"BUT MARY TREASURED UP ALL THESE THINGS AND PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART." LUKE 2:19

~ things i love with a capital P ~

PERSPECTIVE, pottery barn patio furniture displays, practically all track jackets, putting my hope in Christ alone, photography, pistachio nuts, parenting as a privilege, pairs of cute sunglasses, painful times deepening friendships, pink bubblegum ice cream (by the pint), perseverance, practical jokes, people, people i can trust, plumeria flowers, pearl earrings that were my grandma's, pantene smooth vitality conditioner, plopping clutter into the trash, pigtails all messed up after naptime on my girls, purel hand sanitizer, painting walls with color, pouring into people's lives, plush blankets, prioritizing, polished nails, pharmacies with 24hr drive-thrus, places where palm trees survive winter, packing away my 2009 "calendar", pacific northwest mountains & rivers, pie plates with fluted edges, purpose, puppies named bronson, preferring the word pacing vs. procrastinating, people who love to say i'm sorry more than they love to hear it, pocket-sized butterfingers, phone calls with special friends, piano music, patterned scarves, practicing not to presume things, planting flowers in pots, passion, penne pasta, panda bears reminding me of my love for HK & japan, pillows that are just right, praise & worship freeing people of pride & insecurities, paying for starbucks coffee with gift cards, putting on my running shoes, pomegranate mixed drinks, putting off dishes till company leaves, purses filled with lipgloss, people who can be vulnerable, parties for every occasion, politeness, plane rides to far away places, popcorn that's air-popped, paul marrying stephanie, pedicures, peaceful homes, price tags with a clearance sticker on them, pre-recorded tv watching, poverty prompting compassion, pieces of angel food cake & strawberries for breakfast, peeking in on my girls while they sleep, products from bath-n-body works, packs of trident spearmint gum, people who can laugh & be witty when life gets hard, paper plates in bulk, papa murphys garlic spinach chicken artichoke de-lite pizza, pretending my girls and i wrote 'put your arms around me' by natasha bedingfield for each other & singing/dancing to it each night after work to remind me to put grace & humor in EVERYTHING (towards myself & them) or it will feel like a really long work week, a very short life, and an inevitable amount of colorful language exposure that i couldn't possibly blame all on the playground...............

we're. crazy. about. these. songs.


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Friday, March 19, 2010

"5 Things I Love" Friday -Juvenile CSI

1. I love:  Chalk Art. It always reminds me of the scene from Mary Poppins when they stand there in the park and whimsically jump feet first into the chalk mural of the adventure they decide they want to go on. There are many days I could dive into chalk world....with rainbows, smiling sunshines, no worries except for waddling penguins as waiters playing slip-n-slide next to my bistro lunch table. I could get lost in their little hopscotch that starts out for a mom foot and ends with a box only fit for a citizen from Woo-ville. When it rains, and washes their creations away, it reminds me in the movie of them quickly having to rush back to reality and how tough it felt.  I desire to live in truth and reality but am not above letting my heart or mind jump into chalk murals on tough days.  Can't say I really wanted to jump into the final picture which looks like juvenile CSI visited my house!?!!
(abby, jaedyn, & eden)

2. I love:   Eating homemade raw cookie dough.  usually oatmeal raisin, but butterscotch/chocolate chip works too.  I just don't have a problem with it.  Please don't burst my bubble or  remind me of the risks.  I've calculated and it stands at: WORTH IT!

3. I love:  That for a few more days I can still write that I'm 31.  Might as well type it and take advantage of it while I can.  Will probably not be writing that I love being 32 for appx. 365 days.

4. I love:  What it feels like to drive down 10th Avenue right now from Union towards Columbia Center Blvd.  since all the Cherry Blossom trees lining both sides of the road have blossomed. 

5.  I love:  That in trying to explain to Hallé about the daffodil buds I put up in my last post and how she needed to stop popping the tops off and peeling back the layers with her own hands; nothing we could do would help that transformation or those flower come to life any quicker.  It would hurt them and ruin the end result to peel off layers quicker than the flower was ready for.   Only God.  He shields even the daffodils with His perfect timing, protective layers, & realistic expectations. Never Early...Never Late.
~Made for deep discoveries and grace for my own heart & hurts~
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