I had breakfast at my parent's house this mornin.....HOMEMADE PANCAKES!

Bliss......

Nothing is more pleasurable then hearing my son laugh his heart out!

And I now know where to get the best buttermilk donut in town: Donut Hut.

Any time spent with parents  are wonderful, wish i would have more time with mine! I love  to hear my son laugh his heart out,..just for the right things,.that boy aint quite right so  Jed Clampett used to say. I love the healthy pancakes myself.  at my house or IHOP :)

seeing other people have fun and laugh makes me feel the best. i am a servant, I like to make others happy.

 yeah!!! this one's more like it :) This evening I sat on my front step and watched the haze of pollution mix in with the orange of the setting sun, making a beautiful purple and pinkish orange sky. I love the time around 6-8 when the light is perfect and the air is cool. Has always been a huge time for reflecting and thinking about the future. Such a great time.

And the beautiful feeling of a carbonated beverage when your real tired and the fizz bubbles through your nose and makes your eyes watery and you feel really refreshed for a couple of minutes.

Or a nice smoke right after stuffing your face full of MAma Roomba's Calamari or Chicken Pilliard.

Or listening to a Manu Chao, Live in Guatemala recording with just acoustic guitars and feeling motivated and inspired to take over the world with happiness and love and hope.

Or playing a great game of legend of Zelda and destroying about 200 bushes with your heart meter full so your sword shoots beams. :)

Or traveling through a town where you have no idea where you are and feeling so lost and free at the same time.

ahhhhh..... feels better all ready.

Thanks matt for the medium to vent. :)

That's what I'm talkin' bout Aaron...Pass it on, yo....

No what is great is I'm so happy now I'm crying uncontrollably!,..the woman I've been praying for for months that was sick and  couldn't talk or walk was in a  comma,..and came out of the coma  awhile back has  made  what seems like a full recovery,..I've prayed for as long as she's been sick,..not really telling anyone about it. I've never even met her. But she's OK now. THAT! is what i can be appreciative of. wow,..whew this has drained me  today, You don't believe me? ask Jackie Marcucci, it's her friend,..and I've never met her either! ha!

This is more like it! Just some things off the top of my head...

1. Listening to my son tell me about his day at camp and getting so excited about their field trip they took or that he won at basketball.

2. Hearing my boyfriend sing.

3. Making my niece laugh, I love hearing babies laugh its the most innocent precious thing ever.

living now is like wearing a new pair of glasses. i won't go into the beautiful details that some of the wonderful others above have because i'm too happily lazy... but  like them i have sooooo much to be grateful for, every day, and am - starting with the fact that i'm not pushing up daisies!!! - that i have a change to help other people in this life and learn to be somewhat useful - & at the same time pursue passions & interests. and then, like aaron wrote (so lovely), stop & appreciate the beauty of things, revel in it , bask in it, be tiny & wondrous & realize my vast smallness in the greatness of things, & be happy for it.

lovely topic. i think you should post this every every single week, as a break from the pessimism...

Coming home to find that my Aunt had my daughter and her best friend clean the house because I deserve it since I work my butt off.

When my daughter makes my bed, but makes me close my eyes before she opens my bedroom door.

Daily emails from across the pond.

Officiating weddings and seeing so much love in two people's eyes.

Picking up hitchhikers with stories to share.

Food!  I love food, I could use a glass of red wine, a baguette, some brie, and dark chocolate right about now.

When my mom calls just to see how I'm doing.

-MsJosey surpised me with breakfast this morning - a fat chorizo and potato burrito with some of her dad's fresh salsa.

-I'll finally have a three-day, no gig, weekend off to spend with my wonderful son Mark and family!

-The next issue of Bakotopia is coming along nicely - a smooth day at work is always key!

Being in that state where you are tired but you don't feel like going to sleep just yet.  When I get in that mindset, I like to get in my car and drive (when it's colder its better) and listen to some Lateralus, Young Liars, or Deloused in the Comatorium and let my mind go.  There is nothing closer to nirvana (the state of mind, not the band). 

It's real sweet to see this blog and the comments.......Had to break away from the negativity of many of the blog postings....Too much of the SOS from the same individuals.......We're living in some crazy times and it's a challenge sometimes to find the sweetness but the simple things are the best...sharing them with the ones we love is the key to happiness...........Here's hoping we take care of the daily responsibilities without losing sight of........DARE I SAY IT???........Love,kindness, giving of one's self and good stuff like THAT....Peace...........

my younger son did the back yard and the front yard WITHOUT me telling him to do it today:)

BUT

The thing that really made me smile. My older son had brain surgery about three weeks ago. I really should blog it. But He woke up from surgery and could smile. Three days later he couldn't. It was a blow. I mean he is 23 years old and I didn't really want him to lose that. When you lose your ability to smile it really changes you. SO,,,, Today he text-ed me and I am sooo breaking the law,,I opened my text at a red light on Ming,,ALLEDGEDLY:) and He said mom my face is coming back..I CRIED. I was some crazy lady crying on Ming today. YES I WAS:)