Day 323 ~ "W" ... "W"ait for it...

I couldn't resist!  LOL!  It just seemed to flow.  (my title that is...)

Miraflores ~ Lima, Peru

"W"ait for it...  "W"ater.  Yes, water.

The first thing that came to mind and happened to simultaneously put a smile on my face, that started with a "W" was water.

Mar del Plata, Argentina

I was exposed to water as a little girl, and I mean as old as I could sit up, my mother took me took the beach.  

Whether it was the beautiful beaches of sunny Southern California; Lima, Peru; Mollendo- Arequipa, Peru; vacationing in Mar del Plata, Argentina; or being surrounded by the Puget Sound, the many lakes and majestic scenery of Washington state ... I have always been blessed to have lived near a body of water.  

Seattle, Washington

I may no longer live blocks from Venice Beach, but that doesn't stop me from feeling that I do.  (...and I didn't bring up the many swimming pools I splashed in.) 

After all, what is it that they say...  

... when life gives you lemons, add some Water, a little sugar along with some love... and Wham-O!  ... make some delicious lemonade! 

(okay so I added a little extra.)

By the way... (angels sing out)   M-i-l-e-s-t-o-n-e ! ! !  My blog here... she reached 25,000 views today!!  Words can not express... no seriously... I can't think of anything to say, other than I am humbled.  Thank you for reading, and best of all thank you for commenting. 

Blogging A to Z Challenge April 2012... What will "X" bring us tomorrow?

Blessings...

42 days to go...  

... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

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Day 180 ~ ♪♫•♪♫ Let It Snow ♪♫•♪♫

What a lovely fall day.  Most of the day was cloudy, lot's of record fog around town, rainy and brrrrrr cold.  At one point it was thirty-five degrees out and before I knew it, within the hour it had dropped down to twenty-nine.  It began haling, very small little balls and a few moments later Calley and I looked out the window, and there we had it... light flurries!

It was snowing!  It wasn't sticking, but it was snowing!  and Calley... ecstatic!  The rest of the afternoon?  Yes, you got it... Calley wanted it to snow more.  As if I had a switch to turn it on and off!

I can not say that I would be able to live back east... I feel for all of you and I'm a baby (raised in sunny Southern California, Thank you very much.)  The closest I got to having a taste of cold weather, was living in Seattle [for nearly ten years.]  

You could almost count on seeing snow at least one day each year in the fall or winter... I even remember it snowing for two days one year, and the city completely shut down.  [What happened was that the city of Seattle had sold their snow plows/machinery to a neighboring city the year before because of its lack of use!  Bahaha!  Isn't that always the way it goes?]

Not that I am wishing for a two day closure here!  Bite your tongue!  Well, regardless it was a lovely cool day in Western Texas today!  I think the only thing that would have made it a tad nicer... a roaring fire.  (No fireplace.  A small little detail.  wink-wink)

I can't believe that it is twenty-two degrees right now, with the wind chill... a whopping twelve degrees!  WOW! I can just imagine hold cold it will be at six in the morning.  I certainly hope for Dean's sake that there is at least a two hour school delay so he won't have to go in at six in the morning! (my poor baby.)

Here's to hoping Calley can make a little snow ball in the morning.  (big smile.)

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.  ~W.T. Ellis

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.  ~Bob Hope

Blessings to all!!

185 days to go...

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