the heart of conniption...

"When the mind is at ease the body has leisure to be delicate, but the tempest in his mind did take all feeling else from his senses but of that which beat at his heart."

~Tales From Shakespeare/ King Lear

peppy...

i love this day!!!

sweet stuff...

ben bought me some jasmine flowers. i drink jasmine green tea almost every morning, so apparently jasmine makes him think of me. so sweet. i have to remember these things, which reminds me.... one day, not too long ago i was snuggling with owen & ben wanted to take my picture. i was a little concerned that i was not looking my best & being still in my jammies, said, "do you think i look pretty?" & he said, "you always look pretty." it was said so plainly, as if it were undeniably true. i think of that whenever i need cheering up.

high hopes...

"don't get mad. i know you're going to say no, but daniel wanted me to ask you something. i just want to be nice for people, mom. (inhale) can we play a four player video game?"

no.

(exhale) "i knew you were going to say that."

tea party.....

do i have to? ...sometimes it's so hard to tear myself from the computer screen. all my friends are in there. i don't want to go and work and slave and tend to an endless list of responsibilities. just one more minute. just one more cup of tea.

good riddance...

"Rudeness ought rather be forgotten than remembered, save for the sake of amending it."

~from The Little Duke

have faith...

& despise not the day of small things...

same same...

~Snow (about The Lay of the Land)

"I like that book. It puts into words the best thoughts I've ever had about the woods."

happy days...

=) feeling happy & friendly today....... it comes & goes.