Gratitude

I'm afraid I've been more than a bit negative lately. I haven't meant to be. I really don't like being super negative. It just seemed like I couldn't catch a break there for awhile, no matter how hard I tried. But, things will never be perfect. Sometimes it will seem like everything is wrong (see the past 2 weeks). Sometimes almost everything will seem to be going well. I get it. I do. So I'm taking a minute to look at all that is going well right now.


- I have the world's most awesome husband. I do, don't try to argue with me on that because I know he is.
- I have two incredibly adorable, totally amazing little girls. They drive me crazy and make me smile all at the same time. And when they make each other laugh I'm in pure bliss!
- I have a roof over my head...not always working plumbing...but a roof nonetheless.
- I have strong religious beliefs that bring me peace and comfort.
- The price of propane dropped 3 cents overnight so we didn't have to pay quite as much when they came today to add to our tank.
- Strangers care. (More on this to come)
- I have friends. This may seem little, but after 2 years living in a community that didn't like outsiders, it feels good to move somewhere and be accepted. To have people to hang out with. To have a friend that braves the snow to get me a Diet Coke when I'm having a bad day...even after she initially got her car stuck in a ditch at the end of her driveway.
- Southwest Airlines is having a 72 hour sale with SUPER low airfares (seriously as low as $25 each way...go, check it out!), which means my mom gets to come visit for a few days in February.

So there you go, I do have much to be grateful for. I am aware of this. And if I happen to fall into a woe is me time again, just know that I will come out of it because there's just too much around me going right for me to stay down forever. Although I am a little bummed at the moment because we're in the middle of a snow storm and I can't make it to Denver to pick my mom up at the airport tomorrow...but she found a motel and I should be able to pick her up on Friday...so not completely terrible, right?