a virtual coffee & a smile of thanks to you all...

oh i almost did it...
i almost got up in a quiet house...
i NEVER manage get up & at it before kiddo number two...
that lucky early-rising boy gets a lovely quiet house to himself every morning...
i have an inkling that he doesn't quite appretiate it as much as i would....!


anyhow....this morning i rose early & quietly...not as early as kiddo numbers two & three...
but earlier than kiddo number one...& the aussie cousins...
so, for me, it felt relatively quiet...


you see...today, AT LAST i am joining in on my first *virtual coffee* with my gorgeous friend across the waters- miss.amy from lucky number 13 who hosts a weekly virtual coffee with blog friends...

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so if we were meeting for coffee today...

i'd have to *high five* you as i turned up at last...!

i'd have to shout you your cafe *drink of choice*...& encourage you to pick the loveliest looking home-made cake...with two forks...to share...

&

i'd listen to your thoughts first...just to hear some calm adult wisdom...

i'd ask you to tell me about your week...about your tuesday...
{& i'd be sitting knees up in my favourite old jeans...}

then i'd have to eat a little cake...& slurp sip a little of my chai...

but i'd be listening...& nodding & thinking alongside you...

happy at last to be knowing a little more about you...

you know the stuff you only share spontaneously over coffee...

& then i'd show you the aprons i've been making...

i'd have them squished folded in my big ol' french basket...

& i'd ask you what you thought...

i'd ask you if you have a favourite typeset that i could use on them...

& i'd tell you...

that i know why i didn't have 5 kiddos...

even though, at times, i think i could do it...

&

even though, at times, i think i'd be good at it...

i am absolutely completely totally glad i didn't...

three is our *perfect number*...

& then i'd just stop with you for a moment & enjoy the peace...

{a house full of sandy salty sunkissed cousins can make for a lot of pent up lovely noise...}
& i'd tell you that i have been thinking about booking another weekend for us five in paris...
i need want some *french-ness* around me at them moment...
i want to see our kiddos climbing the steps of the eiffel tower again...
i want to look wistfully at french wallpaper & talk the hubster into wanting it too...
i would tell you i haven't booked yet because i think i've missed the boat -weather wise- this year & that i don't want to really wait till next spring...
but kinda know i have too...
& i would remind you that going to paris is *very easy* from here...it's like crossing states in america or australia...

by this time...we may both have other *things* to do...other bits of our day to return to...

but i'd tempt you with one more piece of cake...

remember we actually shared the first...

&

i'd thank you for making my *place* in this bloggy world just such a pleasure...

i'd hug you for being part of my life...real & virtual...

& then i'd smile...think of amy & thank her for *waiting* for me to join her in her virtual coffee mornings...

& plan to see you next tuesday...

p.s...another huge thankyou...

i just want to say a huge thankyou

i want to send you a smile

&

i want to post all of my followers

{old & new}

&

 all of you wonderful gals who leave me a message a huge hug

amongst the business of our big ol'house this week

i guess i've really thought long & hard 

how important you all are to my day

...you make me truely happy...

& 

thats a gift

xxx