link love

It's been rainy over here and Tara and I have been down with our second bout of the flu in about 3 weeks! Sniffles and sore throats and...general yuckiness!! So it's been hot soup, reading, napping  and cuddling on the couch quite a bit! A few things I have been enjoying lately and want to share with you...

* this blog over here (love her paintings and stories)

* this post by Jen Lemen (How to be Happy -Part II) is sooooo true...every morsel of it! I printed it up and stuck it up where I can read it every single day.

*love this blog full of inspiring goodness + her photography 

*am absolutely going to buy her book when it comes out!

* love this current post by Jen Lee called Some Seasons are for Living  (you can also read my interview with her here)

Hope you enjoy the links...hopefully we will be feeling much better over here soon!

Oh! and thank you to all of you for leaving so many insightful, supportive comments re. my last post. It helps put things into perspective when I get so unbalanced about...well, being balanced!!

splish-splash

(Tara in her new super cute rain booties)

It has been pouring buckets these past few days; I guess the whole of Ca has been hit by record rain. Parts of Northern Ca are even buried under tons of snow. Poor Tara has been cooped up inside so yesterday I bought her some rain boots (aren't they sooooo cute??) and today we went playing in the rain! Splish splash! I bundled up her up, took her ball and went to the park. We are very lucky here on Miramar...there are tons of really nice playgrounds, some of which are partially covered. Well...Tara had a wonderfully fun time...and we both got totally soaked. We came back inside all shivering wet and happy. Next came hot chocolate and snuggles.
Also this...we put in an offer for a home-now comes that yucky part of negotiation and...waiting. Keeping our fingers crossed.
I can't believe that Xmas is just  a few days away-we are leaving most of our Xmas shopping for Friday...I know, I know!!  Totally last minute down to the wire over here!! One of my Xmas wishes is to get everything done in time! Another wish? Is for all of us blog-friends to sit around a fire drinking eggnog...chatting, laughing...our hearts full of love and warmth...sharing stories and fruitcake!! Maybe next year? My heart just beams thinking about it! Happy holidays friends.
*Let me just say that driving on the Ca freeways in the rain...a week before Xmas-not a good idea!!