• all of the good friends I'm going to see in the next few months
  • our trip to california
  • three fun weddings
  • relaxing at my mom's cottage on lake huron
  • swimming
  • reading a butt load of books
  • our first one in dc without a major life changing event to stress over
  • t-shirts, skirts and flip flops
may 28 2006 ∞
may 28 2006 +
  • seeing an area take shape
  • the satisfying body aches after working my land
  • my hands in the dirt
  • making trips to behnkes nursery
  • the smell of the sprinker on hot cement at the end of the day
  • my mind being completely clear of anything else
  • drinking a glass of cold water and taking it all in
may 28 2006 ∞
may 28 2006 +
  • long bike rides in the a.m. with mark through sligo creek park
  • that sligo creek park is at the end of my block
  • working in my garden
  • walking to work
  • an endless supply of sparkling water
  • the cross breeze in my house when all of the windows are open
  • that jake is becoming a lap cat in his old age
  • grilling dinner
  • pedicure season is back
may 28 2006 ∞
may 28 2006 +
  • lack of good girlfriends nearby
  • that my favorite tree in our yard may need to come down
  • the cost of removing a 120 year old tree and how sad and empty that space would be without it
  • the return of noseeums
  • loving my job but hating the hours and how much of my energy it soaks up
  • pollen and tree sap all over my car (and how it then gets all over my hands and is a bitch to remove)
  • the impossibility of getting my lazy ass out of bed early in the morning and the subsequent hours of the day wasted
  • that mark really needs a haircut
  • crumbs on the counter and hair in the sink
may 28 2006 ∞
may 28 2006 +