1. Eric, what a beautiful human being
2. A kitchen full of fresh, healthy food (apples, pears, oranges, salad makings, ginger pear tea, and all sorts of other cool stuff)
3. My family
4. Feeling close to E's family
5. E cleaning the kitchen and doing the laundry
6. Clean swept floors
7. Trader Joe's hollandaise sauce (wow, it is delicious--better than most restaurants)
8. My garden is continuing to grow.
9. Four books from the library that I really want to read
10. I feel hopeful about my career.
11. How great that Eric's idea of a good New Year's Eve involves staying home
12. A curled up Roofrauff on the couch sleeping next to me
13. Good neighbors
14. No need to rush
15. Really kind friends
16. It's supposed to rain tomorrow!
17. Good sleep
18. My heart hurts less
19. All of the other blessings I count all day but forget right now
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Five things I am grateful for today
1. I am so very grateful that my little Pickledog Roofrauff was well cared for over Christmas while we were gone by E's sister in law, Monica and his mama, Mary Lou. What peace of mind I had knowing he was having fun and being loved! Monica loves to run so I have a feeling RR might be getting into the best shape of his life!
2. A wonderful holiday with Eric and my family. It was heavenly being home, seeing my family, eating amazing food, walking down by the river, mmm, heavenly!
3. Being home safe and sound.
4. Today I had my second interview for a job with hospice. It went so well! I hope to hear in the next few days, and if I get it I'll start mid-January. Everything about felt like a really good fit, down to the hours which will hopefully be 11am-8pm. Feeling hopeful!
5. The generosity of my family. E and I received beautiful gifts from my mom, bro and sis and their families, and friends. Wow are we both grateful. Now to wash the new fleece sheets and put them on the bed while I snuggle myself in my new turquoise super-soft jacket. Mmm hmm!
2. A wonderful holiday with Eric and my family. It was heavenly being home, seeing my family, eating amazing food, walking down by the river, mmm, heavenly!
3. Being home safe and sound.
4. Today I had my second interview for a job with hospice. It went so well! I hope to hear in the next few days, and if I get it I'll start mid-January. Everything about felt like a really good fit, down to the hours which will hopefully be 11am-8pm. Feeling hopeful!
5. The generosity of my family. E and I received beautiful gifts from my mom, bro and sis and their families, and friends. Wow are we both grateful. Now to wash the new fleece sheets and put them on the bed while I snuggle myself in my new turquoise super-soft jacket. Mmm hmm!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Five things I am grateful for today
1. Less sick
2. Little walk
3. My holiday shopping is done, I think.
4. Dinner date with Eric. I spent 4 hours cooking it.
5. Secret goodness on Tuesday afternoon
2. Little walk
3. My holiday shopping is done, I think.
4. Dinner date with Eric. I spent 4 hours cooking it.
5. Secret goodness on Tuesday afternoon
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Five things I am grateful for today
1. A delicately/slightly renewed sense of hope for my career.
2. Ginger tea
3. Respectful, efficient healthcare (I love Cushing Street Family Practice)
4. Roofrauff's sensitivity
5. Antibiotics (please work)
2. Ginger tea
3. Respectful, efficient healthcare (I love Cushing Street Family Practice)
4. Roofrauff's sensitivity
5. Antibiotics (please work)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Five things I am grateful for today
1. Even though I am super sick, I am sleeping okay.
2. Mead came over to do crafts and lurk with me today. We made cheese straws.
3. Cheese straws
4. E just stopped by with watermelon vitamin C cough drops, Swedish Red Fish, cold medicine and a book of word puzzles.
5. My craft studio has such a good vibe. I love it in there. I think I'll go read a book in there right now!
2. Mead came over to do crafts and lurk with me today. We made cheese straws.
3. Cheese straws
4. E just stopped by with watermelon vitamin C cough drops, Swedish Red Fish, cold medicine and a book of word puzzles.
5. My craft studio has such a good vibe. I love it in there. I think I'll go read a book in there right now!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Five or so things I am grateful for today
1. My neighbor from across the street, Kathleen came over and brought me some tea to help me feel better.
2. Gabrielle went to Trader Joe's and got me a few things too. Then she just showed up at my house as "Jew-y Claus" with the things I asked for and a bunch of other things (supplements, lemons from her tree, mangosteen juice, and honey). She said Jew-y Claus has peyes and a big black hat.
3. I am not at work.
4. Roof has been lying with me in bed and snuggling.
5. Three of my other friends (including Eric) checked in to see if they could bring me things to help me feel better today too. I feel very, very loved. Thank you friends near and far for your love!
6. Last night E came home from work and sat with me. It was really nice to just be with him. I think being sick makes me kind of lonely and it's hard because I can't really talk on the phone because I have very little voice. It was nice to just sit together.
2. Gabrielle went to Trader Joe's and got me a few things too. Then she just showed up at my house as "Jew-y Claus" with the things I asked for and a bunch of other things (supplements, lemons from her tree, mangosteen juice, and honey). She said Jew-y Claus has peyes and a big black hat.
3. I am not at work.
4. Roof has been lying with me in bed and snuggling.
5. Three of my other friends (including Eric) checked in to see if they could bring me things to help me feel better today too. I feel very, very loved. Thank you friends near and far for your love!
6. Last night E came home from work and sat with me. It was really nice to just be with him. I think being sick makes me kind of lonely and it's hard because I can't really talk on the phone because I have very little voice. It was nice to just sit together.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Good things
Lovely lemon tree in Gabrielle's backyard
Quinoa lunch with pears on the front porch. Tucson winter, I love you. 79 degrees? Yippee!
Someone very cute eating a pear on the front porch
Spelt flax sesame crackers being made
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Finished crackers
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Five things I am grateful for today
1. I am not as sick as I could be.
2. Eric is taking great care of me. What a sweetpea.
3. My food is almost ready! Quinoa, chopped fresh tomatoes, steamed spinach with herbs from the garden topped with cashew cheese sauce. YUM.
4. Our kitchen is full of great food. Last night we went on a grocery shopping date.
5. E and I went for a warm sunshiny walk yesterday. Hoping for another one today.
2. Eric is taking great care of me. What a sweetpea.
3. My food is almost ready! Quinoa, chopped fresh tomatoes, steamed spinach with herbs from the garden topped with cashew cheese sauce. YUM.
4. Our kitchen is full of great food. Last night we went on a grocery shopping date.
5. E and I went for a warm sunshiny walk yesterday. Hoping for another one today.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
"The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful." Elizabeth Edwards (1949-2010)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Five things I am grateful for today
1. Good sleep
2. A long walk on the Rillito in the glorious sunshine with Rene and Roofrauff
3. Teaching Rene yoga in my living room
4. Dinner with Mead at Karuna Thai
5. Scheming with Eric about having land, growing things, solar power/wind power/water harvesting/sustainable building and how we want our life to be long term. I am grateful that we share these interests.
2. A long walk on the Rillito in the glorious sunshine with Rene and Roofrauff
3. Teaching Rene yoga in my living room
4. Dinner with Mead at Karuna Thai
5. Scheming with Eric about having land, growing things, solar power/wind power/water harvesting/sustainable building and how we want our life to be long term. I am grateful that we share these interests.
Five things I am grateful from yesterday
1. Eric is slowly getting over his cold.
2. Yesterday I did end up riding my bike to my appointment. It was a warm beautiful afternoon and I had so much fun.
3. Guidance
4. Movie date with Eric--we saw Off the Map which we both loved. The New Mexico scenery is amazing, the characters were great and it was nice to watch a feel good movie. It's been awhile. Plus it renewed my own hope for living a simpler life outside the city.
5. Great Mexican food at La Indita on 4th Ave
2. Yesterday I did end up riding my bike to my appointment. It was a warm beautiful afternoon and I had so much fun.
3. Guidance
4. Movie date with Eric--we saw Off the Map which we both loved. The New Mexico scenery is amazing, the characters were great and it was nice to watch a feel good movie. It's been awhile. Plus it renewed my own hope for living a simpler life outside the city.
5. Great Mexican food at La Indita on 4th Ave
Monday, December 6, 2010
A buncha things I am grateful for today
1. Eric's sensitivity to my feelings and needs. (I think I must write this at least once every couple of weeks but really that's nothing considering I thank my lucky stars almost every day for it. I am so grateful to be in a relationship that involves such reverence for each other's tender spots. Thank you lucky stars.)
2. Another 80 degree day, oh heck yeah!
3. My Christmas preparations are well under way. I think/hope that there won't be any stress around gift giving this year.
4. E and I found this really rad thingy--a sort of doohicky that lets you ride your bike with your dog attached with a spring that keeps me from pulling him over and vice versa. It's called a Springer and it is way neato. We stayed up til 4am last night to get one for cheap on Ebay. Soon I will be riding all over with my little Roofrauff in tow! If you want to see it, go to youtube and look up "springer dog bike". Then come over to my house and borrow my extra bike and we'll take RR all over the place! (Yes Wendy, Regina, Abby, Momster, Sande, Meadz, and whoever else occasionally passes through these bloggy parts, this means you!)
5. Making cards is still so much fun.
6. The strength to do downward facing dog with my feet up on a wall and my hands on the floor on my first try after a good year or so of not doing it.
7. Coffee, in times of desperation: i.e. 3:25am at work.
8. Today I complimented a nine year old kid on his family's Christmas lights and he thanked me and said, "that's a nice lookin' dog you've got there." What a hilarious thing for a nine year old to say.
9. Speaking of cute neighborhood kids--from a distance I saw this car pull over and a kid standing by it, I immediately thought, hmm probable drug deal. Then as I got closer I heard the kid telling the people in the car (his family) the rules. He then proceeded to race the car down the street with his siblings cheering and his mom laughing and driving slowly to make sure he would win the race. He was so serious about it, it was SO cute. So things in my hood are pretty relaxed and that is something I am VERY grateful for. Grapefruits are growing like crazy, little kids are being kids, and Roof, Eric and I are getting more and more comfortable.
10. Clementines
11. Our backyard. Oh how I love our backyard.
12. My current reading frenzy on sustainable living, voluntary simplicity, the Slow Movement, etc. I am always interested in these subjects but lately I am reading book after book about them.
13. Lately Roofrauff has been more snuggly than ever before in the time that we have been friends. I LOVE THIS! Mmm, snuggly Roofrauff is the very best kind!
14. Mucho inspiration for cooking, crafts, enjoying being outside, yoga, without the pressure of needing to accomplish anything. It feels good.
15. I am scheming to ride my bike downtown tomorrow if I wake up in time before my appointment. Mmm, I hope that works out!
16. The lettuces in my garden are delicious.
17. My sister in-law's surgery went well. I am so glad because she is one of the sweetest, most generous people in the world and all I want is for her to feel good.
18. Mix cds. Ones I make, ones you make, whatever. Wondering what I want for Christmas? Look no further! Make me a mix!
2. Another 80 degree day, oh heck yeah!
3. My Christmas preparations are well under way. I think/hope that there won't be any stress around gift giving this year.
4. E and I found this really rad thingy--a sort of doohicky that lets you ride your bike with your dog attached with a spring that keeps me from pulling him over and vice versa. It's called a Springer and it is way neato. We stayed up til 4am last night to get one for cheap on Ebay. Soon I will be riding all over with my little Roofrauff in tow! If you want to see it, go to youtube and look up "springer dog bike". Then come over to my house and borrow my extra bike and we'll take RR all over the place! (Yes Wendy, Regina, Abby, Momster, Sande, Meadz, and whoever else occasionally passes through these bloggy parts, this means you!)
5. Making cards is still so much fun.
6. The strength to do downward facing dog with my feet up on a wall and my hands on the floor on my first try after a good year or so of not doing it.
7. Coffee, in times of desperation: i.e. 3:25am at work.
8. Today I complimented a nine year old kid on his family's Christmas lights and he thanked me and said, "that's a nice lookin' dog you've got there." What a hilarious thing for a nine year old to say.
9. Speaking of cute neighborhood kids--from a distance I saw this car pull over and a kid standing by it, I immediately thought, hmm probable drug deal. Then as I got closer I heard the kid telling the people in the car (his family) the rules. He then proceeded to race the car down the street with his siblings cheering and his mom laughing and driving slowly to make sure he would win the race. He was so serious about it, it was SO cute. So things in my hood are pretty relaxed and that is something I am VERY grateful for. Grapefruits are growing like crazy, little kids are being kids, and Roof, Eric and I are getting more and more comfortable.
10. Clementines
11. Our backyard. Oh how I love our backyard.
12. My current reading frenzy on sustainable living, voluntary simplicity, the Slow Movement, etc. I am always interested in these subjects but lately I am reading book after book about them.
13. Lately Roofrauff has been more snuggly than ever before in the time that we have been friends. I LOVE THIS! Mmm, snuggly Roofrauff is the very best kind!
14. Mucho inspiration for cooking, crafts, enjoying being outside, yoga, without the pressure of needing to accomplish anything. It feels good.
15. I am scheming to ride my bike downtown tomorrow if I wake up in time before my appointment. Mmm, I hope that works out!
16. The lettuces in my garden are delicious.
17. My sister in-law's surgery went well. I am so glad because she is one of the sweetest, most generous people in the world and all I want is for her to feel good.
18. Mix cds. Ones I make, ones you make, whatever. Wondering what I want for Christmas? Look no further! Make me a mix!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Five (x2 +1) things I am grateful for today
1. Lovely 80 degree day
2. Sweet Tomatoes with Rene before work
3. Nice long walk in the sunshine with the Roofrauff
4. Good news
5. Yoga
6. More good sleep (that's six days in a row) and I finally feel well rested.
7. A possible chicken coop in my future (fingers crossed). I guess there is always a chicken coop in my future, I mean it is possible in my NEAR future.
8. My plants are all healthy and looking great.
9. Feeling healthy
10. Good music
11. My mama is coming back for another visit in February. Yippee!
2. Sweet Tomatoes with Rene before work
3. Nice long walk in the sunshine with the Roofrauff
4. Good news
5. Yoga
6. More good sleep (that's six days in a row) and I finally feel well rested.
7. A possible chicken coop in my future (fingers crossed). I guess there is always a chicken coop in my future, I mean it is possible in my NEAR future.
8. My plants are all healthy and looking great.
9. Feeling healthy
10. Good music
11. My mama is coming back for another visit in February. Yippee!
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