Day Fifteen of Beauty...fixing, foofing and fabricating!

♥sitting, feeling small and significant all at once...surrounded by truth and consequence and formality and justice.

♥grrrreat hair day...proof of it at Home Depot...which may be the new litmus test from now on.

♥making a backyard washer game from scratch...how having all the right tools for the job made me smile from ear to ear...and how the finished product is AMAZING.

Days 12, 13 & 14...playing Beauty~full catch-up.

♥The drive...cruise music taking me there and getting me in that vacation kinda mindset...

♥The coma bed...sleeping until after 12pm.

♥The set-up, Camp Convenience.

♥The sudden torrential rain..."what's that sound?" "Oh, SHIT!"

♥The rolling with it...another night in the coma bed...oh, drats.

♥The adjusting...puddle removal and drying out.

♥The curious animals...they make that saying about cats for a reason!

♥The calm, quiet camaradarie. Lovely.

♥The drive...quiet, contemplative and ready to see my babies.

Day Eleven...Beauty~full hiatus all up in here.

♥Friday, payday...great work day full of smiles and happiness and giddy work love.

♥hitting a landmark. A little itty bity landmark that has seemed so so so far off in the distance and so unattainable. It's here...right here and I can't stop smiling!

♥giving myself permission to temporarily walk away from my committment for 30 days of 3 beauty~full things so that I can escape...much needed escape!

Day Ten of Beauty...Almost Friday!

♥a random email from a kindred...with a hug and a heaping dose of complete understanding.

♥free time. hmmm...it's been quite a while!

♥chopped strawberries, diced jalepeno, cilantro, salt, pepper and lime juice over tilapia. mmm...

Day Nine of Beauty...Beauty in the works

♥working with White Oprah.

♥two miraculous surprise "yes" answers for patients who really needed and deserved them. I'm still kinda going "really?" in my head but my heart is going "Woo Hoo!!!"

♥camradarie...we're a work family. Not always smooth, not always nice, not always perfect but in it together and forgiving and fun.

Day Eight of Beauty...It is what it is, but it becomes what you make it

♥speaking a simple truth and expecting a possibly deserved criticism and instead being served a heaping platter of curiosity, exploration and acceptance.

♥learning a truth about someone who "should" behave like a better friend but then realizing how hypocritical that actually is as I have been way less than a stellar friend myself...then how humbling and peaceful it felt to simply accept the limitations and impossibility of the "friendship." Then realizing that it isn't even ugly...it just is what it is and that is perfectly okay.

♥watching my babygirl get an award that gave me goosebumps from head to toe. She's an amazing athlete and should get awards every day of her life for that...but this one, this award tonight was about her heart, soul and integrity. I couldn't possibly be more proud of this little lady.

Day Seven...Beauty~full Bird Day

♥A silvery snake slithering soooo quickly as it was chased by three red-winged black birds.

♥Mutt and Jeff flying high...a big bird with a little one doing ring-around-the-rosy with it mid flight.

♥An owl perfectly framed in my windshield mere feet away as I drove home tonight.