- When Ava’s dad takes over
- Not taking things personally
- Wool
- Plarn
- Plans to make things
- Thinking of ways to reduce garbage
- And recycle it
- How-to videos
- Recipes
- “To let go of the known for the unknown requires great commitment, willingness, and devotion to surrendering one’s faith to God.” -David Hawkins
Monthly Archives: September 2012
1. God
2. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, or whatever it’s called
3. Cassie making zucchini muffins for David and David enjoying them
4. Hannah’s big smile as she hands out swag at the college bookstore
5. Meeting John C.
6. and catching up with Bob S.
7. and seeing Laurie R. again after a couple of years
8. A sense of acceptance – it is – and what I can do to change something, these are different things
9. A sense that I can take responsibility for my reactions
10. A thoughtful call from Nancy R.
Sustainable Gratitude
- A little bit of writing time
- Earthships
- Sustainable architecture
- Recycled materials
- Incredible to see what people are doing in the world!
- My husband’s interest in green building
- Places that let you build what you want (do you know of any?)
- Greenhouses
- Catching rainwater
- Now :)
“to be” is “art”
Very Grateful for~
God’s graceful edits
Windshield wipers
And the intermittent option on them
Pumpkin-spiced lattes
An increase in the number of chapters
Time on the treadmill
Timelines
Actually seeing the raindrops fall instead of just hearing them fall
This post on the importance of creativity
That one of the verb forms of the verb “to be” is “art” (from Ann Voskamp)
Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
1. God
2. Cassie returning from what she reported as a successful business trip
3. My mother and father hosting me for dinner
4. Laurie helping me change my thoughts and my moods
5. Always enjoy autumn even as I don’t like to see summer leave
6. Fall colors
7. Fall fashions
8. Cooler weather
9. Rain
10. Keats’s Ode to Autumn
Bliss
- Being vulnerable
- Brené’s new book, Daring Greatly
- A lovely long walk with Ava in her sling
- My network of amazing women
- The value of community
- Soouper excited about this page on Eric’s blog and honored WLG was referenced!
- Maps! I bought this book and it’s amazing
- Finishing another hat for Ava- an owl hat :)
- The bliss of this incredible life
- Now :)
Indian Summer
- We are enjoying a beautiful Indian Summer
- Ad for free pre-winter vehicle inspections…
- … “Winter in Montana is not for the faint of heart” -AAA Spokesperson…
- …hmmm, well, as Scarlett said, “I’ll think about that tomorrow…”
- Daughter’s correspondence to the NFL Commissioner certainly must have been why the NFL/Ref debacle was resolved! :):)
- Looking at my same environment in different ways
- A parent calling about her child on GPa’s school bus…
- …and how kind and appreciative the parents are of GPa’s care for their children
- Remembering Andy Williams’ smooth voice and music
1. God
2. David excelling on the standardized physics test
3. Help from Jeanette and Donna
4. Eric S. is a classy guy
5. Caravan with a drum solo
6. Ink
7. Graphite
8. Never mind
9. As many notes
10 hearing Connie say she doesn’t have bad days but sad or difficult moments
Rain Gratitude
Very Grateful for~
God’s patience
Rain!
Amelia’s first “real” paycheck as she calls it
Her lessons learned from seeing the amount in the withholdings
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Biting into an apple
Mail 6-days a week
better alignment after yoga
and Rain!
If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers. ~Ed. Sullivan (his birthday is today)
Pump. Kin.
- Glorious girl time with Julie and Elle
- And how much Ava loves them both
- Running errands in the crisp fall air
- All the pumpkins out already- I’ll make my aunt’s pumpkin bread soon
- Wool
- Big comfy cardigans
- Red, orange, yellow, brown, gold
- Ava napped at just the right time so I could get a bit of work done
- The children’s book, “On the Night You Were Born”
- Ohhh. This :)