One Thousand Gifts - Part 83
681. The patience of my little sister to talk me through hair styling 101.
682. Skype to enable us to have the conversation with vision not just description.
683. J5’s way of saying “Did you have fun…?” after everything we do.
684. My mom
685. Each and every one [...]
No time today. See you tomorrow. I promise. I will catch up…
Since I’ve got nothing written up, I’ll give you my first post using the actual theme of this NaBloPoMo challenge: Letters
Today in alphabet form:
Aspirations
Book Review
Cleaning
Dog Food
Early morning
Fish & Chips
Gifts
Hugs (big)
Impulsive Hair Decisions
J5
Kissin’
Late Night
Mom (rocks)
Nemo Snacks
OUTSIDE
Pep talks
Quiet monitor
R
Shopping
Toy Story 2
Upside down
Vampires (as in Buffy)
Work
X….got nothin’
Yardwork
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (good night!)
Ok, so life is on a roll again. You know, those days when events are back to back and you have no time for reflection. I will be blogging (maybe tomorrow?) on Geocaching #2, and maybe other things that are going on with us.
I have another book review to post very [...]
Very long and exhausting day. Geocaching was 1/2 successful. I’ll write more about our fun tomorrow. Heading to bed now. I’m going to be in significantly better shape by the end of the summer if we keep this up!
It was a wonderful day with my boys. Just did a bunch of house stuff. Shopped. Spent time together. I really am blessed.
Tomorrow we go off to find a second cache! I can’t wait.
Well, the big news for today was the Illinois Earthquake! I was awakened this morning at 4:38 AM by what I thought was Avedis rubbing himself on the foot of the bed. By the time I had awakened enough to realize he wasn’t in the room, I saw that the baby monitor was [...]
671. Got to chat with my girlfriend, Amy, who now has taken full custody of her newly adopted daughter, Karina! They’re still in Kazakhstan and doing very well.
672. Spent the morning with J5 at the first of this sessions park district program for his age group. Tiring, but good!
673. First [...]
Ann V. posted this on her blog a few months back, and it is something I plan to spend some time thinking on. Won’t you join me?
A Question:
~from Mary Oliver’s Summer Day from a Poem a Day for American High Schools :
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and [...]
661. Fresh spring breeze and warm sunshine
662. Toddler legs flying as fast as they can, exploring every corner of the back yard. Back and forth. Back and forth. Head down, topped with an oversized knitted hat from grandma, charging into the breeze. Rosy cheeks. Slightly drippy nose. [...]
