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 |  A journal for all to record the best thing about their day, each day, for all to enjoy. |
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** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Welcome to my journal. Well, actually, welcome to our journal - I hope! So that everyone can enjoy it, please stick to items with an E rating. Thanks - Enjoy!. The best way I know of to count my blessings is to keep a daily journal recording the best thing about each day. I thought it might be nice if we had a community journal here at WDC where anyone could enter the "best thing" about their day. Believe me, whenever you're blue, or lonely, or not feeling well, it is wonderful to go back and read the journal entries. One day it might be something material and the next spiritual - whatever strikes your fancy. So please, be my guest and join me in a wonderful journalling experience. Ta - 4/20/07 - Italian sausage heroes - Mmm! |
| The best thing(s) about today is: Shopping - out all day we bought a whole assortment of things, from sweet cherries to a garden shed to a new suit for Bob. A manicure - pale pink and very pretty! While I was there a young woman of about 18 brought her greatgrandmother in. They both had a manicure and a pedicure - such a delight to see. Lunch out - shrimp and iced tea - yum A red pocketbook - I think it put a lttle spring in my step.  A bald eagle - once almost extinct, they increasing in this area. They are magnificent to see in flight - their wing span is enormous - I think about 6 feet. A wonderful friend stopped by this evening and we had a lovely visit. The topic? Why, heaven, of course. |
| The best thing(s) about today is: I'm back - internet service was interrupted by a storm on Tuesday night and we've just been restored. I've had a good idea - I think - I added my blog to my handle so if you come here - please enter your good things too. i would love to read them. The deck- all finished being painted and prettied up it looks so nice - we have a seating area for two with wicker chairs and coffee table and a bistro set for two. It's all done in white and it looks nice and cool and inviting. By the way, you're invited - come on over! Most of the rose bushes are not in bloom yet but they are just filled with buds - more than ever before I think. Oh, and the blueberries too. A friend brought me beautiful pink and white peonies today - they are so pretty and they smell divine. A beautiful picture on my cellphone - my grandson, Collin, on the beach at the Jersey shore! A strawberry ice pop - Yum. |
| The best thing(s) about today is: An Executive Editor at a large newspaper has asked for samples of my work after learning of Demi Glace. Vacation - Bob and I have decided that since life is short, this summer we will be vacationing every day. Today we took a drive to Lake Lorraine and had a lovely lunch. We had a table overlooking the water and it really was pretty. With so much beauty, who needs dessert but we had chocolate cake anyway! We lingered over coffee and then took a drive around the lake. We got home around 4:00 pm and at abut 4:30 the thunderstorms began. Perfect timing. Scenery - along the ride we saw, horses, cows, chickens and roosters and one lone deer. Wild daisies are in bloom and they are profuse this year. Tomatoes on my tomato plants - tiny but there. A long, newsy e-mail from a dear long-distance friend. Oh, and I had a vodka and tonic - without the vodka of course! |
| The best thing(s) about today is: Homemade lemonade - in a pitcher decorated with - lemons! An outdoor ceiling fan - on the front porch - it was very hot today and the fan was wonderful. Eyebrows - I had mine shaped recently and I can't believe what a subtle but definite difference it makes. A very tiny butterfly, less than an inch total - in beautiful autumny colors . I don't think I've ever seen one so small and delicate. It was so pretty. Young boys playing with super squirt guns. How can you keep from smiling? |
| The best thing(s) about today is: Mass - it was especially beautiful today and the graduates were there; lovely to see all those bright young people with their whole futures before them. Today is Father's Day - Happy Father's Day to all of you Dad's. Brunch - at a restored country schoolhouse which is now a beautiful inn. Long and leisurely - the food was delicious. The windows were open and the warm breeze was delightful. Eggs benedict - yum. A drive in the country after brunch with a stop at a little tourist town - a T-shirt and mocassins for Bob ; wind chimes and a bug for me and ice cream for the both of us. The bug is a tiny little pink plastic "love bug" that creeps across the floor or table when you wind him up. He has six legs - 3 on each side - and he's adorable. Driving in the country and being completely surrounded on all four sides by mountains - it is not at all a suffocating feeling - there is so much open space - it is sort of comforting - like nothing bad can reach you. |
| The best thing(s) about today are: The deck - Bob finished painting it and it looks beautiful! It will be a few days before we use it but it is well worth the wait. Spending a good part of the day reading vacation brochures Dinner out with good friends - it was delicious AND I stuck to my diet. Edy's all-fruit, no sugar added ice pops. Honestly they are delicious and only 30 calories. Tonight I had raspberry - yum. Today I took time out to be grateful for all the things I have - I discovered I am a very rich woman in more ways than one. |
| The best thing(s) about today are: A merit badge for food/cooking from WBRadley/Freebie Nut Oven Roasted Carrots and Onions - Yum! A long telephone chat with a good friend A very deep blue sky today - it just seemed much bluer than I can remember. Daylight until past 9:00 p.m. - so nice Rocking on the porch with Bob No splits, no chips - my nails are growing! |
| The best thing(s) about today is: The American Flag - today is Flag Day an we fly our flag proudly. My tummy's getting smaller - finally. A trip to the Farmer's Market this afternoon. I think I went a bit overboard - peaches and plums and littly baby oranges called something odd I can't remember. Melons and strawberries. Onions and tiny new potatoes for potato salad and bright red peppers for roasting. A deep purple eggplant and fragrant ripe tomatoes. I was surprised to see that the baby pigs had grown to almost double their size since our last visit. They're still adorable. Big, no huge, fresh shrimp for dinner - double yum! A little boy with a very dirty face, a great big smile and no front teeth! |
| The best thing(s) about today is: I logged on today to find out that "Demi Glace Cooks Dinner" took 3rd place in a contest - hooray! I can't believe I've finished - clean, organized closets!!!!!!!!!!!! Neil's home - my good friend drove all the way fromTexas and arrived safely. A beautiful warm and sunny day - not too hot and a nice gentle breeze. Bob and I sat on the porch after dinner and just watched the grass grow - perfect. |
| The best thing(s) about today is: Today when I logged on there were two comments to yesterday's entry - I love to know that people are thinking about what is good in their lives. My wonderful friend, Barbara, brought me a delicious cold salad plate for dinner. She knows I'm trying to eat healthier and it was just so thoughtful. The blissful cool breeze after a very loud thunderstorm this afternoon. Starting a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle with Bob. The good news that a friend and cancer survivor had another clean check-up. Today I asked Bob to get out my bike, fill the tires and get is road-ready. Last year I considered giving it away because I was sure I'd never be able to ride again. God knew better. |
| The best thing(s) about today is: I'm here again and I'm happy about that. New shoes - with open toes!!! Zinnias - all brightly colored. They were my mother's favorite. Olive Garden Salad Dresssing - Yum. Did you know you can buy it? It comes in the cutest bottle. Just catching a glimpse of Bob's wedding ring as the light hits it and realizing how blessed I am. A toe ring - at my age - oh my |
| The best thing(s) about today is: I lost 3 pounds! My hair is finally just long enough to pull back or put up. The Garden Club Dinner - an annual event - it was really very nice. At a country club on a lake and the evening was beautiful. Wonderful friends, some old, some new. And cake. The rain knocked most of the petals off the pink roses but they are all over the lawn and it looks lovely. The basil and the parsley plants are booming. A big bowl of lemons on the kitchen counter - they smell heavenly. |
| The best thing(s) about today is: A thunderstorm and a nap - they go together perfectly! A nice telephone chat with a good friend. A quiet Sunday with Bob. |
| The best thing(s) about today is: It's 10:25 and we just got home! We've been out and about all day. No more roots - I finally got a touch-up. The sunset - almost too beautiful to describe. The sky was pink in the high part and a deep blue in the lower part and the sun was just coming down over the mountain - it was breathtaking. A light rain - just enough to cool everything off. We ran through it and it felt great. A great big bag of lemons - for lemonade! |
| The best things(s) about today is: Breakfast on the front porch Pizza Sipping lemonade and reading travel brochures together so we can plan our vacation. A drive after dinner. |
| The best thing(s) about today is: Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia; Ceiling Fans Good friends to sit on the porch and rock with Sweet Basil growing in the garden Little children - 2nd graders, marching down the street all in a row on a field trip. Tomorrow's the first of the month - time to pay the bills and once again we can . |
| The best thing(s) about today is: Staying in bed until 10:00. The rhododendrums (sp?) are in bloom. Had to go to the doctor today (I'm fine) and when I got back in the car - there was a little shopping bag on the seat. Diamond and ruby drop earrings from Bob!!! He bought me concert tickets for my birthday and the concert was cancelled so......the earrings are beautiful. A big, bright beautiful moon. |
| The best thing about today is: I worked! I volunteer at the library but I haven't been well enough for about 2 years. Today I worked for a full 8 hours. I am really, really tired but fine! So many people came to the library and I saw lots of people I haven't seen in a long time. My friend, Barbara, came over and she brought me a beautiful cold salad plate for dinner. Summer pajamas - I got 3 pair and they're so cute - they look like outfits! I read the June issue of just about every magazine. |
| the best thing(s) about today is: Memorial Day - the services in our village were beautiful. Held at 11:00 a.m., the weather was sunny and warm but not too hot. The high school band played beautifully. The veterans number only about 10 or 12 now and most of them are very elderly but they are out in dress uniforms every year. When the band played the Star Spangled Banner I got chills. Today there were flags flying everywhere. Company! Unexpected guests from out of town stopped by for a bit. Sick presents! Bob bought me tiny little gold earrings - lady bugs enameled red and black. A black and white ice cream soda - Yum |
| The best things(s) about today is: The rain - I woke up and the earth was stil wet from a thunderstorm and is just smelled so good! Orange jelly rings - Bob, bless his heart - went and got them for me. Yum! We took a nice slow drive down a few country roads and around a beautiful lake. The spirea bush on the side of the house is bloooming. It's a mass of tiny white flowers and it's about 10 feet tall! I saw the cutest twin girls about two years old. They were identical and dressed the same. Very independent, they walked ahead of mommy, holding hands and sporting little monkey backpacks! |
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