drugged

i am thankful for testing the travel drugs on bodo and a having positive experience.

salmon

i am grateful for salmon; that reminds me of alaska in the fall. now if only there was a camp fire.

sale

another great day at the garage sale... i am so thankful for good friends, garage sales, laughs of lots of kids and a good bye party for mark and kari.

garage sale

i am grateful for little sophie coming up to me (1.5 years old) and giving me a hug like we were old, old friends.

AND i had an amazing conversation with joy about her 'love' and all our goings-on and our speed bump in our relationship, that i was able to apologize for my childish behavior that she had gotten over years ago... she is a dear friend that has brought JOY to my world since 1987. (middle school, high school, college, living together, divorces and friendship throughout). i am a better person because of her. thank you, joy. you do your name justice.

uneventful

i am thankful for having a non-eventful day... it was easy and lovely.

yum

i am thankful for... corn, biscuits, rib-lets, mash potatoes and lemonade.

balls

i am grateful for finding my 'balls' and doing what my dreams lead me to. living in stagnation is no life... life is meant to be lived. lived with gusto and passion; with faith and determination. with no regret or guilt. live it... !! feel it. breath it. up or down. it is mine and mine alone. worthy!

sunday

i am grateful for this sunday... no drive to beaverton tomorrow.
just taking care of stuff for the garage sale, maybe the tax guy and collecting poo from my cat to take to the vet.

alaskans

i am thankful to be reassured by old friends, that... 'once an alaskan, always an alaskan.'

(surf)board meeting

i am thankful for the first official board meeting for 'quiverito'. we covered our budget, travel and other ideas.

cold

i am so thankful i do not have work today. i have a terrible cold and i was never one to use my vacation time on sick days. but this is one of those colds...

clouds

i am grateful for some clouds. i am going to get my share of sunshine starting in october, so a little gloom goes a long way.

the henrys

i had a great day today but i must say, the best part of today was sitting with jack and jasmine in the front yard picking stones from the path for a couple of hours and dreaming of making necklaces to sell at saturday market and making rock towers from the pebbles... and simply playing, as children do... with out a care in the world for what happens next.

i am thankful for dreaming childhood dreams and making childish things with children.

i love my henry family. each one of them is amazing... and as a 'clan', can make the world slow down and be amazing... as it is. perfect.

family play

i am grateful for car rides and water parks with the family and kids. so much fun to just be near them. they all have so much to offer and are so easy to be around. what a joy!

family time

i am so thankful for this family. i came down to corvallis to see some friends that i have known since 1995 and they have returned to oregon and know i am moving. every night they do story time and when i am here i get to join in. there is mom who reads, an 11 year old girl, and 8 year old boy and john's oldest son, who is 17 is here and so am i. we were all piled up in one room listening to jess read. it was so lovely to be snuggled up for family time.

hug

i am so grateful for my hug from beth. BEST EVER!

last day

i am grateful for my last day at nike. it was filled with food, laughs, smiles and hugs. they will be missed...

commute

i am thankful that my hour + commute will soon be done.

toe-ma-toe

i am grateful for my first ever home grown tomato on my dinner sandwich. yeah me! yum!

welcome to home

it is always nice to come home.
i am grateful for a home to always come home to; my cat and my man.

mosh pit

i had an amazing moment, inside 4 hours of dancing. i was in a sea of people with LOUD music, sweat and beer everywhere; bodies bouncing into one another... it was other worldly and i was swept away in it. i was void of anything but that moment... and just, was.

i am grateful for my fantastic-ly insane and crazy little brothers, that i have called coworkers for the past 8 months. they have rocked my world and shown me that grownups are just kids with beer guts and day jobs.

peeps

i am thankful for my time with my work friends. they sure now how to show some love and have some fun! thanks for supporting the dream.

shoes

after a full day in new flip flops that gave me 4 blisters...
i am grateful for overpriced, red, sneakers...

2:30am

out with joshua's mom from 7pm til 2am. what a wonderful woman.

i am thankful for chrissy giving birth and raising a rare, unpredictable wonderful human named joshua.

3 days left in a cube

i am off to california for a 'work' trip tomorrow.

today... i am grateful for open, honest and kind communication and a great dinner.

early

after work i had a lovely dinner with joshua, did some chores, watched a movie and was asleep before 10pm. aaaahhh... sleep.

i am thankful for nights that i can go to sleep early.

marla

i had beers with erin and then stopped by elaine's. sometimes it is fun to just knock on your friend's door unexpectedly and see a surprised, smiling face standing in front of you.

i am grateful for surprise hospitality, drinks, salmon tortilla sandwiches, bees and marla, the neighborhood cat i haven't seen in 6 months.

doors

when i decide to do something that flows with my path... all the doors open.
but first i had to decide.

i am grateful for my path and that feeling of floating through each threshold with ease.

paper shredder

i spent hours going through paperwork, photos, documents and stuff. it was kindof an emotional day. i saw so many old friends, old lovers letters, divorce papers, bills, notes...

today, i am grateful for the paper shredder and how it can detach me from, even some of the most stubborn emotions, memories and burdens that i have carried around for years. i am letting them go...