the day to day. . .

• safe and uneventful travels. actually, i did fall in the airport and did see our esteemed state treasurer fresh from cocaine rehab in arizona so it was eventful! but no plane problems which i like!
• a good smoothie in the cincinatti airport!
• the annual meeting in a beautiful resort in deer valley. my room had a fireplace and a jacuzzi tub and the bed. . . . .. sigh. . . . . let's just say that i made the most of my sleep. it was lovely.
• a great meeting full of good training, lots of laughter, thanks from my ceo. . . and a diamond added to my watch!
• good phone calls with david while i was there. he called on saturday night because abbie missed me.
• a saturday afternoon by the pool with nicole, victor, tammy, tasha and georgie. victor made rum and cokes all day so we started yelling (ok, tasha started yelling) 'free cuba' and declared we would get kicked out of the restaurant that night. we did come close. between yelling 'free cuba' and quoting ricky bobbie, a good time was had by all.
• vanilla congac (sp)
• no bugs in utah!
• humidity back in charleston. wow. i didn't know humidity did my body so so good.
• a sweet homecoming and home-cooked meal with david last night.
• sleeping in my own bed.
• chats with michelle, chandler, mom, david, and dad while i was away.
• being in the 100+ club and all the hard work that celebrates.
• plans with nicole and tammy to roll out our training to the rest of the office in the next couple of weeks.
• planning my trip back to corporate next week and being able to spend time with some people i really like and respect.
• another fancy hotel room!
• the fireplace done and the electric run to our room so that we can sheetrock and rock that last wall and the floor!!!!! yay!
• a costco trip tonight and passing up the leather couch that was on sale. we didn't impulse buy and that's big for the smoaks!
• lunch with mom and poppie today.
• elizabeth peepee'd in the potty today and got an elmo book for a reward.
• a long talk with cindy last week. completely unplanned and completely lovely. tyler will be 2 in a couple of weeks. holy cow.
• craig's triathalon and how he rocked it! can you say, 'super-veggie-athlete'!
• michelle bryant's visit with michelle jones thompson in washington!
• michelle's visit with her girls to hawaii. amazing pictures.
• david's total commitment to the atlanta braves. in good times and in bad, he has supported, loved, fought with and celebrated this baseball team. for 30 years he's been a fan in the true sense of the word and i think that says so much about him and his willingness to be in commitment. the same thing for his passion for hunting and quite frankly, for our little family. i am in constant wonder and awe that he loves me with the commitment, tenderness, fun, passion that he shows me everyday. that sounds goofy, but i know what i'm feeling. i can't quite get the words out.
• david's giggle.
• the way he shows up at my office and hugs all the ladies and spends time with each one of them. his knicknames for them all. too cute.
• all of david's knicknames that people have for him - smoak, smoakie, dayday, smoat, white chocolate, the professor, mom calls him her SIL - son-in-law, his mom calls him a smartass! his sister calls him a jackass. i sometimes call him an ass, but mostly it's pet names . . .
• david filling up the hummingbird feeder when he saw one buzzing around.
• miss peabody, sandie and abbie.
• my routine.
• you, my little ski lift, you.