~Rae of Sunshine~: August 2009

now i'm not usually the type of girl to tell you all about my day. for me personally, i don't feel it's necessary for me to write down everything i do to share with you. i'm single and childless. i have no words of wisdom, not many anyway, and most of you would be bored to tears with my day-to-day activites. i write to get things off my chest. it feels good to put my thoughts and feelings into words sometimes. ultimately, this post, too, is a reflection of those thoughts and feelings. however, it will be presented in the form of my absolutely, positively fabulous sunday...

first, i'll start by letting you all know that bow hunting season here in colorado started on saturday. most of you are familiar with the importance of hunting season, but for those who may not be, this means i will not be seeing much of lucas for the next month. he had to work saturday so his adventures were not scheduled to begin until 4 am sunday. i've never seen a grown man so excited. he was like a seven year old trying to go to sleep on christmas eve. he got himself so worked up after working two 14 hour days that he couldn't sleep at all. at 4 o'clock he decided it would be best to wait until the afternoon so he could suppress some of the exhaustion that was quickly catching up with him. even though i felt bad that he hadn't slept a wink, this was a pleasant surprise for me. sleeping in is a very, very rare occassion for us. for the ten months that we have been together, we have always worked opposite schedules. i could count the number of days we've had off together on one hand. it was the best 4 am start to my day that i could possibly ask for.

after rolling out of bed at what seemed like afternoon hours, but really it was 10 am, we headed for city market to buy breakfast food and went back to my empty house. (i failed to mention that i've had company for the past week and they left for a bluegrass festival for the weekend and that my roommate is in nc for the next week.) i made breakfast for my still sleepy-eyed boy, while he caught up on sports news online and relayed the important stuff to me. we ate our breakfast at the table and i left the dishes in the sink to be cleaned up later. we sipped coffee and watched a tnt sunday morning movie then i sent him off to woods scentless and camoflauged.

i thought about getting motivated, but decided against it. i picked up the book i just started reading. it's called redeeming love by francine rivers. i highly recommend it. it's an amazing love story based on the book of hosea in the bible. i'm so addicted to it and boy does that feel good. i'm not going to pretend i've been the best christian or even a remotely decent one over the past few years. i still don't have a church here in steamboat. i've actually only been twice. there's noone to blame but myself. shame on me. anyhoo, great book. you should go get it...NOW!

i interrupted my reading with a little nap on the couch. when i woke up, i contemplated getting motivated again, put some dishes in the dishwasher and decided against further motivation for the second time. there was a storm blowing in and i picked up where i left off in my book as the thunder rolled through the yampa valley. perfect reading weather :)

i finished up a chapter just in time for army wives. while i watched, i had myself an oversized mug of light mint chocolate chip ice cream. after another fantastic episode was complete, i finished up my lazy sunday with a cherry blossom bubble bath and more reading.

now there's nothing particularly special about any of those activities. it wasn't exciting or adventurous. it's doesn't make for a great story. sorry. however, it made for a spectacualr sunday for me. i think the best part of it all is that it's these little things that make me happy now. maybe it goes back to my edge of reason post. maybe it doesn't matter what you're doing. what matters is the relationship you have with those around you and yourself. i feel like i'm on the right track for both. bloody marys and breakfast from creekside are good, especially for your hangover from saturday, but doing nothing with no hangover, that's so much better. that's what i love about sundays! it sure feels good to finally feel the way i do...

a bit delayed, but still complete, here is the list of six things i love that mrs. kace requested oh-so-long-ago:

1. mountains.

they are glorious. i can't imagine not living in the mountains. rolling hills or rocky peaks, big, little, i don't care. it's where my heart belongs.

2. photography. pictures are worth a thousand words. i LOVE that people see beauty in the simplest things and capture it in a way make other people appreciate it as much as they do. i also LOVE that with the right lighting, etc. you can share the beauty of things that are obviously so. the picture above, for example. i really want to lie and say that i took it. i didn't. luke did. i was there though. it was breathtaking.

3. this place.