Thankful Thursday 5-5-11



One of the many paths we explored during our vacation

Here is the first of what I hope will be a long standing tradition of Thankful Thursday posts.  Here are the some of the things I am thankful for from this past week

• Successfully completing the A-Z Challenge
• Word Nerd has such a way with word's that she is doing the challenge backwards during May!  Nerdy, or not, she is good with words and I enjoy reading her blog, so I'm happy (thankful?) that she will once again be blogging every day during May
• Vacation time spent with the man I love
• Successfully geocaching!  Even though there were a couple we didn't find, overall we had a high success rate
• Doing a lot of walking and then realizing that my legs are (somewhat) used to being used all day long.  I constantly surprise myself with the ease in which I can walk long-to-me distances.  Now my arms are a whole other (weak) story!
• Discovering two new blogs that instantly drew me in and touched my heart.  Both are written by the parents of special needs children, and boy-oh-boy do they have cute kids!!
• LoveThatMax
• GettyOwl
• Letting what could have been a hurtful comment roll off my back and making the decision to not let it weigh me down.
• Watching the Royal Wedding and realizing that I felt genuine happiness for them, and not the jealousy I expected.
• Planting a tree (and discovering that it was not too late to qualify for a free necklace from Figs & Ginger)
• Spending time with Levi
• The kind man who took my pizza order at Caseys.  His kindness put me in a good mood for the rest of the night.
• An exciting baseball game where the Royal's came back and won right at the end!
• Our baby birds are growing and everytime I check in on them they are cuddling.  Cuddling baby birds are adorable!

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