Loving
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Loving me doing yoga.
Loving how many times The Wizard of Oz has been watched since Christmas.
Loving the community that's developing around One Little Word (the class has open enrollment throughout the year so it's definitely not too late if you're interested in joining).
Loving that Project Life is now on my kitchen counter. I'll give an update in a post next week.
Loving reading through Karen Maezen Miller's blog archives and being inspired in all sorts of ways.
Loving commitments that I'm making to myself and keeping.
Loving that I roasted beets as a side dish for dinner the other night and Simon liked them (the kind of like where you can't help but smile when asked).
Loving that my parents will be here for Simon's birthday later this month. He will be 9.
Loving that I've got a date with a friend next week.
Loving that I'm almost done with the book Sabbath and I've enjoyed it so much I want to start it again.
Loving that it's almost the weekend and Simon and I are planning to take a test-run at doing some stop-animation with his legos.
Hope you have a great weekend!

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The photo of Anna is too cute. I agree that I am loving your one little word class. The community has been wonderfully inspiring.
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I just signed up for the class last night and NEED to get the stuff picked up because the inspiration is flowing out! I'm motivation for 2011, it's going to be a year of change, a year of growth and year of good. Motion is my word.
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Welcome to the OLW family Kirsten :)
Love your word!
Cheers,
Jan
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Great post Ali. I'll have to read that. Here's to promises kept! Love that too.
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cutest. ever. picture of your girlie.
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Ali,
Seeing the wee Anna's pose reminded me of one of my favorites quotes...
"If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good."
Dr. Suess
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Loving the flexibility of children! If only we could keep that as adults! LOVE your LOVE list :)
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Thanks for sharing these little loves. I went to Karen's blog and I love Karen's recent quote "Attention can do anything, because attention is love." Exactly right. I remember a post you did about making snacks and how you thought about all the time your mom spent doing that type of thing. How it was what needed to be done even though your mind might be wanting to run other directions and you had all these things "you" wanted to do. That whole discussion was so poignant to me. Again thanks for helping me remember how life can be lived.
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Oh I love that - thanks for saying it again. I need to write that down.
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Loving the One Little Word fun. Loving that sweet flexible kidlet you've got there. Loving a wee girl playing with my ear & 'reading' blog posts over my shoulder. Loving that its Friday. And glad I came by to 'visit' this morning! :>
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Loving your loving blog.
Loving that you are excited about lego and roasted beets
Loving my life
Loving the sunshine
Loving that my 3 beautiful adult children
Loving my 10 month old grandson - so much fun
Loving the mirrors in my life-my daughter,my husband,my in-laws
Loving my awareness
Loving my body
Loving.....
Thanks for the inspiration
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I'm loving the OLW community too! We have a really inspiring teacher. ;)
I hope you'll share some of the Lego stop-animation. Sounds like fun! Do you have to have a certain software to do that? (I have a PC.)
I'm ready to put away my Christmas scrap stuff too - but I really feel like I should finish my DecDaily album first. lol Can't wait to see yours completed! :)
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You have the absolute best pictures of Anna. I thought nothing could top the picture of her and your husband in your December daily album where she looks so surprised, but this one is close second. How fun!
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I so love my yoga class. It can be so hard but I always feel good after. And I really needed it the other day. From the moment I woke up everything seemed out of order and wrong. My yoga class put it all back into perspective and calmed every part of me down - something that was really required that day!!
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I have spread the buzz about One Little Word, in fact a graphic designer I work alongside was blown away by your website. He dug the whole idea of the OLW concept, I could see the wheels in his head turning. As far as Yoga, I have considered and may just break out of my fear of the anything related to exercise and go to a class at our local community center.
I suggest roasting brussel sprouts and carrots-they are delicious. A little olive oil, salt and pepper. Yummy.
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I think roasting brussel sprouts is the only way to go!
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Aw, all your loving sounds wonderful! I'm loving the One Little Word community too. Almost done with my first few pages and will post on my blog soon! It's been a rich experience thus far.
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i love these posts! can't believe Simon is almost 9! Let us know how the animation tries go. I have a 19 year old brother with Aspergers that is way into legos too and wants to try some stop action films with his Bionicles :)
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All feelings are mutual. Loving you in return.
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Ali, I don't know how else to get to you -- love the pic of A doing yoga by the way. Went to a cool presentation last night with Charlie by his prof (who will hopefully direct his PhD). It was at the "Creative Cauldron" in Falls Church, she's on the board of directors. She believes our brain wants/needs stories; she uses some research she did with the Great Apes in Iowa -- bonobos -- apparently you can find Youtube videos -- we saw one last night. Her research is with "twice exceptional" children -- high IQs + some learning disability, her specialty is autism. Anyway, her work is neuroscience and since you do so much with story telling I wanted to share this, her name is Layne Kalbenfleish (or some spelling close to that). Charlie is thinking of doing his research on the brain needing stories as its only way to actually learn. OK, you can let me know if you are interested in more. Bestests, Mary
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Thanks for the info Mary - I will definitely look her up.
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Loving your blog post for today, and what a beautiful photo! I am planning to post an entry on my blog this weekend and have been tossing around ideas for the theme. Your post has inspired me!
Loving the fact that I am part of the OLW community this year. I am so very thankful that I happened to come across information about the class through Michelle Wooderson's blog: http://michellewooderson.blogspot.com/
Smiles!
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Anna is so cute!
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Loving Karen Maezen Miller's book, "Hand Wash Cold: Instructions For an Ordinary Life"!!!
Loving that I found your blog!
Loving that I just received a treasure trove of family history from my uncle after my grandma's passing.
Loving all doors that are open to me in 2011.
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