wattawoman

Glenice. Even her name is unique. Some friends are the entree, and some are dessert. Glenice is the whole meal.

This is what I mean. I anticipate her company; dig into, consider, and enjoy the things we talk and laugh about; savor the time; digest and remember happily the time we spent together. This is what I do with a good meal--anticipate, enjoy, savor, and remember it all over again later. There is never a time I do not come away from her company unsatisfied.

Like a favorite restaurant, I'm often pleasantly surprised by new entries on the menu. I've known Glenice for about 12 years, and it seems that about every three, I find out something completely new about her. When I met her, she'd just gone on a three-mile run with her son. She hadn't been exercising daily or working up to running, just up and went. She's that naturally athletic. She used to have a job setting bear traps. Yep, she's my bear trapper friend, no confusion over any other friend there! She hand dug a pit for their outhouse. She knows sign language--like, fluently! I can't wait for the next discovery. It's due in two years.

She wields a drill better than she does a tube of lipstick, and her projects are usually accomplished with both speed and love. When we made decorative birdhouses for the Ya-Yas for Christmas last fall, I held the pieces of wood while she operated the nail gun. *Ka-chew!Ka-chew!Ka-chew!* The trigger went off like a machine gun while the blasts of air pelted me in the face. I must have flinched 50 times that day. Turns out she had to be a little less trigger happy if we wanted enough nails to finish all the birdhouses. I kept the one with the 105+ staples as a remembrance of all the laughing we did...

She is so kind, loving, and fun, and her gazillion friends love her. I'm just blessed to be one of them.

chemo day!

Going with Sandy to her 3rd chemo appt today

stopping at Clayton for a Glacier (took another
try to get mine right, but the gal was sweet...)

"Now why are you taking pictures...?"

destination:

the now customary chemo luggage, stylish I must say,
with the large pink bag AND the Maggie Bag!

coffee remains...

Glenice makes a surprise visit! (Sue, RN, took our picture.)

Glenice had a flat tire when we came out of the bldg, so we took her to Alton's across the street to see if they had a portable compressor she could borrow, but no. She changed the tire, then we followed her to Les Schwab on N. Division & dropped off her car, where we all three proceeded to Wal-Mart.

My camera batteries were low, and the spares were spent, too, so the rest of the trip after this went undocumented. Glenice bought a foot-long at the Wal-Mart Subway & had it cut into three parts, which was a perfect lunch! What a perfect sweetheart, that girl! THANK YOU for the red onions!!!

Sandy & I went on to Fred Meyer, then to Viv's Hair Care in DP to see if they could fix her fried wig, but it was closed. At least she has their number in her cell now so she can call ahead.

I found out:

• Sandy & I have similar shopping styles & values.
  
• Glenice is a must-have for a good time and well-defined smile muscles.
• There is nothing I do not love about Sandy. She is a true hero in my life, and the fact that she cannot see how on earth she can be that only further endears her to me.
• People involved in cancer care are the most approachable, gracious, and real souls you'll ever meet, and I wonder how it would be if we all lived as if we had cancer...

Thank you, Dan & Sandy, for this day. I will never forget it, and I will treasure it as a day of fun, blessing, learning, and loving--simply and true-ly. †
XO

what I like

• having my family home and I'm in the kitchen baking
• getting to stay in on a stupidly cold day
• Ya-Ya time
• drop-in friends who take me out to dinner
• savoring a warm book
• how my dogs love me no matter what
• Grace
• the color of my cat's eyes
• when my family likes what I made
• a bargain wardrobe
• salmon-colored roses
• milk chocolate when it's bendy but not melting
• a full yellow jacket trap
• thinking of better days for Jewelee
• imagining Jamara having a good day
• justice
• but I like mercy more
• my daughter's auburn hair
• an honest answer
• Napoleons
• novel arrangement of words
• buffet pants
• when Kathy is content and appreciated
• father-bride dances
• seeing something familiar in a new light
• baby belly laughs
• the smell of rain on a hot sidewalk
• knowing I encouraged someone
• one wrinkled hand in wrinkled hand
• real butter
• gel pens
• clear pictures of my kids' faces
• Jylle's exuberance
  
• quiet kindness
• campfires
• Jewelee's sense of humor
  
• Glenice's heart
• Rosie-isms
  
• Tina's face when she's thinking out loud and planning something fun
• lovin' on Chelsea
• Cheryl's excitement
• Kim's love for me
  
• the color of Jeannie's eyes
• good manners
• the first heavy snowfall
• the first warm spring day
• croissants
• vibrant color
• shiny things--even fishing lures keep me busy
• pumpkin pie with Breyer's vanilla ice cream for breakfast
• getting a card with a picture in it and something handwritten
• Brett's one-liners
• homemade soap
• being able to give spontaneously
• Josiah
• Stephanie's singing
• the smell of cut grass
• getting facebook & myspace messages
• magenta
• my mom's laugh
• kidding with my dad
• seeing Alan's joyfulness
• knowing Jeny's such a beautiful person
• French silk pie
• seeing my kids run
• capturing a good picture
• loping on my horse
• saying "fluffles"
• mandarin oranges, sweet watermelon, and crisp grapes
  
• Ryrie's "dumb" voice
• handmade quilts
• when I hear Your voice and really listen
• family movie night
• watching one of her brothers patiently teach Jylle something
• Annie's blog
• mexi-fries
• intimate moments
• sunrise in my back yard
• sunset in my front yard
• watching my kids tube
• watching my Kevin water ski
• chenille gloves
• See's chocolate-chocolate butter creams
  
• my front porch swing
• Shasta daisy plants
• happy endings
• Kev's excitement about deer & elk
• when my kids do stuff without being told
• unexpected kindness
• helpful neighbors
• clean comedy
  
• the word "sugarplum"
  
• steelies (maybe I should include this in shiny things...)
  
• making someone laugh
• nice comments
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