* Leap day - minor celebration and rememberance of my hubby's brother, whose Feb 29 birthday only came 9 times in his life
* The sound and sight of heavy rain falling from the redwoods in our neighbors...brought back so many lovely coastal memories
I feel like it's been lives since I've posted here, but in looking back, it appears to be five days. I've missed this place and all of you.
-My dear friend/second mother that I've been helping, caring for, spending time with over the past 11 months is now free from her struggles related to her terminal cancer diagnosis in March 2011 - I have full faith she is now resting easy, wherever she is
-Feeling totally certain that I did everything I could to help and took full advantage of sharing time with her while we still could (I referred to it as "Sundays with Pat," for those of you that know of "Tuesdays with Morrie")
-Taking Monday off from work just for me, to spend time remembering all of the wonderful things we shared, lighting a candle, looking at pictures from her big 70th birthday party at our house last year, and doing my own ritual of passage for her - and including a long walk for myself, with fresh air to clear my head and natural Vitamin D to help my spirits
-Always, always, always - my continued health and my being willing and able to do all that I can to try and stay healthy (we just never know what hand will be dealt to us, do we?)
Hopefully, I can get back to a more normal routine now - I have the time now to go buy a long-overdue new computer soon
-a very patient oral surgeon that tried her very best to give me and my head a break during a tooth extraction
-for my husband making me soup so that I could take my antibiotic meds for "said" extraction and for having a high tolerance for pain so I didn't need pain meds.
-for my incredible son that is such a trooper and puts his needs aside when he sees I am not well. I am so blessed by him.
Please keep the accolades to a minimum! Four posts in one month!!! Yes it is amazing, but true. Sandra kudos (ok, not a great word choice- especially since I am thinking of chocolate kudos). Sandra, big ups, yo, on the courage to go ahead with a difficult talk. They aren’t easy, but they often are easier than we think, and oh what a relief it is!
*an extra day added to Bob Month!!! Yes just like the Olympics, World Cup, Bob Extra Day (aka Leap Year) is so special we can only stand it once every four years!!! Enjoy it! It’s on me (ditto on used status, tired over posting, yadda, yadda, yadda.)
*Mac News Weekly on yesterday, iPad Today on Thursday, This Week in Tech on Sunday, the odd Tech News Today podcasts on weekdays end of the day, and other Podcasts on the TWIT web site/itunes. I learn a lot, and have especially enjoyed their company the last 6 months, while not feeling great.
*going on from yesterdays mentioned video hunt for Dylan, to get other music vids on Youtube, in HD now- new ones, not brother Dylans.
*rain today. Good for plants, good to have a quiet day. My wife is so concerned about the old accounting , that she helps me on the weekend, and expects me to work with her / or more appropriately, I feel guilty if I don’t work while she is taking her time off to do my work, which has made for a long time of 7 day weeks. So, she is at work today, and I am doing some much needed work, but also giving myself an afternoon off, so I’ll be sane and a bit fresher for her this weekend, instead of resenting I never get a weekend day off.
the angel yesterday that had me hesitate to pull out into an intersection seconds before my car died.
again work flexibility (the work will still be there but I can take the day to be with little man even if it means I have to work all night).
* Travel companion to South Africa changed her mind ... anyone interested? South Africa is lovely in May.
* Like Cathy, I feel a connetion to all of you who post regularly on this thread. I feel like i know you.
* That our local theater is choosing to go the "artistic route" and in addition to the mainstream, shoot'm up American made films, is bringing HD opera, foreign films, classic movies, etc to the big screen....and doing it at discount prices!
* For our tour company working diligently to resolve a problem resulting from their changes in our upcoming intinerary
Always fun to follow Bob. I am still smiling from reading your post. Love your phrase "nice, normal, day" Michele. Wow Sandra, a trip to SA that's exciting. Nice to see your post PrincessAA. I hope you were not literally hit by a truck.
* Free at last, Free at last, Thank Buddha, I am Free at last! I got out of my house/office/accounting cage and got on site all morning to lay-out a planting and train pruning. Ahhhh, sunshine! (copied from my status, don’t want to wear myself out posting here so much.
*being inspired Saturday morning, by a Photo podcast and working with my photography. I shot some photos, worked on editing and organizing my humongous collection, and posted to some sites- hear, Instagram, Facebook, and 500px.
*the incredibly beautiful Bob Month (aka. February) weather. It has been very helpful with my SAD Depression, but oy vey, the plants are way frickin’ ahead of the game, and I’m stressing about them getting too open and then it freezing. Note to self- work on controlling the weather in spare time, so it perfectly suits me.
*all the tech available to us. After a number of expletives at Amazon hiding the e-mail them link one day, the next day I was amazed at how quickly things can be done now. I was watching a show on Netflix on my second monitor, while doing some boring data entry, and the character was watching a video on her computer of Bob Dylan to learn playing the guitar. I hadn’t heard that version of Shelter from the Storm before and really loved it. I knew from how he looked that it was from a big tour he had in the mid-70’s. So I went on You Tube and after a few adjustments to my search I had Dylan only vids, found one that looked like the image she had, got the name of it- Rolling Thunder Tour- and found the vid right away. It was amazing to me how quickly all this happened, and how often I find things that just a few years ago would have taken a long time, or not been possible.
*a good morning- helps when I am on site- with an employee that I had to talk to about a problem / letting her go last evening, that didn’t go well. I didn’t sleep well being worried about it, but asked her if she wanted to talk more this morning, and when she didn’t I let it go- not that I ever beat a dead horse, living horse, partially dead, but still quite alive horse, the odd donkey, the occasional mule, ???burro………but I won’t go on and on and be a jack ass! take care all, bob
Today I am thankful that even though I got hit by a truck, I'm still alive and with no major injuries.
Dust is settling and I finally have some time to post gratitudes...many, many of them, having been away from the computer for a while.
* An amazing 8 days with my now 90 year old dad, seeing how our previously conflictual relationship has totally mended, and recognizing the depth of love we share
* An academy award "film festival" at our local theater...5 nominated films for $20 and we saw them all! (AND the animated and real life shorts the day before!)
* Quiet time at the pond, listening to the sounds of the birds in the cattails...yes, spring is here
* Our citrus trees still abundant with fruit (though we have only one delicious grapefruit left...sigh...they have been the BEST!)
* time with friends. Had dinner, went to the symphony, sleep over and breakfast this morning with a dear friend with whom I rarely get to spend quality time. She left and another friend called and wanted to play so we met for coffee and a walk in this incredible spring weather
~ feeling confident and without past habitual inhibiting nervousness when asked to sing a solo for tonights concert
From Feb 22-29 I am unable to go online at home because of being over my KB's on my Sprint connection card internet plan. Sooooo...I'm taking the time here in the library on campus, having riden my bike here on this spectacular warm sunny day, to join you in this wonderful practice~~
~ a birthday care package arrived yesterday from a wonderful SparkFriend filled with wonderful music CD's as well as documentary and concert DVD's...an amazing labor of love
~ from among them, watching "Hey Boo!" yesterday with a friend, an extraordinary documentary on 50 year anniversary of the extraordinary To Kill A Mockingbird
~ also receiving the new DVD release, "Thrive," from another friend, which I'm looking forward to watching
~ a lovely coming-together of friends on the day of my birth Thursday eve to sup together and then enjoy the incomparable Rev. Jesse Jackson
~ shared a tasty, nutritional lunch of beet greens and chard sauteed up yesterday and added to a vegetarian stew, along with some feta and kalamata olives
time on Skype with DH and knowing that at least for this moment, he's okay (if you're following the news things have gotten even worse in Afghanistan in the past week or so).
saying "no" and standing by it when the kids' behavior made Mommy's plans for the day a reward they haven't earned.
the dog at my feet (feeling the rain) and not doing his normal - the kids aren't home it's my job to harass Mommy routine (and the 3 other animals scattered throughout the house... lest they feel left out)
sight of my basement floor which means there's now just hours of folding instead of flood soaked clothes
Hello! I've been doing my gratitudes off-line, so haven't posted here for awhile, but it's good to be back.
On this day I entered the planet this round at 11:50am in Methodist Hospital, Los Angeles. I feel deep gratitude~~
~ for Jnani and Annie's call from Hawaii at 12:02 today...with a wonderful message and saying they wanted to be THE FIRST; also Adelaida called from Ecuador
~ for a meditation streak, including this morning, the perfect way to begin this, or any, day and then this evening gathering with friends...from solitude to communion
-The amazing energy of kittens, even after being put under to get fixed; geez, it's like it never happened for 2 out of 3