Demo.

May 7, 2017
Day 219

The weather was lovely today. I am loving this amazing cool weather.

I had a lazy morning at home with my kids and Higbee. Then we went to Patty's and we were lazy some more. We were lazy but it was wonderful.

I got to hold the sweetest baby.

I got to hold my sweet babies.

My dad came over to help us with some home projects. Matt and I have decided that we are moving, so my dad is helping us get our house ready to put on the market. It's exciting, but it's daunting.

We got to do some demo today, and it was awesome. There is something so amazingly satisfying about ripping tiles and dry wall down with a hammer. I could do demo all day long. I was especially happy to rip out the tiles of our shower stall and remove the shower doors. Those tiles and those shower doors were the bane of my existence. They were impossible to clean. This is TMI, but it had to be done naked, or else my clothes would be sopping wet by the time I was done. I had to wear shoes and sit on a stool naked in our shower in order to clean it. So yeah, ripping those tiles off one by one with a hammer felt pretty darn good today.

My dad had dinner with us tonight, and he told me that it was delicious, that it was really good, and that he really enjoyed it. Coming from the best chef I know, this is huge compliment.

I am so excited that I have lesson plans done for the rest of the year. It makes me really happy.

I love that my husband kisses me when I come home.

Tomorrow is a fresh, new Monday.

Thankful. 

Good Saturday.

May 6, 2017
Day 218

I got my lesson plans done for the rest of the year.

It was rainy and cloudy today.

We had a lovely dinner at Patty's tonight.

My dad bought dessert for everyone and it was delicious.

We played games in the basement with the kids and it was hilarious.

Tobin and I went grocery shopping this morning. He likes to pick out sweets and cookies. Also cheese and strawberries.

I got to hold baby Odette and help with her bath. She's so tiny and sweet.

It was a good day.

Thankful.

Rainy Friday Night.

May 5, 2017
Day 217

It's Friday night.

It's raining.

I don't have to set the alarm in the morning.

We have a family day planned for tomorrow.

It's going to rain this weekend. And it's going to be cool.

I get to watch Dr. Quinn now.

And then I get to sleep all night until tomorrow.

Thankful. 

20.

May 4, 2017

Day 216

Red, ripe strawberries. 

Adelyn.

Tobin. 

Rain. 

Cloudy days.

Big, comfy sweaters.

Higbee.

Music.

Hot tea with honey.

Moon cheese.

Square Dance planning.

My students.

Matt. He loves me even when I'm cranky.

Friday.

A rainy Saturday to look forward to. 

Plans for Saturday according to the kids: 

1. Go to a new playground.

2. Watch a movie and eat popcorn in bed. 

3. Read.

4. Eat dessert. 

The sound of rain on the windows.

The sound of the train going by.

Time to lay in bed and watch Dr. Quinn. 

Sleep. 

Thankful. 

Glorious.

May 3, 2017
Day 215

There was a free lunch at school for the teachers from Panera today. It was tasty!

This day was glorious! Blue sky, warm sun, cool breeze, puffy clouds.

Adelyn and Tobin are the lights and loves of my life.

I love how many kisses Higbee gives me when I come home.

I'm so thankful to sleep next to my love every night.

I got to hold baby Odette tonight.

I got to plan a mother-son square dance tonight with two awesome ladies.

There is Dr. Quinn to watch while I lay in bed.

Thankful. 

The Land of What If.

May 2, 2017
Day 214

     The past few days, I've been making a conscious effort to live in the present. The thing about anxiety is that you're either living in fear of the past or fear of the future. Anxiety makes you miss the now. You skip over it by wasting time in the land of what if. Anxiety taunts me by saying things like, "But...what if it happens?" I have to force myself to focus on the right now. And when I focus on the right now, I notice so many things that I would have missed if I was worrying and spinning around in circles in the land of what if. Things like:

Trees. One should really stop and examine the trees every day. They are so marvelous. So beautifully made. So intricately detailed.

The sky. It is simply glorious. Especially today's sky. The blue of it was so brilliant that it almost looked purple.

The people around us. Our family. Our friends. Our pets. It really is a wonderful thing to have people and animals to call our own.

Hugs and kisses. Such simple gestures for a grand thing such as love.

Time. We have time to spend.

Words. We have words to write. We have words to read. We have words to speak.

Thankful for trips out of the land of what if. I'm hoping to make my residence in the land of now.

Drippy Nights.

May 13, 2017
Day 213

The sound of the rain on the roof while I dried my kids off from their bath.

The way the leaves look while they are being rained on.

The most glorious after the storm sunset I've seen in a long while. Sunset color is the best color.

The sweetest puppy sleeping on my feet.

The way my kids laugh at books.

For many hugs and kisses from my babes today.

For my husband.

For a cloudy day.

For a nice breakfast at school this morning.

For coffee.

For drippy nights when it's not quite raining but not quite not raining.

Tomorrow is a brand new day. With brand new chances. And brand new things to conquer.

My mom called to chat this evening.

My dad called to chat this morning.

Thankful.