Life's good!

Hi there!
This is a belated Friday post and I'm happy to announce that some positive things have happened since my blue last update!
I managed my challenge with honors and I sure as h*ll made it to Friday!

Marcus has managed one of his new challenges but there quite some remain.
Enough said.

The (again) ill Boy and I out for the first moonwalk of the season.

I'll bet it shone in Miami too.

The Boy found it a wee bit scary and wanted to wait with next late night bike ride...

To me it was like another rite of passage to spring. I really can't wait.

I spent the day at home, caring for my ill boy. The hubs spent four days at home with him, 'cuz I couldn't manage time off from work, and now it was finally my turn! I baked him cookies - experimental ones - and he absolutely loved them! He said he never tasted anything like it. Bless his heart.

We watched movies and we had cinnamon buns together.

The day rocked, in plain english. I'll keep it in my heart forever - how I love that boy!

Playing with his friend after floor ball, last week, he got infected with a flu.

Now, be still my unnerving nerves... Snow?!!!

Friday Instagrams, only for you!

The blessed soul that sits in my husband's heart made us Mojitos that were awesome !!

Cutest there is, foh sho!

Before snow showed, I got into weeding some.

And, no, hubs was not so inclined...

I decided that if you can stand outside, barefoot, and brush your teeth, 

spring's here.

YEAH!!!! Starbucks finally opted to establish in our part of the world.

Welcome dearest!

My coastal town - I'm in love.

Snutting his beloved blanket.

Going to work, one particular day of some worry, 

life decided to lend me a beautiful helping hand.

The central station in the city where I work is wonderful. 

Most evenings it offers live music, fresh cooked food and happy folks.

I love it. I feel as if I take a ten minute vacation whenever I occupy myself in the vicinity.

March 8:th we had a huge women's celebration at work.

Hundreds of amazing, inspiring and beautiful women showed.

Going home, enjoying my music-of-choice.

Full moon walk home from the train. 

Fantasizing what it would be like watching that very moon in Miami...

This dude is lovable.

Yes, I was so right, Wednesday: all is well that ends well.

Indeed.

Well, you may think I'm a bit silly worrying and then exhaling, when it comes to my job issues. 

They are of the nature, however, that they scare me and I never know how the outcome will be. 

This time (again) I high five myself and I exhale as h*ll and I feel how I grow and how I'm proud of me.

Weekend's here.

I so hope y'all will have a totally fantastic weekend, with people you love.

Lucky 13!

Lucky thirteen!
Last week, Wednesday, hubs and I celebrated having been together for 13 years.
As sometimes I feel that time flies, 13 years is still quite some time.
Thinking of all that has happened during those 13 years, I realize we've lived through more than many do in a lifetime.

We opted to celebrate this blessed event Friday instead. We went to a DIY-BBQ-restaurant we've been wanting to visit for over a year.

In the car, going there, we discovered a little fly on the outside of the window hanging on for dear life, obviously having its heart set on visiting the restaurant right by the beach!

Cute little thing! It made it all the way.

Lucky 13 it is. We're happier together than we've ever been!
If we'd nag, have argumentations more often, during some years, there's practically none of that these last years.
We really know each other very well, nowadays, and we're getting quite good at letting each other be whatever we want and need to be.

Father and son starting a glorious evening.

Well, what say you? Grand in every way and worth waiting for!

I can honestly and safely say that I wouldn't want to have any other husband ever. I love Marcus and I find his company most amusing and stimulating.
Even if I've always joked about him being my "soul stranger", he really is my soulmate. My best friend.
We share the same outlook on life, the values and we have the same drive.

We also complement each other in these ways:

-the obvious: when I'm down, he pulls me up and when he's down I pull him up
-I clean the bathrooms and make the beds and do the dishes, he vacuums, does the laundry and builds fences
-in the areas where he's whimsical, I'm not and vice versa.
Works out very well.

The owner of this restaurant knew what he was doing when he put this swing up...

We all enjoyed ourselves immensely.

My precious love.

I can't get enough of seeing that opening between the teeth. Now two more teeth are loose!

Cosy.

What do I love the most, about Marcus?
I love that he can laugh at so many things: himself, his own failures and mine.
I love that he is so very generous with his emotions and that he's always very aware of me and my moods and feelings and needs.
Often he has already realized that something is wrong - or wonderful - before I do so myself. He sees and senses.
I love that he always pours the wine for me, that he keeps telling me many times a day that I'm the most beautiful woman in the world and that he loves me.
I love that with all these things (and more) he makes me feel very loved and he makes me feel very good.
I love being around him and when we're apart I always miss him and his company.
So: thanks hubs!

My vow for the autumn, to be a better wife, will be a good one - he deserves it.

The lovechild.

The mannequin.

The sails.

I love this place. The fact that it only exists june-september doesn't make me appreciate it any less.

We had a fabulous evening here. You know how certain occasions are just a little extra magical and wonderful and special? This was. I think it was due to it being impromptu!

They played music that had a southern Europe feel to it and it felt exotic and vacational.

The crown jewel that is the icing on the cake is our son. He's the miracle and the blessing, he's the huge joy. You see why a celebration was in order?!

I'll carry this memory with me for the rest of my life. 

I may very well forget why we went there and when but I will remember the evening.

Almost like Coconut Groove, Miami...

Lucky 13. Here's to many more!!

Evening sunk over us, ever so slowly.

Our neighborhood.

******

And now, brace yourself, a lot of instagrams of the whole week....

Well the dog was his usual sweet self...

 

The playground got some short visits.

The dog his walks.

And: The Boy went to his First Day of School!!!

He was equally happy walking home, Friday, 

after five days in school - good thing!

We still get sunny mornings.

And I still get sunny walks home from the train 9 PM.

The Boy has come to love playing Monopoly.

A painter came and painted our front door, that needed a paint job.

The Boy has carpe diem:ed!

And hubs and I have been romancing!

Laughing at our wild offspring!

We went to see a 3D-movie (and for some shopping!).

Colder evenings arrived, calling for a cape.

And heart warming, to die for, weekend mornings!

 - I guess that concludes: a darn good week in life, has passed!

It's Monday.
I wish you a great week!