A is for the ANTICIPATION<\/b> of the next good book I will read, having just finished one that made me wish I could read twice as fast so I could read twice as much.<\/p>\n
B is for the cool BREEZE<\/b> that flows like a balm into the bedroom when I go to bed and crack the window open.<\/p>\n
C is for the COLLEAGUES<\/b> that appreciate the work I do.<\/p>\n
D is for the DAYLIGHT<\/b> that is still increasing; light last night at 9:30 as I soared down the hill, with the sun behind the silver-rimmed puffclouds and all the windmills madly whirling white in the light.<\/p>\n
E is for EMAIL<\/b> which allows me to receive notes and letters and messages from my loved ones, my friends, my family, all over the world. I am constantly amazed by this crazy, wonderful technology that gives us so much.<\/p>\n
F is for new FURNITURE<\/b>, some on order and some awaiting with anticipation a shopping trip this weekend.<\/p>\n
G is for GRAPE<\/b> Tootsie Pops.<\/p>\n
H is for Little HOUSE<\/b> on the Prairie<\/i> which I am reading to my kids, and which we are all enjoying. So exciting and scary with the prairie fire and the Indian war cries! So interesting with the questions about pioneers and plowing and papooses! (hmmm…maybe this should have been for P!)<\/p>\n
I is for the INHERITANCE INVENTORY<\/b> project that I am working on: a list of the things in our house and where they came from, so that my children someday have a reference to know the history behind the things that surround them and understand why some of them are special<\/p>\n
J is for JAIME or JAMIE<\/b>, which happens to be my favorite name (for a girl, the first, or for a boy, the second). I was very disappointed when we were choosing baby names to realize that J names wouldn’t work in Swedish, which is why my daughter’s name is not Jaime. What’s your favorite name?<\/p>\n
K is for the KIDS<\/b>, of course. I’ve decided that since squishing isn’t working, I shall make a royal announcement: No More Birthdays. There! That ought to stop them growing.<\/p>\n
L is for all the LAUGHTER<\/b> my children and their friends generated all evening. It’s still echoing around the house.<\/p>\n
M is for great melodic MUSIC<\/b> that gets my toes tapping, my head bobbing and my booty wiggling.<\/p>\n
N is for NEW<\/b>, period. It’s what we love about the beginning of the year, what we love about Spring: everything is new, filled with promise and life and beginnings. It’s for finding new writers, new artists, new books, new friends.<\/p>\n
O is for OBSESSIVELY<\/b> playing the same album over and over, in the car, at work, at home, until I know every word and every harmony to every song track.<\/p>\n