Favorite time of day

I think my favorite time of day is that time of early morning....right after waking up. Everything is still quite. You feel warm and sleepy. The bed is comfy. Early morning light is filtering in. They day is new. To me this time of day feels....soft. I love to lay in bed at this time just savoring the new of the day. But before long the magic is broken as I force myself up to begin the day. Soon my time is consumed with early morning traffic reports and the sounds of the day beginning. But every morning I look forward to the "soft" time...before the day starts...when the world is just getting started.

Earth Day

Today is Earth Day. The day we are to officially celebrate the wonderful planet that we live on. Yahoo lets you celebrate by changing the heading color to green! :)

I think I will celebrate Earth Day by planting some flowers for my porch!

Happy Earth Day!!!

Hard Boiled Eggs

I consider myself pretty good in the kitchen. I have cooked turkey and dressing for Thanksgiving, made enchalidas from scratch, and experimented with various new receipes over the years. But I seem to have a problem with simple things...like making egg salad and making hard boiled eggs.

Yesterday afternoon, as I was getting ready to leave work for the day, I asked my mom how to make egg salad. She and my brother looked at me like I had lost my head and then started to laugh. I tried to explain myself but it just didn't matter. I then said that the main problem was that I couldn't remember how to hard boil eggs. More laughter from my brother.

I have probably asked my mother and Carole 10 or more times how to make hard boiled eggs. For some reason I just can't get it to stick in my head. It seems that my problem is that I am great as long as I have a receipe to follow...but I don't have a receipe card for hard boiling eggs or making egg salad. And honestly...I just don't remember from one time to the next....

So I guess I am doomed to asking how to hard boil eggs until the day that I die. I guess it could always be worse...but having my brother laugh at me because I don't know how to make egg salad is pretty bad....

:)

Happy Things

Well...this is the third time that I am trying to write and post this blog. The other two times I wrote it I went to post and it told me that there was an error...so...they say third time is a charm....

You could ask any woman who has a boyfriend or a husband and she would probably tell you that she has the BEST man in the whole world...at least let's hope she would say that. I have proof though that my boyfriend IS the best man in the world. :)

For instance...last night he showed up with the clamps to fix my dryer and FLOWERS!!! These were not "special day" flowers...they were "just because" flowers...how happy is that??? It wasn't long before my dryer was fixed and he was helping me to move my entertainment center up against the wall (now that I finally have cable). Of course...during the process of moving the unit my thumb was smashed. It hurt so bad!!! But...being the excellent athletic trainer that he is...he soon had me icing it down in a bowl of ice water...this was only after I sat on the floor crying for several minutes refusing to let him see my thumb or get remotely close to touching it or me...but even after all my childish behavior he still gave me a kiss! :)

But that isn't all...not by a long shot...

He has helped me with every part of my move...and he is still helping me to put things away and get everything in its right spot.

He takes out my trash...without me ever asking or saying anything...most of the time before I even notice that it needs to be done!

Then there is the fact that he helps me get dinner on the table...empties the dish washer...and then helps me to clean up dinner afterwards....all WITHOUT so much as a word from me!!!

He has helped put together numerous cabinets and bookshelves...

He puts up with my crazy cats and my weird little quirks...

He deals with my mood swings and my venting events...all with a smile, a kiss, and a hug to make me feel better...

He opens doors for me...

He puts up with my numerous phone calls a day and my millions of emails....just to say hi...

So...I think I win! I found the best one by far...at least in my opinion!!!

I love you Nathan!