10 Things

My friend Midnite Scrapper posted a writing-prompt. A couple of days ago, I asked to play along and I received my letter: R
The rules of the game are simple. Once assigned a letter you are to post 10 things that you love which begin with that letter. It took me a couple of days to get my act together, but I did manage to find ten things that start with the letter "R".
(If you want to play, leave me a message saying you want to play in my comment area. I’ll assign a random letter and on and on it goes.)

1. Relaxing: I don't do this often enough. Relaxation to me is time with my thoughts or a good book..in the bath or on my bed... alone or with someone I love...away from the madness of my everyday life.

2. Reading: Something else I don't do as much as I'd like. I tend to read a book and then if I like it, try to find others by the same author. I also like to read Blogs, SS posts, Scrapbook Page Journalling and my emails. I nearly always read newspapers backwards - reading the Sports Pages and/or Obituaries.

3. Reacher: Jack Reacher, my new favourite book character. I'm slowly buying the Lee Child's books one by one off Ebay after discovering the first book, Killing Floor at the Darwin Airport. It's like watching a good movie - there's love, lust, action and of course the Hero that always saves the day!

4. Raquets: I spend soooo much time at the tennis courts with the kids, shopping for tennis equipment, managing Tennis Teams, paying for tennis lessons and playing tennis that I couldn't possibly leave this word of my list of 10... It's a shame the new racquet I bought myself is disappointing. A likes it though and I can always fall back on my old faithful - even though the kids at the court think it's rather odd looking :)

5. Roast Pork: One of my favourite roast meats and yet it's the one we eat least because A says he doesn't like pork. Funny story though.. last time I cooked roast pork I made him his own meal of Scotch Fillet Steak. After a few days I noticed his steaks were still in the fridge so I gave them to the dog. When I told A what I'd done he was very surprised ... you see he'd eaten the pork and thoroughly enjoyed it, thinking it was his steak!! I guess he doesn't dislike pork as much as he'd thought!

6. Rearranging Furniture: On occasion I will take it upon myself to vacuum etc. thoroughly after the family have done it "their way" for quite some time. When I move the furniture, to clean under it, I often rearrange the room.. A has many times come home to find his loungeroom looking very different to the one he left...

7. Real time with my DH: You know how it is, time without interrruptions. We don't get much quiet time together with three kids, so it's nice when it happens. Our favourite spots to escape are -the front window ledge - looking out at the mountain or up at the stars; the outside chairs - looking into our yard, and our bedroom - it's our little sanctuary..no kids allowed (well as much as you can keep kids out of anywhere lol). We are also lucky to have my sister Kat and friend Kirsten who will look after our children so that A and I can go on the occasional "date".

8. Reconciling Accounts: What a funny thing to love! But after Dental Nursing (something I wanted do as a kid and all through my teens), working in a Supermarket (checkout, deli and office), book keeping and administrating I realise that I love the challenge of reconciliation. It's a bit like a puzzle and feels really good when it's finished!! I love my job :)

9. Rain Storms: I love listening to the sound of Rain on a tin roof. I love the smell of new rain.
(petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) nounThe pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.[From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined by researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.]"Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and released into the air after a first rain." Matthew Bettelheim; Nature's Laboratory; Shasta Parent (Mt Shasta, California); Jan 2002) I love it when the power goes out and you get to spend time doing things they did in the old days...cooking popcorn on a gas stove, playing games around a lantern... spending time as a family, not distracted by the computers and tvs of modern life!

10. Recording Moments/Memories: This includes Scrapbooking, Writing a Journal, Taking Notes, Blogging, Emailing and/or simply cutting articles out of the newspaper. I am constantly amazed at the little things I wouldn't have remembered if I hadn't recorded the moment...