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DianaK

Appreciations Year Three: Day 283

This story of a dog learning to ride a bicycle and his human who clearly loves him.

Clean laundry, and living room, and kitchen, oh my!

Sunny sunny sunshine and a sweet little walk around the neighborhood with Katie with a bonus of the last of the french lilacs’ scent wafting through the air.

IMG_3032Rorschach clouds by Katie. 🙂

Receiving fun phone messages, planning plans, going with the flow, changing course, doodling, breathing.

DianaK

Appreciations Year Three: Day 279

Lovely visit with the Delaneys and the gang at the castle yesterday. So much big love in a short little space of time. ❤

The way it sounds when it starts raining really hard. Downpour!

A most amicable, amazing, and amusing lunch with Amy today! 😀

Feeling better — able to work for a few hours today. Hooray!

Stopping work and watching Big Hero 6 with the kids. Yup, that’s the kind of awesome house I live in. 😉

Nice chat with my brother this evening. I’m so excited they are moving back to MN!!

New ideas, goofy friends, feeling optimistic, dishwashers, chickadees, perfect putts that you really don’t have the skill to make, but make anyway.

DianaK

Appreciations Year Three: Day 219

Waking up just as the sun crested the horizon and filled my office with a blaze of light. Gorgeous!

wild rice chicken cashew spinachLast night’s dinner. For you “normal” people who actually cook, this would probably be underwhelming, but for someone like me (who never, ever cooks anything more complex than eggs or toast), a spinach-onion-chicken-cashew-wild rice thingy is pretty freaking awesome. 🙂

Finding this funny little video in my inbox from Katie. (https://youtu.be/8hqdnP5r8JU) My kids take such good care of me. 😉

Looking forward to a little Ruby time today. Hooray!

The smell of sawdust and the memory of being so excited by the possibilities presented by all the tools in my dad’s workshop, the sound of waves washing over the shore and pulling all the little pebbles back with them, word games, puns, penguins, salt, double rainbows.

DianaK

Year 1, Day 128: people, presents, personalization

I appreciate:

  • The people in my life so much. I am surrounded by brilliant, kind, generous, surprising, funny characters at every turn.
  • Every day is an adventure! I’m still savoring the lively and ludicrous conversations from the past few days! 🙂
  • It was such treat to be able to see all my siblings, nieces and nephews and their partners for the holidays. What a joyful, charming bunch of people!
  • I also appreciate the joy of giving and receiving gifts. So much thoughtfulness and inventiveness this year!
  • I’m particularly thrilled to have received a personalized cookbook of my mom’s favorites – complete with the stories of how she found (or invented) the recipes. And I deeply touched and amazed by the gift of this beautiful quilt my sister-in-law made for me. ♥

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DianaK

Year 1, Day 127: celebrations, traditions, family, donations

I appreciate:

  • Our quiet morning at home before traveling for Christmas celebrations.
  • Our silly traditions – even if we can’t quite remember why they got started!
  • The joy – and hilarity – of spending the day with my entire family. What a funny, joyful time!
  • Our tradition of making a donation to the childrens’ home and to the nursing home residents and staff. We are so fortunate to be in a position to do little things like that.
  • Ending the day with more quiet family time. Perfect.
DianaK

Year 1, Day 126: experiences, looking forward, family nearby Dec 24, 2012

I appreciate the amazing experiences I’m fortunate to have and the excitement of looking forward to them. Today, I got my tickets for the Tiny Funny Women Fest, Ellis performing on Prairie Home Companion, and Song School.  So excited for all these events.  I also appreciate the sweetness of wrapping gifts and baking with the whole family, and the fact that we have our family nearby and can see Pat’s family on the 24th and my family on the 25th. 🙂

DianaK

Year 1, Day 124: latte and conversation, time with brothers, time with daughter

I appreciate:

  1. Spending this morning Pat and his sister Kate at Cafe Latte. Yummy rice milk latte and great conversation.
  2. Spending the afternoon with my brothers. What funny, interesting people! We always have such interesting conversations.
  3. Spending the evening shopping and doing errands with my lovely Katie. I never really care what we’re doing when we’re together. I enjoy her company so much!
DianaK

Year 1, Day 123: audience, fellow improvisers, the Delaneys, family visits

Oh, today is so easy. I appreciate:

  • Everyone who came to the show at HUGE Theater last night. You were an awesome audience!
  • Jen, Kristen, Liv Augusta Anderson, Carolyn Blomberg & Dan Linden, for making the whole solo show such a wonderful experience. 🙂
  • This morning’s solstice/birthday/christmas gathering with T, E & R. Perfect in every way!
  • The anticipation of seeing my siblings and all my nieces and nephews (who are coming to town this weekend!) It will be so much fun to see everyone again!
DianaK

Year 1, Day 121: wackiness, feedback, open venue

I appreciate the continued wackiness of meeting people out of context! Today’s version:

  • Meeting Mary, my fellow laughter yoga leader, at the bead store (unscheduled stop during errands today).
  • Seeing Elyssa (from my CSz class) at Huge (I was on my way out after rehearsal, she was heading in for class).
  • Ending up in line behind Katie C (whom I haven’t seen in several years and doesn’t live in my neighborhood) at my post office.

So. Much. Fun!

I also appreciate Katie, Ryan, and Pat, for patiently watching and then providing good feedback on the solo improv show I’m working on. 😉

And I appreciate the fact that HUGE Theater is letting me try this out tomorrow night! In front of real live people! (Okay, well I both appreciate and am terrified by it….) 😛

DianaK

Year 1, Day 94: friends, family, coworkers

I appreciate the wonderful people in my life. I feel utterly grateful to be surrounded by so much grace, wisdom, gentleness and wit. I appreciate all of you so very much. Thank you for making my life the beautiful thing it is.

I appreciate:

  • My family. I’m lucky to be able to count my family members, including my husband and kids, parents, siblings, and cousins, as friends. What a generous, lively, interesting, funny group of people!
  • My chosen family, including dear friends here in town, fellow improvisers, friends from Song School, old friends from childhood.
  • Friends whom I’ve never met in person, but have come to love just as dearly, including my word-geek friends from Bitwordy. 🙂
  • Clients and colleagues who share similar values and who are such a joy to work with.

When I consider how many truly lovely people I encounter on a regular basis, it takes my breath away.