just thinking...

so i started thinking bad thoughts today, not super bad (what do you think of me anyway?) just bad like, "when will the laundry ever end?", "why can't i find time for homework?", "why do i have to deal with some people?", "why can't i hire a maid?" and then i stopped myself and decided to only think happy thoughts (not those happy thoughts...seriously people, what are you thinking?) i realized that right now, despite the hard times, i have so much to be gratful for. and i thought since you all care so much about my pathetic life i would give you a small gratitude list for you to enjoy. (i know, i'm that nice!)



first...of course family

i really have an amazing family! and since my parents are leaving in only a couple weeks we've been spending a lot of time together. i realize that our family isn't perfect, is anyone?? but we are always there for each other and what more can you ask for. james and i are so blessed to have such wonderful family and even more blessed that they support us in everything we do!

don't worry i have more...

even though i complain, and moun, and sometimes even cry (am i saying too much?) i am so so so so grateful for my opportunity to go to school! education is so important to me and i'm extremely blessed to have the amazing husband i do who takes school just as serious as me and wants me to reach my dreams even when i sometimes think it's not worth it! like yesterday when my mom called and bowen's temp was 102 and i had to rush home and miss class...of course i would miss class, family comes first...but i also thought on the way home, why am i even going to school, my baby needs me. but james lifts me up and gives me the courage i need to keep going! so i guess i should say james next. even though he's intertwined in all the others i love him more than anything!

then there's my health. health is my passion, my major, my interest and my love. (among others) i love that i'm healthy now, and although i can't say i'm grateful i got sick, i can say i'm grateful for what i learned. nobody knows why i got so sick, not even the docs or myself. but i like to think it was so i could learn what i did! my passion for health has grown even more, i love that we have these amazing bodies and we have the ability to make them the best they possibily can be. it's awesome! the choices (and prayers) i made after my sickness payed off so very quickly i even shocked myself. and even though there are times of sickness that we have no control over, we learn so much through these trials.

i've also thought lately about the economy {don't get me started on the man we call president} but with everything on a downward slope i'm so grateful for our income. james works so hard for our little family and makes all that we do possible. sometimes these things are taken for grantid, but not today, today i am thankful. oh so thankful!

and i can't end without the short list i thought of today... like farmers markets, morning cartoons so i can shower, exercise, quesadillas, ice water, hair spray, family photos, internet, the beautiful temple, magazines, eating out, my loud and unreliable yet very cute car, bikes and buses, cell phones, fresh veggies, peaches, mops, bubbles, and bbq's...just to name a few.

hope you all have a glad and grateful day!