Peace is every step

Isn't that a lovely photograph? When I get my new apartment I'm going to start collecting tea cups, and sprouting herbs and plants in them! Wouldn't that be nice? To be a plant, growing up in a pleasant and beautiful little tea cup, and then be lovingly placed into the warm soil of the Earth once you'd grown big enough? Ah, *sigh* I like plants. I don't think I can say that enough. -lol-

I was supposed to go to my grandparents' today for a dinner, but my dad has a bad cold (or flu) so we're postponing it. That left me open to a lazy day. I took a short nap after work, and was woken up by the boyfriend coming home and snuggling into bed with me. :) We spent the afternoon together, just enjoying each others company and having the ability to do nothing of importance. He gifted me with some books yesterday. He came across two unused gift cards, one of which was for a book store, so he gave them both to me and took me out to pick out whatever I wanted. I was very happy. :) I got a vegetarian cook book because I'm always in need of new ideas, and a great - scratch that, WONDERFUL book by Thich Nhat Hanh called "Peace is every step." I still can't pronounce his name, even after reading several of his books, but I always love what he has to say. If I come across anything that I think is lovely, I'll be sure to post a snippet here. (And I'm sure I will)

I hard boiled some eggs today. They were about to go bad so I figured I'd hard boil them, and keep them in the fridge to add to my salads. I love eggs. I adore them. I make sure to only buy the organic, certified humane eggs, and if at all possible I will only buy from local farmers or small farms. I want to have some chickens when I get older so that I can have fresh eggs every day! I'll build them a little chicken coop and name one of the hens "HENrietta" *giggle*. It's something I really look forward to.

My little parrot, Rufio, is letting me know it's time for bed. He fluffs himself up and pushes up against me and starts mumbling himself to sleep. It's absolutely adorable and I hate to move him, but I still have to feed my pretty fishies and he has to sleep in his own "bed." -lol- The fish are getting frozen bloodworms tonight. They'll be excited.

Photograph taken from: http://monstermagnet.deviantart.com/ She has some unique stuff. (I think the photographer is a she. ???)