bye, 2009...we'll remember you fondly...

here's some best of's of 2009...

Happy Holiday!

Please ask someone close to hug you for me. Thanks.

blog 101

either a generic title for the post or a class in blogging... you be the judge. So, today is tuesday and tomorrow will be the trip down south for Christmas festivities. I will, most likely, be enjoying the company of my beautiful family too too much to be blogging about it while it's all happening, so, I want to take this last online opportunity to say Merriest, happiest, warmest, love filled holidays to you and yours. Wishing you and everyone the loveliest weekend, no matter how you spend it. It's yours! Hug each other and tell your mom you love her.

centimental

cent as in my hundredth post, mental as in cerebral. Wow. This time of year is always a little about reflection for me. From things as trivial as best songs of the year, to things like seeing how much my girl has grown. Reflections on who have been my nearest, dearest friends and intentions on being closer and dearer in the new year. Although it seems a bit cliche, I love the idea of a new years resolution... something that could use improvement in the coming new year... this year I am going to take this task very seriously. I'll let you know what I come up with...

Festiveness

Gingerbread is baking in my oven. I think the universe got my name in the gift exchange.

Seasons Greetings

Oh, the weather outside is frightful... if what frightens you is crisp, beautiful, cold sunshine! It's miraculous, actually. To walk around in the morning fog while a cup of hot beverage warms my hands and soul... Christmas songs on every station. People laughing in search of the perfect thing to say they love that person on their list... Heres something I wrote about it a couple of years ago... Happy Everything to Everyone!

Hiatus

With the exception of that one moment of awe while visiting my folks and being able to actually capture it in cyber space, I have been hibrinating a bit this cold season. While stirring all these perverbial pots, the blog pot got set on the back burner. I have been mentally blogging and wish that each of you could just plug in to my mental space and read all about it (I'm sure someone, somewhere is working on that technology). Chloë started going to school in the mornings two days a week and I use that time to run around totally crazy like a chicken with it's head cut off. I clean and launder and send out resumes and hunt for jobs so that when she's with me we can play and laugh like always... calmly... So, now she's napping and I am breathing deeply and easily. Life is super sweet and christmas is in the air here. I love, love, love this time of year.

inspiration...

ever have that feeling like life just isn't interesting... well, it's rubish. Somewhere, some part of life is being interesting every moment. And, actually, even if there weren't something amazingly cool happening each moment, which there is, just the incredible mix of all the miscellaneous is interesting. Variety... here's a slice of spice... enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uad17d5hR5s

amazed...

continually, ever amazed... I once had this growth in my uterus. I got it checked out by doctors. One day it caused me a lot of pain, but only for a few hours.... Now, it is a beautiful lady baby that knows her ABC's. She runs around and dances and has a sense of humor totally her own. She came here with it. I am at once totally in love and in awe of this little human. Chloe, next time I will definitely sing with you!

gratefuling...

1. my sweet, sweet man friend, Benzo.

2. my girl faced baby friend, Clover.

3. breath.

4. I'm here.

5. It's now.

Happy Benday!

The man of my dreams... The love of my life... The maker of the seeds that grew into the world in which I now live and love and learn. It's Benny's birthday. What better day to reflect on the kind of guy he is and has been? To Chloë and I, he is our most supportive pillar. He holds us up and protects us and keeps us warm, fed and clothed. He is also so f'ing funny. One of my two best friends... Benny wouldn't want to be blogged about, so I'll make it just short and sweet. He's so good. I am thankful to know him everyday. So, so glad he was born.

lull

there are ups, downs and then these long, straight, flat parts... coasting, cruising.... taking it all in. I will type more about this time once it's been fully processed. Thanks for coming.

yesterday, at the dentist

Thursday started out with the much dreaded trip to Chloes dentist... Things went pretty well and close to what was expected. It was really hard to see her so drugged and I hope it is a really long time, if ever, that I have to see it again. By about one in the afternoon she was pretty much back to normal Chloe Bean. My mom, "Grandma Deb", came up to be with us for the day and, because she didn't want to drive in traffic or the dark, stayed the night. She got a cozy hotel room across from an amazing Italian restaurant. We walked, shopped, dinned and slept. All in all, it was a bad day turned pretty darn sweet. Thanks Mom!

a week in photos...

Today is Wednesday, the first day in more than a week that Benny, Chloe and I are just Benny, Chloe and I. We will miss all the family fun times dearly... AND we will exhale, let the dustsettle and reflect. To bring any readers/viewers up to speed, enjoy a week in photos...