A reason to love my husband: He knows what to do when a replacement modem shows up on the doorstep. Viola! Internets. Rah!
I was doing a HUGE shopping trip today at Costco to prepare for church girls’ camp next week. Like 3 baskets full, big, HUGE trip. A lovely older couple (white hair and happy wrinkles) stopped and asked what we were shopping for, and then wished us luck. After a minute, the gentleman came back and said, “Do you know what Luck is?” I asked him what. He quoted Vince Lombardi, which I can’t probably do, but it was something like this: “Luck is the residue of careful planning.” I showed that sweet man my list (tracking sheet), and he said, “Good luck,” with an understanding and confident nod. I sort of wanted to bring him home forever.
Chicken salad sandwiches. On croissant. For a girl who thinks mayonnaise is icky, that there is some pretty great food.
DeNae posted a beautiful, funny, lovely story today. Maybe you should read it.
It’s Friday the 13th, and I don’t care.
INSANITY. The workout. I’m 5 days in. And still walking up and down the stairs on my own power. Muscles are growing. Then I hope thighs and arms will start shrinking. Husband’s arms are exploding. That guy grows biceps really fast. I like arms. Mostly his.
Life without internets is not the same life I love to live every day. I’m not addicted. I just like the internet like I like oxygen and water.
I got to teach two different teen writer’s classes this week. My visit to the U of U teen writers’ camp was lovely and delightful, and Allie, Ellie, Alex and Hayden were VERY BRAVE and put their work up for us all to read. I love writer kids. And our Wasatch County Library teen writer day was a blast. Such darling, lovely kids. All girls this time, including 2 of my very favorites. Sometimes known as 1 and 2.
It is trying very hard to rain today. I hope it succeeds. Fires are bumming me out, if you want to know the truth. In fact, wouldn’t it be funny (the ironic kind of funny) if it rained all next week while I’m up on top of the mountain for camp? Hahahaha. That would be ironic-hilarious. It would.
Kid 2 is now firmly devoted to Kneaders’ Raspberry Bread Pudding. Send it her way, apparently.
My flower baskets hanging from the porch are lovely and thriving. It’s a tiny miracle in my life, and I like it.
Kid 3 is rereading the Harry Potter books. She started 2 days ago. She has finished 2 books. Also done some chores, showered, and visited the Rope Swing. That girl loves Harry like her mama loves Harry.
Okay. Here’s hoping next time I come around here, I’ll have something brilliant to say.
No guarantees.
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I don’t know, I found a lot of this post to be brilliant. I hope you got your rain; we got it out here and it looks like it put out our fire. Thank you for your kind words, my darling friend. Not just here and over at my blog, but for the girls’ campers I spoke to tonight. They loved, loved, loved your story. And we got rained on. Like crazy.
I don’t know, I found a lot of this post to be brilliant. I hope you got your rain; we got it out here and it looks like it put out our fire. Thank you for your kind words, my darling friend. Not just here and over at my blog, but for the girls’ campers I spoke to tonight. They loved, loved, loved your story. And we got rained on. Like crazy.
Congrats for internet! Yay! What a wise, kind old couple. Wish I could have met them myself. And DeNae’s post? Brilliant. Beautiful. Subtle and stirring.
Congrats for internet! Yay! What a wise, kind old couple. Wish I could have met them myself. And DeNae’s post? Brilliant. Beautiful. Subtle and stirring.
I love your “stuff”. You know how to distill life’s experiences down to nuggets of what matters. What a great skill. 🙂
I love your “stuff”. You know how to distill life’s experiences down to nuggets of what matters. What a great skill. 🙂