Oooh La La

This was intended to be a "while in Mexico" blog post, but I never really got the chance to whip out my laptop and focus long enough to post.

I was listening to a song on the plane and out of the corner of my eye I caught you smiling.  It was that kind of "mildly drunk, super relaxed" smile I love so much.  The song has no real reference to us, the lyrics aren't all that representative of us, but the chorus kind of hit me.  Couple the moment of your smile with the chorus and voila, a blog entry.

I'll get to the song in a second, but I got to tell you about that smile.  You see my love, you have a a beautiful smile,  You actually have hundreds of them, but they all sparkle.  They all make me feel warm inside.  They all kind of turn me on a bit.  I can't imagine a life where I wasn't lucky enough to see it a dozen times a day.

I'm not sure you see it that way - which bugs me - but it is there.  The picture I took in Mexico that I was so enamored with?  Your smile.  The picture I stole from you when we were dating? Your smile. None the same exact smile, but your smile all the same.

So why is the song important?  Well it's called "ooh la la" by Faces.  That old Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood band from the early 70's.  The Grateful Dead did it as well, but of course my version is by the Counting Crows.  It is kind of upbeat happy little song (although the lyrics read kind of weird) but the chorus reminds me that I have had a lifetime with you.  And that lifetime has taught me so much.

Ooh la la, la la, yeah

I wish that I knew what I know
When I was younger
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger

Thanks angel.  Because of you I am looking many years into the future.  Knowing that I will learn a million more things I'll wish I had known now.

You're the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.