weekend with david!
• coming out of a rather low funk i've been in and seeing the bright sky.
• a company with the vision and practice of compassion.
• friends who are living their dreams. it's inspiring.
• a great holographic health visit on tuesday with dakota.
• the opportunity for a monthly women's peace circle in the near future!
• you in my life!

me

• a successful bridal brunch for my mom full of her friends that love her and good mimosas and great food.
• her glow and giggle and how she proudly carried in her 1 year old new grandbaby girl, shaelyn, and her arm around 11 year old new granddaughter, justine.
• the doritys who we can stop by to visit and talk with for hours and never feel like we're imposing. they'd be upset if we left. her spinach casserole which will make you slap your mama, it's so good!
• a good walk/run on the greenway with the girls and david last night. abbie can keep up with the big ones!
• my dress for mom's wedding is in and it's awesome.
• elizabeth's 2nd bday party.
• thomas' new baby girl, isabella rose.
• an unexpected visit with benjamin, whitty and ben yesterday at jason's deli. good hugs from little b!
• all the little people in my life.
• elizabeth screaming with delight when i got out of the car with a balloon of minnie mouse bigger than she is!
• rowyn giving me a big hug.
• watching mom light up as rowyn hugged her and told her she loved her.
• ava kissing me on the cheek.
• brantley and john wesley giving me high 5s.
• the excitement of maybe getting knocked up in may!
• david and his passion for nature and the planet. his dreams of the perfect pond taking shape and his garden starting to take off.
• his collards. they rock.
• sharing in michelle, craig, dean and 'the other michelle's' pictures of the weekend.
• randy looks exactly like he did 15 years ago. it's crazy.
• the 3 weiner dogs that live down the street and how they make me giggle when they prance down the street!
• my mother-in-law for being her. she's simply the sweetest woman on the planet. knowing that she loves me and feels i'm good for her little boy.
• big d's laugh (cry, sigh, gulp) yesterday when he realized his little boy is turning 35 next month!
• sunshine and warm weather.
• air conditioning in my car and not quite needing it in the house.
• oprah being willing to do a show on stillbirth and how that will affect the live birth outcome profoundly of so many pregnancies in the years to come. how this issue is slowing being recognized as something that can be affected if we watch the fetal movement more closely in the last weeks of pregnancy.
• dr. jason collins in slidell, la having a pregnancy protocol for local doctors to use and at home monitors to record heartrate while mothers sleep. doctors being willing to use it.
• mothers sleeping better because of dr. collins' monitor.
• riding on others' courage to slowly be who i am now. learning to be ok with me not being who i was. grief changes that.
• being able to acknowledge that i am still grieving, although not as profoundly, it is still a minute by minute emotion.
• you

thursday fever

• quickly realizing with this glog how 'negasauras' (i don't quite know how to spell that - negative is what i'm saying - todd coined that phrase in college and i like it) i've become in my older age. glad i can work on that!
• a good long walk/run last night on the east coast greenway behind my house. we put the girls on their leashes and took off. watching the differences in their personalities as they encountered joggers, bikers and other walkers. david full speed keeping up with miss peabody - too funny.
• a good salad afterward at jason's deli.
• watching david get ready for his turkey hunt on sunday and using all his gear to make animal sounds. he really does better with his own voice! he's a great turkey!
• the weather! 75 degrees is perfect.
• reading craig's glog and really feeling him take up space in the world so positively and lovingly. giggling to myself how we're the cool kids now who stayed up all night catching up while michelle went to bed!
• celebrating paul tonight at the beach!
• an unexpected lunch date with my husband!
• you in my life!

being ok with blah

• just feeling ok - not great, not bad - just ok - and allowing that to be ok.
• the cool weather at night so i can snuggle under my blanket.
• reading michelle jones', kevin's, and now michelle bryant's glog every day and feeling a little bit closer to them.
• so many rsvps for mom's brunch and the love the people have for her that are coming.
• david's passion for what's right.
• his encouragement of me to stand up for what's right for me - not allowing myself to be taken advantage of and speaking up against it.
• mob movies.
• tivo for general hospital. knowing that i don't have to watch an episode for months and nothing big will change.
• the little boy scout found healthy and well in the mountains of north carolina!
• an anticipated good night out thursday to bid farewell to a good friend, one of a kind colleague and scotch irish mad man who i've had the pleasure of working with for the last 2 years.
• you in my life.

a sunny weekend!

• a productive weekend getting the house and the yard ready for spring.
• david taking the time and the love to plant all the things i think are pretty.
• the way his eyes light up when he laughs at me for being clumsy in the yard.
• the love of the furry ones that are my family. abbie snoring all night and having puppy dreams - is she chasing a rabbit or a squirrell? miss peabody chewing david's old boots in no time and carrying them around the yard to show off that they're history! sweet sandy for just hanging out and being the sweet big dog that she is!
• mom's house shaping up to be so homey and as keena said, 'it looks like how she feels.' sigh. . .
• david finally relenting and trying on a seersucker suit for me. he looked like a charleston twinkie and how glad am i that that isn't him! we both embraced a light linen suit and what 'eye candy' he will be in that!
• dad calling and letting us know they're almost home safe and sound after their vacation.
• not feeling like i had to go out last night for st patrick's day but curling up on the couch with david and reading 'marley and me'. - what fun. i laughed 'til i cried!
• finding kevin's glog this morning and smiling because he is so happy! yay!
• wondering just what he and vance did together to still be smiling - there's a story there!
• helping chandler with elizabeth's 2nd birthday decorations! being the working auntie mouse with a kick-ass printer to be able to put minnie mouse on tee-shirts for the kiddies.
• my house getting cleaned tomorrow!
• a great 'it' guy from work who i trust to help me figure out the whole 'do i buy a new computer or fix the old one debate' - gordon rocks.
• heat! it got cold again last night so i flipped it on and i was warm. amazingly blessed i am.
• david's friends.
• a quick visit with ms dority in the front yard with abbie modeling her new sundress for spring! i am one of those dog moms!
• you in my life!

a good end to a nice long week!

• seeing my dad and chris last night at sewee in awendaw. learning that they're that much closer to their dream of being on the coast. they found a condo this week in murrells inlet! that they get to stop by raleigh to see uncle greg and aunt vicki.
• the girls that are my friends and took the trip up the highway to hug on my dad. melinda, chandler and nicole rock.
• david's haircut leaving sexy sideburns.
• a rain day for david and big d to put lights in the living room and other little projects around the house!
• an awesome massage with dakota on tuesday night.
• having the windows open all week - loving the good weather.
• a loving husband.
• candice and angie's courage to jump out of a perfectly good airplane tomorrow!
• the pleasure of working with 'bgp' for the last 2+ years. knowing that he will do great in his endeavors whatever it is he is gonna do!
• a lunch with my team at marie laveau's!
• st patrick's day weekend.
• miss rose being able to go home to florence after her knee replacement.
• a voicemail from todd last night - can't wait to catch up with him.
• you in my life!

a great weekend!

• knowing that the course in michigan this weekend changed peoples' lives in ways they can't even fathom yet. knowing that the impact of peace on the planet will be manifest by the work that everyone did.
• another batch of collards smelling up the house this weekend.
• helping david start planting the garden with cucumbers, tomatoes and squash!
• being able to open the windows in the house and even leave some of them open last night! it was so so so so nice!
• remembering that i wake up to a bird sanctuary every morning.
• the oyster roast at the church and the friends i got to hang out with.
• the consecration of the new church building and the yummy meal. the sermon by our district superintendent was so inspiring.
• being able to visit with van who is 2 and 1/2 and his parents buster and laurie yesterday at lunch.
• seeing my mom's renovations at her house and how great they look. the boys worked so hard!
• melinda's surprise visit on saturday with john wesley and brantley. we hung out with the zoo and brantley loved it. john wesley's not too sure. . .
• more ideas for closing in our back porch.
• shopping for the wedding with my mom!
• cute little kid clothes.
• visits with chandler, adam and jessica, keena and jay and sweet kisses from jackson.
• getting to hang out with david all weekend. he's so cool!
• flip flops and shorts weather!
• my progress on my vision board.
• being able to visit with my dad and chris this thursday for dinner at sewee.
• that they were able to see kevin if only for a second this weekend.
• memories of kevin where he was and where we all were and knowing he's in such a good place and happy.
• did i say being able to open the windows?
• that my computer may be fixed today!?!?!?
• an anticipated massage tomorrow with dakota.
• my homemade dinner last night that rocked and the good beer that accompanied it.

a wednesday coffee and chiropractic visit

• a good meeting with nicole to more define my role at supplemental.
• a great visit with dr stubblefield to keep me on the right path with my body - it was a great follw-up to the accupuncture goddess karyla working on me monday night.
• lovely souls i work with and am blessed to spend my days with.
• a decaf cafe mocha for an afternoon treat.
• a set of houseplans i've fallen in love with.
• plans with my dad and chris to have dinner next thursday night - girls night out will take a road trip for some fried okra and a visit with them.
• the weather and the plan to open the house this weekend and let the wind blow!
• good air filters so the pollen won't kill us.
• my puppies.
• david calling me at work - i love hearing from him during the day.
• you in my life!

monday and tuesday

• a reminder call.
• a yummy lunch of crab and corn chowder.
• nicole back from vacation and miss rose's surgery going well and she'll be able to dance on her cruise!
• nicole back from vacation!
• nicole back from vacation!
• my cute husband dancing with miss peabody last night in the kitchen.
• plans for a saturday night oyster roast.
• the cool weather - it's not quite ready to be hot yet.
• work going ok this week.
• pop's kind words.
• someone to clean my house for me who uses all natural products so david and i can breathe well.
• the paper recycling at work.
• dreams.
• girls night out.
• you in my life!

a lazy sunday!

• an afternoon sitting in the grass with big d and shelbs and david for hours laughing and dodging the furry slobbery bullets (abbie, sandy and miss peabody) that run past at top speed.
• that shelbs has a nose still after miss peabody plowed into her.
• the goodies i'm finding for my vision board.
• being able to wash the shower curtains in the washer and not have to buy new ones - what a concept?!
• reaffirming that giving up shopping for lent is a good one! i got to enjoy being outside instead of shopping for gifts that i need 8 months down the line!
• the way ben and susan's house is taking shape - it will be a showpiece once it's done. ben's vision for the structure and susan's vision for how things will be placed makes them quite a team.
• brunch with david at my favorite place and being on the same page today.
• the smell of his collards cooking all day and thinking his grandma and mine would be so proud.
• the river's low tide and the birds' footprints in the pluff mud - seeing the sandbar we spend memorial day on and knowing it's right around the corner to be hanging out on it!
• feeling like i had such a good weekend that it's ok that monday is right around the corner.
• that nicole will be back from vacation tomorrow rested and ready to coach and cheer us on.
• dinner saturday night with jason and keena and the little ones - the kisses i got from jackson and the necklace they made for me - the letter rowyn typed and printed saying how much she loves 'smoak' and me!
• the meeting and massage with dakota walker, massage artist and wow! how good i feel and how great i smell after she added coffee and mocha oils to the hot stones.
• dreams of the future and house plans that work!
• you in my life.

technology!

• i actually follow directions better than i thought i did! it was easy to set up this glog!
• meeting joan borysenko last night and listening to her accounts of interviewing world spiritual leaders about this whole mystical cosmic wonder we call life
• the sophia institute and its founder carolyn rivers as it is such a light in charleston where the bible belt holds so fast to its children.
• offering my services to carolyn and telling her (as i heard from michelle) 'i'll clean toilets, i'd just like to be around!' and her saying (thankfully) 'oh no! you're much too talented for that - we'll find something better.'
• seeing mom's face light up as she tells old friends about her husband to be
• that david finally understands that when mom and i go out, it's for the long haul and not to wait up!
• david feeling better and excited about his meeting with his buddy to learn how to shoot his new black powder rifle
• that i don't have to be a part of that unless i want to!
• an anticipated hot stone massage at noon today with a new therapist i've never met.
• spending some time at work this morning cleaning out years of clutter.
• the full moon last night that was so high in the sky while the sun was setting that everything was purple. the green lush grass that gave way to the early spring marsh and me sitting in my car with the windows up because the no-see-ums are already abundant.
• a dolphin in the harbor as we drove to the beautiful circular congregational church for the talk last night.
• the idea and implementation of a GLOG - again michelle with a brilliant idea.
• you in my life