I held hands with my kids on a walk, then we lay on the grass and watched

[GreenPartyVoter]

the clouds drift by overhead, changing color as the sun dipped below the horizon. We saw a dragon-dinosaur (I still say it was a rhino) and one cloud that looked oddly like a bookcase.

Did you do anything blissfully wonderful today? :)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

1. I wrote a super cool SQL DTS Package

ok, I am a geek... :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Man I wish I had the money to hire you to unscrew up

my reading website: http://curvynovels.com/

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

11. Web design is not my forte'....

I am more of a database/business analysis geek. There are TONS of great web folks on DU.

Your day sounds perfectly wonderful. I am enjoying some well-deserved alone time... and nursing a summer cold.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Summer colds.. ick. Get well soon!

[skygazer]

2. Sounds like a great day

I took my daily walk at the county park near my home. Said hello to my favorite Redwood tree. Saw several ducks, many lizards and a beautiful black snake with a yellow stripe down its back. There was a nice breeze blowing and the air smelled very fresh.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. I had a favorite tree when I was a kid. :^) I still visit it when I go

home to my dad's.

[friesianrider]

8. Nature is perfection, isn't it?

I love seeing animals in a natural state...happy, and doing exactly what that animal is supposed to.

[friesianrider]

4. I kissed my horse :)

His nose feels like velvet. There are few things in life more divine than a beautiful horse's nose and whiskers tickling your chin...

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Yes they do have velvety noses :^) And better

breath than dogs and cats!

[skygazer]

15. Freisians are beautiful

But then all horses are beautiful. I haven't had my own horse for a few years now (though I'm sometimes able to ride a friend's - it's not the same) so sometimes I pull out my saddle and smell it. If I work hard, I can just catch a whiff of horse sweat. ~sigh~

[friesianrider]

17. Haha...

It is true; only horse people love the smell of hay, leather, and horse sweat. I still get weak in the knees whenever I walk into a barn!

[fudge stripe cookays]

5. Found another line of cousins!

Thanks to some nice volunteers in a genealogy forum who sent me 1930 census info for them. Yay!

Thanks guys!
FSC

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Very cool. Genealogy is neat.

[leftofthedial]

9. hold 'em close

every precious minute

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. I try to. Well.. I kiss them and hug them throughout the day but I am

generally focused on other stuff. (Like DU) But then the end of the day comes and I panic that I didn't enjoy them enough, and then we get all snuggly and play or read. It's a nice way to end the day, though I could do without that panicky feeling. :)

[blondeatlast]

14. That sounds wonderful, but with 115 degrees and 25% humidity,

maybe we'll watch a great flick in our jammies with a bowlful of popcorn.

He's growing sooo fast... (sigh)

Third grade in two weeks.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Only 2 weeks?! Enjoy him for sure! (Popcorn and a movie

sounds like a great idea. :) )

[bigwillq]

18. I love playing the cloud game!

I saw Puerto Rico and Ireland just the other day!:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Very cool. :^)

[bigwillq]

21. Glad you had such a great day

with the kiddies!:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Good day with the kids. Got several new pages added to by lastes story,

but the house is a disaster.

Ah. C'est la vie! :P

[bigwillq]

24. The sacrifice of being an author and a mother!

I'll come over and clean!:)

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. I wish you would! Beaneath all the junk lies crumbs in varying

stages of decompostion. I found a bread crust tucked behind the recliner (brandon hates crusts but for whatever reason will stash it anywhere instead of in the trash :eyes:) that was raising up a little family of buffalo bug pupae.

*sigh*

[bigwillq]

32. I don't charge much

Just a six-pack of Heineken's!:toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

35. I might even be able to afford that! *note I am not yet published so

I can't afford that live-in-maid like ALice from the Brady Bunch yet*

[bigwillq]

38. Then I'll come once a week

Beer not needed on each visit, just knowing that if I came and cleaned, that you would have a few extra minutes with the kiddies--that would be all the reward I would need!:)

[GreenPartyVoter]

41. You are too sweet *hugs* I hope some lucky mom in your nearby

area can actually take you up on that. :)

[bigwillq]

44. I worked with kids for 5 years

so I adore them.
There's no young kids in my neighborhood but I wouldn't mind helping out if someone needed me!

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. There is always someone who needs you. When I first had my kids

there was a parenting network from some county organization that offered to send people over to help me with the kids now and then. I didn't need to take them up on it because I had a good support network, but there are so many moms out there that don't have one.

[morningglory]

20. My Mexican Sunflower plants bloomed today, a glorious shade

of reddish orange. Blinding. Butterflies are supposed to love them and they make your soil more fertile. Moreover, in this blasted, hotter-than-the-hinges-of-hell Florida heat, I have not watered them. Called Tithonia. You oughta try 'em!

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. They sound gorgeous. My standy-by at this time of year

are daylilies and usually cosmos.. but I didn't grow any cosmos this year. :( The daylilies are perfect, though. :)

[rocktivity]

25. I told my ex-auto insurance co. what they could do with their surcharges

symbolically speaking.

I put my renewal policy papers in the office recycling bin because they deserve a chance to come back as something more useful. The page that contained my new premium got burned and flushed down the toilet, however--that's what you're SUPPOSED to do with excrement.

My new policy actually costs a little more than the renewal would have. But the coverage is much better, I didn't have to pull an extra $600 out of thin air, and none of the money is going to "surcharges." I've got your surcharges RIGHT HERE!

_______________________________
rocknation

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Well there ya go. :^D

[spacelady]

26. Yes, I did and

it was such a southern experience that I cannot express it adequately.

but I might try if you ask real nicely.

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. Did it involve mint juleps at any time? I've always wanted to try one of

those. :)

[spacelady]

31. Not mint juleps, too early in the day. But a true southern lady who has

been a great friend invited my daughter for a sleepover. Now you must know that I am from the Midwest & it just takes a while to feel the southern rhythym & get to know one another.
BUT, that is not the experience to which I am referring--I was driving home and what should come on the radio but the song 'Uneasy Rider" which I hadn't heard since my parents bought me the 8-track by the Sound Effects circa 1976.

I was enjoying the audio trip back in time when I realised I had to stop for gas. It was prepay & I missed it by a penny & 'cuz it's the honor system, I go back & pay my penny. The clerk was surprised & then when I walked toward the door, A genuine, long-haired hippie
held the door open and gave me the most beaming sunny smile & all was right in my world.

[GreenPartyVoter]

34. That's wicked cool. :^D

[spacelady]

36. Yep, doesn't happen often. Enjoy those times.

[Ariana Celeste]

30. Diablo II

Started a new game, with a druid again, only this time, I'm doing an Elemental druid. Yay!

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. *lol* Well I am gonna get the new Dungeon Siege, but I saw the demo

and I am a little disappointed that they are going for the more cartoony War Craft look now.

Enjoy being a druid! :D

[Ariana Celeste]

37. I will XD

We sure could use a new game but the man needs some shoes. :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. Shoes are kinda important. :^P

[Redstone]

39. What more could anyone possibly want out of a day?

I'm on your side; it was definitely a rhino.

Redstone

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. *g* with smoke billowing out of his nose

[Redstone]

47. Well, there IS that.

Redstone

[seemunkee]

43. I did nothing half as worth while

I'll try to do better tomorrow

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. I hope you can. :^) It's worth it