cupcakes

while i really don't make them, i do really love them. it must be part of the general theme that i love all things little. and yes, mini cupcakes are really my favorite! this cupcakeblog that i found has lots of recipies. the bar on the left has ingredients listed. you just click on say.... bananas.... and recipes for banana cupcakes pop up!! i'm already trying to think of where i might need to take some!

dice

my grandparents came to visit last weekend and it was so good to get to see them. my grandad taught us how to "shoot craps." we laughed so hard our sides hurt. at the end, i went "all in" and won about a million "dollars!" i must take after my grandad who won enough money playing his navy buddies to buy my grandparents' first vacuum cleaner!!

dreams

for years, and i do mean years, i dreamed of relaxing in a rocking chair on a cozy porch sipping lemonade. little did i know that the porch would be mine! spring is good. life is good.

p.s. can you find little piper in this photo i took this morning?

affirmation

yesterday in our marriage class, we talked about affirmation. we each had to stand in the front of the class while the rest of the class used affirmative words to describe us for 60 seconds. it was wonderful! how often do you get to be bombarded with kind words by 30 or so people? never. it will make me smile for a long time. we should all try it with those we love.

Baby duckies

To me, there’s nothing cuter than a baby duck. In our dream world, Larry and I have a pet one named Henry. He comes when we call him.

The Library

Where else do you get to take an item you want, use it and return it without paying a thing? I love the library. I like the quiet peace. I like the big open tables and the smell of old books. I like the pitter patter of little feet in the children’s section. I like the magazaines, the cookbooks, the travel books, the do-it-yourself books. I like the fiction, the nonfiction and the picture books. I like the idea that I can learn about anything I want. I like the slower pace that the library makes me feel. The library always makes me smile.

happiness

the time to be happy is now. the place to be happy is here. the way to be happy is to make others so.
-robert ingersoll