"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 21, 2010

"5 Things I Love Friday" FEET:Street.Treat.Seat.Defeat.Sweet.


1.  I Love:  To Welcome people into my life.  (Okay, truth...I was thinking how much I love Junior Mints)  But on top of loving to welcome Junior mints into my life at any hour of the day (preferably following my feet hitting the street in these shoes for a good run on a sunny day)....I do love welcoming people.  Sometimes it's happy babies and their blankies as their moms reluctantly but wholeheartedly entrust their bundles of love into my care for the day , other times it's cranky, hysterical toddlers who couldn't stomach the notion of starting their morning without a sleeve of doughnuts they didn't get to bring or about parting with their Nascar footie jammies!  Some times like last weekend it's life long friends who love to come into town, sit on my love seat and together soak our feet in a spa'd out bowl of hot, peppermint plum water, and soak our hearts, struggles, triumphs, and pet peave insights on life into a bottomless cavern of giggles and encouragement. (while our girls play pollies til midnight)  Then other times it's 2 girlfriends and I -welcoming Kevin into our lives..(the awesome PF Changs waiter whose discretion did not exist on recognizing & reminding me TWO months later of the three of us in our (his words) "rare form moms escape night out" ..and to stick with my theme... my feet were on a seat. the end.

For Teri & Courtney: PF Changs Handles are safe.  Love, My Loop


2.   I Love:  This following picture of her feet in these new shoes.  Partly because they were $20something Diadora Pink & Black Soccer shoes I found on the end Isle at the Richland Target on clearance for $4.99 in her size......AAAAAAAND the other part is because of the conversation below the picture. 
Eden my soccer loving girl who said after this game:
  
"Uh, mom...when they had the parents-play-kids scrimmage at the end, you did real good kicking the ball except you cheated-it's not basketball mom, you can't push and   you don't need to guard my hands-we play with our feet!" 

 "Oh, and mom...this morning when you helped me double knot my shoes for the game-that was a great thing except... they were on the wrong feet the whole game!"

3.  I Love:  That today as soon as Eden got home from school she clomped around the house in these oversized roller blades from her cousin Moriah and fell in love. 
Shortly after I took this picture, when I demanded that it was minutes before she needed to hurry off to a Birthday party so she'd "better not come out of her room without some real shoes on her"; we had her First grade Translation: 
Undo top velcro strap on each Roller Boot and strap a flip flop to the front of each leg.  I love her. She makes me laugh so much.

PS  of COURSE she was allowed to keep the Roller Blades on and clomp out to the car with her Roller Flip Flops...That's Genius!

4. I Love:  How sweet & cozy Hallé's feet are in these Footie Jammies
5.  I Love:   To say goodbye to people in my life.   Tuesday I said goodbye to Hallé's Tball team The Red Sox at their last game!! Tomorrow I will say goodbye to Eden's Soccer team The Super Stars-at her last game!!! Next Thursday I will say goodbye to Eden's gymnastics teacher because she's done the end of May.  Two Thursday's after that I will say goodbye to Hallé's Ballet/Tap class as they perform on the Highschool stage for the end of the year production.  That same day I will say goodbye to Eden's 1st grade class and teacher and homework and packing lunches and having the right skinny jeans washed or the messy bun just so on her last day of school.   In other words...Goodbye Mr. Busyness...Hello Ms. Summer!!!! I feel like a kid counting down the days til summer break. Don't get me wrong - I love & cherish the gift of  being a baseball, ballet, tap, gymnastics, soccer, public school Mom!  I can savor a moment and multi-task circles around the best of the best.  However, I love the spontanaity that can only come with lenient bedtimes on those hot, lazy summer nights of running to DQ, or the sprinkler park, or water fights inside and outside the house with hoses, or making big forts to stay up late in with flashlights and popcorn...
My Claire Bug with feet firmly planted on 1st base at last game.
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2 comments:

  1. Heidi LawMay 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM

    Sarah, I have fun just reading your blog. Your girls are lucky to have a mama who understands what it means to be a kid. You are an inspiration. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. PaulMay 22, 2010 at 4:14 PM

    Sister...Love it all! The girls are so cute, thanks for sharing it all. Miss you 3!
    ...Oh, and one thing I don't love about feet is YOUR FEET on MY SIDE of the car during childhood roadtrips!! ;)

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