Laugh. Dream. Enjoy.

Imagine. Invent. Dance. Sing. Listen. Explore. 

Create. Inspire. Learn. Amaze. Play. Build. Teach.

Laugh. Dream. Enjoy.

These are the words after which we named the tables at our wedding. Inspired by others out there in the blogosphere, I've decided I need to do something to focus on the here and the now. To figure out how to enjoy each and every day, or at least small moments. I'm going to try to start keeping my own list of daily moments that acknowledge these words, and others like them. Here's hoping it helps me to Laugh, Dream & Enjoy. 

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5.21.11: Cuddle with my amazing hubby while we actually do nothing but watch television on a Sunday evening, after a full and prodcutive weekend of housework, yardwork, and an amazing visit with my college roomie. 

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4.27.11: Stare at the beautiful river while I take ten minutes to breathe, and slow my racing mind. 

4.25.11: Pass the hours at work so quickly because I have a project that is interesting, finally!

4.24.11: Walk outside in the sun. It finally feels hot!

4.22.11: Freeze outside of Red Bones while we wait for a table to eat yummy BBQ. 

4.19.11: Arrange blocks of mass to create a building from scratch...finally on a new project, from the very beginning.

4.18.11: Stock the fridge with yummy, healthy food to eat so we can get back to cooking at home.

4.17.11: Tackle the mess in our office by starting with consolidating our files. After three years of marriage, it seems like time. 

I have fallen miserably behind in this project. I guess that's what a fabulous vacation in London with wonderful family will do. It's time to get back to it. 

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3.31.11: Pack our suitcases in preparation for our trip to London!

3.30.11: Complete a last minute finish presentation without completely freaking out.

3.29.11: Improvise with leftover pizza dough to create yummy calzones for dinner. 

3.28.11: Consult with the RE to come up with a plan. She's optimistic. We're taking deep breaths and getting excited.  

3.27.11: Knead 

3.26.11: Shop 


3.25.11: Dine with Hubby at a great South American restaurant, and have two yummy margaritas. (note to self: next time, stick with one when it's been so long. I did not sleep all night!)


3.24.11: Walk on the elliptical to move my stiff, aching body, and make it healthier so it can give Violetta a good home when she finally gets here. 



dough for homemade pizza. Friends over for dinner to show of our house. for new sexy shoes. It's time to be a girly-girl again, no more frump! 

3.22.11: Dare to hope that at 15pdiui this cold be the real thing. 

3.21.11: Read joyful, inspirational and heart wrenching stories of women like me on the first night of ICLW. 

3.19.11: Transform our house by painting the rest of the main floor. No more ugly pale yellow. 

3.18.11: Walk with Hubby for an hour after work to soak in the first truly spring day we've had this year. the first floor of our house by painting the kitchen and dining room a lively shade of gray. We have now obliterated the pale yellow from two of the four levels of our lovely split level. 

3.16.11: Sing lousy imitations of Idol contestants and find myself laughing hysterically for the first time in a long time.

3.15.11: Suck up a sickeningly sweet shamrock shake.

3.14.11: Solve a nagging sync issue with my address book and mobileme contacts, finally, after a few months!

3.13.11: Bask in the sunlight that is still out in full force at 4:15 in the afternoon. Spring is here!


3.12.11: Celebrate the day I met Hubby five years ago, with a fun dinner out.

3.11.11: Hear Pour Some Sugar On Me on the radio on the way into work, which brings me right back to junior high, and makes me smile.

3.10.11: Investigate how to do a rendering in R*vit with real lights, and shadows, and everything, instead of having to do it all in photo.shop—something I've always wanted to learn to do. I'll see how it turns out when I get to work tomorrow, as it will be processing all night.


3.9.11: Primp and polish my nails while I wait for Hubby to get home so we can watch the Top 13 on American Idol. 

3.8.11: Induldge in a leisurely Polish lunch with coworkers and a consultant named Zbigniew, an adorable Polish man who wanted to take us out of a treat while he entertained us with charming stories.  


3.7.11: Rest on the couch during a day off work to relax give time for egg to meet sperm to create Violetta, and to spend a little time taking care of my beautiful home—without exerting myself, of course.  

4.26.11: Notice that sping is nearly in full bloom. Every day is a new flower. The forcythias, the dafodils, and now the azaleas. And it's finally warm.