TiLT: Blessings & Blissings

Short list cuz I'm sleepy... but oh so grateful for the good things in my life...


♥ Blessings: JACQUELINE!  Lia, Antonio, JoAnn, Esme, my camera, this computer, the internet, Ibuprofen & Naproxen, falling gas prices, Etsy sales! Hannah the Montana, food in my belly, comfy bed to sleep in, people who care about me.


Oh do go see it here!
♥ Blissings:Showers of maple tree seed pods, red cows in a field of yellow flowers, blue skies with puffy white clouds racing by, cool breezes that make the wind chimes sing, lazy hazy summer days spent under shady trees or at the lake shore, dragonflies zipping about the yard like mini-helicopters, open-face s'mores, grilled portobello mushrooms topped with roasted onions & peppers, baked beans, SPARKLY NAILS!  Magic shell!  Birds who pose for me.  Navi-systems, Sirius radio, NPR.



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TiLT: Blessing, Blissings, and more...

I've not done one of these since New Year's Eve, and here is, practically half the year gone by.  I've been having a rough time seeing the good lately, and thought listing the things I feel blessed to have in my life and things I've been loving recently would help me see things with a rosier tint... ^-^  So without further ado...


♥ Blessings: Always first on the list is my love, Jacqueline, who makes all things better, and my family, Antonio, Esme, JoAnn, and Lia, who amaze me everyday with their Beings.  I have a car to get me to & from work and places I need & want to go.  I have a shelter from the cold & rain and a place to bathe and get clean water.  I have a phone and the internet and lights to see at night.  I have a soft bed with blankets & pillows and clothes to wear that look nice on me even if I don't particularly like them.  I have a camera and lots of art supplies and access to thousands of books & media, and I have friends and family and even strangers who will help when things get really hard.


♥ Blissings: The hummingbird is back at the feeder and neither rain nor wind nor sun will keep him away!  Fifth & sixth grade classrooms, the rediscovery of Flatrock in the Spring, the flowers in our yard, the sounds of the birds and bugs and frogs that fill the air of our woods 'round the clock... Glee time! (sadface that there's only one epi til Fall!)  Volkwagons and the sweet guys that drive them.  Key Lime candles, lilacs in bloom, Baltimore orieles, warm chocolate chip cookies & brownies, the smell of coffee...


♥ More:  Dr. Who, teeny tiny animals, 3D movies, cosmic jewelry, MLP, mood beads, like buttons, tumblr, mermaids, lava rocks, sea glass, swirly skirts, and all kinds of crazy things on Etsy...

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TiLT: Best of 2010

I did a Photo Review of the year a few days before Christmas, and it was a blast to go back through all my pics and see all the awesome things we did this year...


Here's a list of those things, and more!

♥ January: Esme turned 16! Benji came to visit us every weekend! The sun came out a few times, and it's *so* very pretty on the snow...


♥ February: We celebrated Grandma Louise's 60th birthday! Esme went BLONDE! Lia turned 12! More Benji! The ice on the lake is so beautiful!


♥ March: The snow starts melting, the lake is accessible, and some early flowers start to bloom! I started to keep track of everything I ate, keeping calories and carbs to a minimum. Oh, and even MOAR BENJI!


♥ April: Emma graduated! Visiting far-away friends and relatives! (Road trip!) Family get-togethers! We finally get to dip our toes in the lake! All the spring flowers in the garden bloom at once!


♥ May: PILEATED WOODPECKER! Passed Earth & Space Science! Indigo Bunting! A weekend away from home enjoying my sweetie (and cinnamon buns) and Lake Ontario from a different angle! Actual SWIMMING in the lake!


♥ June: Braids, bugs, watercolors! I went blonde! And PURPLE! SHINE! GAY PRIDE! Evenings at the lake! Visits from Mommy! Fairy Day Tea Parties! Bunnies in the yard and FRESH berries! Making new friends!


♥ July: Birthdays galore! Ant turned 18, Josie turned 14, I turned 40! We also celebrated Emma's and my mom's birthdays! AND Emma & Scott got married! Cake, cake and RAI NBOW cake! Fireworks from the lake! New Love! Mermaid hair! I reach my goal to weigh less than 200 lbs. by my birthday!


♥ August: Passion! Play! Visiting friends & relatives (not so far-away)! Dry ice experiments! Baby turkeys, bunnies, and snakes! Swimming in the rain! Benji's birthday! (OMG He turned 1 already!?) Strange new candy!


♥ September: Big waves to swim in! Barbecues with family! High school football games! Belly dancers! Autumn begins, but summer hangs on! We joined May Memorial UU! Sun Halos!


♥ October: Sugar skulls! Flowers in my hair! Pumpkinfest! Bobbing for apples! Bursts of creativity! The COLORS! Family Olympics! Cake, cupcake, and monster cupcakes! Family photoshoots! Trip to ARGH! Hotel swimming pools and hot tubs, cinnamon buns!


♥ November: More ARGH! Appalachian trail! Climbing higher than ever before! GOOD BRAKES! Talented people! Crows! Frosty mornings! We celebrated my dad's birthday with a special dinner! Happy books! Gingerbread marshmallows... in coffee! Rainbow marshmallows! Thanksgiving traditions!


♥ December: The first snow! OMG! Am I the last person on the planet to discover Glee! Thank heavens for the internet! Christmas parties! Christmas, Christmas, Christmas! Parties, parties, parties! Pulling closer to friends & family...



May 2011 be as fun and blessed for you as 2010 was for me!


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TiLT: It's Been a Great Week

♥ My Daddy♥


♥ Zen Picnics by the Lake with Cheeky Chipmunks♥


♥ Radiant Girls and Trees (and in them!) ♥


♥ Rocks and Roots and Sandy Glades ♥


♥ Forest Understories and Rocky Beaches ♥


♥ Esme's Drawings ♥


♥ Dressing up and Special Rocks ♥


♥ Hanging out at Flat Rock ♥


♥ Candy Colored Sailboats on the Lake ♥


♥ Hanging out with these Beach Bums ♥


♥ Home and All Its Surprizes ♥


♥ Honorable Mentions: Hug Your Fat, the new Foamy: Fat Idols, Darwin's Survival Game, Which Scientist Should You Date? (Galileo for me, if you were wondering...), Caramelldansen! And now I can go to bed.... Zzzzzzzzz......

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This is a Good Meme

When you see this, take a minute and share five good things of your day with the world, uncut.

1. I am about to have a BLT with BACON, and LETTUCE, and TOMATO!
2. I have some purple in my hair! YAY!
3. Today is Fairy Day and I have many ideas in my head to celebrate!
4. I have the very best family!
5. The sun is shining and there is a lovely breeze!

TiLT: KISS Episode

Keep It Simple, Sleepyhead! LOL!

♥ Portulaca

♥ sushi

♥ macarons

♥ The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audry Niffenegger

♥ Hugs from Kindergarteners

♥ Free samples

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TiLT: May is here!

♥ Esme in Decora style... Oh and those gorgeous May flowers!


♥ Antonio's smiles, hugs, humor, style...


♥ Lia's self-portraits


♥ Picnics in fields of gold


♥ JoAnn's timeless beauty


♥ Honorable Mentions: Seven-Layer Dip, lime chips, margarita cake, bird song (particularly the wood thrush, robin, and chipping sparrow), puns and silly, geeky holidays, finding great art on dA, Jonathan Coulton, ridiculous movies, spring peepers...

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SPRING!

Today was a lovely day, and we took advantage of it to run down to Camillus and clean out my dad's frig. (He went to FL before the new year, and there were some ripe things in there...) Then we headed over to the park of my childhood, Shove Park (rhymes with shrove), to play and enjoy the sunshine. Now, I am sitting in the bedroom with both windows and the front door open listening to the cacophony of robins and chickadees and spring peepers! YES! Spring peepers for the first time this year! YAY!

Here are some pics:

The girls attempt to slide down together...


...while Ant hides out with his GBA...


and Da Momma reads.


Even I went down the slide!


Then we visited the old rocking animals...

I am sure my mom has pics of me on those things...
(And why does the Monkees theme song play in my head when I see this pic?)

What is that evil look on Ant's face?


OH NO!


He totally car-jacked Lia... XD


Fun day at Shove Park...

TiLT: Things I Love Thursday

Sleepy version...

♥ Coloring eggs for Ostara
♥ Sunrise at the lake (even if the wind whips your nose off)
♥ Snow that melts before I wake up
♥ Shoots in the flower box getting taller
♥ Going out in shirtsleeves and not freezing to death
♥ Friends who IM me the second they see me log on
♥ HONORABLE MENTIONS: These cupcake charms (wish I could read that!), finding old words I have written, finding old pictures I have drawn, not needing so many blankets, and this video (wishing the title was true!):

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