the dreaming Press.

*i love the simple things*

*grapefruit that grows outside your door

*sunlight that grows the grapefruit right outside your door

*raw brown sugar on steel cut oats

*driving with no maps, getting lost, and loving it

 

*welcome mats

*front doors with character

*friends: old, new, ones that left and are back again, ones that left and have stayed gone (I wish you well), ones that are fleshy, ones that are virtual, ones that love me back

*rock and roll music really loud.  no, REALLY loud.

*flying over the Grand Canyon

 

*swimming in crisp blue water while looking for fish, also known as snorkeling

*waves breaking at sunrise, coffee in my hand

*hiking

*sleeping

*dreaming

*meeting friends for dinner

*smelly candles

*freshly laundered bedsheets

*bubbles in my bath

*Bailey's in my coffee

*rum in my Egg Nog

*helping my kids hatch Sea Monkeys

*breathing.
 
Thank you Christina, at Soul Aperture for hosting this *love infused* series of lists.  Gratitude can be cultivated in copious amounts if we only pay attention. Scroll down to read my first post today, a whirlwind tour of southern California taken last week.  xo

Dancing a THANK YOU along the curb!!

 

Giddy~! Blissed out~! Tripping on the pure LOVE that has poured in to this little cyber-space. :)

While I caramelize some onions for a dip I'm making (Caramelized Onion, Spinach & Artichoke!) (and no, I'm not pulling a Martha, just burning the damn candle at both ends again people!) I thought to take a break and post a THANK YOU to TypePad for featuring me in May's newsletter as one of their "Blogs to make you happy".

I'm honoured to say the least! Thank you to all who stopped in to read this humble little blog.  Tomorrow my eldest turns nine, so I'm prepping food (marinating chicken breasts in fig balsamic marinade shhhh! it's Kraft Olive Oil dressing...) and my hubby is outside cursing at the new BBQ he is putting together.  The old one had bitten the dust and so since twenty people arrive for a feeding tomorrow, it was a necessary thing to be assembling it tonight! Poor lad, I'll have to go pour him some tinto vino. :)

Oh! I can't wait to hear this man sing Nessun Dorma on July 18th!!!

Talk to you soon and enjoy the upcoming weekend folks! Love to you!! xo

{Giving this a whirl next time}xo