"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, May 14, 2010

"5 Things I Love Friday" ~Cards & Poems~

1.  I Love:   That for some reason every time I sit down to do this whole finishing the phrase "I Love...." thing; the first thing that comes to mind is some sort of food?!  So instead of typing and drooling on my keyboard over my new love for the Roast we had last night in the Emeril pan out of the oven, or the delish Olive Garden leftovers I got to enjoy from a Mother's Day Lunch on Saturday, or the Prime Rib leftovers from Sterlings for Sunday Brunch, or my Three Cheese Ziti I've perfected into a SIX CHEESE Ziti for lunch leftovers all week, or the pint of fresh raspberries & strawberries I'm polishing off right now with Hallé    .......RATHER....... I will talk like a grown up; the classy sophisticated woman I pretend to be when I refer to living in eastern washington~one of the most amazing and beautiful pieces of wine country around~and my LOVE for our Columbia Valley Chateau Ste Michelle Riesling Vin 2008.  Not only do I sound cool talking about it, but I feeeeeeel cool drinking it in my swanky little $2 wine glasses.  ...KIDDING!!!  I am enjoying it (and I owe ya a bottle Eric) but I will never feel cooler or above the life of back yard's filled with friends and the smell of Webber Charcoal grills, front porch book reading,  post lawn mowing, camp fire story telling, or kicked back on the lounge couches with my girls at the Roxy Wine Bar aaaaaaand having nothing to class up those above situations more than an ice  cold bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonaide (cranberry or pomegranate lite please!)

2.  I Love:  That you'd think the reason I cherish each of these following cards I got this week are because they each were accompanied by a very generous and thoughtful Starbucks Gift card slipped inside.   It's not.  I do love those timely Starbucks cards during the Half off Happy Hour Promotions going on right now.  These were surprises that blessed me at unexpected times of the day.  But it's really because of the  thoughtful and encouraging words written out inside each of them.... Thank you to you 3 women whse love and support I'm blessed to have in my life. 

3.  I Love:  Playing the card game Speed.  I have yet to find myself saying no to an opportunity to shuffle and deal up a quick game.  I did however found myself during a recent drought for wins  saying a word that Hallé picked up on. (She's my card game coach,  who sits and says "SLAP IT MOMMA!" since Slap Jack is the only game she knows yet)   Let's just say that Slap was not the only four letter S word Hal heard.  She said "Mommy's can only say that Shit word and little girls hafta say "Silly" for their word. "   I said, "uh, no Hal.  Mommy's say the shit word and then they hafta say the "Sorry" word.   I'm posting this quickly so I can go prepare my Mom of the Year acceptance speech.

4.  I Love:  That I'm forgiven. 

5.  I Love:  Living real so that my God's grace and mercy on my imperfect life can be shown as all the more extravagant when my continued lack of deserving it is professed and public rather that hidden.  God's DEEPLY-DETAILED-DEVOTED love towards me is something I'll forever enjoy searching my heart to find songs and words for:

Sarah
  I need Him.I Love Him.
I Have Him.
He wants me.He Loves Me.
He Has Me.
He's worthy. He's eternal.
I'm in awe!
Sarah

The above is my 1st grade tribute to Eden's month of poem making at school. ;-) Here is one she wrote about herself this week and brought home on the stomach of a huge bear:
 I Love Seattle!
Eden
Happy, Joyful
Athletic, Pretty
Eden
I Love Seattle!


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