Since Yesterday

I promised you bullet points, and I mean to deliver. I'm especially grateful for—

• birthday eggs from Joh Pokeysmith: blue, green, buff
• Stephanie Nielson's "Mormon Message" 
• big fat blueberries, even in so-so muffins
• rediscovering the word "honkey," thanks to Justin
• iWork's budget template
• someone worth working for to work things out with
• figuring out a recipe for honkey lasagna to help out friends who don't like vegies or spices
• a toddler who stays inert indefinitely for tickles and backrubs
• Johnny's Mary (I heart you)
• Really? Somebody actually wants to dress like me? Well, that's a first! (Okay, here's how, just not at thrift store prices. Sorry, Darly, I just got lucky.)
• Asics
• kid-pronunciations: "crotch-eting" (crocheting) 
• my dear friend and her two little girls are still alive and safe after a man using his cell while driving hit their double-stroller on 3rd South today (thank you, thank you, thank you, Father)
• a friendly pair: one cop, one channel 2 news guy
• Cher & Evan
• being given a stolen pink tulip by a beaming child and wearing it proudly, Billie Holiday-style
• houseplants with an unconquerable will to live
• continuing to do despite being terrified (see: adoption process)
• "Ya can't steer a parked car."
• change
• eavesdropping on conversations while walking along Center Street (especially on Tuesday night, after a City Council meeting)
• a pair of sugary elephant ears from Shirley's bakery given as a love offering after patching up an argument (elephants never forget to listen sweetly?)