Four on a Friday.

August 31, 2018
Day 702

Thankful for:

1. A great first week of school.

2. A great first PTO meeting.

3. Dinner with a friend.

4. Friday night.

Tomorrow is Friday.

August 30, 2018
Day 701

Thankful for:

1. My students. They are sweet and funny and little. I'm glad I have an entire year with them.

2. Adelyn. She makes my heart happy. She's a singer and a writer and an artist.

3. Tobin. He talks about saving animals all day every day. He is passionate, and he makes me smile.

4. My husband. I love when he helps with the dishes.

5. Higbee and his cuddles.

6. My mom, dad, and Patty. Love getting calls from them.

7. Tomorrow is Friday. I'm excited!

8. It's a three day weekend!

Thankful.

Ten things on the 700th day.

August 29, 2018
Day 700

Thankful for:

1. Today is my 700th day of blogging.

2. Adelyn and Tobin were very sweet and baby-like today. Sometimes, I can see the baby days better than others.

3. Texts from my husband.

4. An easy dinner night.

5. America's Got Talent

6. Huge mugs of tea.

7. Time to lay in bed and sleep.

8. Higbee

9. Talks with my mom and dad and sister.

10. Bugs making noise outside.

Untraditional beauty.

August 28, 2018
Day 699

     This is what I've learned from living in the forest:

     There are the beautiful things. Fawns with spots eating pears in grass so green it glows. Rabbits nibbling cool clover under the light of the newly risen moon. The way the sunlight looks as it pours into the forest in the morning and again in the afternoon.

     Then there are the things that don't seem beautiful at first. They seem almost to detract from the beautiful of the fawns and the rabbits and the light.

     I've learned this:

     The forest would not be as beautiful as it is if it were not for all of the creatures living in it. The spiders are beautiful in their own way. They are graceful air dancers. Baby snakes are smooth and shiney. The bats come out at night to feast. I think they're on to something. Feasting under the moon with your friends and family? Seems like a pleasant way to spend the evening. Even the weeds have a place of their own in the forest. They are free to live and grow and be weedy and messy and no one pays them any mind.

     It wouldn't be so beautiful in the forest if it weren't for the untraditionally beautiful.

     Thankful for untraditional beauty.

First day of school.

August 27, 2018
Day 698

     This day was good. It was the first day of school, and my students are all very sweet. I love the first day of school. I have Adelyn and Casey in my class this year, and they are just as excited as I am. Thankful for a good first day of school. Thankful for sweet students. Thankful for a good night at home with my loves.

At just the right time.

August 26, 2018
Day 697

Thankful for:

1. A fine Sunday.

2. The first day of school tomorrow.

3. Cuddling with my babies and watching a movie this afternoon.

4. Cleaning house with my babes.

5. Shoe shopping with my babes.

6. Sunday family dinner.

7. Shopping with my dad.

8. Laughing with my family.

9. School clothes set out and ready to go for tomorrow.

10. Lunches made.

11. A very cuddly, and somewhat sad Higbee. When dogs are missing someone, they seem down in the dumps.

12. A brand new school year. I love new school years.

13. God gives me reminders of the things I need to know at just the right times.

Eleven things on a Saturday.

August 25, 2018
Day 696

Tonight, I am thankful for:

1. A beautiful day. The sky was blue, the clouds were puffy, the sun was bright.

2. My beautiful babies. I love to kiss them and smell their hair and take care of them.

3. My pup. I love coming home to big ears and a wet kiss.

4. My husband.

5. My sister.

6. My parents.

7. Steph and Mario were able to come home from their vacation. I'm glad they were not stuck because of the hurricane.

8. An afternoon nap.

9. A full fridge and pantry.

10. School snacks.

11. One more day before the school year begins.