31 Days of May ~ A Project ~ Day 19 & 20

May 19:

• Gorge yourself on in-season fresh berries

• Be inspired by the colors of the berries and buy yourself a new lipstain (since you never wear lipstick as you just lick it off so you try the stain to see if it will stay on longer)  

• Take delight in the color yellow

• Take 1000 photos of your cat

May 20:

• Find ART in unexpected places

• Watch the wisps of fluffy flowers blow gently in the warm breeze ~ imagine you can hear someone from "Whoville" calling your name...

• Take a few extra photos of the flower as you think it's so pretty (even though you aren't even sure if it is a flower or simply one that has now gone to seed)

• Watch a kitty stalking it's pray (soon to have a big ol' mouse hanging out of it's mouth...eeeww...)

• Lick the spoon when you make dessert

to be continued...

31 Days of May ~ A Project ~ Day 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18

Well HELLO!!

Did you think I wasn't coming back?

Just a crazy busy week.

So let's get to it...

May 13:

• It's a good thing the day before had been so delightful because Monday...?

May 14:

• Come home from work and take a walk through your backyard marvelling at the green and the blossoms that are starting to surround you

• Laugh at kitty meowing at the back door asking to come outside.  Nope, no outside for you Banjo.  

• Enjoy the shoe accents that nature provides.

May 15:

• Draw in your dust, before you dust.  (OMG...I can't believe I'm showing you how dusty my house was...)

• Take delight in the little surprises that you sometimes have to look hard for.

May 16:

• Ooops....was so busy all day I forgot to stop and look for happy things...

May 17:

• Epic day of fail...

May 18:

• Wake up early, snap out of your self loathing and self pity, jump in your vehicle with your sweetie, crank your favorite tunes, drive West...

• By about 8:30 a.m. you are in your favorite 'go to' city, Medicine Hat, for a day of "Retail Therapy" 

• Before you head home, stop at Wendy's for a small chocolate frosty ~ 8 points if you are on Weight Watchers ~ and enjoy every single point of it's chocolatey goodness...(not to worry...you can go for a walk when you get home)

to be continued...

31 Days of May ~ A Project ~ Day 10, 11 & 12

May 10:

• Put your morning smoothie in a cup bought for a worthy cause and take it to work to drink.

• Take advantage of the fact that you only work until 1:30 pm on Fridays, go for a long walk (60 minutes) when you get home, fill your 24 inch tub up to the tippy tippy top, add bubbles, drink a skinny chia latte while soaking in a hot bath for 1/2 hour, get ready for date night.

May 11:

• Spend the day walking (80 minutes), shopping (new white capris) and watching your backyard wildlife (the nuthatch brings me such joy).  

• Delight in the fact that the birds and the bunnies are so used to you, they don't mind you sharing their space.

May 12:

• Another morning walk (65 minutes), followed by a country drive with your sweetie.  Stop and take a photo (or 2 or 3 or 4...) of wildflowers.

• Be so very thankful that the day is sunny, bright and warm (30c/86F) with no wind.

• Marvel at the fact that the water is so low at the Saskatchewan Landing, you are able to walk and walk on a sandy beach where water usually is this time of year.

• Watch a big black and white bee fly from twig to twig.

• Contemplate opening a message in a bottle.  Think better of it since you don't want to leave glass on the beach.  Then hope it's not from someone stranded on an island needing help.

• Enjoy the simplicity of a feather nestled in the sand.

• Take over 400 photos of things on the beach that hold your interest, make you smile, you think are pretty...  

• Scream out in surprise and delight as you notice a figure running through the park...take a photo...finally...a perfectly clear photo of Sasquatch...

• Be VERY grateful for one of the most enjoyable days that you've had in a very long time.  (Oh there you are laughter...I was beginning to wonder where you were....)

to be continued...



P.S. The photo of Sasquatch is not real...but the photo of me laughing is... ;)

31 Days of May ~ A Project ~ Day 6, 7, 8 & 9

May 6:

• Stop and enjoy the bunch of pussy willows that thoughtful neighbours bring to your door as a gift (THANK YOU - you both are so sweet!!) 

• Ask your sweetie to go for a walk with you ~ talk and laugh the whole way...(step lively Stanley, we are walking for exercise...not that leisurely stroll you do on the golf course...)

May 7:

• Fail... I got nothin'...

May 8:

• Fail...GAAAAK!

May 9:

• Don't beat yourself up that you had two bad days in a row ~ get everything off your chest by borrowing the ear of a most trusted confident to tell your troubles to (one who you know will not reveal any of your secrets) ~ put your 'big girl panties' on ~  slap that smile back on your face.  It's a new day!

• Save a life ~ transplant "Spring in a Can" before it dies.

to be continued...

31 Days of May ~ A Project ~ Day 3, 4 & 5

May 3:

• Drink your skinny chia latte outside before heading to work in the morning

• Rejoice in the fact that your tulips are finally starting to break through the ground

• Stop and buy some sparkly nail polish to paint your toe nails (after seeing that you need a pedicure in your May 2 photo) for date night

May 4:

• Take a little road trip with your sweetie

• Stop and marvel at how nature can evolve in the middle of a dry prairie field that just happens to be flooded for a short time (millions of frogs...amazing) and that they can adapt to anything (a plastic bag makes for a very comfy lily pad...)

• Go visit your mommy

May 5:

• With hubby out golfing all day and sonny boy working all day, stay in bed for a couple extra hours and watch a movie (if you like Pride & Prejudice or Sense & Sensibility, you will love Wives and Daughters!)

• Spend Sunday afternoon laying on your patio in the sun (slap on that sunscreen!), snack, drink fruity pink lemonade and read magazines (the dust and laundry isn't going anywhere) 

• Enjoy all the wildlife that comes to visit and entertain you while you are laying outside soaking up the sun

to be continued...