Azam Ali, Niyaz, and others... I needed a little time for my hips to move.

laughing with friends outside yesterday and tonight.
then coming into chat and laughing some more with other friends here.


Thanks for the laughs everyone. :)

I smiled when woke up a little before daybreak .... feeling good this morning
:)

Waking up slowly and hearing the rain hitting the bedroom window. It would have made me smile even more if I could have laid there all day. :blink:

I smiled as I heard my children whispering outside my door about their plan to clean the whole house while I was still asleep.

I am still smiling because now that I am awake I have been banished to my room so they can carry out their plan.

A sweet baby hummingbird that flew up to my bouquets of flowers to get a sip of nectar. So sweet. Made me smile. : )

A co-worker asked me out to lunch and surprised me by paying. I asked her not to - and she would not hear of it. Made me smile. Then she said, "well, you surprised me with that Yankee keychain.. so you know" and shrugged.

Sometimes it is just that simple.

A wonderful coffee date... and plans for dinner in a week.

gave me a lump in my throat...
 

Picking Genesis up from work and attending a "meet up" event.
The even was at my favorite watering hole and the women were wonderful!

Watching the dog chase a frog across the patio made me :)

Breakfast with friends and chocolate covered strawberries

It was while I was out shopping with my Mom. We stopped at the Girls Scout cookie table - and those poor girls were out in the chilly weather trying to sell those cookies - so I bought 3 boxes (and I am not a sweet eater at all) and my Mom bought some...

So, I went and took a twenty out to pay .. and I hear the one little girl whisper to the other .. "ooooh it is a twenty.. look she has a twenty"

It made me smile.. because it reminded me of a memory of when I was younger...

I bought the cookies.. and then gave the change to their little "donation bucket" that was on the table as well...

Getting a message from a Femme on FB and it made me smile from ear to eat!!!

Dinner with family!

Texts from friends \

Knowing within a week this wedding stuff will be all over

Smiling...

I have a lot of hair and at times it can over heat me, so I tend to twist it up in a clip. Well,today, I put it in a poofy pony tail. Wow, I was amazed how long my hair has gotten. That pony tail was long! I measured three and a half hand grips down.


Yeah, I worked that swish of the tail today, lol

Smiling ear to ear ...................for awhile !!

Seeing Mom enjoy a day out.

Seeing the little girl excitement of a friend in a kayak

Driving down south to see the beautiful blooming flowers and trees in an old forgotten Southern town

My neighbor bringing homemade cookies in exchange for eggs

My client's dog...

He forgets me in the 2 weeks between visits..

He is a HUGE white shepherd...looks like a great Pyrenees...but I found him hiding in my mama's room.

By the end of my 4 hour visit and several treats later, he remembered he liked me and even played a little.

He's just such a gentle giant.. <3

Finding out Melissa Etheridge will be at St. Louis VP fair this summer... woo hoo.. a free Melissa concert!!

Knowing that she enjoyed our date last night.

A card I received in the mail. :)

Receiving the first level of certainty I've had in a long while..

Time to put down some solid roots and get around to living my life... :)

I've been considering losing the beard I've been growing for two months. I've let it grow out sloppily before, or been lazy about shaving - but this time I sort of did it on purpose. I was thinking about getting rid of it, but today two people said almost the same thing, "it's trendy to have a beard now, but most people can't pull it off - your beard looks great on you" - hah!

I can wrap up in a regular sized towel now...rather than one of those "bath" towel type things...

Cleaning for a living has been good for me...as is Asheville itself...

I love my little nest in the hills <3

how cool it is outside. I love when the air is cool, and crisp, with a slight damp in the air. my favorite mornings :)

More good news by phone today. Things are moving along much better than expected.

Good Friends and family

Walking by two elders in wheelchairs and hearing a snippet of their conversation, "you know, you just can't find a good hairnet anymore - even at one of the good drugstores ..."

Today's Google Doodle - it's interactive and So Cute!

https://www.google.com/doodles/155th...e-pony-express

so many things...

warm temps ....finally !!!
shopping for healthy food and being able to do so....
having fun with my coworkers...
laughing my head off with my daughter...
plans for the future...

bottomline...filled with gratitude... my default mechanism

:bunchflowers:

Skyping with her earlier made me smile

I was told that I was worth learning how to bake bread for. ( ungrammatical, granted, but you try writing that )

Having my 18 week ultrasound & not only getting a very good look at my lil passenger, but also assurance that all is well so far.

Many things..............

My sister... so thkful for her