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... Please come visit my new blog at http://girlparker.com.

Hope to see you there!

Coming Soon, to an internet browser near you...

 

A whole new website by yours truly!

Estimated launch is November 25.

Stay tuned.

 

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B&W Wednesdays: I Heart Nature... and Cameras

JP took me for a drive over to North Bend and Mount Si to break in my new camera.

love, Love, LOVE.... except sometimes I don't know what I'm doing, so I'm looking for a local class to take.  In the meantime, here are some favorites, the before and the after.  I'm in a sepia mood today.  

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  

Yeah, you're right.  Too cheery.  How about we all just sit quietly and sip our coffee?  

Yes, better.

 

*****

 

My Thoughts on Mondays...

Usually, I agree with Karen Carpenter on the subject of Mondays.  However, I'm considering requesting a Tuesday rewrite for "Rainy Days and Mondays," as I face my stack of patient reports tomorrow.  

BUT, that has no bearing on today.  

Today is Monday!  Mondays now equal BLISS.  And what is the equation for bliss?

• Coffee
• + Read a Good Book
• + Write a Good Book (please, let it be good!)
• + flannel pajamas with cowgirls on them
• + more coffee
• + possible wee nap
• + pet the kitties
• - working for the man
• - staring at the clock
• + energy to make a nice dinner

= B L I S S

BLISS Looks Like This.

 

What is your reason for that floaty, skaty feeling of bliss?

 

Black and White Wednesday: A Trip to Truvy's!

"It takes some time to look like this!"  

"This is going in the Hairdo Hall of Fame!"

 

Happy Black & White Wednesday, hosted by Heidi at "Me as a Mom."

 

Tuesday Tango: It's Raining Good News!

Good news must be shared.  And this weekend, the good tidings crept in slowly, then gained momentum like a thundershower.  

1.  The mailman came.  Amid the pile of credit card offers, I got a letter in my box, a three-page letter from my 21-year-old nephew.  He is in prison.  I love this boy with all my heart and I hate how his life has gone thus far.  So any communication is great, but an honest, well-worded letter is heaven itself.  I had written to him two weeks ago, having just found him, and am dancing a jig to get such a good response.  Letter #2 from me is on it's way.

2.  JP worked in Oregon all last week. Talk about lonely.  I love my kitties, but they're not big talkers.  On Friday, JP arrived home safe, sound, and bearing gifts.  Our 4th anniversary is a month away, but he decided not to wait.  And he presented me with a toy I've been eyeing for three years -- in a Fancy Gift Bag, with tissue and everything!!  Clearly, this was a big deal.

   

Very.  Happy.  Anniversary.

3.  Yesterday was my first dedicated writing day.  I'm now working a four-day week, taking Mondays off.  The pay cut stinks, but we're gunna give it a try.  I want to be a writer, not a transcriptionist.  So, I wore my cowgirl jammies into the afternoon and worked out a difficult scene.   BLISS.

4.  JP had a job interview yesterday, and it went swimmingly!  It includes No More Travel and working on the bigger equipment he's always wanted to learn about.  He has to take a test next week and then we'll know.  

Don't you agree, we all need a dose of happy news now and then?  What's yours?