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Number 2 on a dozen things list

Without even so much as a whisper of a breeze.
(I know my family in Idaho won't be able to wrap their mind around that.)
When I told my sister we were sleeping on the deck she asked, "Why would you do that, when you have a perfectly good bed?"

This is why:   Opening our peepers and seeing this first thing.
 Hasn't RR created, tended and raised a beautiful garden this year?
 (Every year - truth be known)

And this:

Overhead...and the audio. 
 Oh my.
 Birds
A distant train
The rainbird sprinklers click click clicking. 
Even Pepperdog loved it. 
Yes, she is snuggled in there..see the little tippy tip of her head.
My kids will note their Dad's scriptures tucked there by the sleeping bag...yes, he reads EVERY night - even when we are camping sleeping on the deck. 
I love this man.
This steadfast man of God.
And that errant arm/hand that has gotten a bit chilly in the night air? 
One of our favorite things is to tuck that back inside the warm sleeping bag - or better yet, tuck it inside the sleeping bad of the person who is snuggled next to you   :0)

I live a blessed life.
Not a life without heartache - and concern.
BUT blessed - non the less. 
p.s. Yes, we are sleeping on the deck again tonight and tomorrow and the night after that and the next night  and...... 

# 8 on a dozen things list - check

Yesterday was a little cooler.
The little day hike - number eight on my list -  was calling our names.
So we absquatulated to a beautiful little hiking place we know about.
(Our sons all like big and unusual words. Dictionary.com has a word of the day - I am trying to be as smart as our boys...this is a great word - go and click on the speaker icon to hear it spoken. It even feels good in your mouth when you say it - it is a great word.)

You can retire as a Forest Ranger/Natural Resource Specialist but you can't take the love of outdoors out of the boy.
It was delightful.
 A man and his new 'rig'. Have I mentioned RR has a pickup he has saved and planned and waited and saved to have for 50+ years?

 When one goes for a little hike with RR these words come out jumbling out as we walk: carigana, CRP smooth brome, coot factory....

 aspen advancement, morning glory, coot factory, reed canary grass... umbils and other words I can't remember. We also talked about the ones we love so much, Carson-Jess-Jackson-Camryn-Owen-Summer-Zhan-Amy-Mark-Autumn-Brooke-Spencer-Sarah-Rebecca-Precious(Kimberly)-Sam-Jill-Ashtyn-Hailey-Dalton-Tucker-Cody-Julia- our Moms.

  When we stopped to breath-enjoy-soak-in more deeply the cool air - we prayed for these we love. We have some worries, we petitioned the powers of Heaven to help out these we love.    We feel strengthened. 
 Encouraged.
 Hopeful.
 We are so grateful to live in this beautiful world, Heavenly Father created for me (us).
 We are so grateful to know Heavenly Father does love us and will hear our prayers ans answer them in a way which is best for us...(and those we love so much.)

 
 
 

a dozen things list

 (with RR...when our lists were longer and harder - I love our current season, we are SO blessed) 

Have you seen all those 'to-do' lists on blogs?

27 things to do before I turn 28?
Or "The fun summer list"
Etc?

When one is over 60 to make a list of 60+ things I will do before my next birthday seems daunting.
And when one is over 60 - one has the sense to know that a list that long becomes a ball and chain - not a motivation to go and do.

I do have a little list, however.
I quite like little lists:

1. Fire up the blog again!

2.  Sleep on the deck before the end of summer. RR and I like to sleep on our deck and listen to the pine trees as the gentle  breeze blows them about. It feels like we are camping.

3. Speaking of camping - GO camping. Try out our new little tent. Yes-sir-ee

4. Plan and have a family reunion. Fun - reconnect - recommit to live more Christian lives. Sept 4th is the date.

5. Re-organize (maybe just organize is more like it) the magic room. Play with  Sort and organize the various containers and bins. 

6. Host a little neighborhood BBQ - with just the five close ones.

7. Scan pictures from my Mom's scrapbooks - create a CD of scanned pictures to share with my Mom and sisters.

8. Go on a little day hike with RR. Pack fun lunch - take camera and PepperDog. Breath deeply. Enjoy.

9. Begin an 'art journal'. Do more creative journaling.

10. Sell some cute little old collections. (stay tune I have a great idea for this)

11. Figure out the resin jewelry thing. Make a few. Share. 

12. Eat at least one more box of Otter Pops before the summer is over.

Do you have a little list? Please share. I'd love to come visit your blog and see your 'dozen things list'.