a tiny list of gratefulness

tonight, as i reflect on my day, i am grateful.

it was a good day.

tuesdays usually are, since they are my day that i get a few hours to myself.

i feel a little embarrassed at how much i enjoy my own company.

is that just so obnoxious?

i mean, i'm never REALLY alone.

so maybe i justbfeel a little less scattered and able to really think and listen to the Lord in my heart when i'm on my own.

so anyway, as i drove around form chore to chore, first dropping my sewing machine to be serviced (they quoted me $169.00 for a full service!!??? is that normal?!) 

then to walmart for some grocery and birthday shopping 

i was just felt like there were some things to inventory that i need to be grateful for.

things that i now realize are not a "given"

 1. i am thankful for the opportunity to teach my kids to clean

 2. i am thankful for browned butter chocolate chip cookies

 3. i am thankful for how we are all growing together, painful or not.

 4. i am thankful for how they can be "little" together.

 5. i am thankful for ALL the time i am gettting with my children during the day.

 6. i am thankful for jake's leadership.

 7. i am thankful for swimsuit weather all year round.

 8. i am thankful that ella and i are getting some time, just us this month while the boys do a football clinic. so needed.

 9. i am thankful for ty's consistant good attitude. it is a gift to me.

 10. i am thankful that he is not too big for his daddy's old cabbage patch kid, rather he is thrilled to have it passed down.

 11. i am thankful for brazillian lemonade.

12. i am thankful for his brain. he is really smart. the detail he retains is almost scary.

 13. i am thankful for my own tiny little daffodils, right here in "paradise".

14. i am thankful for my husband. he is the only friend that i got to take with me into this new life, and i am grateful to not be alone.