I appreciate:

• How much the cats like the new scratching post.  They’re so funny to watch playing around on it, and now maybe they’ll leave the couch alone!
• The luxury of a day free from work, errands, and chores.  Wheeee!
• Bright sunshine taking the edge off the cold wind.

I appreciate:

Ellis‘ CD Release show with Arthur and Mother Banjo. So. Much. Fun. Great music, hilarious stories, and reconnecting with wonderful people. Perfection!

Thunder at 3 am. Thunder!

A rainy Saturday morning at home with the family, hanging out, drinking coffee, getting some chores done. Lovely start to the weekend!

I appreciate:

• That it was raining (not snowing) this morning — and that the sun is coming out now!
• My shiny, clean car. Thanks, hubby, for getting it washed yesterday (hence the rain today… ) 🙂
• My lilac perfume. I’m gonna just keep waiting for spring to spring by pretending in whatever ways I can!

I appreciate:

• iTunes.  Yup, working and listening to the Bears and some Adam Ant sure makes the afternoon fly by…. 
• Weather warm enough to go for a walk WITH NO JACKET.  Oh, yeah!
• A productive work and errand day that makes taking that walk feel well-deserved. 🙂

I appreciate:

• The honor of learning, performing, and playing with my 501 classmates.  These people are open-hearted, generous, and brilliant and I feel so fortunate to know them. 
• My mom’s habit of singing bits of song related to something said in a conversation.  Just now I looked up at the daisies on the table and in my mind, I heard my mom’s voice singing, “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do. I’m half-crazy, all for the love of you.” I ♥ you, mom!
• The sunshine and birds singing.  Even though I can also hear the furnace kicking back on, I feel hopeful that someday it will actually be spring!

I appreciate:

• Knowing that I’m finally doing improv “right” (i.e. I have bruises on my knees from last nights Gorillas rehearsal.  If you’re not bruised, you’re not doing it right….) 😛
• Finally getting back to work on my Seriously Happy workshops.  Couple more details to line up and then I’m off and running.  Or laughing. 🙂
• The prospect of a 40º+ day this week.  Time for a picnic!

I appreciate:

• Yesterday’s showcases at HUGE.  So much fun to watch and even more fun to play with my 201 classmates!
• My first Nyquil-free night in a week.  I’m getting better.  Yay!
• The possibility of a “normal” week with everyone more or less healthy and no doctor appointments or chemo.  Freedom!

I appreciate: LeeAnne for yesterday’s FB prompt asking what our favorite sounds are.  What a fun question! Here are my favorite sounds…

• The sound of laughter – especially the sound of laughter meditation (20-40 people all laughing non-stop for 5-10 minutes. It’s like a sea of laughter), children and babies laughing, my own friends and family laughing, audiences laughing!
• The sounds of rain, thunder, wind in the trees, birds, crickets, frogs, waves, rivers.
• Polyphonic acapella music with rich harmonies.  Yummy!

I appreciate:

• The person walking a great dane and a dachsund at the same time this morning.  Funny to watch!
• An afternoon with my dear friends, Kari, Debb, and Cara.  It was so good to see you all.  Thank you for taking the time and energy to get together!
• The smell of the hyacinths Debb gave me.  They make me believe in spring! 😛

I appreciate:

• That I had the energy to shower this morning!  I’m pretty sure my family appreciates that, too. 😛
• Real Sudafed.  You know, the stuff that actually works?  Yay for breathing.
• Being able to look back at everything I’ve appreciated during the past 9 months. (Yes, I have it all in a spreadsheet – from before I even started posting on FB.)  Sometimes being a geek is a very, very good thing! 🙂