Human Again

It's the little things that make you feel human again.

• An uninterrupted shower
• An uninterrupted meal
• Cooking a meal . . . uninterrupted
• An uninterrupted night's sleep (I don't remember what that is like)
• Cleaning the house
• Doing your hair
• Applying make-up
• Brushed teeth
• Plucked eyebrows
• Wearing a real bra
• Shaved legs
• Reading a chapter in a book
• Driving in the car by yourself
• Watching a chick flick
• An uninterrupted blog entry (arg!)
• Vacuuming the floors
• Cleaning out that pile of junk you've been meaning to get to
• Hanging flowers on the back porch
• Filling bird feeders
• A trip to the grocery store/farmer's market by yourself

I feel myself relaxing just listing these things.

If I were to get any 5 of these things in one week I would think I was dreaming.
But I would know I was not dreaming, because that would require an uninterrupted night's sleep.

So, then I would come to the conclusion that I was dead and this is Heaven.
I would look around and think,

"Hmm. Not bad . . .

Ok, where's my new body?"



I have new pictures to post along with an entry I've been working on - but our desktop computer that I keep my pictures on has crashed.
You know when you try to do something on the computer and a little warning sign pops up and says that force-quitting that application could cause damage to your computer? Well, sometimes it actually does. Lesson learned.
Funny that it was actually my husband who did it this time. Ha!
Not funny that we are going to have to pay about $100 just to see if we can salvage any of the videos and pictures of our precious daughter. Also, my husband's grad work is on that computer and several of the projects are due next week. Eeek!
Please send happy thoughts and prayers into our Mac. Does "laying on hands" work on machines?

My Favorite Things

Inspired by the girls over at My Favorite Things, I have decided to make a list of my top 10 favorites of the now. I will make a genuine effort to not make them all food:

1. Always at #1 - Juniper and her daddy, Erik
2. caramel apple cider
3. Skip Hop City Chic diaper bag  
4. LL Bean's Wicked Good Moccasins slippers in Vintage Red (Thank you Mema!) Yes, these are the slippers that I infamously yet accidentally wore to church . . . and the supermarket . . . twice. 
5.  Early Girl Eatery yummmmmm!
6. my crock pot - loving those wintery stews I get from just throwing in beef/beans and random veggies from the farmer's market and letting them cook for hours. I do this once or twice a week - until all my veggies are gone. Feel free to request a recipe. 
7.  Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Tablets - sigh of relief :)
8. The IT Crowd a BBC series that is a combination of The Big Bang Theory and Better Off Tedd. I chuckled during the first season and LOLed during the 2nd and 3rd. Funny.
9. Terry Teething Blanket perfect for Juniper's budding teeth. This would be in Juniper's top 10 right after mommy, daddy, breast milk and baths.
10. Conan O'Brien - I will miss him on The Tonight Show. So sad.

Ta-da! I am interested to know what is on YOUR top 10 . . . or top 5. Ten took me longer than I thought it would!
Now to continue watching The Real Housewives of Orange County (my #11).