The batteries on my camera died, so it's out of commission until I get to the store next week. I'm dying to post pics from my first week of preschool, but it will have to wait.
I know you all will be on the edge of your seats, waiting.
In the meantime, I thought I'd share 10 things that made me happy today:
1) Reese's face when she got off the bus and ran toward me full speed, with open arms. hands down, the best part of every afternoon. Quincy running across the kitchen to Reese in a similar fashion was a close 2nd.
2) It has finally cooled off enough to wear jeans. JEANS! Oh the joy I feel.
3) Someone brought Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake to Relief Society Enrichment Meeting tonight. Mmmmmmm
4) Katie baked today and I reaped the chocolatey-peanut-buttery benefits.
5) I was reinspired to make a lamp (thanks, Steph!).
6) Aaron took out the trash on his way out the door to work, this morning.
7) I had an entire hour during naptime today to sit on the sofa and read. It was fantastic.
8) I only spent $35 on groceries, this week. It's a stretch since I already had many of the ingredients I'll be using for dinners this week, but still, $35? That's a happy thing.
9) My hair looked awesome today. I guess that makes up for walking around all morning with a 6 inch gaping hole in the back of my shirt. Oopsie!
10) Tonight, for whatever reason, I was thinking about our old house in Green Bay, Wi, when I drove home. When I pushed a button on my dash and the garage door opened I was reminded of what a luxury it is to not only have an automatic garage door opener, but to have a garage at all! Our first home had a detached garage that had manual opening french doors. The garage was baaaaaarely large enough to house our honda civic, and putting the car inside only meant having another 8 feet of driveway to shovel the snow off of, so we never used it. Getting out of the car was freeeezing! But tonight, I simply pushed a button, rolled my car forward, and pushed the button again to close the door behind me, and I was 3 feet from the door to my kitchen. Automatic garage doors. What a blessing!
11) My kids played in the backyard with a large sheet of cardboard for 30 minutes this afternoon.
12) I ate Miracle Whip tonight and didn't die.
13) I ran into 5 of my preschool students today. Some were former students and some are current, but they all greeted me with a cheerful, "Mrs. Meg! Mrs. Meg!" and it warmed my heart every time.
14) ice from Station Cafe (why are so many of my happy moments related to food? I have issues)
15) Aaron came home for lunch.
16) Quincy asked for seconds at lunch
17) I tied up all of my dried out corn stalks with hemp string and they look really cute leaned up against the house.
18) I painted my toes red over 2 weeks ago and they still look really good.
19) I made a new friend (and fellow chicken farmer) tonight.
20) My list of 10 things quickly became 20 things.
What are you grateful for, today?
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5 comments:
I love gratitude posts. It is so easy to get overwhelmed and grouchy and not see blessings or humor in everyday. I love your list. I also find immense love for garage door openers.
What, my dear friend, is wrong with the zippy goodness of Miracle Whip? :)
On my list, I just heard Adele's 21 and that album is pure gold. Her voice. Oh man, her voice. I was also introduced to Mumford and Sons. I was intrigued just by the name. It is good lazy afternoon music. I thoroughly dig it.
@ Angie---what's WRONG with Miracle Whip? This requires a separate post, my friend.
I accept. :)
Ugh. Miracle Whip. My mom calls it poor man's mayonaise. All I know is that I hates it.
I am continually thankful that my garage-less house has a) a carport and b) a location that doesn't require a garage. Sure, it would be awesome to not haul groceries from the carport to the door in the rain, but it's not like I'm hauling them in -10 degrees with ten inches of snow on the ground.
Love this post Meg. I often forget about all the things/people I am grateful for!
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