Laughter is the best medicine

Things that turn up the corners of my mouth today:

the way Sadiethewonderdog always hides from the camera and snorts and rolls around in excitement when a) we first wake up in the morning, b)the girls get home from school and c)when I say "wanna go for a ride?"

the way Vince dances around from room to room when music is playing and how his twinkling blue aura and even more twinkly blue eyes warm every last corner of our home and my heart.

the sun shining through the vintage embroidered tablecloth hanging over my bedroom window.

the birds all over my feeders. every last one of them. even the mean, nasty Jays.

old ideas shaking loose from the chipped walls of my mind and showing me their ridiculousness.

New music on my Pandora stations.

finding this at the ice cream counter. For you, Kelly!!

getting ready to go for a drive in the bug to see a new-to-me naturopathic dr. who is younger than me....while listening to this song - feeling the sun warming my legs and the wind tickling my ears. I'm actually smiling. Really. How could I not?!?! Look at all the other drivers....so serious...don't they know it's a GLORIOUS day??? Why are they staring at me? Oh. It's because I'm dancing while driving. :)

phone hugs from two very dear friends yesterday.

these pictures taken in Hampton a week ago of little old ladies in sock feet and flower hats fishing off the pier. (more on Art and Soul later).

Things that I will find humor in if it's the LAST thing I do!! (because, it seems to me that humor is a darn good sign that a shift is happening and I love it when shift happens!)

my cushy middle.

my wavering faith in natural medicine and my body's ability to respond to the support I'm trying my darndest to give it.

the fact that I have to have a vintage embroidered tablecloth covering my window to be able to walk around in my skivies in my own dang bedroom.

watching our last house - a little cottage we breathed a whole new life into - getting bulldozed before our very eyes last Friday. Decades of lives even before us leveled in a half of an hour.

trying to learn my new Mac after just feeling fairly adept at the world of PC's. (thank you Kelly!!)

fuel prices.

 

the fact that the girls' softball schedules are as full as mine in spite of my best efforts by playing subconscious messages to them all night in hopes of keeping my life simple. "I don't want to play with friends. I want to stay home. I want to help mom do chores around the house. I don't want to play sports. I just want to do everything I can to keep mom's life simple." It's not working.

the idea that the guilt for not posting more often is real.

Comments

[kelly rae]

oh these are such great photos, stephanie. and i'm loving the ice cream heart (totally perfect). and can i please be one of those little old ladies one day fishing off the pier? so fun...
lots of smiles of here. and a huge congrats on the mac. once you have it down (click + drag), you are going to LOVE it!

[kim]

life is good for you sweet girl....
xox

[kim]

life is good for you sweet one!!
xoxox

[kim]

life is good for you sweet one!!
xoxox

[liz elayne]

laughter is indeed the best medicine of all. thank you for sharing these pieces of you.

how crazy to see your home bulldozed like that. wow. i can only imagine the feelings. and i started cracking up thinking about you sending those quiet messages to your kids...so funny.

ice cream! that seems like the perfect treat to give myself today. maybe i will venture down to baskin robbins for a midday treat.

hugs and blessings to you today (must get back to work so that i can then get back to sewing!!!)

[Mary Chapel]

Hi Stephanie:

Welcome to the world of MAC! We met in Ft. Collins. My web site via mac (above) has some photos of my class work with you. I love your blog. You have such a positive attitude and your writing is so eloquent. I wish I could come to Spokane to see your door art. I grew up in Moses Lake 90 miles west. Have a great day!
Mary Elizabeth Chapel