So This Is Love...

I found it.  I found the thing that's going to make me whole again after a week of running around with my foot on the gas.  I have developed a Sunday afternoon ritual, and I call it: the bath.

Now, I'm a shower-type-person by nature.  But I think that's largely, and perhaps unfairly, due to the time factor.  About a month ago, I dug out the aromatherapy apothecary kit that I got for Christmas '07 and put it to good use.  Sea salt mixed with eucalyptus essential oil, peppermint leaves, a mandarin masque and blood orange sugar rub, milk soap, lemon-sage lotion and a mug of chamomile tea later, I was convinced that I would never be angry with anyone again.  I felt incapable of anger.

So this is my new love.  And it's a great, great love.  A true and perfect love.  I haven't missed a Sunday since then, and if you're not treating yourself to a sinfully long soak every once in a while, I say shame on you.  Heed your shampoo bottle and wash, rinse, repeat.

Hurtling Through Time

A few things that happened this week in our world...

Sunday: Our adorable nephew William came over to ride the dune buggy with Dan, while my mother-in-law and I went shopping for bedding and knickknacks for the guest room. I got THE BOMB duvet & sheet set from Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Monday: We cruised the streets, scoping out all the vacant houses in the 'hood. Drove by about 12 before it got too dark to see any more.

Tuesday: A quick appointment to view a house, and then one of Dan's brothers had a reception at Bennigan's for his new job with Waddell & Reed. I ended up with a lapful of Bud Light, but that's another story.

Wednesday: Dan raked leaves for a woman with a sprawling downtown Victorian and made $100, while I renewed my food handler's permit to do the catering-thing. Dinner with friends at Bread & Cup.

Thursday: We had two appointments to see the houses we found most intriguing from our drive-bys. We just might have something here, people...and the night ended with drinks at Barrymore's.

Friday: Straight after work, I raced down to the Fox Hole where a nice, younger crowd showed up to break it down.

We're headed back to Wilber in a couple of hours, but tomorrow I'm hoping to write a little more about our house-hunting experiences, future plans and, most importantly, my new love...

Things I Love Thursdays

Suntans. - Because everyone looks better with one.

Bavarian cream donuts. - Deliciously decadent.

Closed pink tulips. - They're so lovably perky and full of promise.

And romance, baby, romance.

Things I Love Thursdays

The simple things.

Things like my 8-year-old college sweatshirt with the frayed cuffs and the paint on the sleeve. Things like a smile from a stranger.
Things like Andes mints.
And things like unseasonably warm winter weekends.

I think I'm finally feeling "settled" now...

This Month's To Do List

Read more.
Write more.
Take more pictures. Take any pictures.
Try out my new used bike.
Take my dog for longer walks.
Exercise.
Call the bank and get them to tell me my damn pin number, because I've frickin' forgotten it.