today

{Outside my window...}

it is getting ready to storm. I am perched on the back of the couch alongside our 2 year old, watching a construction crew frantically trying to get in as much work as possible before the rain comes.

{I am thinking...}

about how lovely it would be to have a Memorial Day 2012 reprise - complete with family snuggles in the hammock, sprinkler play, cold beer, and dinner beneath the newly strung lights on the back patio.

{I am thankful for...}

a good night's sleep next to my love

{I am wearing...}

a plum skirt and neon green shirt.

i think they go well together but i can't be certain so i felt a little self-conscious when dropping kiddo #1 at school

{I am creating...}

space in the basement to hang a bike, piles and piles of laundry,  a birthday dinner menu

{I am going...}

to finish my coffee before it gets cold. 

I am trying to stay in the present today - a task that is very difficult for me to do

{I am hoping...}

for many things - the list feels all a-jumble at the moment

{I am hearing...}

birds tweeting amidst the whirring-beeping-clanking of bulldozers, the squishy click of a nearby thumb-sucker, and a neighbor's lawnmower

{A few of my favorite things...}

freshly cut grass, a thunderstorm, time with family, learning new things, clean dishes, the scent of a freshly bathed child, anticipation for upcoming adventures,  riding a bike, and 

hand-picked strawberries