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%*#& Is Where the Heart Is

5/14/2012

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Thanks to Cousin Lori for the sampler!
An unexpected repair to my house has me feeling grumpy. Okay, more than grumpy. Exponentially grumpy. So grumpy that I've been feeling that I don't love my house anymore. My house has betrayed me. My house makes me think I'll never trust it again. The house is a bad marriage, and I want out.

That was yesterday. Today the sun is up, the sky is blue and even though I haven't yet planted the red geraniums in the pot on the porch, it's looking like a red-geranium day. Tra la la la la la la. Pollyanna has come home at last!


I'll admit to being a bit of an optimist. Or a hopeful-ist (though some would say delusionist.) And I've never been one to blame a messenger. So I got to thinking about all the things I love about my house. Things which, despite my momentary despair, were all still true when the sun blared up over the hilltops this morning--

                              
                                       THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY HOUSE:

 LOTS OF LIGHT AND SHADOWS       TALL ENOUGH FOR A GIRAFFE                  COOL RAILINGS
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PARAMECIUM
-SHAPED SPOT ON TILE      ROOM FOR ALL MY JUNK          WEIRDLY REFLECTIVE DOORBELL
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                                          But what I love best about my house is that
                                                       KOBI LOVES IT, TOO!
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And if you feel as if you need a little Pollyanna in your life today, check out these videos:

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Lynn link
5/15/2012 01:23:20 am

Who wouldn't love the light, the shadows, the cat? Truly, the best of all possible worlds.

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