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DianaK

Appreciations 4.107 – spectacular and sparkly

synchronized-parallel-parkingWhat a sparkly day! One of those days when I am truly astounded by how lucky I am. First, I got to witness the most AMAZING thing as I was driving around looking for a parking spot before the concert today. Synchonized Parallel Parking!! Three cars backed into three parking spots, each separated by a parked car (I made a diagram so you can see what I mean. And yes, I am just that big of a geek.) at EXACTLY the same time. Same angle, same timing. Unbelievable! I can’t even begin to tell you how lucky I feel to have seen this happen. It was miraculous! 😀

Then the day got even better. We had the most wonderful show at ASI! The space was a gorgeous place to sing and we sounded (if I do say so myself) fantastic. The audience was smiling and dancing in their seats, clearly enjoying it and it was utterly, soul-fillingly, brilliantly blissful to sing with these wonderful women. It was all I could do to keep from weeping during Star of Wonder. So so so good. 💗💗💗

And after all this amazing goodness, I got to round out my day with a great visit with my mom and dad (I hope you get better soon, Mom!) and a really fun conversation with my brother Jeff… who is moving here in a few weeks! All in all, one of the very best days. I am incredibly grateful for my shining life. ✨ 🌟 ✨

DianaK

Appreciations 4.106

Super fun coffee date with Laura yesterday! It’s so great to have her living in the same town! 🙂

Really busy work week. Busy doing work I love for clients I love who are each doing something I really believe in. Pretty awesome! 💗

IMG_3683Driving home around the lakes. I was feeling pretty beat from a long day, but then looked across Lake Calhoun and saw my beloved city. It took my breath away.  My phone camera doesn’t do it justice, but you get the idea. 😉

Looking forward to singing with the Earthtones at ASI tomorrow! Come see us! 😀

DianaK

Appreciations 4.105 – So. Much. Fun.

My appreciation buddy, Pam. She coined and often uses the word “taskies” — which I now use and love! Today she wrote this, which made me giggle and will probably make me giggle a few more times today: “Did a thousand little taskies last night, and then my head fell off and I couldn’t find it. I think it went under the couch.” Hahahaha!

You can see why I love her, right?! Besides being genuine and warmhearted, and generous and wacky, and genius and warbling (see what I did with gen- and wa- words there!?), she is an absolutely beautiful, caring, delightful, energetic, fascinating, gorgeous, helpful, inspiring, joyful kaleidoscope of love. Magic! Nothing outshines Pam’s quirky, rakish style, her tasty, uplifting verbiage, or her wonderful xylophonic “Yes!”es. Zowie! 😀

Wordplay. (In case you were wondering…) 😉

Sunshine, a comfortable night’s sleep, feeling better, planning fun plans, good work.

DianaK

Appreciations 4.97

Reconnecting with the ever energetic, smart, funny, engaging Jerilyn. What a fun conversation we had yesterday! What a joy to reconnect with her! 🙂

Looking forward to spending time with Pam today as she receives the Elixir of Radiant Life. Spending time with Pam always makes me feel happier, wiser, centered. How lucky am I to know her! ❤

Tazo Calm Chamomile tea. It is so comforting and soothing when my tummy is unsettled.

DianaK

Appreciations 4.92

My life is filled with the most wonderful people. It is a fairly constant source of amazement to me. Today I had such an inspiring and thought-provoking talk with Timmy. I love our talks!

Later I had a couple errands and a device check appointment at the heart clinic, and everyone I encountered was funny and/or sweet and/or just plain lovely to interact with. I love that my experiences are populated by such bright, charming people!

Ending the day with a delicious dinner and watching the Wizard of Oz with Ellis and Ruby and Katie and Cina was pretty much as good as it can get. ♥  I will tell you, it is SUPER fun to watch the Wizard of Oz again with a 5-year old. 😀

DianaK

Appreciations 4.91

Today was a day filled with good things to appreciate.

First of all I woke up after a night of much, much more better sleep than I’d been having lately. Still a little short on the hours, but SO much more better quality. Hooray!

Next I had a really satisfying, fun, fascinating meeting with the ever-squooshable John Linn. I have the best job! Srsly.

Then, after getting some of my own work done, I got to meet with a sweet 13-year old girl beginning jewelry designer who “shopped” at my bead “store.” It was so much fun to watch her exclaim over the beads I so lovingly selected during my years as a designer, and watching her pick out her favorites. She was so excited to be able to pick out real crystals and pearls. 😀 Her mom was super sweet, too, and it was such a lovely, wonderful way to send some of my beads on their way!

This evening I caught up on planning things with friends, and now I get to look forward to coffee shop meetings, a trip to MIA, and other future fun stuff. Pretty awesome day. ❤

DianaK

Appreciations 4.88

A day with plenty of energy. Yay! Enough to get some really good work work done, and some really good rehearsal prep work, and then to get through another excellent rehearsal! After yesterday (I crashed on the couch for the entire evening after rehearsal and yard work ), I was feeling a little discouraged…but then today, I had all the energy I needed. Even got the kitchen cleaned up. Hooray!

Singing. Oh, what fun it is when we get to this part of the season when most of us know most of our parts on most of the songs. 😛 Peggy is so patient and wonderful. I am so happy to be singing with these fine ladies again. ❤

snail card 300x300More drawing fun. I like how pleased I am with myself…like a little kid. 😉 I made a get well card with a snail on it for Pam who likes snails. It was so much fun to do!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.86

A perfectly perfect Saturday! Getting little taskies done, like clearing out my office supply drawer! I know I don’t need 10 pairs of scissors, 30 or 40 highlighters and dry erase markers, and 3,000 extra pens. And guess what — Katie and Cina needed exactly that many of those things! 😉

After getting little taskies and some work done I headed out with the kids to my folks’ annual church bazaar. So fun to catch up with those friendly people!

Then a brilliant and wonderful dinner with Sarah and Ida. Sarah made the most delicious lentil pasta with crazy-good spinach-garlic-something delicious sauce. Yum! And what a blissful evening of catching up, playing with Ida, and cuddling with cats. ❤ Even Reggie came over to say hi and be petted — a first for me! I know enough to be deeply, deeply honored. 🙂

DianaK

Appreciations 4.84

Hats and scarves and gloves, oh my! What a blustery day. I like things that make me feel cozy on blustery days. I also like that they remind me of Winnie the Pooh, which makes me grin and start making up hummy songs about stuff. 🙂

Making progress on an awesome secret project I’m doing for a friend. Fun to do, fun to plan, fun to think about completing. Fun fun fun fun fun! 😀

Toby, the centipede-hunting wonder cat!