simple pleasures

[sway2sway]

how about this for a thread? could be 2 words, could be a picture, could be an essay. here's what pleasing me right now, new jammys and fuzzy slippers which I've been wearing since I got home from work.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/100_2515.jpg

[dmourati]

[QUOTE=sway2sway;48740]how about this for a thread? could be 2 words, could be a picture, could be an essay. here's what pleasing me right now, new jammys and fuzzy slippers which I've been wearing since I got home from work.

I sleep in my jammies and Special Sauce is Jammin`
so much stuffs in the flavor
the recipes all in favor
say I got to keep on moving
I gots to keep on moving

[dmourati]

how about this for a thread? could be 2 words, could be a picture, could be an essay. here's what pleasing me right now, new jammys and fuzzy slippers which I've been wearing since I got home from work.

I sleep in my jammies and Special Sauce is Jammin`
so much stuffs in the flavor
the recipes all in favor
say I got to keep on moving
I gots to keep on moving

[tinkerlion]

j. garcia cabernet sauvignon is making me sssooooo happy right now.

also that i was able to find gluten free prenatal vitamins at a store near work.

and the kitty purring on my lap.

i'm pretty happy right now.:D

[sway2sway]

are you preggers tink? or just making your body as baby friendly as possible?

[sway2sway]

very nice dmourati.

I'd call that another simple pleasure o' mine,
words, rhymes, alliteration, etcetera.
and since you brought up recipe.....
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/word_order_def.html

[tinkerlion]

just did some research about celiac and pregnancy. the main thing is folic acid since most people get it mainly through wheat.

[sway2sway]

yeah spina bifida isn't good. I never thought of that, it's mostly been eradicated because they fortify everything that is wheat with it....so now I see even more why that is a very good thing to find, a veritable gem for a girl like you.

[tinkerlion]

i was also happy to learn that as long as i stick to a gluten free diet i have no other celiac related concerns.

[lietuvaite]

crisp, clean sheets

[Miss Shark]

Going on a real kids free date with your husband.

Oh yeah till you get home and the new baby sitter says she meant to tell you that hourly quote was per child, and now you've paid a 16 year old $50 for the pleasure of sending your prime rib back twice, becuase you wanted it medium well, and it still came out oozing blood....oh darn wrong thread.

[the duke]

crisp, clean sheets


And freshly washed pjs in winter.


Taking a walk in the park with my dog on a clear day with my ipod plugged in and breathing in the fresh air

[sway2sway]

waking up first,
aka
solitude.

solitude with good coffee.

[angischy]

waking up first,
aka
solitude.


Oooh, good one sway. Especially for a mother.
On a similar note . . .

Being the only person (but far from the only living thing) on the beach at sunrise.
Only the sounds and the view and the birds and the breeze and the light as it washes over everything.
It's so renewing, something I really needed right now.

A a a h . . .

[sway2sway]

ooohh
that's a super one too.
i would like more sunrise beaches in my life.
did you get to do that today?
(it's still dark here)

[the duke]

ah, yeah sunrise...nothing better than taking a run down to the beach in the summer time and watching the sunset...to feel good inside from the run then to watch the mother at work....beautiful

I'm harder to get up in the morning, so it's sunset for me! :)

[Miss Shark]

Going on a real kids free date with your husband.

Oh yeah till you get home and the new baby sitter says she meant to tell you that hourly quote was per child, and now you've paid a 16 year old $50 for the pleasure of sending your prime rib back twice, becuase you wanted it medium well, and it still came out oozing blood....oh darn wrong thread.

It really was a fun night despite everything. It's all in the company you keep.

[sway2sway]

ok, technically not a simple pleasure, but to look at it does give me great pleasure
AND
you might call me simple minded if I were to sell my reliable 94 tercel for this old tank.
but it's so pretty though.....

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/willy.jpg

[1962 Willys Jeep Station Wagon. Complete. Strong motor and tight running gear. Modifications: dual master cylinder brakes, electric wipers, rebuilt radiator & new hoses, upholstery. Has original bumpers, rear seat, Hurricane 226 engine. It’s running now but needs a muffler and a brake adjustment. Body is mostly straight one flat fender took a limb last winter and a small dent on bottom rear quarter panel. Body has surface rust but no rust through otherwise you are good to go. I’m embarrassed to say what I put into this rig but it’s yours for $2500]

[Triggin]

ah, yeah sunrise...nothing better than taking a run down to the beach in the summer time and watching the sunset...to feel good inside from the run then to watch the mother at work....beautiful

I'm harder to get up in the morning, so it's sunset for me! :)


man, you guys are bringing memories back for me..... i went on a camping trip to Baja, mexico for 3 weeks and everyday, i woke up before the sun rose and watched it rise, it was the best thing ever for me and I would sit there everymorning with my coffee watching the sun rise and just letting all my stress and worries flow away! sooooooo nice!:D

[Barefoot2Dream]

In no particular order:

* Watching my children sleep.
* Digging my barefoot toes in nice, cool sand.
* Being the last one to go to bed at night so I can enjoy the quiet house all to myself. Which also leads me back to watching the children (and Mr.) sleep.

[Barefoot2Dream]

I feel refreshed after just reading this thread. Aaaahhh. Thanks. I needed that.

[tinkerlion]

working in an environment which is full of smiles and laughter even when we are all stressed and stretched thin.

[the duke]

I'm heading down the coast tonight to stay with my sister for a few days...

I love driving down the freeway to the coast by myself (or with my dog in the car) listening to what I want, taking my time, and when I hit the coast, I love the chill of life down there...not a worry in the world :)

[sway2sway]

nice duke. the coast is all good.
I was gonna say fresh batteries for the vibrator, but I really should pare it down to it's simplest element, huh? yay for masturbation. and yay for masturbation when you're wearing the new jammies fresh out of the dryer and the clean sheets on the bed and no cat around to pounce on you midway, screwing up the flow. the end.

[tinkerlion]

no cat around to pounce on you midway, screwing up the flow.

that is essential to enjoyable masturbation.

[angischy]

I love driving down the freeway to the coast by myself (or with my dog in the car) listening to what I want, taking my time, and when I hit the coast, I love the chill of life down there...not a worry in the world :)

Awww yeah, I am going down to the FL Keys this week again for 2+ days and enjoy a similar feeling as I stop at all my fave spots along the way.
It's bye-bye city life and hello coral rock no-man's-land but it's great and it's an escape and really what I'll miss when I leave Miami....sigh...

The best is that when I finally arrive in Key West I get to have yummy creamy Key Lime Pie on a stick at the Blond Giraffe (http://blondgiraffe.com/products.htm)!

How come everything good is better on a stick?

Paula Dean had some absolutely disgusting stuffing on a stick (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_82075,00.html) yesterday that sounded deeeee-lish (if a little gross...she deep-fried it after she stuck it on said stick. She deep-fried other things too, but that was overkill and a half).

[angischy]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/willy.jpg

[1962 Willys Jeep Station Wagon. Complete. Strong motor and tight running gear. Modifications: dual master cylinder brakes, electric wipers, rebuilt radiator & new hoses, upholstery. Has original bumpers, rear seat, Hurricane 226 engine. It’s running now but needs a muffler and a brake adjustment. Body is mostly straight one flat fender took a limb last winter and a small dent on bottom rear quarter panel. Body has surface rust but no rust through otherwise you are good to go. I’m embarrassed to say what I put into this rig but it’s yours for $2500]

Wait, Sway is this yours, or do you just covet it? (i.e. the lengthy description has me confused)
It is a beauty. I want a big old rickety house in the country and a beat-up old one of these to ramble around in.

[sway2sway]

no I covet. it's down in washington somewhere. that was the ad. it's probably gone by now, which is probably a good thing. I am working to free myself, not encumber myself, no matter what a pearl she may be.

[angischy]

I am working to free myself, not encumber myself, no matter what a pearl she may be.

Ah, I understand.
Me too. Downsizing majorly, pre-Navy. It's a lot of work, all this freeing myself. How's that for irony?

Sometimes I just wish there'd be a flood or fire or something then I'd end up without all this junk and my life in boxes.
I'd miss some things, but life would go on. How come I feel the need to hold onto all this crap, pictures, memories, old t-shirts, etc?!?

They're simple pleasures (trying to get back on track). all these things, I suppose...like finding that one red shirt you haven't worn in a year...it does cause me to emit a cry of glee, but when I completely forgot about it after all this time, it obviously isn't that near or dear to me, and life without it was mighty fine and dandy.

[Miss Shark]

Awww yeah, I am going down to the FL Keys this week again for 2+ days and enjoy a similar feeling as I stop at all my fave spots along the way.
It's bye-bye city life and hello coral rock no-man's-land but it's great and it's an escape and really what I'll miss when I leave Miami....sigh...

The best is that when I finally arrive in Key West I get to have yummy creamy Key Lime Pie on a stick at the Blond Giraffe (http://blondgiraffe.com/products.htm)!

How come everything good is better on a stick?

Paula Dean had some absolutely disgusting stuffing on a stick (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_82075,00.html) yesterday that sounded deeeee-lish (if a little gross...she deep-fried it after she stuck it on said stick. She deep-fried other things too, but that was overkill and a half).

Have I asked you before if ou've been to MonkeyJungle (http://www.monkeyjungle.com/)? I'd never heard of it before, and we were driving back from a weekend i nthe keys and saw the sign. I think it worth the stop.

When Joseph DuMond, an inquisitive animal behaviorist, released six monkeys into the wilds of a dense South Florida hammock in 1933, he didn’t realize his endeavors would help shape the attitudes of many in the primatological and zoological fields. The release fifty years ago of that small Java troop signified the beginning of the larger thriving troop that runs free at MONKEY JUNGLE today.

Located just off U.S. 1 in South Dade, MONKEY JUNGLE was an innovator of many of the concepts currently seen in the design of zoological parks. It is home to nearly400 primates, most running free on a 30 acre reserve. It is one of the few protected habitats for endangered primates in the United States and the only one that the general public can explore.

[Miss Shark]

Ang that stuffing on a stick picture is na na nasty....

[Miss Shark]

Butterfly and eskimo kisses from my 2 year old.

[sauce.baby]

crisp, clean sheets
I see your crisp, clean sheets and raise you SEX ON BRAND NEW SHEETS.

Another fave is putting on brand new undies right after a nice, close shave :cool:



And sunsets at the beach are definitely awesome. The boys, hub, a friend and I went to the beach the first weekend in November and were blessed with clear, sunny days all 4 days we were there, which meant brisk, GORGEOUS sunsets all 3 nights. Of course, it was windy and cold as fuck, but nothing invigorates you better than a sharp, fresh sea breeze through your hair while you're staring at the most vivid colors in the world, listening to the crash and roar of the waves. I swear, every night in the last 2 minutes of the sunset before she slipped behind the water, everyone on the beach just STOPPED to revel in the beauty.
Simply Amazing.

[sauce.baby]

Oh yeah.

Big beach bonfires.



The End.

[Miss Shark]

Having my computer back. New hard drive, fan and top case. I'm on my 3rd battery. This was one time when the extended warranty was a really great deal.

[angischy]

Milk and cereal, for dinner, in bed, because not only am I too lazy tonite to cook, but I don't have to!

Prompted me to search for new renditions of the GLaSS song on YouTube, so now my Milk & Cereal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbMnnLzwhCk) ain't just in a bowl.
I'm posting this in 2 threads cuz I am kinda in awe of whoever did the choral arrangement of this. It's fun, yet hilarious.

[the duke]

that's actually a good rendition of milk and cereal hehe.


simple pleasure:
Fresh summer fruit from the fruit market...all fresh, all sweet, all perfect and cheap. YUM!!

[doubledown]

visiting the forum and seeing things are just as you left them. same people making same rants and remarks and the occassional snarky comment

this board is so unlike many others i frequent.
i see why you have the 'phamily' that you do here. i didnt get it at first but i do know. very kewl.

[tinkerlion]

not having to wake up to an alarm.

even better when it happens twice in one week.:cool:

[lietuvaite]

snow days, especially when it's a day after the snow (we got a foot of snow yesterday)

[angischy]

Being able to turn the heat on to warm up your home instantly!

I don't have heat in my house, however. :( I have window A/C units and fans, only. So, since the temps dipped last nite (miami.com says it's 50 degrees right now!?!), I am now wearing socks, sweats, a hoodie sweatshirt, and 2 blankets. And I just woke up (a little too early) because I'm still cold.

Yes, I am a cold weather wuss. But also, realize that represents nearly 30 degrees of temperature difference in just a day's time. Yipe!

Which all makes me long for just one more simple pleasure...a snuggle buddy!

[sway2sway]

From First in Flight-

I never hesitate about a reluctant mind
Just put the pedal to the metal see what ya find
You back there slouchin over won't you pick up your spine?
Let's make it really really happen live up this time
Cause you can choose to say Good morning God or Good God, morning
With black clouds storming
I walk without umbrellas into these woods
Don't need em cause the mighty trees will shelter me good
I'm eating berries from the bushes of the heavenly good.
...
Let your mind and your soul be free
Work to shine, meet your goal, believe
Spread that kind of L-O-V-E
Take some time off the lonely.

[sway2sway]

listening to blackalicious
while
eating warm from the oven, rice pudding.

[angischy]

Mm'mmm, good! Rice Pudding! :p

How about . . . going to bed at night, eagerly awaiting something you get to experience the next morning? I haven't felt like this in awhile; I'm like a little kid on Christmas Eve!

I'll post about the planning early morning "simple pleasure" tomorrow, IF, it is all I am imagining in my crazy little brain!

In the meantime, I'm enjoying this childlike feeling in my head right now.

And no, it's not early morning nookie, though I am certain that belongs in this thread! :p

[angischy]

Ohmygawwwd!

I just got back from swimming laps. With my ipod on, while I was swimming.

It is like dancing underwater!!! :):p:D

I swam laps for over an hour straight. I usually get bored after 20 minutes. This is awesome! Even surpassed my expectations. Woot!!!

I've been swimming laps for a few weeks now, thinking, God, this is sooo boring. If only I could have some music down here with me...http://forum.philadelphonic.com/images/icons/icon3.gif

I was visiting the owner of the dive shop down the street yesterday, and he was complaining about parking tickets. Oh, did I have a deal for him! I got him a bunch of visitor parking passes for the neighborhood so he can park the store's van/truck they use for trips. From now through the end of April (that's 4 months without tickets or feeding a meter)
He said "What do you want in return, some new chancletas or something?" He knows the Reef ones are my favorites.
I don't need more flip flops, but I have been eyeing the underwater ipod case (http://www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/5326.htm) for awhile.
He said "Deal." I grinned.
Giddiness ensued, but it was no match for the smile on my face every time my little head popped up for air today at the pool.
Oooh, rock me Amadeus!

Yep, I'm a happy little nerd girl. Now all I need is a mermaid tail and gills so I can go live under the sea forever...

[sway2sway]

that is so freaking awesome. I didn't know they made those.
maybe if I'm good, I'll get one for my birthday.

[angischy]

that is so freaking awesome. I didn't know they made those.
maybe if I'm good, I'll get one for my birthday.

Be good! Be good! You want one!
I almost peed like a puppy.
At first I couldn't get the headphones to stay in my ears right, but I took them off the headband thingy and just stuck them over my ears and it worked much better. The bass underwater is better, too, for some reason.

If I ever have a pool at my house, I want underwater speakers in the pool. (If I can afford having a pool in the first place, that can't cost much more, right?) There's a pool at this spa/hotel nearby that has sound underwater, but it was not my favorite homemade playlist!

[tinkerlion]

getting to spend all day with baby timothy. it was so much fun!

[ragmop]

end of the work day: losing the suit. finding the pajamas. grappling a cold modelo especial . . .

[sway2sway]

ahhh, gotta love that-
my version is end of the work day, losing the bra, finding the pajamas, beverage interchangable

[tinkerlion]

ahhh, gotta love that-
my version is end of the work day, losing the bra, finding the pajamas, beverage interchangable

it's the best when you can lose the bra. that means no one's coming over, no more running, and i just don't give a shit anymore.

[sway2sway]

exactly, can't say it better than that tink.

[tinkerlion]

the first listen of a new album. i prefer to listen to everything all the way, no stopping, just letting it all roll over me. today is ziggurats by the beautiful girls:D. i really am a happy tink today!

[Miss Shark]

Getting a glowing report from the middle of our hat tricks preschool teacher today.

[angischy]

The beauty of trees. And, rediscovering music you haven't listened to in years. Luckier still, both together.

("The Trees Have Soul" - Willy Porter (http://download.yousendit.com/BA32D927341FFC41))

http://www.goldengatephoto.com/jpeg/99-32-5.jpg

[Miss Shark]

Having both the actual and the wind chill temps above zero!!

[angischy]

Having both the actual and the wind chill temps above zero!!

Oooh, yeah, it feels like summer, by contrast. By this point, I'm sure it's hard not to feel this way . . .
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/angischy/FuckWinter.jpg

I almost fell in a big puddle of slush (I slipped on ice) on my way to the airport last week. Slush is the only thing about winter that's worse than freezing your little nips off. I gave a big finger to winter myself, then headed back down here.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/angischy/Chicago2008/IMG_5021.jpg <---ewww

[lietuvaite]

catching Gone With the Wind on tv from the begining and staying up until the wee hours of the night to watch it knowing that i'll be exausted all the next day then getting that unexpected call in the morning declaring it yet another snow holiday

[tinkerlion]

hey liet, how you been lady? haven't seen you around in a little while!

[lietuvaite]

i am doing well excep for he fac ha Juin pilled coffee on m lapop and now ome ver imporan ke/leer don' work on m lapop!! if i wan o po i have o cu and pae which ake wa oo long can ou gue which ke don' ork? or wha i'm ring o wrie? i have herefore become a lurker b/c i' hard for me o find ime o jump on a work

[Miss Shark]

ha' hyterical lie!!

[angischy]

i am doing well excep for he fac ha Juin pilled coffee on m lapop and now ome ver imporan ke/leer don' work on m lapop!! if i wan o po i have o cu and pae which ake wa oo long can ou gue which ke don' ork? or wha i'm ring o wrie? i have herefore become a lurker b/c i' hard for me o find ime o jump on a work

Did you try popping off the "t", "y", and "s" keys (and any others) to clean around them?

Since it's obviously working, you are lucky! Cleaning the heck out of it seems to yield good results as far as the keys are concerned. I cleaned my keyboard a while ago using this guide (http://www.computing.net/howto/simple/keyboard/) and it worked like a charm.

[Miss Shark]

I tilted mine up on it's side till it dried after the girls cleaned it with extremely damp paper towels. The next time I had turned their computer on it was typing all by itself.

[sway2sway]

the sun is shining

[angischy]

It's chilly here, so I put on this old hoodie and I found $5 in the pocket.

(I'm trying my damndest to be positive right now)

[Miss Shark]

The sun is shining here too, and the actual temp is 6 below. Does that help Ang-A-Lee?

[angischy]

The sun is shining here too, and the actual temp is 6 below. Does that help Ang-A-Lee?

Well it doesn't really jolly my rancher, but I wouldn't trade places with ya, how 'bout that? ;) Crank that heat, fill your living room with sand, put on your bikini, and pretend you're at the beach. That's what I'd do!

I think I'm gonna go swim with Zach Gill. That always makes me feel better :p

[angischy]

Rain boots and splashing in puddles.
And good friends who will go shopping and pick out above-mentioned rain boots for you (Thanks Tink).
It's funny how a grey rainy day can still be beautiful. All the colors pop out and have their day of glory, not blending into the scenery like they do on a sunny day.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/angischy/IMG_5508.jpg

[angischy]

Hot water, cold water, hot water, cold water, hot water, exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate, cold water, massage oil, warm dry towel towel towel, fresh carrot juice, lots of water, clean clothes, taxi home, straight to bed.

Ahhhhhhhhh :)

[lietuvaite]

now that's what i call relaxing

[sway2sway]

white jasmine tea, so I was told, monks rolled the tea leaves into these little itty bitty balls, you put about 8 in your cup and they slowly unfurl, divine, not even like tea really, or any tea I ever knew.

[tinkerlion]

getting to spend time with friends you don't get to see enough.

[Miss Shark]

white jasmine tea, so I was told, monks rolled the tea leaves into these little itty bitty balls, you put about 8 in your cup and they slowly unfurl, divine, not even like tea really, or any tea I ever knew.

I love tea!! I was all excited about a book I bought middle B that came with a little tea set. The book said it had recipes, which I assumed would be for tea. The girls like to have hot tea. Well that wasn't the case. They were for cookies and what not. Tried to make some Monday night, added 2 tbsp of milk instead of tsp, and wound up with choc. banana pancake like thingies after adding more flour to the soupy batter. That is exactly why I don't bake. I'm just no good at following directions/measuring.

[Miss Shark]

These puppies from my peony tree are as big as dinner plates

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/RebeccaLB/IMG_3439.jpg

My Azaleas

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/RebeccaLB/IMG_3441.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/RebeccaLB/IMG_3440.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/RebeccaLB/IMG_3438.jpg

[sway2sway]

beautiful shark. I love all the colors right now. I'd like to have one of those yards where something is always in bloom, a temporal domino effect, but I can't seem to get my gardening shit together. The only real addition to my yard in the 5 years I've been here is a lilac bush and a plum tree. I tried a daisy flower garden- my dog dilligently dug it up. I've got plans to try harder....

[Miss Shark]

I really have a passion for gardening. It was really strange to move in here and have such extensive gardens that someone, who doesn't garden like me, had planted. I just watch them for the first two cycles. Now I'm making them mine.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/RebeccaLB/IMG_3442.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/RebeccaLB/IMG_3444.jpg

That's 3 people sweating for 5 hours, and I still have more work to do. That's just one small bed of many. Luckily I've no need to buy any plants, I've just been moving and splitting.

[angischy]

I'm not in Miami anymore...and though I don't really think I took the sun and ocean for granted, I sure do appreciate how much more reliable and warm it was there compared to Monterey.

But today, the fog seems to have vanished (for the moment at least), and the sky is all bright and blue, nary a cloud's in sight. We climb up the hill to do PT at 2pm today, and I bet I'll actually be able to see the ocean for the first time. And my unexposed-to-the-sun-since-May skin may actually get some color appropriate for the season.

Can't wait!

[Barefoot2Dream]

My soul NEEDS some CA coast so badly right now. Lake Tahoe is the closest thing to a beach I'll be seeing this weekend. But if I hang in there and bide my time..... I will be coastal bound soon enough, Ang. :D

[Barefoot2Dream]

I cannot wait for home ownership someday. It would be so nice to put down roots somewhere I call my own. Until then, planters work well..just a bitch to move them.