did you say Anthropologie? Yes, yes I did!!!

Good 

Monday 

Morning

my 

sweet

chick-a-dee's!

** I say that as there is a plethora of birds chirping in my backyard!  I opened the window and it is like pure springtime bliss back there... birds, crickets, frogs galore!!!

I laid in bed listening to my very own lullaby going on outside last night, and wondered what it would be like if I lived in a city and went to bed hearing cars driving by instead.....

kind of made me want to take my pillow outside and savor it all - for a little bit - then come back inside and enjoy it from my bed!

:) 

I feel blessed! 

now, if I could whip up a garden, and have beauteous flowers like these, 

I would really be crack-a-lack-in!!!!

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Did you have a good weekend?

Mine was amazing!!!!

I visited old friends that I haven't seen in WAAAAY too many years,

and got to see 2 of the 3 boys that I took care of in Middle and High School 

- they are now in there teens people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love these boys as if they were my own!!!!

The eldest was out of town for the morning, but next time he's all mine!

:)

Turns out we don't live too terribly far from each other, so a grill out/kayak date is in the works!

It absolutely warmed my heart to hug these boys (and their mom and dad!!!) they were such a huge part of my life, and I am beyond thrilled to have them back in my life again!

No morning Starbucks date would be complete without a little trip over to Anthropologie,

so that's where we headed!

Natalie and I (Natalie is the mama to these 2 stud muffin boys!) and Josie, of course, went and swooned over everything pretty much at Anthro.... and I snagged the most comfortable shirt created..

Loving the burnt orange color!

AND my new phone!!!!

:)

mine went ca put, so we spent an hour in Verizon Saturday evening trying to get everything squared away!

I will say this - and say it proudly....

they were all about the Smart Phones, and while I think they are amazing, it's just not for me!

Kind of made my head spin thinking of all of the gadgets, app's, etc....

So I opted for a "simple yet smart" version of a smart phone - and saved money AND they had a cute little pink cover for my phone too!!!

:)

I think the Verizon staff could sense us slowing loosing our minds trying to entertain Josie this entire time, so they were giving their "order" to her - 

she had a little notebook and pen and was asking us if we wanted 

"chicken nuggets and chocolate milk"

The child never seizes to make me grin!

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Have a blessed DAY!

I leave you with this....

"What the eye sees better the heart feels more deeply.

We not only increase the likelihood of our being moved;

we also run the risks that being moved entails.  Seeing increases

our vulnerability to being recruited to the welfare of another."

-Robert Kegan, The Evolving Self

{I just finished reading Ashley Judd's memoir and if left me feeling in AWE!!}