Thankful Thursday

Today, I am thankful for so much.
I am thankful that I remembered to do Thankful Thursday *laughs*



I am thankful for my family.
I am thankful for my health.
I am thankful that we have enough. More than enough. Enough to share.
I am thankful for today and for every day.

I am thankful for this video, reminding me to practice my gratitude. It is about 40 minutes long and well worth the watch!

Here are 15 things he talks about in the video  that make life more AWESOME.

1. Gratitude is key
2. Life is a practice.
3. Life doesn’t get easier…you get better at it.
4. Embrace the cycles.
5. Don’t believe everything you think.
6. Learn Discipline of your focus.
7. Avoid the trap of comparison.
8. Everything has been done… but not by you.
9. Your weaknesses can be your strengths.
10. The meaning of life is to experience life.
11. Keep you options open…until you don’t
12. When at a crossroads, which is Love? Which is Fear?
13. Make room for luck.
14. Show up.
15. Embrace death.

Car Wash Time!

Lucy LOVES the auto wash :)
We take the company truck through once a month and this time I captured the glee on video!

Countdown To Sirius Rising!

MySpace-Countdown-Clocks

Secrest Arboretum

We took Lucy and Chloe out to the Secrest Arboretum in Wooster, Ohio. It has acres of beautiful gardens and trails to explore. We'll be going there frequently in the future, it's a wonderful place!

Weird Food Of The Week

Today's "weird food of the week" is a plantain (aka "Those Big Green Bananas").  I've decided to get something at the store each week that neither Lucy nor me have eaten before to try it. Turns out they taste NOTHING like bananas. I looked up a recipe for some fried ones and they taste like a potato! I didn't take any pictures *facepalms* but here's what they look like. They will now be known as "Potato Bananas" hahaha

On a side note, they are 5pts+ per cup, so only an occasional snack here!

A New Look For The Blog :)

I had a bunch of free time this evening and couldn't sleep so I redesigned the blog. I kinda like how it looks now :)   I'm trying to figure out how all this stuff works, so I'll probably mess around with it a bit more in the near future. In case I'm (or you're?) reading this later and it doesn't look like this anymore, here's a picture of what it looks like as I'm typing this out! I wish I had taken a "before" picture though, because this is way nicer than it was!

A Trip To Hartzlers Dairy

We took my sister (bluedrgn52 @ blogspot!) and nephew up to Hartzlers Dairy today for ice cream and playgrounding. Hey, look! I made a new word! We had a lot of fun and, of course, I brought the camera along.

"just chocolate please"

Heifer Trails & Monkey Business waffle cones! <3 my sister's nails! hehe

Mmm... Dirty Mud!

LOVING the look on his face haha

Playin' in the sandbox

Going down the slide butt first! haha

I love being a pirate!

Yep, he's a monkey!

Toby's Pirate House

Teamwork! Okay, he did most of the work, but she tried! :)

He likes to do things his own way! :)

Daisy & Matilda, educating us about our milk!