Sometimes It Is

Sometimes things are greener on the other side especially when the other side provides you with basics you need to function properly. I've been sick for the past few days -- horrible snotty stuff -- and it's so nice being able to sleep soundly in my own bedroom letting Chris take care of everything else. In the past, there was no separation of sleep areas. If I happened to fall asleep in my former bedroom, and if Logan wanted to nap, I would be kicked out of the bed so Logan could sleep. (If I were in the room, Logan would want to play.)

I guess my point is that I am grateful to be able to function (or 'not function' [i.e. sleep]) when I need to.

I am thankful for the things that most people in traditional living situations probably take for granted every day.

8x10

My 8x10s arrived. I printed them with a bit of a border on the right and left so that the upper and lower parts of the photo weren't chopped off. I am pretty happy with how they look. Now I just need to matte and frame the one, and mail the other off to the person who purchased it. It's nice feeling knowing that this will either be hanging in someone's home or office.

Photo: Digital.

Maybe, Baby

Today was a bad day (all in my head, of course. Montonoy is hard.), but tonight was a good night. The husband and I went to the grocery store (by ourselves!), picked up a few things (our new nearly all organic and/or natural diet is still going well. $5.99 for a gallon a milk seems a bit high, but knowing that our children are not being pumped full of hormones and pesticides is a good feeling), and then went out to eat (yeah, yeah, Chili's is definitely not organic, but we are not fanatics or anything), and actually had uninterrupted conversation through the entire meal, and then we went to Borders (where I finally purchased a 50% off eclectic coffee bean grinder and some organic whole coffee beans), and Chris picked up a new jazz CD, and then on the way home I dropped off another roll of black and white film.

Photo: Digital.

Everything

I had long forgotten all about this fortune until I found it while rummaging through my bag. I got it a week or so ago while eating dinner with the hubs. His fortune was equally as telling saying that it was time for him to finish forgotten projects (he has a memoir he's been wanting to write, and comic books he's been wanting to do something more with). And yes, I do put some stock into fortunes in cardboard-tasting Chinese cookies, and so it's going to be a good year. The cookie said so.

Photo: Digital image.