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Things I Really Love…

Published March 12, 2012 | By Launi

this very minute.

~Being close enough to touch one of the most beautiful buildings in the whole wide world…and actually touching it.

Seeing my cute little nephew finally-finally get to marry his sweetheart.

Finding a 12 pack of my very favorite candy bar–that comes clear from England–on Amazon for only $10…with free shipping. Yes, please. Click.

Hearing that Miss Jiff–”the mouse slayer” has earned her keep–this week. Though her brother, the Bean, has been inducted into the kitty-cat hall of shame…shame…shaaame.

Awww–our favorite fellow in the whole world~Jillian’s Uncle Andy…truly one of the very rarest of “good guys” left around.

Wrapping gifts for our “Prize Bags” the way a certain character probably would. More about that in a couple of weeks. Heh, heh, heh.

My cute little dashboard guardian polar bear that sort of glows-in-the-dark, as I drive home late at night–so I’m not afraid.

Just waiting…and waiting…and waiting. Tick-tick-tick.

:} What about you? What do you love this very minute?

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I’ve Noticed Something…

Published February 16, 2012 | By Launi

Now that the wedding flowers are all hung up to dry…

and the tuxedo has been sent back to the shop…

and the last of the boy clothes have been packed up…

I’m missing a few things, you know, like crazy singing in the shower–in some strange foreign tongue–early in the morning…

and a guy razor always, always left out for me to put away–at odd times of the day…

and the goofy clothes dropped beside the hamper…ahem–instead of in it.

See that? Not even one single whisker to wash out of the sink. Sheesh.

In fact it’s altogether too quiet and too tidy and too…too…well...girly around here right now.

Of course, I’m really happy for him.

And certainly I’m really proud of him.

But mostly, I’m really, really, really missing him.

Congratulations my darlings–

Happy Honeymoon!

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Reveling In…

Published January 19, 2012 | By Launi

right this minute…

~our hourly visit from Flash Gordon…at least, I think that’s who it is.

~a fabric stash that’s calling to me from the depths of the closet.

~Cinnamon Sugar donut holes–a most wicked, dreadful treat, that should be eaten alone to be done properly. Heh.

~a soft, cuddly sleeper for the sweet new baby doll up the road a ways.

~tossing a few lovely things into a skillet and having it turn out tasting beyond incredible.

~finding a “Random Stripe Generator” at a site called Biscuits and Jam–to help with a fluffy little crochet project for the new soul coming soon. :}

~a quart of soup from one of my favorite places on the planet…and a loaf of asiago bread–that would like to remain anonymous–to go along with it.

~finding that the sugary crumbs are nearly as good as the real thing…

until mommy catches you.

What are you reveling in right this minute?

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Proud Mama Moment

Published January 17, 2012 | By Launi

My daughter, April is being featured over at the Moda Bake Shope this week. Ooooh…she’s such a clever girl.

If you would love to see some beautiful quilting, scoot on over and have a look. Then check out what’s new at her site Prairie Grass Patterns.

You’ll walk away with some lovely patterns…

from her “Positively Perfect” line….

positively free.

Then you’ll be pretty darn clever too!

My-my that smarty-pants must have been raised right.

Heh, heh :}

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Every year, in preparation for the holidays there are dozens of sewing bags or craft boxes or piles of yarn strewn throughout the house–so that no matter what else is going on, in the event that there is a spare moment–somewhere, the handmaking can continue, uninterrupted. I love it this way, because these particular hands are just too fidgety and restless to sit still for very long, without some purpose–any purpose.

But something interesting happened this year. There were the same stacks and piles and bags and yarn, all with a certain important project to be finished, but quite often, a little whispery voice would nudge me to just put it down…and so…quite often…I did.

True, the Babushka ornaments will have to wait another year to get their flowers…

the button trees are only partly put together…

the girls’ headbands are nearly finished…nearly…

and the cards never got sent at all.

I couldn’t find the laminating sheets for the nativity set…

and the snowflakes were never hung.

But in the end–there were the same smiles and giggles and hugs that come with the season– even without a few “vital” projects–that no one seemed to miss. And for me, the conscious decision to slow down, and be present and enjoy the moment with those faces I love–