Sun.Day.

Today has begun with Things I Love.

1. waking to the sun
2. watching the sun rise
3. coffee
4. another coffee
5. happy babies
6. toast with earth balance, peanut butter, raspberry jam and ground flax
7. lots of glasses of water
8. being healthy 
9. taking my vitamins
10. prayers
11. reliving dreams in my mind while little bodies eat cereal and make funny faces at me across the table
12. being well rested
13. little plans and designs
14. turning 'them' over
15. trusting NCLEX will be just what it needs to be
16. wishing i could have a morning with my mom 
17. thinking about half-marathon runners
18. curious what i need to do to get the scale to go below 167.4
19. contemplating another coffee but knowing that would probably be a bad idea
20. looking over and seeing a brown-eyed sweet four year old roll her banana in her hands like it's a play-doh snake
21. wishing my hair would curl at the ends like the sweet almost-three year old sitting next to me
22. contemplating bangs and a bob
23. gratitude
24. faith
25. sunshine

Happy Sunday.

things i love.

Happy September Everyone!
I'm overcome with love this morning---

I love

1. coffee
2. serendipity
3. green leaves 
4. Morning Edition on npr
5. Sonja
6. a freshly made bed with clean sheets
7. successful list making (it's successful when things get crossed off!)
8. blogs
9. children
10. iTunes Genius
11. Gorilla vs Bear
12. XMU on Sirius Radio
13. being part of a community
14. being a good friend
15. having good friends
16. having enough
17. loving God
18. not knowing how to answer the question, "Layla, where do you go to church?"
19. physical activity
20. not stressing out if I don't get to work out today.  well, not totally stressing out
21. applying for jobs
22. envisioning my future
23. feeling a deep and sweet love for myself
24. learning all about cancer so my knowledge can be power. 
25. turning over cancer to God
26. trying not to hate cancer, even though sometimes I really do, and really, cancer is just cells gone a little wayward.  I can appreciate waywardness---I just don't appreciate waywardness in the lives of women I love. 
27. dancing
28. yoga
29. Switzerland
30. Hawai'i
31. my mom
32. Prescott, Arizona

What do you love?