Lightning Up

I'm Going To Tell Everyone To Lighten Up

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No cavities club

I have been called off of work for the past three out of four shifts. There are just not that many people having babies right now. So I have more time to enjoy life and take Markus to the dentist for his check ups.

Me, Jane

Aria was Jane in her high school musical "Tarzan" 

He's Baaaack!

Skip is pretty happy about that...

and so are Preslee and I 

Markus and Morgen have missed their buddy. 

Skippy

A Girl's Best Friend

FIFTEEN

Fifteen there is still time for you 

Never a wish better than this...

Mankind

"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means." 

Welcome to Denver

Hi, there! If you've been visiting this site for any number of minutes, you'll likely have read my "official" bio. If not, it's here. It's the sizzle reel of my career thus far; the big, celebratory moments awash in the glitter remnants and golden trophies. (Actually, there are only trophies for these boys. Can I get a trophy?)

Let's Taco 'Bout

how much I love you

I'm a mother, but I want to be a doctor.
I'm a chef, but I want to be a food critic.
I'm an artist, but I want to be a writer.
I'm a student, but I want to be a pianist.
I'm a pianist, but I want to be a student.

I'm a this, but I want to be a that.

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I can do that, if I want. You can be that, if you’d like. You don’t need permission, not from me, not even from you, but here it is anyway.

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When I started blogging over a decade ago (Internet Old Maid Alert), I was a mom, a gardener, a skating instructor by day, writer by night, living and working in the West, weaving through gyms, children's museums, cyclists, exhibitions, swimming pools, collecting inspiration by the bucketful.

Eventually, my blog became an online photo gallery. Shoot, I had become an online photographer. I’d dig, dig, dig, discovering something new with every opened Safari tab.

I’d share it all.

Along the way, I launched into my nursing career. I curated a few online photo bucket accounts. I designed a few skating clinics. I did a 2 year stint for SLCC. I kept collecting.

Every morning, it was this: Let out the dog. Open the windows. Oatmeal. Safari tabs.

This, for ten years.

It was incredible.

Super-what?

1. Got off on the right feet, hockey all day for the California state championship.
2. Praise to Max, who had the puck.
3. Out with a bang at a Long Beach movie theater for Preslee's goodbye. When your boyfriend is busting a move to Justin Timberlake and you keep shaking your booty on a hard-wood-covered dance-floor,  you know you're having a good time.

Super Bowl half-time shows with the gift to inspire dance in others. (I'm talking the shake-your-booty, lose-your-head, fun kind.)

Max

I am back after a wonderful time in California (I could write 10 Good Things each day). I must mention Max.

I arrive last week in Los Angeles thinking I'll spend two days on my own browsing the shops (if you don't shop here, spend the extra time in Hollywood or wherever). Preslee - Max's girlfriend whom I went on a trip once to Sun Valley last year - is at the airport with her mom giving us a ride. She recognizes Max and stops me in my tracks (I am a moron and nearly don't capture the moment). Max lives here. We take the ride into the city with some hockey gear in the back seat. We all go out for thai food. I call my sister, boyfriend and sons that evening. A lovely time is had by all. My California experience is radically improved.

All by 100% Preslee stance!

Muchas Gracias

February 2-4 - Seal Beach, California

I didn't imagine that I would spend four such excellent days in California.

None of it would have happened without Preslee the pretty and Maximilian the magnificent.  They are in the Dictionary of BB under many entries including, but not limited to, energy, love and friendship.

I Got You Babe

Memory on repeat. When I stepped out this morning, sparkling, intense rays hit my face in a big sunshine kiss, warming me up inside and out. It was actually the happiest moment of my groundhog's day.

On Wednesday - We Wear Red

Happy Birthday, 2018! One month already. Thanks for sharing with me as I raise my level of positivity and women's heart health. I look forward to your continued feedback. 334 to go.