My “word” for 2012 is wOw!           wOw! is one of those fabulous words that fits positive, negative and neutral situations.  It’s a word we can use when no other will work.   Over this next year of Sundays, I’m going to share some wOw!moments from the previous week.  By December 31, 2012, I’ll have shared 2012wOw! moments.    I hope you’ll have spotted (and maybe even shared) close to that, too.

Here’s what’s made me say wOw! this week:

54. www.pinterest.com;

55. sleeping ’til 8:15am;

56. Cule Yule cd from Donna & Berle at Off the Beaten Path;

57. Frank Gault’s cooking;

58. great hugs;

59. evidence of mice;

60. www.pandora.com;

61.checking voicemail and hearing messages from my sister;

62. the great news that the LKW Post Office will NOT close this year;

63. the Packers’ and Saints’ losses;

64. The Good Wife marathon;

65. the fun being back at Cheap Therapy;

66.homemade tomato/orange soup and asparagus tart;

67. the North Carolina Museum of Forestry;

68. a fabulous Lovey’s lunch with Judy;

69. how easily and surprisingly tears flow;

70. the sadness of ending a good book;

71.  the joy of starting a new one;

72. keeping a fire going all day;

73. the honor of bearing witness to someone’s story;

74. closing my Twitter account;

75. working through to the other side of a disagreement;

76. having to stop my car so three deer could cross the road;

77. yin yoga in the pm;

78. yang yoga in the am;

79.  letting Blossom take me for a walk

80. breakfast tacos;

81. my new purple pen;

82. a loving 11:08 Friday text from Pickett (this was the exact two week mark of Mari’s passing);

83. a Mentalist marathon;

84. then a Jerseylicious one (hey, judge not lest ye be judged.  😉);

85. realizing (for the 20th time that day) that I couldn’t call Mari;

86. a perfectly poached egg;

87. Greek yogurt;

88. open windows in February;

89.clean bed linens;

90. Etta James;

91. clean Cheap Therapy Studio curtains;

92. the American political system;

93. watching cardinals eat from my teacup bird feeder;

94. Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!;

95. napping on a rainy Saturday afternoon;

96. cruise ship captains cleverly disguised as scumbags;

97. saying NO without guilt;

98. my Kindle;

99. asking for help;

100. accepting help as it’s offered;

101. finishing an OK book;

102. chatting with a longtime pal;

103. starting a new and FABULOUS book (thanks, Chris!);

104. an entire day without TV;