California Comfort with Raspberry Scones

Good morning.

A chilly rain falls relentlessly, but you and I are now breakfasting in a gorgeous Jamie Durie [Love his spaces] outdoor design somewhere in California where the sun is shining, the breeze is tepidly soothing and our coffee [cappuccino, latte, hot chocolate, tea, Bellini, Bloody Mary...] is hot enough to warm us from the inside out.

My vision: http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/california-style-outdoor-spaces-by-jamie-durie/pictures/index.html - Go to picture #5 - not a bad start right?

As I was planning our breakfast visit last night, I realized that this virtual moment can be what ever I [and you] want it to be.  That also meant, that I could wear couture if I wished, instead of the pant scrubs from my last job and a warm cozy beat-up sweatshirt.  Suddenly, having breakfast anywhere to visit became excitingly limitless.

So, on that note, as I was thumbing through Country Living magazine [May 2012] before bed, I noticed on the inside cover, a flooring ad with a model wearing an eye-catching luxuriously Divine fuscia halter gown gushing with soft layers from the waist down.  I decided, THAT was what I would wear to breakfast today -  this without uncomfortable shoes, fancy jewels, or make-up, just me cleaned up and feeling fresh and glamorous in THAT dress.  [Sorry no pic on that one.]

What do you want to wear to our visit today?

I imagined that we could have some delicious [yes, I spelled it correctly this time...] raspberry scones - recipe c/o Alton Brown [http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/scones-recipe/index.html] to go with our beverages.  Now that we have our venue, drinks, outfits and food all picked out...what was the best part of your yesterday? 

In hindsight, I realize now that if we are having breakfast everyday, our 'best shared moments' would be from the day before ..... I guess I'm not as organized as I thought when I planned the intent of this blog, but let's just go with the flow ;)

Beside being completely content with seeing that I didn't know where the spellcheck or edit button was on my first post...yesterday was a great day.  I was lucky enough to have several 'best moments', but the topper was the feeling that I got just signing up for this blog.  I felt proud of myself.  That doesn't happen as often as I would like.  Not that starting a blog is difficult, but if you like to write, and you are a constant internal editor like me, then you understand that this was a bit of a feat. 

I have notebooks scattered [another sign of disorganization....I'm seeing a theme here] with notes and stories - some finished, some not, and a secret dream [do you have a secret dream?] to publish something worth being read.  THAT part is the scariest - it's like being dumped by a cruise liner [my imagination] into vast ocean [business of publishing] with a small life raft [my knowledge about the industry].  So this is a bigggggg step in navigating those waters.  At least I'm writing and sharing it.

Maybe a good step forward would be to start putting all my 'notes' into one place - not all my 'notebooks' into one pile! 

I can't wait to hear from you and read about your best moments....enjoy this day!