Pez Fez

3 things that make you happy:
pez
fez
getting over the blehs

2 things you looking forward to today:
dusk & dark
walk in the park

2 long term things you looking forward to:
glow-in-the-dark octahedrons
tumbling, wrestliing, galloping kittens

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Jimmie Johnson

Naked jogging--haha!

3 things that make you happy:
the wildlife refuge behind our community (saw a heron last night)
bodies of water
Naked fruit juice

2 things you looking forward to today:
putting the finishing touches on my cupboard
spending some time with Kimmie

2 long term things you looking forward to:
jogging with Megan (hopefully not long term at all!)
the release of an Elfquest movie

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Kimmie

3 things that make you happy:
blackberry waffles
stepping outside this morning and smelling the sea in the air
swimming outside

2 things you looking forward to today:
calling my dad and wishing him a happy birthday
swimming

2 long term things you looking forward to:
seeing how kyle's current drawing turns out
attending Bethany's staff retreat

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my dad

quieting down

3 things that make you happy:
waking up and realize I can stay in bed as long as I want
hiking without many other people around
my fish

2 things you looking forward to today:
walking coal
quiet evening at home

2 long term things you looking forward to:
camping
kayaking

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Ralph

Aprons

3 things that make you happy:
aprons
writing letters to friends
oatmeal & almond soap

2 things you looking forward to today:
seeing Kyle when he gets off work
dinner with Aleah, Phil, and the boys

2 long term things you looking forward to:
recording music
a show at the golden gardens bathhouse in September

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Aleah Halverson

Sick today

3 things that make you happy:
my hubby & our new roomie (my cousin) & me all sitting around talking & laughing
ritz crackers (about all I can eat right now)
warm, cozy socks

2 things you looking forward to today:
getting over this flu!
watching The Notebook

2 long term things you looking forward to:
seeing all my parents as grandparents
finishing painting our stairwell

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Levi

3 things that make you happy:
sugar free dark chocolate
noise canceling headphones
webster

2 things you looking forward to today:
having some of my "cope list" things help
walking in a cool day

2 long term things you looking forward to:
pulling back out of this down cycle
snow

1 person you are going to appreciate:
itchy (who is wearing a cone collar)

3 things that make you happy:
changing leaves
writing poetry
getting work done

2 things you looking forward to today:
going to the Mariners game with Bethany
curling into bed after a long day

2 long term things you looking forward to:
camping
a blustery day

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Bethany

Lazy is delicious

3 things that make you happy:
Cool nights for sleeping
The smell of rain on the driveway and in the grass
Lazy, rainy, end-of-summer Sundays

2 things you looking forward to today:
Yoga or Budokon
Stained glass making

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Writing a book
Illustrating that same book

1 person you are going to appreciate:
My friend Rosie

3 things that make you happy:
cozying up in a sweater
poetry
getting to tell one of kyle's single friends that one of my single friends thinks he is SOO CUTE!

2 things you looking forward to today:
going for a walk
making a blackberry pie

2 long term things you looking forward to:
expanding our flower garden
plums from our plum tree

1 person you are going to appreciate:
kristen cochran

Ting

3 things that make you happy:
cinnamon toast
the quiet ting noise my teabag makes as it hits the side of the mug
downpoars

2 things you looking forward to today:
music through my headphones (makes the day go quicker)
start organizing my garage

2 long term things you looking forward to:
a winter trip with Boo
hiking up to Fragrance Lake again

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Keith Urban (the singer of my headphones tunes)

3 things that make you happy:
waterfalls
Mt Si
Looking for wilflife (even if I don't see anything)

2 things you looking forward to today:
My potato thing for dinner
Going to a waterfall

2 long term things you looking forward to:
quiet and productive days at work
having siding up

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Coal (who has his cone off, is perky today and will be joining me on the waterfall adventure)

3 things that make you happy:
peppermint iced tea
flip flops
being invited to join this blog!

2 things you looking forward to today:
planting flowers with Kyle
seeing friends at church tonight

2 long term things you looking forward to:
starting my new job as worship & arts intern at Bethany
coastal backpacking trip with Eliza & Levi

1 person you are going to appreciate:
kyle

PB

3 things that make you happy:
chocolate
noise-cancelling earphones
crunchy peanut butter on hot whole-wheat tortilla

2 things you looking forward to today:
quiet
cloudy - maybe rain :)

2 long term things you looking forward to:
autumn
pumpkin pie

1 person you are going to appreciate:
kristen

3 things that make you happy:
waterfalls
being in a forest
bats

2 things you looking forward to today:
getting into the woods
leading a good campfire program

2 long term things you looking forward to:
clamstrips and chips
recovery

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Lisa

Good Saturday

3 things that make you happy:
chilly mornings
tomatos right off the vine
a not busy Saturday

2 things you looking forward to today:
painting my cupboard
seeing our friends tonight

2 long term things you looking forward to:
fish 'n chips with the family :)
visiting Nick & Lyndsey at their new house in Spokane

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Elyse (she's coming down today!)

Plonk

3 things that make you happy:
cufflinks (not to wear or even have ... ummm ... their utter uselessness?)
the "plonk" sound a pebble makes in a quiet lake
being pesteriferous, bothersome, & annoying to people who i know will go on liking me anyway

2 things you looking forward to today:
getting noise cancelling headphones
jo being around at least some of the day

2 long term things you looking forward to:
making more stuff on the power tools, with the noice cancelling headphones to reduce the stress
fish & chips at the locks

1 person you are going to appreciate:
jo

Moving babies

3 things that make you happy:
Books that have great endings
Not having plans
Taking pictures

2 things you looking forward to today:
Sweet, sweet slumber
Organizing

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Babies
Moving

1 person you are going to appreciate:
My dad (well, stepdad, but he's my dad)

Books schmooks

3 things that make you happy:
water skippers
love
a good book

2 things you looking forward to today:
spending time with Nick & Lyndsey!
finishing my book

2 long term things you looking forward to:
reading all the great books in my bookcase
a slower pace in the fall

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Nick & Lyndsey

3 things that make you happy:
woolybear caterpillars
singing
talking with katie

2 things you looking forward to today:
taking coal's cone off
celebrating Shabbat

2 long term things you looking forward to:
camping
kayaking

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Ralph

Wooly

3 things that make you happy:
crabapple jelly
wooly mammoths
caddis fly larvae

2 things you looking forward to today:
beach
jigsaw puzzle

2 long term things you looking forward to:
wind & storm
trains in mountains

1 person you are going to appreciate:
vera

3 things that make you happy:
sleeping in
playing with the cats
a good singer

2 things you looking forward to today:
walking by the lake
getting my desk at work cleaned/organized

2 long term things you looking forward to:
coal getting the cone off
seeing bats

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Suzyk

Levi

3 things that make you happy:
warm fuzzy blankets (particularly striped ones)
the many ways Levi says "i love you"
the way Levi's hair curls over his ears when it's long

2 things you looking forward to today:
seeing my husband!
clean sheets to sleep in (with my hubby!)

2 long term things you looking forward to:
bike riding with Levi
Levi as a daddy

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Levi

3 things that make you happy:
northern pacific railway
tomatoes
jello

2 things you looking forward to today:
dr s
fröbel blocks

2 long term things you looking forward to:
autumn leaves
shorter days, longer nights

1 person you are going to appreciate:
dr s

Make up time

3 things that make you happy:
Making up
Finishing up another frame
Long relaxing hikes

2 things you looking forward to today:
Making up
Doing something out of the ordinary (my ordinary)

2 long term things you looking forward to:
That old stone house in the woods that will one day be ours
Volunteering more time

1 person you are going to appreciate:
My mom

Clean bathrooms & garages

3 things that make you happy:
dew on orb spider webs
clean bathrooms
a little upbeat country music

2 things you looking forward to today:
setting out Levi's birthday presents
hanging out with Megan

2 long term things you looking forward to:
cozy fires in our fireplace
getting the garage organized & keeping it that way!

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Megan

3 things that make you happy:
labyrinths
dot-to-dot
crosswords

2 things you looking forward to today:
walking the Queen Anne labyrinth
Wedgits play
Webster play

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Webster playmate
WEDGiTS on WHeeLS (for the easier-on-autistic-eyes colors, more than for the wheels)

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Vic

3 things that make you happy:
taking pictures
sunshine turned mottle green by trees and bushes
bugs

2 things you looking forward to today:
Coal walk
sharing with katie

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Writing more poetry
that sense of adventure when you start a trip

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Coal - I hope I can take that horrible cone off his head soon. We both hate it (although I'm sure coal hates it more than I)

poor coal sniffing for a doggy treat while wearing the awful cone

Sunny day

3 things that make you happy:
Resolution
Sunshine
Eating ice cream in cones outside in the summer

2 things you looking forward to today:
Organizing my art table
Doing yoga

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Learning how to make stained glass
Learning how to make mosaics

1 person you are going to appreciate:
My friend Kerilyn

Sons and Daughters

3 things that make you happy:
enjoying my 2 daughters as wonderful, interesting, loving young adults
having been blessed with 2 interesting, funny, loving sons-in-law
the extra "daughters" and "sons" who have enriched my life (Liz, Holly, Chris and others)

2 things you are looking forward to today:
watermelon
visiting the Kent animal shelter (looking for a playmate for Webster)

2 long term things you are looking forward to:
confluence of summer and fall
sanding and painting my new white cupboard

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my son-in-law Levi -- Happy Birthday!

3 things that make you happy:
renae
alan
friendship

2 things you looking forward to today:
walk with coal
catching up on ASA

2 long term things you looking forward to:
going to see Renae
skiing

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Celese

Cupboards & Treehouses

3 things that make you happy:
plate techtonics
sand beneath my bare feet
cupboards

2 things you looking forward to today:
making blackberry cobbler
finding the perfect paint for my cupboard

2 long term things you looking forward to:
returning to the treehouses in Oregon with family & friends
building a treehouse

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my hubby who turns 26 today!

3 things that make you happy:
wedgits with Chris
raspberries
webster

2 things you looking forward to today:
get my car back from shop?
groceries

2 long term things you looking forward to:
going to Powell's Books in Portland again
driving up the Columbia Gorge again

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Levi - Happy Birthday, Levi!

Blackberries

3 things that make you happy:
blackberries (thanks Boo!)
tuna sandwhiches
the movie "Whale Rider"

2 things you looking forward to today:
getting my errands done
making blackberry cobbler

2 long term things you looking forward to:
being an aunt (I'll be one first, Boo!)
doing some painting

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Elyse

3 things that make you happy:
dragonflies (especially the black and white stripey ones)
fingerlings in the creek
bats

2 things you looking forward to today:
fun with alan
taking coal for a walk

2 long term things you looking forward to:
recovery
camping

1 person you are going to appreciate:
dr s

3 things that make you happy:
kitty cave cat
poke sticks
jo

2 things you looking forward to today:
get my car back from shop?
silliness with chris

2 long term things you looking forward to:
sticks with holes
rainy walks

1 person you are going to appreciate:
chris

3 things that make you happy:
orange marmalade
misting the fish pond
sunday comics

2 things you looking forward to today:
quiet
getting this silly thing finally posted

2 long term things you looking forward to:
korbuly matador blocks
snow

1 person you are going to appreciate:
webster

3 things that make you happy:
tidepools
a good story
people watching

2 things you looking forward to today:
visiting with alan and jo
playing with my nephew

2 long term things you looking forward to:
visiting aunt peggy again
going to florida

1 person you are going to appreciate:
mom

Misty bacon

3 things that make you happy:
ebay surprises
bacon
misty mornings

2 things you looking forward to today:
outing with jo
seeing chris

2 long term things you looking forward to:
getting my ebay surprise
pumpkin pie

1 person you are going to appreciate:
jo

3 things that make you happy:
head butts from rooey
general tso's chicken
eliza's chicken dance

2 things you looking forward to today:
quiet
reading

2 long term things you looking forward to:
my niece megan (not too long!)
mountain streams

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my niece megan

Cats are people too

3 things that make you happy:
feeling warm and cozy
the feel of my cats' fur under my hand as I notice the intricate patterns
the heavy, limp weight of a cat sleeping on me

2 things you looking forward to today:
milkshake (I still haven't gotten one)
the antibiotics starting to work

2 long term things you looking forward to:
recovery
river rafting

1 person you are going to appreciate:
fancy-cat (who is a fuzzy person)











and I added a picture of Grumbles cat to a previous entry so she doesn't get left out

3 things that make you happy:
making forts
playing dress-up at work with my co-worker :)
Kimmie

2 things you looking forward to today:
making a photo collage for my brother's 21st birthday
having some time with my hubby before he leaves on his business trip

2 long term things you looking forward to:
christmas time (everyone needs to come over & help me figure out where we can put a tree)
our house warming party (I think in October, only five months after we've moved in!)

1 person you are going to appreciate:
DJ

Weekend happiness

3 things that make you happy:
Weekends!
Live music
A great yoga session

2 things you looking forward to today:
Seeing Tori Amos tonight
Giving and taking some affection to and from a certain person

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Writing a book
Painting something to hang in the living room

1 person you are going to appreciate:
My dog Hunter (sorry, not a person) but he is injured and he has been depressed

3 things that make you happy:
fog
blocks
chocolate

2 things you looking forward to today:
beach
blocks

2 long term things you looking forward to:
pumpkin pie
brant

1 person you are going to appreciate:
webster

Megan

3 things that make you happy:
fog
listening to rain outside my window
clean house!

2 things you looking forward to today:
seeing my cousin Megan!
representing Heifer at the Global Impact meeting

2 long term things you looking forward to:
getting a bigger bed
getting a dog

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Megan

3 things that make you happy:
bald eagles
coal
renae

2 things you looking forward to today:
milkshake, cold and smooth on my sore throat
cuddle time with pets

2 long term things you looking forward to:
seeing a cougar in the wild
camping at the beach

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my doctor

Tahiti slips through my mind

3 things that make you happy:
the perfect cappuccino that I'm drinking now
waking up feeling well rested
being in the middle of a lake on a boat and enjoying the solitude

2 things you looking forward to today:
mentoring Allison this evening and getting supplies at Michael's for our next project
finishing Brave New World

2 long term things you looking forward to:
creating a family with D
sipping drinks on a beach in Tahiti (unfortunately, no actual plans yet) ;)

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Logan (my younger brother), for his unending peace and patience

Kitties

3 things that make you happy:
kitties
cozy sweaters
chocolate milk

2 things you looking forward to today:
getting my house clean (I know, I know--it's been on my list for a few days)
cooking dinner for me & hubby

2 long term things you looking forward to:
getting two kitties (soon!--October I think)
staying at Liza's house in the San Juans

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Liza (pronounced "Leeza")

Summer Rain

3 things that make you happy:
rainy morning
wet trees
wet streets

2 things you looking forward to today:
rainy day
wet beach

2 long term things you looking forward to:
autumn rains
winter rains

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Sister Wendy

Foghorns

3 things that make you happy:
foghorns
bridges
Webster back home from having disappeared for 7 hours yesterday

2 things you looking forward to today:
quiet day
cool weather

2 long term things you looking forward to:
walking to the West Point lighthouse on a foggy morning
rivers and wading and autumn leaves

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Jo

3 things that make you happy:
bald eagles!
walking by the river
taking nature photos

2 things you looking forward to today:
nature blog
walking coal

2 long term things you looking forward to:
horseback riding
laughter

1 person you are going to appreciate:
grumbles-cat

Bowls of Snow

3 things that make you happy:
cool shaped clouds
oatmeal
bowls

2 things you looking forward to today:
Going to the M's game with my hubby & cousin
sitting at reception & browsing new job listings

2 long term things you looking forward to:
snow
visiting my in-laws on our way to Yellowstone

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Lanita

Tiny Houses

3 things that make you happy:
brownies
eagles
toy firetrucks

2 things you looking forward to today:
books
music

2 long term things you looking forward to:
rainy days
mountain streams

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Les Walker

Bacon in the Sun

3 things that make you happy:
bacon
being on the lake
family

2 things you looking forward to today:
"woodleaf breakfast cookout"
family

2 long term things you looking forward to:
autumn
rain

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my mother-in-law (Happy Birthday!)

3 things that make you happy:
dogs
the sound of a river
looking under rocks for critters

2 things you looking forward to today:
sitting by the lake on my lunch break
buying myself dinner

2 long term things you looking forward to:
visiting my uncle
another day trip with alan

1 person you are going to appreciate:
pierre

Flickers & Fog

3 things that make you happy:
flickers
wedgits
webster

2 things you looking forward to today:
fog
reading

2 long term things you looking forward to:
continuing to be married
streetcars

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Jo

sometimes you need to start your day again

3 things that make you happy:
birds gliding
coal and the paper towel tube
katie

2 things you looking forward to today:
beeing silly with katie
getting a little extra pay for being acting manager

2 long term things you looking forward to:
going to Temple again
1 month SI free

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Michael

Fish on Fridays

3 things that make you happy:
go fish
smoked salmon & cream cheese
shushi

2 things you looking forward to today:
tuna salad
watching the fish in our backyard pond

2 long term things you looking forward to:
fish & chips at the locks
seeing spawning salmon in local streams

1 person you are going to appreciate:
trout

Boo

3 things that make you happy:
the constellation Orion
the hurricane swirl in my hubby's hair
flip-flops

2 things you looking forward to today:
Boo coming to visit me downtown
meeting Desireah

2 long term things you looking forward to:
going to Santa Fe with Boo
visiting the Heifer Ranch in Arkansas

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Boo

Finally...

3 things that make you happy:
the way summer smells and feels on my skin
chai and bob marley in the morning
knowing i have a full weekend ahead of me without too many plans

2 things you looking forward to today:
hanging out with the boys and playing some cards
doing yoga

2 long term things you looking forward to:
a solo trip, perhaps to africa
using art to help people

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Grandma

Turquoise laughs

3 things that make you happy:
turquoise jewelry
reading/snoozing in the sun
laughing with my family

2 things you looking forward to today:
cleaning my house
finalizing plans for the Heifer workshop

2 long term things you looking forward to:
getting my cupboard repainted (soon! I'll be working on it next weekend, Mom!)
visiting my aunt & uncle at their new place in Olympia

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Carla

Peace vibes

3 things that make you happy:
inner calm
relaxing under a star filled sky
resolution

2 things you looking forward to today:
resolution
bringing girl who I mentor to a music festival

2 long term things you looking forward to:
having my own studio filled with creativity vibes
finding peace with myself

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my brother Logan, for always keeping the peace

3 things that make you happy:
dragonflies
friends
dusk

2 things you looking forward to today:
dusk
making someone smile

2 long term things you looking forward to:
having energy
storms

1 person you are going to appreciate:
renae

Piesporter Potholders?

3 things that make you happy:
potholders
piles of blocks
pie

2 things you looking forward to today:
palavering with dr s
picking up exploring learning on interlibrary loan

2 long term things you looking forward to:
piesporter goldtröpfchen
pumpkins

1 person you are going to appreciate:
mr p

Music and music

3 things that make you happy:
Listening to a CD that I can feel
Listening to a good episode of Fresh Air on the way to work
First few drops of warm rain on a hot sunny day

2 things you looking forward to today:
Seeing some live music tonight at MusikFest
Giving my dog some attention

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Starting a family
Finding peace

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Mom because she needs it and I haven't been appreciating her lately

Berries & zucchini

3 things that make you happy:
chai tea
sweet pea flowers
berries in the woods (huckleberries, salmon berries, thimble berries)

2 things you looking forward to today:
riding my bike home
going to Levi's softball game

2 long term things you looking forward to:
picking up my watch business again
harvesting my zucchinis & tomatoes

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Desireah

Sausage & fog

3 things that make you happy:
SSDI day
fog
sausage

2 things you looking forward to today:
Ikea blocks
Vietnamese sandwich

2 long term things you looking forward to:
"Woodleaf" breakfast cookout"
Guidecraft unit mini blocks

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my father

3 things that make you happy:
cartwheels (stole it from Eliza, because it was so cool)
climbing trees
Blowing bubbles

2 things you looking forward to today:
getting off work early
swimming (I didn't yesterday)

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Discovering myself
Vacation

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Bethany

Herons

3 things that make you happy:
beach
herons
trains

2 things you looking forward to today:
bicycling in the morning fog?
shoreline library

2 long term things you looking forward to:
soup dinners
snow in the mountains

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Vera

Cartwheels

3 things that make you happy:
cartwheels
patterns in the sand
cool natural light

2 things you looking forward to today:
going to M's game with my hubby
good night's sleep

2 long term things you looking forward to:
hiking all of the Lost Coast trail
a job I enjoy

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Cherie

Country roads

3 things that make you happy:
Long car rides through the country and getting lost on back roads (unless hunger is rearing it's ugly head)
Anticipation of moving
Collapsing on a bed when I am dead tired from a long week

2 things you looking forward to today:
Getting my computer fixed
Reading the paper

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Creating a huge portrait piece that combines different media and represents the different women in my life (maybe men too - we'll see)
Living in a house that's not in NJ

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Dave

3 things that make you happy:
low tides
dogs
splashing in the water

2 things you looking forward to today:
autie play
swimming

2 long term things you looking forward to:
strengthing new friendships
enjoying old friendships

1 person you are going to appreciate:
lisa

Cranberries

3 things that make you happy:
dried cranberries
chocolate
northern pacific railway

2 things you looking forward to today:
"autie play"
jigsaw puzzle

2 long term things you looking forward to:
rainy days
Anchor 8A

1 person you are going to appreciate:
chris

camping

3 things that make you happy:
sitting by a campfire
the smell of the woods on a hot summer day
being up in the snow on a mountain on a hot summer day

2 things you looking forward to today:
sitting by the lake
getting home and knowing I don't work tomorrow

2 long term things you looking forward to:
another day trip with alan
camping

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Ed

pennies

3 things that make you happy:
piles of pennies (and more, and more)
sugar free red vines
Webster

2 things you looking forward to today:
block building
chocolate

2 long term things you looking forward to:
tamales
Augustusburg blocks

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Friederich Froebel

Ducks & chickens

3 things that make you happy:
Agnes
Thai Chicken Wrapps
Platypuses

2 things you looking forward to today:
block play
nap

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Frazz
bicycling sno valley trail

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Jo

Glass floats

3 things that make you happy:
glass fishing floats
identifying plants & creatures
poking in tide pools

2 things you looking forward to today:
backpacking out to the coast!
cooking & eating my potatoe packets in an open fire at sunset, with the ocean spread out in front of me

2 long term things you looking forward to:
returning to Desolation Sound
finding a glass float on a beach

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Nicole (I know I said her yesterday also, but today I am spending three hours in a car with her)

3 things that make you happy:
the look on a cat's face when it sees/hears something really interesting
rattlesnake lake
hearing a raptor and then trying to see it

2 things you looking forward to today:
quality time with coal
quality time with the cats

2 long term things you looking forward to:
swimming in a lake
touching franklin falls

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Grumbles cat

Osprey

3 things that make you happy:
seeing osprey while driving home from the grocery store
picnic lunch
marbles

2 things you looking forward to today:
cutting & sanding wood
walking on the beach

2 long term things you looking forward to:
wading in a mountain stream
rainy days

1 person you are going to appreciate:
webster

Pregnant women and sleeping

3 things that make you happy:
Fridays
A big glass of wine after a long week
Hot days and the sounds of crickets (or is it another insect?)

2 things you looking forward to today:
Taking some photos of my friend Madelyn who is 7 months pregnant and absolutely gorgeous
Climbing into bed with a boy I love and sleeping for at least 8 hours (finally!!!)

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Moving!
Going to grad school

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Myself. I know I've said that already, but it's an important one.

Glad to be here!

3 things that make you happy:
Soft spring rain after the gloaming
A touch that equals pure love
Getting invited to join this blog

2 things you looking forward to today:
Mentoring after work
Letting go

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Letting go
Peaceful space shared with love

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Myself

Dancing Daisies

3 things that make you happy:
similar happy thoughts (dragonflies, snow, silliness) :)
dancing with my Alan
daisies

2 things you looking forward to today:
going home!
get everything ready for backpacking

2 long term things you looking forward to:
getting my Heifer sweatshirts (just a week away!)
traveling

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Nicole

Elsewhere

Revelations

(She is surely One Of Us!)

3 things that make you happy:
snow
singing
silliness

2 things you looking forward to today:
jimmy (the dog I'm watching) going homw
sitting by the water

2 long term things you looking forward to:
visiting renae
skiing

1 person you are going to appreciate:
suzy F

Dragonflies

3 things that make you happy:
dragonflies
bats
cabooses

2 things you looking forward to today:
Ballard Library
a potholder

2 long term things you looking forward to:
Tye River
Heimat DVD

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Darci (at library)

Biking!

3 things that make you happy:
first time riding my bike to work!
watching my hubby play softball with all the other wives
fudgsicles

2 things you looking forward to today:
riding my bike home from work
getting a good night's rest

2 long term things you looking forward to:
being more comfortable riding in traffic
getting clip-in shoes/pedals for my bike

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Lindsay

3 things that make you happy:
deer
big horn sheep
yakima canyon

2 things you looking forward to today:
talking to katie
relaxing after work

2 long term things you looking forward to:
more day trips
going to mt rainier

1 person you are going to appreciate:
penny

Quail on a trail

3 things that make you happy:

railroads in valleys far below me
bighorn sheep up close, in the wild
quail on a trail

2 things you looking forward to today:

quiet
library books

2 long term things you looking forward to:

rain (sigh)
streetcars

1 person you are going to appreciate:

Milan Kundera

3 things that make you happy:
clean sheets
kitties
tomatos on my tomato plants!

2 things you looking forward to today:
peanut butter/banana/honey toast
coming home & seeing how my plants have grown today

2 long term things you looking forward to:
setting up tours of local organic/sustainable farms for Heifer volunteers
getting & reading "Holy Cows & Hog Heaven"

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Heidi

3 things that make you happy:
being wrapped, warm and snug in heavy blankets
going to E Washington
Splashing in water

2 things you looking forward to today:
day trip with alan
recovery

2 long term things you looking forward to:
skiing
going someplace completely new

1 person you are going to appreciate:
alan

Daytrip

3 things that make you happy:

• colors
• raspberries
• dippers

2 things you looking forward to today:

• daytrip
• rivers

2 long term things you looking forward to:

• getting some dr drew's discovery blocks
• getting & reading Exploring Learning : Young Children and Blockplay

1 person you are going to appreciate:

• chris

it's drizzling :)

3 things that make you happy:
water falls
rain
adventures with alan

2 things you looking forward to today:
seeing snoqualmie falls
getting enough rest

2 long term things you looking forward to:
visiting nae at Thanksgiving
going to Florida again

1 person you are going to appreciate:
my uncle

Backpacking Bugs

3 things that make you happy:
fun, interesting co-workers
hoodies
bugs

2 things you looking forward to today:
getting ready for backpacking this weekend!
calling jess to wish her a happy birthday

2 long term things you looking forward to:
doing the Kitsap Peninsula bike ride in October
having Megan live here (not so long away!)

1 person you are going to appreciate:
Jessers

rain?

3 things that make you happy:

rain
woods
rocks

2 things you looking forward to today:

maybe some response from a new link to my blockplay blog?
maybe rain?

2 long term things you looking forward to:

fall
pumpkin pie

1 person you are going to appreciate:

George Hardy of ankerstein.org