5:30 | Photography Challenge

Someone I love

2:30 | One Thankful Thing

Hands

I can't imagine life without my hands, or the use of them.  To try to go a day without using them would be so hard.  I am always, always using my hands.  They are so versatile that it is AMAZING!  I can do a task with them, help someone with them, and even express emotion with my incredible hands.  I am so grateful for them.

One Thankful Thing

My journey of gratitude through my 'glass'

4:30 | Photography Challenge

Favorite Color

 

1:30 | One Thankful Thing

Backwards pants

Elizabeth pretty much dresses herself these days {often more than once a day}.  In her dressing herself, many times she comes out with some mismatched outfit that has something inside-out, backwards, or otherwise creatively put on.  This morning was no exception.  My girl came out of her room decked out in her grey and green dress, her new warm hat, and her jeans on backwards.  So backwards pants has become a symbol of my girls independence.  She is growing up, and it amazes me at each new thing that she learns to do on her own.  But it also symbolizes that she still needs me.

Thankful Thursday

As Thanksgiving approaches I have decided that I want to focus more on gratitude.  To help me with this I would like to take a moment each week to express what I am thankful for.  This will be the first things that come to my mind in fifteen minutes.  This way it will be simple, and what is on my mind at the moment.  So here I go...

• I love my husband, and I am grateful for the sacrifices that he makes for others.  He spent hours in the middle of the night, at the hospital with a woman who needed some help.  I got a good man!
• I am happy to have such a wonderful little girl, that is healthy and amazing!  I love her personality, and independence.
• I am so grateful for me own health.  I have been very fortunate to be able to not worry too much about myself physically.
• I love being tall!  At times I didn't like it, but being tall has many advantages.  My husband is taller than me, so its all good!
• I am so grateful for the beautiful fall colors that surround me at this time of year!
• I am grateful it only took about 20 minutes for the carpet cleaner to clean the carpets.
• Technology is so wonderful!  It lets me keep in contact with friends and family that live hundreds of miles away.
• The Warner Brothers were AWESOME!  I can hope on a plane and see my family in less than a days flight.  It's amazing that I can travel so many miles, in so little time.  Glad that I don't have to travel days/weeks/months to visit family.
• I am grateful for my bed.  I am so glad that I do not need to sleep on the floor, but cuddle into a nice soft mattress.  I love sleep!
• I am grateful for photography, and the many memories that it can capture forever.
• I am so glad that I can wear pants!  I would hate to have to wear skirts or dresses everyday.  It's getting cold outside!
• I love the color blue!  It makes me happy!
• I also love other colors.  I think life is so wonderful in color.
• White with a splash of bright colors make me smile!
• I love old classics!  Movies, books!  Jane Austen was an OUTSTANDING author!  Love her books!

3:30 | Photography Challenge

{Clouds}

 

2:30 | Photography Challenge

{What I wore}

1:30 | Photography Challenge

{Self Portrait}

 

Blurbs of thought | A full day and friends

Today is Kevin and Jakobe's birthday.  Kevin's big 30, and Jakobe's golden {23 on the 23rd}.  Got to chat with Jakobe for a little bit, it's always fun to talk to him.

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Made little stoves out of an energy drink can with the Cub Scouts this morning.  Brian and Elizabeth came with me, and B was excited to make one too.

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Had a great time at the Ann Arbor Art Fair with E and Nichole!  As always, I loved spending time with Nichole.  I also found that I have really come to love and appreciate oil paintings.  I hope to be able to do some for myself some day.

Had a huge umbrella blow right into me at the Art Fair.  I was just talking to B on the phone, then heard a little commotion so I turned my head.  That's when I saw a huge umbrella come straight for me.  It hit me hard on the side of my face, and then went over me.  I was dazed, and went and sat down while Nichole got me ice.  I have a nice scratch on the side of my face near my eye, and I am sure I will have a nice bruise.  It really jarred me.

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We had a lovely dinner with our friends Erkan and Elif this evening.  They are moving to California tomorrow.  They are such good friends, and adore Elizabeth.

When walking across the parking lot to our car, a car didn't stop for us.  Elizabeth also decided to run ahead, and I have never been so grateful to see her fall.  Her fall prevented her from running in front of the car.  So grateful for the angels that watch over her!