Pretty Is

1. This video brings both tears and joy.
2. Thinking I should do this for Delilah. Because every mutt should know her roots.
3. Having a plan to lose weight-- back on Jenny Craig.
4. Queen Helen Cholesterol Hair Conditioning Cream.
5. Ancient LGHS sweats.

Sacred

1. This movie: Unmistaken Child.
2. Finding the sparrow earrings again for my mom, and realizing how much she loves them.
3. Being brought to tears by my dad's heartfelt declaration of his pride in me.
4. Sushi with three generations.
5. Dogs in four sizes.

Dick's

1. Round trip to San Leandro to pick up 50 lbs of organic sugar with my daughter and grandson.
2. Brunch at Dick's, the kind of joint you usually have to travel much further to enjoy. Like maybe to the central valley, for instance.
3. Great waitress, with entirely painted-on eyebrows - red.
4. Enthusiastic hugs and kisses from Renzo.
5. Reading Parker's latest book about fmlay.

Sex in the Suburbs

1. Homemade 15 bean soup, Cajun style.
2. Found frozen snickers bars that I apparently hid from myself.
3. Greyhound nose on the keyboard.
4. Living where it's warm enough on (some) November days to open up the windows.
5. Still blossoming hibiscus, outrageously sexual.

Top Billing

1. A good driver's license photo!
2. Discovery of new iPhone app that combines knitting & pets. OMG. Thanks to Leslie: Pawnation.
3. Three foot high stack of mail reduced to a mere wisp.
4. Milk.
5. Glee.

Courage

1. Finding this blog: Life on the Edge, affirmation that there is someone else out there who knows that mental illness is actually a physical illness and who has the courage to write to help stop the stigma. Thank you, Pam.
2. Breaking up with someone who does not appreciate me (and who views my mental illness as a lifestyle choice). Really? Like I wandered in one day and thought I'd take up PTSD? The grace here is knowing clearly that it was time to get out and having the courage to do it!
3. Having family who should take up second careers as cheerleaders.
4. Also, internet games.
5. And a good napping couch.

The Weather

1. Sunshine leaking through the sheers.
2. Bank of marshmallow fluff clouds perched on the west foothills.
3. Wind whipping palm fronds against the house.
4. Blankets.
5. Air.

All the Wrong Reasons

1. I'm back because someone pissed me off royally.
2. Still though, in spite of the absence, those missed days were filled with gratitude.
3. Today I am grateful for new/old friends, the Texans, who include me in their circle and envelope me with crazy love.
4. Antibiotics and inhalers.
5. H1N1. Done deal!