red red RED RED rocks!

• brigham (sp) young said about salt lake, 'this is the place' - he never was in sedona i take it. how incredibly blessed am i to spend time here. i feel so alive yet in a real deep way. that sounds goofy. i'm not energetic and jazzed, but calm and clear. stoned on the air and the smell and the stones and being with denise.
• although this is my 4th time here, it's the only time i've had to explore and take in what i can in 7 days. what an amazing place. around every curve is just this scene even more beautiful than the scene before it.
• very little distraction. no radio, little tv, just thoughts and feelings and soul connection with one that has known me since i was 12. 12! and how much we knew about each other then that went unspoken. and how those words still go unsaid, yet we know. but are feeling more confident in ourselves to speak.
• artichoke pizza
• vegan blt with avocado and sprouts at d'lish - holy cow - that was so good!
• trader joe's 3 buck chuck and 2 bottles left over to bring home!
• the sunset over the rocks.
• the pink jeep tour and the goddess guide who can drive that thing!
• mario the indian who set us straight. 'in dios' - 'of god' - don't call him a native american!
• letting go. . . literally. . . how much can one poop during a trip to sedona. as my buddy says, 'there's some mad healing goin' on!'
• massage school sessions of shiatsu, hot stone and thai. yum!
• david being ok with me being gone for 7 whole days. him being ready for me to come home tho!
• the projects he did in the house. powerwashing the outside and replacing the garage door with his dad! folded laundry (he did leave me his shirts because i am the shirt folding queen!).
• a week without the braves game!
• that i'm home and the braves will again fill my house with the sounds of summer.
• the bush outside the porch window that is filling my house with sweet smells.
• sushi with my husband. cucumber salad! and the perfect idea to ask them to add avocado the next time!
• the idea that we may go fishing this weekend in the boat with dave and kim and the anticipated nap underneath while the boys drive us offshore.
• that david got to spend time with his parents on friday and big d helped him with the garage door.
• you, little yellow desert blossom, you!

soul connections

• the joy of watching my mom's joy this weekend. her glow when tom walks into the room. seeing his eyes light up when she's around. watching their vows as he looked into her eyes and promised himself to her.
• the passion that their relationship has that was so very well exibited in the weather yesterday.
• good champagne
• new family
• how sweet my husband is and how sexy he was in his linen suit.
• mom and tom's friends who were there for support and love.
• how stunning she was and their first dance.
• michelle surprising mom and how it was the cherry on top for me that she was here.
• michelle and melinda connecting and appreciating each other. michelle seeing what i see in melinda and how important she is in my life.
• did i say good champagne?
• did i say how sexy my husband is?
• late night dinner at basil with good champagne and key lime martinis!
• michelle's rental convertable mustang and david squealing the tires last night as michelle yelled, ''get it david smoak, get it!" i almost peed myself!
• the things that go unspoken between michelle and me because they are just understood.
• she and david getting to spend the day together and that i got to walk on the beach with her and eat at the good little hippie joint on folly.
• kevin being here in charleston last week and seeing the beauty that is this amazing place. he was so caught up in his woman that he adores that he couldn't break himself away to call me for 3 minutes! rock on kev!
• my vacation is coming up on sunday!
• ricky is starting on our room this week and we need to make decisions on colors, etc.
• david's birthday on friday and dority bringing the boat so they can go fishing.
• david planting sweet potatoes in the garden just for me.
• soul connections
• magical friendships
• aunt vivian and uncle boober
• gorgeous flowers
• meeting mom's little brother from big brothers big sisters on friday and calling him my 'uncle darryl'
• my new computer allowing me to take my time with this glog and not be rushed or unfocused with the phones ringing at the office.
• david's giggle.
• you in my life!

reconnection

• good talk with nicole about what we're in it for.
• willingness to work hard because someone is counting on us for that.
• 3 girls getting together for dinner with good pinot noir, mac and cheese and duck clubs. we missed melinda so next month we're back to gastronomic delights!
• melinda and wesley seeing 'joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat' tonight together without the boys - a date night for them.
• my new computer hooked up and at my house so that i can be connected again!
• a day off of work tomorrow for spa day with my mom.
• surprises for my mom on her wedding weekend.
• the anticipation of meeting her 'little brother' darryl tomorrow. he's in 5th grade and made her bouquet of palm frons made into roses. being able to connect with this little guy who mom spends her time with each week and has fallen in love with.
• david's meeting with the 'big boss' tomorrow and all that brings.
• the braves - do you feel me smiling?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
• again - the braves?!?!?!?!? if i say it enough - do i become attached to it?!
• a good but short conversation with my dad. is he always over a urinal when i call? must be the holland bladder. good lord.
• you in my life!

glogging!

• a few stolen moments to glog!
• jennifer back from vacation and less urgency for me to take it all on!
• busy-ness that comes with my life and all the people i love in it.
• mom - her wedding plans working out so easily and nicely and that i get to tease her about being 'bridezilla'! beautiful weather forecast for sunday and her yard looking divine with all the love and care david and i put in it last week. aunt vivian and boo flying in early on saturday to celebrate with us. all the people who will just happen to 'show up' at angel oak at 1:30 on sunday to be with her on her wedding day.
• my new family complete with 2 nephews, 2 nieces, 2 sisters, a brother and a brother-in-law. busy!
• an easter celebration complete with softball and sore muscles - i felt old! but i can still knock the shit right out of the ball.
• a hopeful sermon on sunday by mike.
• miss olive's life and how she impacted david. he loved her and she loved him. she is out of pain.
• hans and connie koldeway - their memorial service yesterday and the memories it brought back. political conversations in their living room at 15 before i knew i had a label but knew that i thought differently than a lot of people here in the south. their son chris saying that they were liberals because that was what freedom meant. absolutely.
• a spa day this friday!
• pending vacation with the smell of sage and red rocks all around me. drinking wine with denise and giggling like we did when we were 12.
• it's almost time to go home to my sweet husband and our girls and get slobbered on by them. . . and him too!
• you in my life!