L is for...

our technical difficulties are happily over (KNOCK ON WOOD!) and so i'm going to do another WORDPLAY letter - want to join in? it's fun and i will endeavor to be better at finishing the alphabet.

love – love is all we need *beam*. really. it is, isn't it? what is life w/o it?

liberty - seems to me that they are slowly being taken from us.

life - life is for living. i need to be better at living life to its fullest

lava - we got to see the real deal when we were on the big island

llama (that’s yyyyyama, not LLLLLLLLLama ;D) - they are fun to watch

label - label is one of those words that just doesn't ever look right to me. anyway, back to labels...while they can be useful, sometimes they are overused and they don't tell the whole story.

La Mancha - when mom, jeremy, and my gramma came to visit me in Spain, we went to the south of spain and went along the same route as don quixote and sancho panza. yes, it's true, they were not real people, but rather, fictional. we started in madrid, went through toledo, ciudad real (i believe), córdoba, and granada.

lactate - something i did for more than 5 years of my life between the two kiddos. i heartily encourage any pregnant moms to nurse nurse nurse your babes. it's not as easy to do in the beginning for everyone, but SO well worth it - and SO SO SO much cheaper than formula.

lake perris - where i camped w/my family for many many years. we lived (moni and dad still live) in redlands and perris was really close. it was so fun. there was some hiking, lots of bike riding, playing cards, tents, junior rangering, etc. it was wonderful fun. for many years, we had our thanksgivings there.

lake tahoe - close to where we live now. we went camping there last year - we were at emerald bay. we're hoping to do more camping there this year.

lambs - i love lambs. they are so cute and such little lumps. pat and bob had lambs and sheep for several years. the first year, we named them hor d'ouerve (sp?), almuerzo, and dinner. as i recall, pat switched them out when they were harvested.

landlocked - what we are now that we live in nevada...

languages - i am, after a fashion, fluent in spanish, i am passable w/italian and can sign okay.

Lagunitas - yummmmmy beer! Lagunitas IPA is one of our favorites. when we lived in petaluma, we passed by the brewery nearly every day.

laughter - another thing that i can't live without. i love listening to my kids belly laugh. rob's laugh makes me happy. from my papa holloway i inherited the thing where i try to tell a funny joke, but can't get through it b/c i'm laughing so hard i'm crying.

lavatory/laboratory - when i was a kid, i couldn't figure out why people were calling the bathroom a laboratory.

left handed - i am left handed. rob is left handed. i have hopes that maybe rhys is. irene is definitely right handed. at one point, 3 of the 4 of us living together were left handed - and two of us were dating left handers. i married mine :). it's something i notice right off with people/kids/movie stars when they are writing. do right handers notice that? not quite so much i think.

left wing/liberal - this is me. left wing and liberal. it's not always easy now that i'm living in concervativeland.

lemon - i love lemons. L.O.V.E. them! fresh lemonade? oh my DOG is there anything better on a hot summery day? i don't think so.

lemonade - see? lemonade. i like it so much, i wrote it again. YUM. fresh squeezed really is the very best.

and while we're on the subject, how about Lemonheads! love them too! they are sour, they have a good crunch. i'm puckering right now just thinking about it.

level - am i? usually i'm levelheaded, but sometimes i lose it.

license - i finally got my actual license when i was 17. yes, i did fail it the first time. i had psyched myself out. i had to wait in my car for what seemed like an eternity waiting for the examiner to get to the car. in that time, i just totally and completely freaked myself out.

light - i really need light. it makes me a happier person. i'm hoping the new flourescent lights that we're going to get are truly going to be more true light than blue light.

lydia - my dear friend in norfolk with a lovely and funny husband and two amazingly darling children. we got to spend almost an entire week with them last summer. it was beyond wonderful. i miss her very very much.

library - i don't utilize the library nearly enough. partly b/c i like owning my books. but i do take the kids to the library. sometimes more often than other times.

log cabin - we've made several log cabins during our Romig Women Quilting weeks.

lost - i lost my brother once when i was 8 and he was 2. i will never ever forget that feeling. it's not a feeling i ever ever want again. and also LOST - the tv show. i enjoy it, but not nearly as much as rob.

lace - it's pretty. when i was in venice, i went to burano, the lace island. it was really cool to watch them tatting lace and seeing the amazing things they made there. way cooler (to me) than murano - the glass island.

lie/lay - dude, i always get these mixed up. telling me that lay takes a direct object doesn't really help.

lips - soft, lovely.

literacy - i think that literacy is very important. i was part of head start for several years - family literacy was (and probably still is) a main focus. we worked very very hard at it. while in college, i did a paper on literacy for my business class - figuring out ways of getting seniors involved with young kids to enhance literacy.

loop - i am not always in it.

loquat - my aunt and uncle in redlands had a loquat tree. i could eat loquats for hours on end. they are yummy and juicy and delicious and have really cool seeds.

lush - what a great descriptive word this is.