Great job!

Thumbs up!
Make sure you give positive reinforcement for a way good day!
{flickr John McNab}

Anything is Possible

Anything is possible; nothing is impossible.
God Bless President Obama, us and the USA.
May we all pitch in everyday,
all day,
for everyone,
to make it a way good day!
{flickr by davef3138}

"America's Song"

I was soooo moved watching Oprah today.

Oprah asked David Foster and will.i.am to create an anthem.

The world premiere
was moving, stirring and uplifting
as it was performed and sung by

David Foster, will.i.am, Faith Hill, Seal, Mary J. Blige, and a pre-taped Bono.

You can upload "America's Song"
for free over the next 24 hours at oprah.com.

Listen to David Foster and Will.i.am discuss
the collaboration of the song on Oprah's site.


"My America, Your America, Our America is beautiful"

It is indeed and may we always make it so for a

way good country!
{fiickr ladybugbkt}

Due to this....

today we are not having this...

Yippee, a snow day!
Which means we now have a four day weekend.
Enjoy playing games, drinking hot cocoa
and snuggling to stay warm for a way good day!
When I checked the mercury in the wee hours this morning
it was -15 degrees, actual temperature.
{desk photo by flickr farming feeds}

brrrr

The mercury hit a high of 6 degrees and is forecast to slide down
the thermometer to a sub-zero
-8 this evening;
like living in a deep freeze.
It was beautiful though with the sun shining its rays upon the
sparkling snow for a way good day!
(Please bring in all your four legged creatures for their safety!)

enchantment

It is snowing here...lots and lots.

Winter; I LOVE it.

Enjoy for a way good day!

support

If you have a reason, any at all, to fly to Utah,
I encourage you to plan your trip to coincide with the
"Love for NieNie" benefit concert
Monday February 2 at 7:00 pm in Provo.
What a wonderful way to begin the month of pink, red hearts and love;
by supporting the Nielsen's.
It will expand our hearts, I am sure, and increase the fondness we have for our blogging friends.
For tickets, click here.

Go, participate and be uplifted for a way good gal, Stephanie!

filament

"The things that matter the most in this world,
they can never be held in our hand."
-Gloria Gaither
Something to ponder for a way good day!
{flickr photo}

Lucy

There was a knock, knock, knock on our front door Sunday evening, December 21. We opened the portal of our home to find J and her New Orleanian, four legged guest, Lucy, upon our doorstep; a full twenty four hours before they were expected! J had left at 4 am and driven straight through to be home to help clean and decorate before other guests arrived for the holiday.

What a gift!

Whether Lucy was running...

jumping in the snow,

or just melting our hearts with her joy of life;

Whether Lou was sneaking yet unopened toys

or sticks from her treat bag,

or patiently waiting, always waiting, for someone to throw her "baby" which she always set upright by your leg,

or resting under the lights of the tree, which she loved running around and pulling off branches, which is why we did not put up ornaments this year;

Whether Lucy was sleeping on every bed in the house, as she is an equal giver of her canine love, on the pillows; this is no lay at the bottom of the bed dog, noooo sirree, or mam...she is a southern gal;

She was happy.

They were happy.

And we totally fell in love with Lou, this dog rescued from the pound in New Orleans, that J was dog sitting over the holidays.

Miss Lucy left an indelible mark
in our Christmas 2008 hearts
in the best possible way!
Thank you, J and Lou, for a way good holiday!
Love, all of us

color

Today we had pedi's. The moment we walk in the salon, our gal knows exactly what color we desire; she does know all our names but prefers to call us by our nail color name--quite funny.

As we sit in the massage chairs and soak our weary feet, we let Tina do her magic of scrubbing and massaging our feet and calves before painting our nails our favorite color.

A way good day!

partake

In addition to Mr. R, this is my wintertime love.

Enjoy melted chocolate, steaming milk and cream
for a way good

splendiferous hot chocolate day!

{filckr photo}

time

We savored each moment with one daughter; relished an entire week with her.

Just us, Mr. R and Miss Lucy.

This week we have the same gift; an entire week to cherish and delight in our other daughter.

Again, just us, Mr. R and Miss Lucy.  

Guaranteed for a way good time!

{flickr cherie s. and PW photo pool}

weekends

My favorite part of our weekend? 

All four girls, including Lucy, piling onto Emily's bed.  It was wonderful to chat,  

heart-to-heart 

and laugh.  

Family, life and love are such a gift.

It was a way good first weekend of the year!

vision

"The future belongs to those 

who believe in the beauty of their dreams."  

Eleanor Roosevelt

May we have dreams and make them reality, 

for ourselves and others, 

for a way good day!

{photo by c. harvey}

Happy New Year!

A brand new year.

A clean slate.

365 blank pages on our calendar and in our journal.

"525,600 minutes"

May we make it a way good year!

{photo taken as
we
sat upon sandy
Waikiki Beach in Honolulu
last year}