Gauntlet was dropped sweetly, and now iPad plays
 

her 30 point Scrabble word, strategy, and confidence :hangloose:

phew, she is gooood.

Going to pick up local blueberries from the sweetest, generous, gentle natured retired couple who delighted me with their stories and how they treated me as if they'd known me forever ...such a welcoming, warm couple

love their blueberries and he surprised me with a whole gallon of fresh pink eyed peas right from his garden...good people


A trip to an old fashioned bakery

chatting with my best friend and making plans

Joy
 

Hearing two of my best friends talk about how happy I look.

Walking among ginormous redwoods hand in hand with gaea and our doggies.


Watching gaea sing along to Melissa Etheridge's song " Mercy" to me while driving up the 101....(her eyes)

Late nite Enchiladas, Coronas, and flan before finally heading home to bed

Bed

Her in my bed

Pure simple blessed joy :) you and me happines 100 fold.

A tiny, starving, brown, bat, who is on the endangered species list here in Indiana, is now gorging itself on that moist cat food that looks like worms. It was almost dead, could'nt fly, and I did'nt know what else to feed it until I can get more help. It seems happier now though :)

a thank you call from my brother for making and dropping off some quinoa salad...he said it was as good as the one we had at a cafe earlier this week!

Ran across an old friend
 

An old high school best friend whom I have not talked to in about 38 years surfaced today....we had a nice talk. Hope to pick up an old friendship.

seeing how happy the kiddo was to go back to girl scouts and her church group (church is not my bag but she loves it so i encourage it). she insisted that we remember her vest and tote bag next time. "i know i won't need them today...but we CAN'T forget them next time, mommy."

Being paid a very high compliment by a new friend...
"You have a way of putting loving life into words."

Think they made me swooon on that one too...but it brought me joy to be recognized and appreciated.

Spent a really awesome beautiful day with my best best friend and seeing her on the mend...enjoying dinner at a favorite diner I haven't been to in years. Hearing herlaughing and enjoying herself after a long few weeks ...

talking to my best "peanut butter " friend and laughing with them when I told them the silly things I did today ...them telling me how good my pup has been since I've been away ...


Talking to on friend about camping in the mountains and another friend about fishing at the coast...

a REALLY BEAUTIFUL DAY!!! Filled with really awesome friends.

Listening to my children sing broadway songs in the car today.

What brought you joy today?

Waking up from my nap without pain, but instead having two little dogs and my big kittyboy all snuggled up with me, and laying there watching the wife watching the rain out the window. Usually kittyboy leaps off the bed and does his kitty stuff when I wake up but this time he just laid around purring while the wife told me how long it had been raining.

The beauty of the day.... :)

Yesterday I took my client to the "library" in her assisted living facility. A lot of the books are donated. It's a give a book, take a book type deal.

WELL...

While perusing alongside my lady, I found a book I have been coveting :| The activity director was there and told me to feel free to take one. So I promised to donate some books in exchange. :)

Yay!!! Free books...bliss and glee....

Driving home from a friends house last night after midnight I drove over the bridge and into a bank of fog... The sight of all that fog and the lights shining through it on the deserted roads.... what joy, what joy indeed!

Knowing it's Friday !! Yee Haw

Hearing that my youngest grandaughter was in tears over the mirning kindergarden class because in her words she is not a morning person, hearing my daughter say "she'll get over it" telling my daughter she sounds like her mother---jouyous :) little ones are off to school.next week ans the new baby coming in just 6 weeks....

Spending some time today doing shaping exercises with my sweet Sadie. She catches on so quickly and just loves to learn new things. She is awesome! :)

driving my nephew somewhere brings me joy.. Both of us do the same thing a word will trigger lyrics. So every time one says something the other will bust out in song
man you remember some of the weirdest songs that way :blink:

Heck everything brings me joy! :)

Life did...

I try really hard to see the positive side of life...or at least find one little bit of good in a big old pile of cow by product...

It's very difficult sometimes and I have to narrow my focus to a tree branch or a bird or a flower or it being under 70 degrees. Sometimes its the small things that save us...

One truth that I cling to desperately is ...it will get better....it might not be what you thought better was, it may not have a bright shiny sign that blinks BETTER... but there is a slight shift in the wind that says spring is going to come..

Last night there was a slight shift in the wind reminding me that better is just over there...

Lovely..

I worry at times if I'll fit in if I ever go back home to live.

Talked on the phone with a mate and it felt so comfortable. Maybe there's a place for me after all.

Feel happy. :)

A good nights sleep

Feeling renewed...

My workday ending at noon...and my weekend officially beginning :)

I am an evaluator for our local community theater alliance. I go to plays and evaluate the actors, stage, lighting, choreography, etc. My husband got me into this. He is an actor and does lights. I have grown to love the members of this tight knit community, and know its roller coaster. Oh, the drama! LOL and Politics! But wow, the creativity and talent!

All of our evaluations are gathered at the end of the year and people and shows are nominated for various awards. Tonight was the annual awards. I got to watch some incredible talent be recognized. And even tho they were all competing against each other, they shouted and clapped for each other, genuinely, whenever whoever won. I was so proud to be amongst all these thespian giants.

Such joy I had tonight...

ring ring ring
 

.... ummm yeah.

Getting a phone call from Syr while He is in Seattle.
On His NEW cell phone.

He hates cell phones.

See how i rate?

Totally overjoyed that He knows what the fuck is up.

*points to my smile*

I do
 

looking at the pile of paintings as i moved them today and realizing i have a collection... theres not enough room for all my paintings any more, i suppose i will have to give in and sell a couple.

My sweet smooch pooch happy puppy greeting me when I got home

picking up a dear friend and her son to spend some time with me and my kids...